Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-07

spread of large head lines as follows;
New Market Accords Fordyce Big
Ovation. Nelson Hall Was damned
and Fordyce, Corey and Bloomfield
Were Enthusiastically Received.
las a matter of fact, nothing could
be more absolutely %untruthful and
misleading than such a statement.
Not only was Nelson hall not jam
med but the meeting was a frost,
and there were only 81 persons in it,
of whom four sat on the stage and
included the speakers, and II sat in
the body of the hall. These are facts
which any one can verify, and they
illustrate as well as anything possibly
can the News ridiculous methods of
eXa%ggeration and misrepresentation.
"Why is it that men who claim to
be better than the rest of their fell
lowmen resort to such systematic,
willful and deliberate lying?"
1t is noticed by this that Boss
Strong has a tender feeling for the
people of this city, and would pose as
the guardian angel. He tells the peo-
pie it is bad for them to read the
EVENING NEWS. If they want the
correct version of what takes place
during this campaign, read only his
paper, the New Brunswick Home
News, for that is the only paper that
has things in properly, and gives the
correct account of politics-as he
sees it.
But to go back to the New Market
meeting. That town is not yet eve
as large as New Brunswick, and ac-
cordingly it is hardly to be expected
that 1000 people would attend the
mass meeting there.
Befefe-the meeting was under way
a small boy, presumably hired for the
purpose by Boss Strong, entered the
hall and counted noses. AT that time
there were about seventeen people in
the hall, it is true. Doubtless his
sneaking employer told the innocent
lad to go early so as to find as few as
possible. Many more people entered
the hall after this boy had paid his
hasty visit and the meeting was a de-
cided success, although it had been
but little advertised, the people not
having had a chance to know about
it.
Boss Strong counted the number
present at New Market in the same
name that more of his hirelings
counted the number which attended
the meeting here July 10, when Boss
.Strong's newspaper said there were
from 800 to $50 present. 1t is prob
able that was all there We're in Wild
err Hall when the meeting was called
to order, but before the first speaker
had finished every seat available was
filled and a hundred or more were
standing at the door.
The ring likes to harp on that sew
enteen present at New Market. 1t
picked out the smallest town and
went in before the meeting was UNI
der way and counted noses. 1t found
seventeen present, and it is to be
supposed that that number will be
held before the people until the cam
paign is over.
1t is not to be supposed that the
ring newspaper will tell the truth
about any of the Fordyce meetings.
1t is afraid to, and this one incident
has been ignored by us and would
have been, had not the newspaper in
question, driven to evaporation at
the Indifference shown, made a slur-
ring attack upon the NEWS.
1t is noticeable that in this cam
paign the ring can find nothing upon
which to base an attack upon either
Mr.. Fordyce or his platform, neither
can it defend itself when direct qiies-
lions and charges are Ihade against
It's corrupt methods. ~ bases its