The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-18
CHARLES c. BLACK
AT PRINCETON
Democratic Gubernatoria1
Nominee Received With
Open Arms BY His
Alma Mater.
STUDENTS HEADED BY BAND PARADE
Splendid Meeting at SAlexan-
der Hall-Warna Welcome
From Grover Cleveland.
STUDENTS HEADED By BAND PARADE
Splendid Meeting at Alexan-
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PRINCETON, Oct. Is, 19o4.=-Prince-
~ University accorded to Charles @.
Black, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, who is one of her sons, a
splendid reception las evening. Over a
thousand people fhronged Alexander
Hall to hear the candidate discuss the
cause of equal taxation, 400 students pa
raded with band, and lots of fireworks
and enthusiasm were let loose, and the
whole town was alive with Democratic
fervor
Mr.. Black arrived in Princeton from
his home in Jersey City at 1921 yester-
day afternoon. He was accompanied
by William R. BarTicklo, of Jersey City,
classmate of Mr.. Black at Princeton,
and Major Robert S. Haggerty, of New
ark. They were met by a committee
composed of Professor Winthrop NJ
Daniels, Professor H. NJ McElroy, J.
Gowen Roper, of Philadelphia; Albert s.
Gardner, of Yazoo City. Miss, and A. P.
Osmond, all students, and Bayard Stock
ion and Joseph Hoff, representing the
towns people.
The party was driven to the Ivy Club,
where luncheon was served.
Nelson Poe of the well known football
family, waswith theme at lunch. After
lunch Mr. Black was taken through the
town, and met and shook hands with
many of the citizens. Later, with the
committee, he went to the football field,
and witnessed practice.
Mayor Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr.,-
went to Princeton yesterday afternoon,
and added his greeting to that of the
Princeton people.
Mr.. Black was rendered a dinner at 6
o'clock at Princeton Inn by Professors
McEIroy and Daniels. Congressional
Candidate Stevens and E. A. S. Lewis,
81, of lHoboken, member of the Stew
ems family and candidate for the As
sembly in Hudson County, and Mayor
Katzenbach were present as guests of
honor
The parade of students formed at the
cannon at 7:15. J. Gowan Roper was
marshal, and his aides were Edmund K.
Trent, Pittsburg; Edward II. Hilliard,
Louisville. KY; Hugh D. Marshall, st.
Louis, Mo-; Gerard Callan, Yonkers, N.
Y; Alexander FL. Rutherford, Balti-
more, Nd, and Albert S. Gardner, va
zoo City, Miss. Over 400 students were
in line. Led by Trenton band, the pro-
cession marched through the campus to
Washington street, to Nassau street to
Princeton Inn.
Practically every student carried a
stick of red fire, and fireworks were ex-
ploded along the line of march. Many
students carried regoIvers, and these
were fired, adding to the enthusiasm of
the occasion. The locomotive yell,
with BLACK. Black, Black as an adj
dition was given all through the streets.
Several transparancies were carried by
the students. Some of the inscriptions
in these were. as follows: - Roosevelt for
Car, Parker for President;1 Roosevelt,
the Whiteman's Burden;;s "Tax on
Home $3.50; Tax on Railroad Station,
s1.50-Is II Right?y ssRoosevelt, the
Pride Of Africa" Republican Extrava-
gance, Democratic Simplicity "Stand
BY Nassau Hall, and Vote for Black,
s7s.r
At Princeton Inn the procession halt
ed until the candidates joined, and here
a remarkable demonstration took place.
With fireworks expIodi7 8 in every direc-
zion, pistols firing, the cheering for
Black was incessant. A squad of Re
publican studenss had marched up in adj
vance of the band, and tried to drown
the cheering for Mr.. Black by counter
cheering for Roosevelt, but their efforts
did not succeed.
a very noticeable nature ef this part
Of the event was that there was not 4
cheer for Stokes. All the Republican