Senator Childs Must Not Resign

New York, 1895

Senator Childs must not resign. Let Governor Morton veto the Normal School bill, if he must. We will get what we want later on, and we have $100,000 to begin work with.

There are interests in the Legislature quite as important to the people of this county as the extra appropriation, and Mr. Childs must stay in the Senate to foster those interests.

If Mr. Childs were to resign his seat, Vacheron and Boss Youngs might be able to pass the robber Commissioner of Jurors bill through the Senate. Defeat of that bill is all important to the people and to honest administration of the law.

Mr. Childs must not resign because his retirement would create a chance for Boss Youngs, the jobber, to get Vacheron, his tool, the nomination for Senator, or, what would be equally as bad, get the nomination himself. Neither is worthy to be Senator.

Stick, Mr. Childs. The people demand it, Democrats not less than Republicans.

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LATER — Everything has been satisfactorily arranged between Mr. Childs and Governor Morton, and Mr. Childs will not resign. It is a great victory.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 26, 1895, p. 4.