Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-24

tied Woodbury. Glass Works, where he was
warmly greeted by the employees. Return
ing to the depot, time permitted him to
spend few minutes with Col. G. G. Green
and greet the employees of that famous
establishment
Arriving at the station, the 8.58 train
on the Salem road was boarded. The party
at this period of travel was composed of
Hon. Thos. M. Terrell. Mr.. E. E. Grosscup,
JOS J. Summerill, Esq. James Park, Hon.
c. T. Molony, Capt. G. B. Platt, Thomas G.
Dilzes, J. D. Carpenter and the Woodbury.
Bugle Corps. Assembly candidate Bowman
S. Cox and Counsellor JOS Z. Sickler joined
the party at Clarksboro.
Arriving at SWedesboro the party was
taken in charge by local Democrats and
former Assemblyman James J. Davidson,
ex-Judge A. R. Talman, Benz. Shoemaker
and others and taken to Lippincott's Hall,
where citizens had assembled to greet Mr..
Seymour. The glass works were then Wis
tied, the manager Of which extended the
unusual courtesy of ''tempo" and gave the
employees opportunity of extending to Mr..
Seymour a hand-to-hand greeting. Car
riages and coaches were again entered and
on schedule time the party started for
Mullica Hill. The drive through that
portion of Gloucester county was a revela-
ton to the Mayor of Newark, the queen
manufacturing city of the State and at the
head of the list of cities of the nation in
diversity of Industries. He had had an
imperfect idea of the extent of our farming
interests and the fertility of Gloucester
county soil and the value of our products.
At Mullica Hill, the centre of as rich an
agricultural community as is warmed by
the sun, Mr.. Seymour received a hearty
greeting. Many of the prominent Demo-
Gratis of the township were present with
their Republican neighbors and We'd with
each other in extending hearty greeting
to the man thrice honored by the citizens Of
the Republican city of Newark by election
to the highest Office in their gift.
At 1155 train was taken for Williams
town, the capital of Monroe township and
the centre of rich agricultural section,
also a great glass manufacturing centre.
The local Democratic committee, reinforced
by large delegation Of citizens, met the
tourists at the station and, preceded by the
bugle corps, marched to the Town Hall.
En- route they passed the factory gates,
where two hundred of the employees were
stationed, and Mayor Seymour held an
impromptu reception. At the hall Harry
Crist presided. Candidate Seymour s
speech was a brief, business-like talk, in
which he said in part:
f'Wefe it not for our farmers and the
inventive genius and skill of the mechanics
of the land where would prosperity be
to-day? The American mechanic stands
against the world, and to him and his
industry must be assigned part of the honor
for our prosperous condition. For thirty
years-as an apprentice, journeyman, en-
ployer and servant of the people, L have
stood for their interests, and to-day | face
the public in the interest of the plain,
honest working people from whom l came.
II am not opposed to corporations, for
think they are necessary. Without an
aggregation of capital we could not have
built great trolley lines and industrial
plants; we could not have such men as
Edison and his kind. Such men-organ-
izers and capitalists with inventive
genius in the upbuilding of the country
and have made it what it is to-day; but the
people have rights which capitalists have
not the right to violate.
''The management of the State is simply
a big business proposition, and the same
principles of business which / have applied
in Newark, if elected Governor, l shall
endeavor to honestly apply in the interests
of the people throughout the State. F"
Assembly candidate Cox and Hon. Thos.
M. Terrell made speeches.
After dinner at Eliiott's Hotel a swift
ride of six miles in carriages and coaches,
decorated with flags, brought the party to
the beautiful borough of Clayton, where
the great Pierce and Moore glass factories
were visited, and hearty reception was
accorded the visitors by both employers
and workmen.
Thence to Glassboro where, from 4.30 tc
SIS, the candidate shook hands with the
great army of employees, as the night men
were going in and the day men coming out
of the works.
The $40 West Jersey train was boarded
and at GOA the party that left at 1858 a. m.
reached Woodbury., having iourneyed
forty -eight miles by train and carriage and
greeted thousands of Gloucester county's
citizens.
AT Woodbury..
The Democratic candidate for Cover
nor, Mayor Seymour, of Newark, was
given a handshaking reception lasting an
hour in the parlor of Newton's Hotel last
Monday, after which he was escorted by
a brass band to Green's Opera House,
which was soon filled by one of the most
appreciative audiences that has ever
greeted a candidate for any Office, and
the undivided attention which was ac-
corded the speakers would seem to be
favorable omen of success for the cause
they so ably represented. Hon. Thomas
NJ. Ferrell, that great Commoner of
South Jersey, who was the strongest
competitor and a close second to Mr..
Seymour for the nomination for Cover
nor, presided, and after brief history OF
the strong attributes possessed by Mr..
Seymour that made him born candi-
date of the people at this crisis of Repub-
lican extravaganza and reckless admin
istration of State affairs, turned to him
and with well-chosen words of loyalty
offered him the right hand of fellowship
and courteously presented him to the
audience. Mr.. Seymour, after making
apologies for his lack of oratory, pro
ceeded to outline his attitude and conduct
in the government of the city of New
ark, of which he had been consecutively
elected for three terms, and with reluc-
lance to speak of himself, as an employ
err, and only to deny rumor circulated
that he would not employ union work
men in his factory, he took occasion to
specifically state that all his employees
were union men and had been for 30
years. His remarks touching upon the
execution of public affairs in an econom-
ical and business-like way, coupled with
the resolute features and contour of his
face, lent additional confidence in the
verify of his statement, that, IF elected
Governor of the State he would admins
ter its affairs in the interest of all the
people," with infiexible fidelity to the
trust reposed in him. After listening at
tentively to his straightforward and
business-like discussion of public matters
city like Newark his hearers could not
resist the conviction of his sincerity and
integrity of purpose, and that he would
make an Executive well fitted to govern
the State in an economical manner.
Ex-Governor Zulick, Of Arizona, now
of Monmouth County, was then intro
duced, and made one Of his old-time en-
thusiastic speeches that aroused the
lethargy of the most pronounced Repub-
lican to a realization of the depths of bad
legislation that has obtained since their
accession to power. He paid high tri-
butte to the rugged honesty of Mr.. Sey-
mour. and stamped him as man Of
marked executive ability, and to sustain
that statement, he said: when James
NJ. Seymour was first elected Mayor OF
the city of Newark the city was bank
rupt, but after having control of its
Executive Office for six years its bonds
now sell at as high premium as those