Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-17
VOTE
THANKS TO ALL
Veterans of Elizabeth Express
Appreciation of Who Attend
ed The Biz Parade.

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the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's AS
ISOLATION Monday night:
Recognizing the truth of the ole
adage that In union there II
strength and believing that the un
ity of action and purpose of each ane
every member of this, the Veteran
Volunteer Firemen's Association, o.
Elizabeth, N. j., together with the
generous impulses of visiting fire
companies, was solely responsible fol
the stupendous success OF the Inter
state Firemen's Reunion and Parade
held in this city on Thursday, Octo.
Der IL, 1906; and,
Whereas, The Veteran Volunteer
Firemen's Association, through the
active and moral support of each and
every member, was enabled to give
entertainment to ~sixty-one visiting
companies, aggregating over five
thousand men, in a manner never be-
fore seen or heard of in New Jersey;
and,
Whereas, The success of the
whole demonstration depended upon
the a~cceptances of our invitations by
so many companies coming from so
great distances and in such great
numbers; and,
Whereas, A generous populace.
moved by a spirit of admiration n
pride in the boys who ran with inc
machine in the old days contributed
in the majority of cases voluntar-
ily-toward the entertainment fund,
thereby assuring the financial sue
cess of this, the greatest firemanic
enterprise Elizabeth has ever known;
and,
Whereas, The credit of the enter
prise does not fall about the head of
one man, or like a mantle over his
but over the entire mem
bership of the association, for it was
the whole body which carried the en-
.terprise through to q successful con-
Summation; and,
whereas, The local newspapers
the Journal, the Times, and the Sun
day Leader-were invaluable in their
assistance to the cause and did much
by their excellent accounts of the oc-
.ren before, after and during
the festivities to make the event a
memorable one, thereby chronicling
the events which happened on the
greatest day Elizabeth has ever
known there, be it
Resolved, That we, the members
of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's
Association, extend to every member
of every company which took part in
the parade of October IL our most
hearty and sincere thanks for the
part they took in helping to make
the event the success it was; and be
it further
Resolved, That we do extend to
the citizens of the city our sincere
thanks for the generous manner in
which they contributed to the cause,
both financially and morally, thereby
lending, by their enthusiasm every
assurance of success from the start;
and be it further
Resolved, That the members of
the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's AS
ISOLATION do extend our heartfelt
thanks to his honor, Mayor Samuel
j. Berry, and to the honorable mem
bers of the city council for reviewing
our parade, and to the judges for so
impartially deciding upon the prize
winners and to the councilmanic COM
mittee for the fireworks program
which it provided in the evening; and
be it further
Resolved, That we congratulate
every company which succeeded in
carrying off one of the prizes, and
that we condole with those companies
which through untoward circum-
stances, were not SO fortunate, yet
whose soldierly appearance, gentle
manly bearing and martial demean-
or, both in the line and out, made it
difficult to select the lucky compan-
les; and be it further
Resolved, That we extend our
thanks to the three local newspapers,
the Journal, the Times and the Sun
day Leader, for their excellent SOU
venir issues in honor of the event;
and be it finally
Resolved, That we, as an ~associa-.
ton, in this express our
gratitude and appreciation of all the
tokens of assistance and encourage
ment shown by our merchants in dec
Grating their places of business; to
our citizens who decorated their
state, when he had refused the posi-
ton under the late Governor Voor-
hees.
The gossip about turning dowl
Colonel Dickinson that prevailed last
week was stopped today. Nobody
wanted to turn the colonel down. 1t
was conceded all around that if the
colonel left the Office of secretary of
state he would do so of his own Volt
ton.
The chat from the Briggs side to-
day was to the effect that If the state
treasurer should become governor,
and Winton c.. Garrison, of Essex,
should succeed Briggs, some very
high judicial position would be given
Johnson, and Dickinson would re-
main where he was. The presence
of William Riker, clerk of the SUI
preme court, brought to mind the fact
that Riker's term expires next year
and that Governor Stokes will name
his successor. However, it was gen
orally agreed upon that it might be
well to wait until after election for
any more slate making.
Wagon Broke Down.
One of James Strahl's carting wag-
ons broke down yesterday afternoon
nm Hioh cfraat near DeKalb avenue