Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-09
CANNON MAKES
APR0POS|T|ON
Have County Committee Call
Meeting and Decide Issue by
Secret Ballot, is His Plan
ANSWERS SENATOR BROWN
Let Vote Decide Who Shall Go to
Democratic Convention-Say
Judgeship is Not an ssue

County Clerk Bernard M. Cannon,
in q statement made today with ref
erence to his candidacy for selection
as one of those who will represent
the Democrats of the third congress
convention to be held In San Fran
cisco this year, makes an offer to
Senator Thomas Brown, who Is also
anxious to be named as a delegate,
whereby he will leave the selection
UP to the county Democratic commit
tee. The county committee, Mr..
Cannon points out, consists of eighty
six men and should decide by secret
ballot at a special meeting on the
man they want to represent them at
the convention.
Mr.. Gannon's statement follows:
1 have read both of Senator Browns
statements giving his reasons for want
ing to be a delegate to the national
convention. He seems to think that
because he has been closely associated
with Governor Edwards of late that
he knows the governors policies bet
ter than the average man, and as
the governors name will go before
the convention. as a candidate he as
a consequence, will know how to vote
at the convention more intelligently
in the governors interest, than any
one else from this district.
Sheriff Geran has not been as close
to the governor as Senator Brown,
and as ! understand that he also
wishes to go to the convention as a
delegate, / am very much under the
impression that Geran will be as well
qualified to represent the governor as
will Senator Brown. However. / am
also very much under the impression
thatJany man of ordinary intelligence
who keeps posted on the governors
course knows his policies, and can rep
resent him as we'll as either Mr.. Brown,
or Mr.. Geran, and while 1t may appear
a little delicate to refer to myself L
believe I am of ordinary intelligence,
and could qualify at the convention
just as well as will Mr. Brown.
There will be In the neighborhood
of forty delegates from this state at
the convention, and of this number
there will be very few who have been
SO closely associated with the Governor
as are the senators, of Trenton, never
theless they will all do their bit with
Just as much understanding as will
Senator Brown, so that his claim of
being peculiarly qualified on account
of late closeness to the governor is
pure bunk"
/ don't just. understand why the
senator injected the controversy OF
the judgeship into this contest. surely,
llttN6 uSFSI IGlGIEEu- 10 IL, dllN tOn \
know that any of my friends have,
so let us hope that 1t Is not referred
to again, as it Is absolutely foreign
to the matter.
Mr.. BRawn SAYS 'sIt is simply q
case plainly put up to the Democratic
voters to say whether the man they
elected as their senator has render
cd them such service as will entitle
him to distinction and duty of being
their spokesman at the National Con-
ventien OF their party
What nonsense I too have been
elected to office. not once, but many
times, and have served evidently
with satisfaction. both to the public
and my party, but / don't think that
for this reason I should be selected
as the spokesman of my party at the
convention. 1t Is an honor that be-
longs to any man who seeks and lands
It,
The senator has said that since Con-
gresham Scully did not wish to go
TO the convention that by precedent
and fair rules Of politics. it is his
right as senator to go. Will he quote
the 'precedent."I might ask-has the
Big Four been selected or guided by
any such precedent in the selection
of the delegates by the state COM
mittee. How many Of them are SEN
ators?
Let me give the Democratic voters
my reasons for throwing my hat in
the ring:
I have been on the firing line of
Democratic organization politics for
twenty years. and have always desir-
ed to go as q delegate to a national
Democratic convention. but it always
seemed to me that there was some
one else who was more entitled to
that honor than was I, up to this
year.
Iz, r,.1 ~.
Senator Brown and myself were dis
cussing political matters In the judges
room. at the court house. The judge
asked the question as to who was
going to the Democratic convention as
a delegate. said that If Congress
man Scully wished to go he looked
like the logical candidate. but that
if nIr. Scully did not wish to go. that
then l would like to. to which neither
the judge nor Senator Brown made
any comment. and thought it sig-
nificant.
It may be just a coincidence. but a
few days thereafter there was an item
News" booming the senator for the
honor I did not make my desires
known to any one else, as was wait
ing to see what the congressman
would do The next thing 1 knew.
found the New York and New Jersey
papers containing the news tnat the
Democratic state committee met at
Trenton and selected the delegates
from this district in the persons of
Brown and Geran. Naturally. / re-
sent the idea Of the state committee
coming right into our county and
telling the Democrats of the county
whom to run. 1 especially resent the
fact that they went right into my
home town where I have been active
ly engaged in the movements of our
(ContinLed on pagL flve.l
For Clothes Hampers. Kelly & Nc
Alinden Co. 13769-S-9-2ts
See the worlds fastest team at the
Ap1ffor;ur-, Wednesday, night