Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-11

The three Republican candidates
for the third district congressional
nomination carried their fight into
Middlesex county last night. meet
ings being held at New Brunswick.
Metuchen and Piscataway which
were addressed by the aspirants 20
the House OF Representatives. This
afternoon a meeting OF Republican
leaders, committeeman and candi-
dates for congressional Offices from
all parts of the state will be held
at Warren c. Kings home at Rari-
tan, near Bound Brook. All three
congressional candidates from this
district have been invited and are
expected to attend.
With the primaries only two
weeks away all three candidates are
speeding up their campaigns and
addressing as many as two or three
meetings in different parts of the
district almost every night.
T. Frank Appleby, of Asbury
Park. who was charged by John w.
Herbert, of Helmetta, another con-
gressional candidate, with misrep-
resentings facts, has issued a state
ment explaining the source from
which he got the data used in his
speech at Milltown earlier in the
week.
Mr.. Appleby's statement follows:
Every man has a moral and legal
right to aspire to public ONCE, and
l, as a resident of the third con-
gressional district of New Jersey, am
exercising that right in seeking the
nomination for congress on the Re-
publican ticket. Two other gentle
men are likewise seeking the nomina
ton for congress, but / must resent
in particular the claim of Mr.. Herbert
that because OF his connection with
the New Jersey State Highway Com
mission, he has peculiar qualifications
for representing the people in con-
gress.
1T most certainly was not my
desire or intention to indulge in any
personalities in conducting my cam
paign, and have refrained from
doing so, and any statements made
by me in the past have been based
on facts and records. At a recent
meeting of the Milltown Republican
Club / quoted from a news article
regarding the road department
spending $4,000 month for over
head charges. and naturally that
meant an expenditure OF 100000 a
year. l also stated that the state
highway commission had constructed
only some forty miles OF road in the
state since it's creation. Those state
ments were made by me, based upon
Information received from reliable
source.
My remarks were reported in the
press. and in the issue of the Perth
Amboy EVENING NEWS 81 Sep
! tember O. TO the effect that Mr
Herbert says that am either guiltJ
| Of gross ignorance or OF mis-
Representing the facts I deny that
am guilty of either. ! refer TO the
articles from which I obtained my
information. and they are as fol
lows:
ARTICLE of August 81. 1870.
Letter of July Is, 1920.
II am sorry that Mr.. Herbert at
tempts to question my party loyalty.
Certainly that has never been done
before, as everyone in my community
will agree. The fact is that have
been an active, loyal Republican for
many years. striving year after yeaI
I for party success. and honored my
party with public Office in my home
town of Asbury Park, as well as IN
the State Board of Education.
1T has always been my under
standing that the state highway COM
mission was a non-partisan body. ap-
pointed by the governor to serve the
best interests of the people in the
matter of constructing and maintain
| ing roads. Condemnation or praise
of the commission would extend
equally 10 every man on it, and / d.
not understand that the chairman OF
/ the board has any greater power
than any other member of the board,
do not believe that membership on
4 that board carries with it any
peculiar qualifications for the offic'
of congressman. There are manl
other more important issues for {
Congressman to face than state road
building. and it is the attitude of a
candidate on these more important
issues that more intimately concerns
the people of this district"
Big Session at County Seat
NEW BRUNSWICK. Sept. H.