The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-11-02
BUGBEE'S COUNTY CHAIRMAN
BOLTS EDGE
Because of His Public Service
and Grand Jury Activities

tee has Bugbe letter protesting against the use
his name as supporter of Senator Walter Edge for Cover
Mr. Marvel he is for Hughes for President and
Frenghuysen for Senator but like other county Pro-
leaders, he absolutely and unquaedy opposed to
n s s ssn P 2ue Svs
yenng says
you BY joseph
Mr. m n was delegate the Rep MaG2s
atlantic City, N. j., October 22 1916.
Republican State Chairman
II feel must register my protest against the repeated
use by you of my name as an Atlantic County Progressive in
that for Hughes for President and reghuysen for
Senator you are wrong very wrong in assuming that
am for Edge for Governor At every meeting have attended
have protested against Progressive Endorsement of Edges
candidacy so have many other of the county
leaders Progressive primarily because believe in
independence in politics. AS true Progressive when my
party has direct Progressive Party candidate of its
the right to vote for the best ticket the
who most nearly meets ideas of what Progressive
and should be- This belief alone if there nothing else
makes Mr. Edge simply impossible to and to the hundreds
of other prominent Progressyes of county, which also
his county Mr. Edges legislative record bars him mind
He today standing for franchise tax utility
% and % MAKE the net M nk he Sses aS
"In 1910 he Majority Leader of the Assembly, and
orousy and successfully such measure It was part Of the
Sullivan act By his side while he voiced this opposition at
The records of that session speak rufuy At the
session he opposed the feature of the
Public Service attorney At the he opposed the
extension of the direct primary to the nomination of cand
posed the Sullivan bill taxing railroad property the
pour property mine in the district where located and
Do they indicate What honest can
he give for his change of heart in these instances or DO you
honestly believe he has change of heart They
show his inclination when NE had the behind him. Give
him the same today and he will exhibit the same in
clinations
81 know him, Mr. Bugbee better than do you have
known him since boy and know his record in this city and
gresve civic virtue He the actual owner of two
pers which strongly against every
made for the political beement of my town. Coupled with
them has been greater hndrancehe grand jury system
formerly in vogue Law violations in Atlantic made
possible by control of grand ues They drawn not to
ndct and they did not ndct except the desired
year-men who were of the safe and dependable sort
"Mr: Edge of those perennial grand jurors. l
charge that his fitness for Governor has been challenged by
his repeated selection such grand juror exactly
by that that he has been drawn over and over in Atlantic
and dependable sort needed If he thus subser
subservient would he be in larger way if Governor
After Atlantic County had discarded Mr. Edge as
Mr. Edge through his newspapers condemned this dsnter
ested and honest grand jury condemned its work and put
Never word of aid from him Never word of encourage
men or help Merely condemnation It will not do for him
with his name at the masthead went on without him. Even
after indictments returned for election and grating
frauds Mr. Edge and his rdculed them part
After convictions had been secured he and his
were more vehement than ever and when State Prison SEN
fences imposed he apoged for the crooks insisted
they honest and being prosecuted and stood for
of them for election to city office while under this ban
"a fine type of Progressive that They the lowest
of the low sort of ward gangser and politician yet Mr. Edge
loved them for their great worth them sacrificed he
put it, perhaps he could say at this later date they didn't
get matter if they did get the fellows who made
possible Later when the town upset by revelations
made by Detective William Burns and nine out of
teen councmen netted Mr. Edge and his newspapers
declared it frameup that the not guilty and
that they would be proven innocent the poor
confessed he characterized them boob and today says
They didntge me-. have in mind aso that the sheriff of
this county set aside to make eso grand jury posi-
BILE this the man who see by the list of contrbu
tors Mr. Edges campaign fund.- contributed to the
of $780, and who managing Mr. Edges campaign? Does
that show any severance from the past?
Greatest of ALL howeverthe next Governor appoints
Prosecutor and Judge in this county No Atlantic County
resident who will think wants Mr. Edge to make these APP
pontments They what before and they want no
return to the things that have been.
LET me quote you what George L: Record said about
those who selected Mr. Edge for the nomination. 1T WAS
HAND-PICKED COMMITTEE, CAREFULLY SELECTED
BY EX-SENATOR WAKELEE, WHO is THE PAID LAW
YER AND TRENTON LOBBYIST OF THE PUBLIC SER
VICE CORPORATIONS
"Tmes have changed, Mr.. Bugbee. Count me a Pro-
gressive, and of course, count against Edge.
yours truly,
JOSEPH H. MARVEL"
EDGE FOR SUNDAY BOOZE