The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-14
TOURING
SOMERSET
TO-DAY
to Cover Greatest
Mileage : His Bergen
County Reception.
Especial to tho Evening start

Especial to the Evening star.1
EAST MILESTONE, Oct. 14.-John
Franklin Fort, the Republican guber-
material candidate, started from North
Plainfield this morning at 8 o'clock, on
what promises to be he biggest days
mileage yet undertaken in the CAM
paign. BY 5 o'clock tonight, barring
accident, all the principal towns of
Somerset County will have been visited.
Among those who met the candidate
at North Plainfield, and are accom-
panying him, sare Senator Joseph Free
l~inghuysen, the chairman of the County
Committee; former Senator Charles
Reed, Borough Clerk Frank Rowley,
Tax Collector George F. Brown, Robert
Kay, candidate for Sheriff; James Metz,
candidate for Surrogate, and w. w.
Smal1ey, candidate for the Assembly.
Mr.. Fort spoke a few words at the
starting place and then the procession
got under way, making Bound Brook
the first stop there. The candidate was
presented with a huge bouquet of
chrysantheums by the ]. Franklin Fort
Republican Club, of G~reeenbrook. The
next hating place was Harligen. A
stop was also made at Raritan. 1t .
said along the route that the county's
recent normal majority Of 500 will be
increased to 1,500 this year.
The candidate had lunch at the home
of State Senator Frelinghuysen at
lSomerville. After thai the campaign
ing party went to North Branch and
Gladstone, where good crowds greeted
Mr.. Fort. It is expected that Bernards-
vile will be reached late this after
noon.
One of the pleasing incidents in Judge
Forts visit TO Milestone today was when
william Dunn, who is blind, made his way
through the crowd to the candidate and
said:
Judge | can not see you but l heard
you, and / want to tell you how much l
am pleased with your speech, as those are
my sentiments, and l wish you success"
Judge, 1 can not see you, but l heard
replied that those were almost the identical
words that his own father, who Is blind.
uttered on the night he was nominated,
and he hoped Mr.. Dunn's wishes, as vol
as his fathers, would come true.
Senator joe Frelinghuysen next re-
ceived Mr.. Dunn's attention. Mr.. Dunn
said:
Joe. 1 know that when you commend a
man he is certainly all right"
DO not forget it then, Mr., Dunn, on
G4lCttlDii Lay iCRlCo 0CAuNO oOt
Besides Milestone. the Judges party
visited Harlingen, Neshanic and South
Branch. Charles F~leischman, son of the
Fleischman who unded the big yeast
company. Joined the party to-day, and
henceforth will be one of the spellbinders
in Judge Forts behalf.
HACKENsACK, Oct. 14.-John Frank
lin Fort. Republican candidate for Gov
ernor. opened the campaign In Bergen
County Saturday with ar automobile tour
In the afternoon. The route taken by the
perty covered Hackensack, Garfield, Ruth
erford. Edgewater, Carlsbad, Fort Lee and
Englewood. Nearly every plank in the
platform of the party was discussed at
one time or another during the tour. al
though few words were devoted to the
Bishops law.
The excise question was referred to at
Rutherford, the candidate declaring him
self opposed to the repeal of the present
statute and reiterating the stand he had
taken in regard to this question at Bur-
lington and New Brunswick last week.
Over the same ground which was trav-
creed the day previous by his political OPP
ponent. Frank S Katzenbach, Mr.. Fort
and his party travelled. At Garfield the
candidate acknowledged the supremacy of
baseball over everything political by re-
framing from delivering an address In
opposition to the drawing qualities of the
national game which was then being con-
tested between two popular teams. Nearly
everyone was at the game, so the candi-
date stopped only long enough to shake
the hands Of several acquaintances and
admirers. The game was suspended for a
few minutes by the umpire, in order that
the crowd might see Mr.. Fort,
At Rutherford, the next stop, an after
noon meeting had been arranged by Wal
ter A. Kipp and Mr.. Fort made a twenty
minute address. In his speech he ex-
pressed his pleasure at the passage of
the direct primary law and the bill to
signify choice of United States Senator's
by popular vote. Although he had said
that he would talk no more upon excise
legislation, he opened the matter again
by saying that he could not refrain from
telling his audience hat the Bishops law
would remain on the statute books 30 long
as he could keep II there. declaring him
self opposed to its repeal.
Senator Everett Colby followed Mr.. Fort.
and also touched upon the excise ques-
ton by saying that while the Republican
party has a candidate who was not afraid
to tell his opinions and declare his inten-
lions, nothing had been heard on the sub
ject of excise legislation from his Demo-
cratic opponent. He also said that New
Idea and Regular Republicans had been
reunited by the present platform ana were
fighting as a unit for the success which
seemed certain to come to the Republican
candidates.
After short stops at Edgewater and
Fort Lee the candidate returned to Hack
ensack. where the largest crowd OF the
day was awaiting MIN. Besides Mr.. Fort,
Colonel Charles W. Fuller, State Senator
Wakelee, Senator Colby and Senator john
son delivered addresses. Mr.. Fort de-
clared himself in favor of giving the Gov
ernor p seat in the various boards ana
commissions, and power to remove statu-
tory officers for wr~ongdoing.
The days tour wound up at Englewood,
where the candidate was scheduled to
speak at s o'clock. Senators Wakelee and
Colby, former Cove nor John w. Griggs
and Assemblyman Lake. of Bergen, also
delivered short addresses. MI. Fort was
entertained in Englewbod by Donald Nc