The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-13

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tion. He instanced a case year on two
| ago when corporation measure was
pending and the said agent of the cor
| poration stated to members of the legis-
lature, when questioned, that the COVER
nor and Mr.. Stokes must be consulted,
as they had charge of it.
After the meeting the band escorted
Mr.. Black to the hotel during pyrotech-
nieal display.
Mr.. Black was entertained last night
at Bridgeton by the Rev. Luther A.
Oates.
The party arrived at Elmer at $50
O'Clock this morning and was met by a
committee composed Of former Prosecu-
tor John Acton and Sheriff William
johnson, former deputy factory inspector
former Assemblyman E. c. Harris and
Mayor David Cochran.
In spite of the rain and the early hour,
crowd of over 200 was at the station,
and the reception was warm one Mr.
Black shook hands with ALL Under the
auspices of the Elmer Democratic club.
meeting was held in hall. About 200
voters were present, including group of
Republicans from different parts of the
y
county, delegates TO the county <conven-
| ton. Mr.. Black made brief but force
full speech.
After showing that Salem county has
1927 1854 worth of steam railroad prop
erty, one-tenth of all in the county, from
which the county receives in tax only
$473.30, he drove the argument home
to the Elmer citizens by showing that
| the town only receives $51 a year in tax
on its railroad property. Then he asked
why the taxes on 1927, 1854 should be but
S473, unless the railroad corporations
are given special privileges.
Senator Hudspeth of Hudson county
and Captain Perry. the congressional
candidate in the Second district, also
spoke Senator Hudspeth, with his four
years experience in the Senate, hurled
broadside Of hot shot at the Republican
legislative methods.
Former Prosecutor Acton made the
last speech. He paid tribute to Mr..
Blacks complete knowledge of taxation,
and showed up Candidate Stokes's South
Jersey record as a tool of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. He told of seeing Mr..
Stokes, on one occasion in Miliville line
up his delegates to the the state conven-
ton and hand out to them special passes
oyei the road to, Trenton and retsrn.
AT the close of the meeting Mr.. Black
was GREETED enthusiastically by all pres
ent. With the rain still falling the party
was driven 10 miles to Woodstown. The
only stop en- route was at Pole Tavern
settlement, where number of voters
stood in the storm to greet the candi-
dates. Woodstown was reached at noon,
The party was received by former Post
master William French and Mayor Rob
ert Gwynne, Jr, of Salem, State Com
mitteeman; State Senator James NJ.
Strimple, Pedrickton, and Austin n.
swackhamer, of Woodbury., candidate for
Congress in the First District.
After dinner a reception was held in
the hotel parlors and many citizens greet
ed Mr.. Black. The meeting was held in
the Opera House. Mr.. Black spoke with
good effect. He said that Woodstown
$1,000. But it receives from that prop
erty in tax only $37 Il year. The Woods
town tax rate is $14 thousand Under
the Democratic plan of equal taxation
the town would receive 5000 year from
the same property.
Il stand on proposition which would
abolish this special privilege of the rail-
llroed corporations. The Republican plan.
of taxation would hot add one esdollar to
the present tax received by this town"
Candidates Swackhamer and Perry
and Senator Hudspeth also spoke.
Mr.. Black shook hands with many citv
izens after the meeting. and taen the
party left for this city. 1t had been
planned to drive from Woodstown to
PENIS Grove and then to Salem, but
owing to the weather this trip was aban-
doned. Before the party left Woodstown
the rain had ceased, but the day was still
raw and cool.
The unexpectedly early arrival Of the
party here interfered with the reception
planned by the Salem Democrats, but the
evening ovation made up for the omis-
sion.
Major Haggerty, Of Newark, reioined
the party here