New Britain herald., 1918-03-06
DID QUIGLEY ASK
 JESTER 10 QUIT?
Alderman From Third Ward Be-
 lieVeS Such Was the Case
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS

tempt to Secure His Withdrawal
 and Tried to Brighten Him by De-
 scribing Heavy Expenses.
 Mayor Quigley certainly did ask me to withdraw from the race for mayor, and as far as my asking him any advice on how to manage my campaign, that is not so. I wouldn't ask that man any advice on how to buy a chicken," stated Alderman M Irving Jester this morning when asked concerning a published story tc the effect that he had sought an On the other hand the mayor. ac- cording to the published account of his side of the story, denies that he asked MT. Jester to withdraw from the race for mayor and claims that the second warder with mayoralty ambitions asked him for some point CTS on conducting a campaign. Here are both sides of the story:
 What the Mayor Says.
 Commenting upon a ru1nor af1oat
  ference with MT. Jester and urged him to withdraw, the mayor is quoted as saying:
 'I learned that Alderman Jester wanted to see me so 1 called him on the telephone and told him l would ID eet him at ? o'clock at my real eS- 1 tate office. He preferred the mayor S office in City hall, so I met him there 1 about 2:30. We shook hands and had a chat about the campaign ana L asked him who prompted him to get 1 into the contest. The only mentlon 1 of withdrawing was when ] said a 1 contest would cost a lot of money. He 1 asked me for some pointers on how l to proceed in the campaign and gave him a little advice based on my own experience. I did not ask him tc withdraw. He told me he was in so far now that he could not pull out 1 and I told him I did not ask him to pull out. That's all there was to 1t. :"
 Mayor Quigley likewise denied the rumor that he wanted Jester to With
 draw so as to lessen his own cam l paign expenses. Let them all stay in. I don't care,'' the mayor said. What Jester Says.
 The story told concerning this con- ference by Alderman Jester is quite | different in it's essential points. This l is what he claims:
 1 ~'When l came back to my office yesterday morning between 11:3O | and 11:45 o'clock I found Q couple
 of telephone calls waiting for me One was from 2S3-2 and the other \ from 9O2, both of which are the mayors calls. called him up and Nfn1 { ence so we could get together. # told him l was willing to see him ano went over. We shook hands and " talked about the weather and other general things for awhile and ther he asked me what had prompted me to get into the race for mayor. He , said he thought I had been urged to enter through the spite of some O.
 his political enemies who had failed :" to get appointments from him, ant he named a few of my workers. Ht then said to me, You can draw ou
 now Jester. It's going to cost you { lot of money to run and you're goinE . to get a terrible licking. I figure it.
 going to cost me about $2,OO0 to con
 duct my campaign, but I'm going t'
 win, for you know that when l g , out to get a thing I generally get it.
 
 - Now what was that if it Wasn'
 asking me to withdraw? remarked 9 Alderman Jester. 'SThat's how l took it, but I told him I was in tn 3 race to stay and I was going to win
 ''As far as asking the mayor 10 , ! any advice as to how to run my cam s l naign-why, I wouldn't ask that maj l any advice as to how to buy chick - en- the second warder declared. Commenting further upon hi l chances for election, Alderman Jeste } { said his organization is becoming - bmore and more complete each da, - and each day he has more aSsuran e. ! of intimate victory. He declared thSl
 a man prominent in city affairs, Wh
 has held office 20 years or more ant , to whom the people look with re l spect. had assured him that he VII 2 [ beat Quigley 10 to l. w n.y. | | even afraid to mention QuigleT'
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