The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-07
CANDIDATES
At MT. HOLLY
Black and Stokes Accorded
Warm Welcomes at the
Burlington County
Fair.
BOTH MEET OLD FRIENDS
Burlington the Seen of Their
Boyhood and Full Of
Memories of the Past.
tspecial to '.The Jersey Gig News.'l

Especial to The Jersey City News'O
Mt HOLLY, Oct Z, 1904. Charles
G. Black, Democratic, candidate for
GOVERNOR spent yesterday at Burlington
County Fair. aud counts it one of the
events of his life. Not that there was
noisy and vociferous reception, for there
was no demonstration but warm clap OF
hands and words Of encouragement from
friends not seen since boyhood was bet
ter than fleeting applause.
The presence of f. c. Stokes, his
Republican opponent for Governor, was
no cloud in Mr. Blacks sky.
The two candidates arrived in Mt.
Holly on the same train, about 1890.
Mr.. Black left Jersey City at s O'Clock
and Mr.. Stokes boarded the train at
Trenton. The Democratic candidate
was met BY Brother John Black. a
farmer, living near Mt. Holly, and went
Immediately to the fair grounds.
Mr.. Black was welcomed on the fair
grounds by the Democratic reception
committee. fair officials and host OF
friends, many of whom had not seen the
candidate since he was a boy in Mt.
Holly. It sends a thrill all. through
me- said Mr.. Black" to shake hands
with some of these people. It does one
good to have boyhood brought back SO
yividly.s
In spite Of a unpropitious morning, a
large crowd assembled upon the grounds
before noon. while by . o'clock the as
semblage was a record breaker Tren-
ton sent down good delegation.
For hours Mr.. Black stood in front
of the Presidents office meeting old
friends and making new ones. The
morning was raw, but by noon the sky
cleared About 130 in the afternoon
Mr.. Stokes and party arrived in auto
mobiles With the Republican candi
date were Samuel Atkinson, prosecutor
of Burlington County, who gave mid
day luncheon tMr. Stokes; Charles R
Fenton, ex-Sheriff of Burlington County
Assemblyman Samuel X. Robbins and
Benjamin D. Shedaker; ex-Assembly-
man Joshua e. Borden and Robert G.
Hutchinson
Mr. Stokes, whose boyhood was also
spent in Burlington County, at Medfoxd
was met by many friends. and after q
brief reception the two candidates and
their parties We're loaded into automo
biles and taken for spin around the
race track, where tile majority in at
tendance was watching the races.
Stokes's auto led the procession pas
the grand stand and when the party ha6
gone half way around the course til,
order was reversed and the two candi
dates passed back over the course ane
around to the Presidents office. A few
moments later Mr.. Stokes left for Jer
sey City, where he was scheduled t
open his campaign tonight
AT no time while they were on til,
fair grounds did the two candidates NEE
although they stood in the centre of al
admirmg group not fifty feet apart
After Stokes's departure Mr.. Blacl
and a few friends went into the Crane
stand and watched the races for al
hour Returning to the President
office they held another handshakinl
bee until o'clock when he left. accom-
panied by his brother, with whom Ii
had spent the night.
Mr.. Black met a few old friends il
| Mt. Holly in the morning and left fo
Burlington about 10 o'clock. He mad
stops atS Bordentown, Riverton. Edge
water and Palmyra. He expects t
spend tonight in Philadelphia and vii
leave at 8 o'clock Saturday morning 70
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