Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-08-12
SCULLY FLAYS
ROBERT CARSON
In Refuting New Brunswick
Speech Made by Republican
Leader Recently.
SAYS HE DIST0RTS TRUTH
"WilIing to Attack Corner Stone
of Republic for Personal Ben
efit," Says Representative
SAYS HE DISTORTS TRUTH


Representative Thomas ]. Scully. of
the third congressional district of
New Jersey who has just announced
his candidacy for reelection on the
Democratic ticket, today issued a
statement in which he bitterly at
tacks Robert Carson. his opponent for
the congressional election held two
years ago, who recently, in state
ment made at a Republican county
committee meeting f1ayed the Demo-
cratic administration of affairs in the
state and raked up the ashes of the
scully-Carson recount of two years
ago, which resulted in the affirmation
of the election of Scully.
Scully does not use sparing words
in his description of the actions OF
Carson, but rather goes at him with
all the vim that characterized old
time elections. He accuses him of in
accuracies, untruths AMI insincerity.
The full statement as issued today,
Is taken as a refutation of the speech
of Mr.. Carson, made at New Bruns-
wick. 1t follows:
"I learn that Mr.. Robert Carson was
in fine mood at the recent meeting OF
Committee, so fine indeed that he
seemed to have recovered the power
OF speech. That faculty, II would ap-
pear, deserted him almost two years
ago, Certainly his silence after the
recount proceedings extending to the
present time is indicative that his
tongue strings were in some way
tangled.
Now that his tongue is unloosed
his mentality seems affected. When
he was counted OUT For the sake
of accuracy he should have referred
to when he was counted in. That
was the true situation, a fact demon
etrated by the recount and confirmed
by the supreme court and court OF
appeals of this state.
docs Sir Robert think that the
public memory Is so shortiived that
he can now assert the direct opposite
of the fact and get away with 1T? OF
course we realize that accuracy was was
never one of the virtues of Robert
Carson. and that jaunt aside from
the path of truth never disturbed him,
IL such jaunt were better calculated
to suit his purpose.
Robert Carson was the intended
beneficiary of the most brazen and
bare faced attempt to vitiate the foun-
this county or district has ever
known. 1t cost me $4,000 to secure
to the third congressional district the
honest count of the ballots cast 1t
cost the counties of the district a
sum quite as great Robert Carson
has never. so far as have heard,
condemned the attempted steal.
"On the contrary he lent his ap-
probation thereto by endeavoring in
every way that his high priced and
excellent legal talent could command
to Illustrate an honest count of the
votes. Was he cognizant of what the
recount would uncover when he first
endeavored to halt the work?
when he pursued his litigation
even to the court of errors and ap-
peals he well knew what had been
done to give him a seat in the ma
tional congress the electorate had not
intended for him. Yet he was will
ing that for his personal benefit the
corner stone of the republic should be
attacked, the sanctity of the ballot
box violated, the principle OF govern
ment by the majority consigned to
the scrap heap. and now when he
breaks a silence of two years, he has
the brazen effrontery to speak of be-
ing counted out.
HE advises to watch Secretary Mar
tin. 1t were better IL the weather
eye were focused strongly to prevent
a repetition OF the criminal efforts ex-
q
man with his distorted views of the
federal and state constitution, with
his notion OF Americanism. should
never be.
"If. as Robert says. Hudson county
politicians can read the ballots
through the back, there are those of
his friends in the third congressional
district who can disc ant even that
performance. for they can and did
read the ballots votes for Carson that
were not there.
when he was counted out" Does
Mr.. Carson in his disappointed ambi-
tion charge fraud upon the gentlemen
of the county boards OF election or
does he place the stigma of dishon-
esty not only on those gentlemen but
also on the highest courts OF this
state?
s'He should be specific and state
facts. and LEI the public condemnation
be changed from HIS henchmen where
Il now Is lodged, to those whom he
claims are responsible for the miscar-
riage of justice. His long failure 20
do this. as wen as his failure 20 con-
test the election. either in the courts
or in congress. must convince any
open-minded man OF the shallowness
and inslncerity OF his protestations.
He exerted every enrort 20 halt the
recount before the criminality and
corruption was uncovered. but made
no attempt 10 right any fancied
wrong the recount may have done
him.
His charges against the county ad-
ministration must be judged by the
same standards-I have no apology
for the members OF the retired Board
OF Freeholders. Their record speaks
for itself They have left a monument
OF efficiency IN the roads and bridges
and buildings OF this county that viii
endure and perpetuate their admins
tration when the carping. unreason-
able. and unfounded criticism as
voiced BY Robert Carson is silent In
the tomb.