Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-25
.BUGbEE ASKS
FIVE QUESTIONS
Wants Answers From Edwards
on Qualification" Statements
BIZ Special Correspondent.

BY Special Correspondent
TRENTON, Oct. 25:-State Comp
troller Newton A. X. BugIbee, Repub-
lican candidate for governor, today
Issued statement containing five
questions addressed to Senator Ed
ward /. Edwards, Democratic candi-
date for governor, in which informa-
ton is requested as to how the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor can
observe his oath of office, if elected,
and at the same time make good his
pledge to the people of Perth Amboy
to make New Jersey "As wet as the
Atlantic ocean" Mr.. Bugbee's five
questions follow:
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 25, 1919.
Hon. Edward 1. Edwards,
Jersey City, N. j.
Dear Sir
According to newspaper reports.
and from the report by Rev. ]. G.
Mason of Metuchen himself. you
made the following categorical reply
to his question regarding your posi-
ton on the Eighteenth Constitutional
Amendment: L am for nullif1cation.'
II beg leave to ask you the follow
ing questions:
First: You know, do you not,
that If elected you will take the fol-
lowing oath as the governor Of New
Jersey:
II, do sincerely pro
fess and swear that / do and will
bear true faith and allegiance to the
government established in this State
under the authority of the people, so
help me God.
"T, -, elected governor
of the State of New Jersey, do SOL
emnly promise and swear that I will
diligently, faithfully and to the best
of my knowledge, execute the said
office in conformity with the powers
delegated to me; and that / will to
the utmost of my skill and ability
promote the peace and prosperity
and maintain the lawful rights of
said State. So help me God.
"I,----. do solemnly promise
and swear that will support the con-
stitution of the United States. So
help me God?
Second: In view of the fact that
you guaranteed at Perth Amboy,
Thursday night, October eighteenth.
that If elected governor. you would
make New Jersey as wet as the At
Ilantic ocean, how can you observe
your oath of office and carry out
such promise of laWlessness and i'm
munity?
Third: Will you state, openly and
frankly. just what you propose to do
after the Constitutional amendment,
now adopted by forty five states be-
comes effective in January next, to
warrant the support of those who
want to sell liquor in violation of the
Constitution?
Fourth: Do you or do you not
know that when you say you are
against National Prohibition, which
will become a part Of the Constitution
In January next, that you might just
as we'll say that you are against the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendment, which give freedom and
that your assertion in one case is just
as futile as it would be in the other?
Fifth: You have made this pledge
to nullify the Constitution so gener-
ally throughout the state that the
people are now entitled to know. d.
rectly from you just how you pro-
pose to accomplish this work Of NULL
fication in redesining your pledge; in
1861 the Governor of South Carolina
made a similar pledge Of disobedience
to Federal Administration to the peo-
pie of that state. In his attempt to
redeem his pledge the state of South
Carolina was forced to secede from
the union. thus bringing upon this
country the Civil War In view of
this precedent the people have a right
to know whether or not your words
may be taken at their face value in
which event the situation that would
then be created in New Jersey in 1919
would be precisely the same as that
of South Carolina in 1861. There
fore ask you What do you propose
to dor"