Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-05
WEEK FOR
CAMPAIGNERS.
Record and FagantO Begin
Next MOnday-TO be Here
Tuesday Night.

NEWARK, July arrangements
are completed for the week of whirl-
wind work that will begin on next
Monday in behalf of the new idea In
politics" movement. Senator Eyer
EFT Colby and Corporation Counsel
George L.. Record will address ueet-
ings in Burlington, Middlesex, MOI
ris, Essex, Monmouth, Somerset and
Bergen counties, including a conVen-
ton of the officers and candidates in
the elecen counties in which the Re-
publican League for Equalization of
Taxes has been organized. The con-
vention will be held next Thursday
in the Colby headquarters, in the
Scheuer building, No. 73S Broad
street, Newark. After the convention
there will be a meeting in the
auditorium, Newark. 3ni ai
The doctrines and principles Of the
new movement will be preached BY
its chief exponents-Senator Colby,
George l.. Record, and Mayor Pagan,
of Jersey City-from eighteen plat
forms in the several counties desig-
mated between monday and Saturday
night. 1t will be the first important
week of the campaign that has been
started for the purpose of driving the
grafters from official station in Tren-
ton and electing Record to the Unit
ed States senate to succeed Senator
Dryden. The weeks work will be the
beginning of a determined onslaught
upon the republican machine in the
state that is intended to be a steadily
maintained attack until the primaries
are held on September rs, au,{,,
The first meeting of the week, will
be held in Burlington, Burlington
county, on Monday night.
On Tuesday the fight will
shift to Middlesex county, where
meetings will be held in Columbia
hall, New Brunswick, and in Perth
Amboy. In the Morristown lyceum
the Morris county republicans will
hear the gospel of the new idea"
preached by the reform leaders
There will be a quick jump to Sena-
tor Colby's home county on Thurs
day. where the convention will be
held in his headquarters in Newark,
at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. That
evening the Auditorium will be the
scene of battle. 1t Is said the de-
mand for tickets for admission indi-
Gates that there will be a tremendous
authorizing of citizens of Newark who
are in sympathy with the Colby
cause.
Starting out early on Friday morn
ing the generals of the Colby forces
will invade Monmouth county. They
will make their first stand In Keyport
opening their meetings at l o'clock
and holding the fort until LAS. Then
they will make a dash for Matawan,
where a meeting will be held from
1:45 to. $3.50 o'clock. Marlboro will
have from 2:30 until S:15 o'clock to
hear the rallying cry of the reform
ers, and then the firing line will be
hurried to Freehold, where a stand
will be made from 3:15 until ALB
O'Clock. The afternoon attack Will
end at Eatontown, where the final
rally of the day will be in Red Bank
There the meeting will be opened at
SIS o'clock, but Mr.. Record is down
for an additional speech in Atlantic
Highlands.
Somerville in Somerset county,
will hear the reform leaders at 3
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and
In the evening there will be two meet
ings in Bergen county. The places
have not been decided upon.
Senator Colby, Mayor Pagan and
Corporation Counsel Record will Gov
err the territory in separate antomo-
biles, so they will swing from one
meeting to the other on schedule
time.