Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-01

candidate for governor, has come and
gone. His message of "equal taxa
tion" was delivered to crowd CT
local voters which thronged Wilder
Hall on all sides, blocking the ell
4ranoe and reaching out to the head
OF the stairs. A Hallowe EN- enthus-
issm prevailed and cheers, tin horns
and anything that makes a noise was
brought into play. Mr.. Black did not
tarry long. His address was brief and
to the point. He told of the uneqaul
tax on the railroad property, how it
affected Middlesex county and Perth
Ahboy and then retired to catch the
:36 Pennsylvania train for Jersey
City.
The demonstration began in this
city with a parade. There was plenty
of music, red fire and several hundred
men in line. Some carried railroad
lanterns. They paraded through State
and Smith street to High and around
city hall park, hack to Wilder Hall
where the meeting was held. Upon
their return the speakers of the even
ing who were to address the crowd
until Mr.. Black arrived, Joined in the
procession in carriages and werss es-
corted to the hall.
With children In the streets il all
kinds of costumes celebrating Hallow-
e en, there was great deal of noise
and cheering This 5oviai spirit was
carried into the hall and everybody
was cheered. There were cheers for
DIR. Lund, cheers for Mayor Seaman,
cheers for "Joe" Stricken and so on
until the meeting got under way,
when the enthusiasm was not so great.
| Only applause became more frequent
and the cheers were shorter and not
so voluminous.
| Mr.. Stricker called the meeting to
order and Mayor Seaman was chosen
chairman of the evening. He made a
pleasing speech in which he referred
to all the candidates and the names of
some we're heartily cheered The
mayor said he was greatly pleased at
the enthus asm SHOWN. He introduced
James b. Curtis, of New York.
Mr.. Curtis said he had just returned
/ from Indiana and he assured the audi
ence that Indiana, New York and
New Jersey were going to give demo-
cratic majori'ies this fall, thereby
elscfing Parker. This was greeted
with applause and cheers. He then
proceeded to show that the vote of
these three States generally carry the
election and when their vote is the
same the election always goes that
way. He then launched forth into
general condemnation of the present
distribution of wealth. He admitted,
for the sake of the argument, he said,
that tha country was prosperous, that
factories were working overtime and
that railroads were paying dividends,
but he said 1t was all going into the
pockets of Andrew Carnegie and n
few others He then used sccialistic
arguments to slow how this distribu-
/ tion of wealth is all wrong.
Just as he was finishing his address
cries Of Room for Black - were
heard on the stairs and some one pro-
posed three cheers for the democratic
nominee for governor. By the time
these were given Mr.. Black was on
the platform, and there wtre ore
cneers MIR. Black was introduced at
once aud started TO deliver his mes
sage of equal tax ttion. - He said
that the tax rate of $5 on 81 900 OH
railroad property was fixed by law in
this State. he declared the dome Gratis
propose to mako the railroad pay the
same rs any otEer property in PERTH
! Ambcy and TO devote the proceeds TO
this district. Last year the local tax
rate was $l7.70. The difference be-
tween So and $i7.7 20 is the discrimina-
tion against private ownership in this
city in favor of corporations.
In Niddlesex county, Mr.. Black
said, the second class property was
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