Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-20
PUBLIC OPINION
THE HOLE In THE WALL
'OR EVENING NEWS


EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
That the signature to the article
signed Mon Partisan" on the subject
of the hole-in-the-wall, appearing in
| last weeks South Amboy paper, Is a
misnomer is as clearly evident as the
| one-sided nature of the article itself.
The substance of the article leads me
to believe the writer is either ignor-
ant of the facts concerning the sub
| ject or otherwise desires to distort
the facts. A little analysis of his ar
ticle may be of interest to some.
l can hardly imagine anyone going
| to the trouble Of endeavoring to place
Messrs. Kerr, Stanton and Parisen in
an unfavorable light. Have they not
done this themselves to an extent
! that cannot be increased by any num-
/ Der of opinions publicly expressed!
Have these men been true to their
constituents as the writer would have
the people believe? Mr.. Kerr appears
to have been, as his constituents are
at this time the people of the county.
Was he true to the people OF South
Amboy when he introduced resoiu-
/ ton in the Board of Freeholders ask
/ ing the city if they would accept the
private right of way and turn 1t over
| to the county? And were Messrs.
Stanton and Parisen true to their
request and refused to pass a reso-
luton to have included in the nego-
tiations the question of proper pas
sageway for the people of Mechanics
Vile? The people must remember
that Mr.. Kerr introduced this resolu-
ton and Messrs. Stanton, Parisen and
Rue passed upon it favorably. They
must also remember that there is
nothing now to stop the taking over
| -. - In nttx hnn a.
louest is made upon the Pennsylvania
railroad by the Board of Freeholders
to do so. 1t must further be remem-
bered that when this road is taken
over the great pressure that has been
lapplied by the people throughout the
/ state and county for an improved
road will stop, and that the people OF
! !Mechanicsville will have been strip
ped of their principal means of bring
ing matters to a successful issue so
far as they are concerned.
If Mr.. Kerr had the interests of the
people of South Amboy at heart, why
did he introduce such resolution? =?
1t may be true that the Board of
Freeholders found it necessary to do
something to save them or their party
from political interment, but should
mot Mr.. Kerr, as citizen of South
,Amboy, have kept the interests OF
this city in mind: but If he was as
true as Mr. Parisen would have us
believe he was and made a mistake
in this matter, was it any excuse Tor
| Messrs Rue, Stanton and Parisen en-
dorsing what we will term, for polite
mess, a mistake? Why were they in
terested in relieving the pressure on
the freeholders? DO you really con-
slider these three gentlemen were true
to their constituents when they re
| fused to pass a resolution to include
the question of a passageway in the
negotiations? If such a resolution
would not have done any good, at any
rate it would not have done any
harm, and it would have shown a
spirit of Willingness to do everything
possible for Mechanicsville.
| Now about the fellow who doesn't
have the honor or courage of his con-
victions to sign his name: Remember
the old saying of 'the kettle calling
| the pot black?' Non-Partisan is
either the actual name of the writer
or else by his own argument he lacks
honor and the courage of his convic-
tions. Come, Non-Partisan, before
you criticize, get the mote out of your
own eye.
Why does this gentleman keep
harping on the question of the three
councilmen being honorable men? Is
this such a hard thing to impress
upon the people? Then again. can
he define the word honorable 2"
Webster says an honorable man is
zone esteemed or regarded. One ae-
tuated by principles of honor Fair.
Worthy of respect. To be commend
ed" Have these men been fair?
We're they fair when trey agreed to
meel the request of the Board of
Freeholders as contained in the reso-
luton introduced by Mr.. Kerr? Are
they fair to the people of Mechanics |
vile when they let the opportunity
for securing an improvement in the |
conditions at the hole-in -the-wall go |
by? Are they fair to the business in |
terests of the city when they persist |
in holding up improvements that |
would greatly benefit the whole city? |
Are they fair to the railroad company |
which wishes to increase its facili- 1
ties? Are they fair to the state and |
county when by their failure to act, |
the city not being provided with a de- |
cent entrance and exit? Are they |
fair to the people of South Amboy |
when. by the tactics they have been |
pursuing for the past year, they have |
caused the city to be held up to the
ridicule of the whole country? And |
are they to be commended for all !
this?
Non-Partisan next criticizes the |
proposition made by the railroad |
AS to the twenty-foot (,
bridge not being of sufficient width.