Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-03
Enthusiastic Reception aud Mass Meeting.
Ervin W. Crane in Gloucester Co.

En[nlSl1Slle RGCepuOl aud Mass MGG[lhg
EIvin w. Crane in Gloucester Co
GREENS OPERA HOUSE PACKED.
1t has been nine years since the peopl
of Gloucester county have had an oppor
tunity of welcoming and listening to
Democratic candidate for Governor, ant
they evinced their pleasure at the oppor
tunity offered last Friday, by giving Elvil
w Crane hearty greeting The plan'
were somewhat mared by an error of |
clerk in the State committee rooms, il
directing Mr.. Crane to meet the Glouceste
county committee at Glassboro instead o
Swedesboro. The result of which wa
disappointing to the people of the latte
place and Mullica Hill, but no less SO tt
Mr.. Crane and the county candidates.
AT wILIIAMsTowN
The local committees met Mr. Crane
and party at the R. r. station and escorted
them to the town hall, where an audience
of two hundred voters were assembled
Harry Crist called the meeting to order
and introduced Mr.. John M. Taggart a
chairman. Here. in the hour which tht
schedule permitted, candidates Crane
IredelI, Stratton and Dilkes made shorl
speeches. The meeting then adjourned
and the candidates and a party of twenty
five dined at the Washington House. Ii
the meantime the Clayton committee ar
rived in a three-seated carriage, and acteG
as an escort to the next Governor aD6
party to their pleasant borough. In shor
order the party was seated in the hal
dozen gaily bedecked carriages provided
by the Monroe committee, led by l. B
Pancoast's spanking team of blacks, anc
was whirled over to Clay ton, arriving OF
schedule time.
AT CLAYTON.
The first stop was made at Frank
Pierce's busy hive where they were re
ceived by Mr.. Pierce in person. who gave
all a cordial greeting, and invited thu
party into the works. "Tem Pc" wat
called, and the workmen and candidates
spent half hour in hand shaking and
acquaintance making. Thence to the
Moore works, where all the shops were
visited. Here, too, the greeting was cour-
teous and hearty, and the schedule time
was more than over-ruD, but profitable so.
Thence to r. McKeighan's store. the front
of which, gaily decorated with flags, formed
platfarm from which Mr.. Crane, Iredell
Stratton and Dilkes made FIVE minute
speeches.
AT GLASSBORO
The Glassboro committee turned pilots
at the conclusion of the program at Clay
ton, and at so the procession drew up in
front of the gates at the great Whitney
works. A goodly number of the towns
people were already assembled there, and
work being suspended for half an houl
| the thousand or more workmen FASTENED
to greet the next Governor. A box set in
the street formed the rastrum from which
Messrs. Crane and Iredell made shori
speeches At 5.15 carriages were again
taken for the depot and the 81 trair
brought the party to Woodbury..
AT WOODBURY..
1t was dark when the spell-binders
newspaper men and the local committee
reached Newton's Hotel and the deserted
streets gave no indication of the reception
that was to be accorded the Gubernatoral
candidate later If it had been busy day
for the candidate, a buster evening was
ahead because be fore dinner was completed
the crow de began to assemble, and when
promptly at Z o'clock, candidate Crane,
flanked by candidates Iredell, Stratton
Dilkes and Rogers, took his position under
canopy of flags and hunting at the end
of the parlor, the crowd was surging
within and without. State Committee
men B. S. Cox and the local committee
men presented the people as they past
and for an hour an unbroken line o.
voters, men of all parties paid theiI
respects to the distinguished visitor. While
the reception was in progress tBlasius band
kept the assemblaged in high spirits, with
good music
Led by Blasius Band. the Opera House
was reached at O'Clock, aud there az
audience of voters, that filed every seat
awaited the candidates The platform
was occupied by representative Democrats
of the county and city Ex-Judge Jones
aud Cox, lawyer Swackhamer, G. A. Mad
den, Thomas l.. johnson. ex-CongressmaT
Ferrel, ex-Congressman Fielder, of Hud
son. Ex-Governor Zulick and many others
Mr.. Carpenter, of the County Com
mittee, called the meeting to order and
named Capt. Edward l.. Stratton, as per-
manent chairman, remarking that he had
responded to the call of President Lincoln
in '6l to the call of the County Conven
ton of bis party to be its Assembly candi
date on October LIST, and he was proud tc
call him to the duty of presiding at this
meeting.
In taking the chair, Capt. Stratton cor
rected the chairman's statement that hi
military service began in 6l-but from ths
date of President Lincoln's call for 300, 900
in 49, Briefly and modestly he referred
to that exciting PERIOD and his participa
ton in its activities. He referred to thu
enthuastic receptions at the places visited
in the county during the day, and then
introduced the next Governor Of New Jer.
sey, Elvin w. Crane.
| As Mr.. Crane arose he was given heart,
round of applause. Cheer after cheer wen
| up for him, and it was some minutes beior,
he was able to speak.
After thanking the audience for tn
warm reception. Mr.. Crane said in part =
New Jresey, although it Is a Demo-
| cratic State, is to-day controlled by the
| Republican party. Three years ago, IL
1895, Mr.. John W. Griggs, who was
| the candidate of the Republican party
! went from one end of this State to the
] other, and in his speeches charged tht
| Democratic party with having wasted
the peoples money. He then PROMISED
| that if his party was put into power Z
| new order of integrity would exist and
his party would give the people Of tnls
State an economical administration. Tt
use his own words he said at that tint
that the people in this State wanted t.
see retrenchment wanted to see tht
strings of the public purse held tight
that the people had had too much o.
partisanship, and they wanted LITTLE
more of good government. He also sale
that the people of this State were turn
ing to the Republican party and asking
an economical government. He said thai
is what the Republican party has prom
Used, and that is what | promise to vol
tonight
81 hope to demonstrate to You that il
the matter of retrenchlnent in the mat
ter of an economical administration Of
the government of this State his party
4 has absolutely failed to keep that prom
Use. In 1898, the last year that tn
Democratic party had control Of th'
Legislature in this State, they passes
4 an appropriation bill which called fol
the expenditure of 81, 857, 600. Tn
Republicans, in the campaign of "a
! without Offering any proof, charged that