| Show he thinks the party Is in need of purification eimira N Y dec 22 congress man J sloat fassett who Is home to spend christmas with hi family when shawn interview yesterday in which the latter blamed fassett for the present condition of things in the republican party and the statement of senator maltby threatening impeachment proceeding against governor said the talk of impeachment of the governor is rank nonsense it Is much better for a governor in office who ia likely to be held responsible for party action to do everything in his power to uplift the party in the interests of the whole people and the entire party than tor a governor out of office for his own selfish interests to maintain the present condition of things governor belongs to a different school from former governor odell governor odell accuses governor hig gans of duplicity and president roosevelt can well afford in view of their record and the influence of their record upon the story of the party to accept the challenge of a comparison of records thus instituted 1 l the ex governor accuses meba lead ing the party to defeat in but we were led to defeat in 1890 and also 1892 with reference to the nors assault upon myself while I 1 thank him for his tardy acknowledgment that I 1 am collarless I 1 want to say that this situation is one away above petty personal likes or dislikes the situation connot be changed by skill in innuendo or personal epithets it is a question of the integrity of the party life and of tho uplifting and maintaining of the party ideals along he old fashioned lines where the first interests were the interests of tha people and party interests were subservient to those interests and the party leaders were subservient to the whole party after paying mr wadsworth a tribute tor his intellectual strength and determination of character mr fassett concludes as follows the president is not interested in this contest tor the sake of any one anan iio is anxious for a re bation of the party along higher ideals and tor honorable purposes his interest is purely unselfish and solely tor the good of the people and the party 1 I am profoundly grateful to ex gov arnor odell for attributing to me tha present difficulty seems to be surrounding the consummation of his selfish plans I 1 think he does me too much honor I 1 shall be very glad if on that point and that alone the republican party agrees with him his reprobation I 1 consider a decoration |
