The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-22
Thousands Greet Republican
Candidate at Atlantic
City Rally.
LAUDED BY FAGANITES
Hundreds Outside Dining Hall
Await G. @. P. Standard Bear
er--Seven Clubs and Five
Bands Escort Him to
Young's Pier.

biggest ovation Of his campaign here
last night when he addressed 5000 at a
meeting OF Young's pier. Seven Re-
publican clubs and five bands escorted
the G. A. r. standard-bearer from his
hotel to the platform. Prosecutor Will
lam II. Speer, of Hudson, compared
Mr.. Fort with Roosevelt.
Judge Fort did not mention Excise"
or bishops BILL but at one
point, when speaking of home rule,
in response to a burst of applause, he
interrupted himself to say hat he did
not mean what they thought he did.
That was the nearest approach that
was made to the question that the
hotel-keepers are talking about at every
opportunity.
The meeting followed a brisk, If not
strenuous, lou of the county during
the day. Only five towns had been Wis
tied, but they were stretched out along
about forty miles of road.
The party returned to Atlantic City
in order to allow Mr.. Fort to attend
the banquet and reception at the Sea-
sid Hotel. Nearly all of those who
had followed him through the county
were hidden, among them Judge &c. A.
Higbee, Mayor +. p. Stoy. of Atlantic
City; Congressman John J.. Gardner,
Postmaster Harry Bacharach ad E. A.
Wilson, candidate for Senator.
Fully 300 persons were waiting to be
presented to the candidate when he
came out of the dining hall. 1t had
been understood earlier in the day tina
the reception would be rendered by the
hotel proprietors, but While many of
them were present, there were a
larger humble of ordinary citizens.
Extensive preparations a been
made for the meeting at the pier. as
the leaders were particularly anxious
to make a showing which would eclipse
that of MI. Katzenbach here a few
days ago. Seven Republican clubse s-
corted the candidate and the other
speakers to the Auditorium. and five
bands helped to make walking easy.
John J. White acted as chairman in
the place of Postmaster Harry Bach
arach, who was at first scheduled to
WELD the gavel. Mr.. White is con-
sidered as leader of the boardwalk
Town. while Mr.. Bacharach is sup
posed to be at the head of the business
centre.
All the speakers were handicapped
by conditions existing in the hall. In
the first place the building was SO
chilly that nearly ell the audience kept
on their oVercoats. The great num-
Der, too. prevented the perfect quiet
necessary to have the speakers heard
well, but in spite of the drawbacks,
when Mr.. Fort, the other candidates,
the clubs and the bands arrived, there
was cheering enough to warm " the
coolest blood.
Prosecutor Speer had come
down for the occasion and was
the first called upon by Mr..
White. His speech was short and
contained much praise for Mr.. Fort,
whom he compared with President
Roosevelt, and also for the principles
for which he stands. Hard times had
been the rule when the Democratic
party held control, Mr.. Speer, said, but
with the passing of power into RepulS-
lican hands twelve years ago, came
times of plenty. He asked his audi
ence to show any reason why this
power should be rendered again into
the hands which, as he termed it, had
misused it.
Mr.. Fort was brought forward almost
without introduction. 1t was several
minutes before he could begin, for after
the applause had subsidized the noise of
seats being dragged forward, that their
occupants might not miss anything,
was so great that he could not be heard.
He made the same declarations that he
has been making throughout the cam
paign, giving most Of his attention to
the subject of an inland waterway
along the New Jersey coast. to which
he has referred in several speeches in
this and other parts of the State. He
reminded his steners that this was
not the first time he had addressed
them. In 1896, he said, he had visited
them when touring the State with
Governor Griggs. Later he had spoken
at the opening of the new boardwalk.
The welfare of Atlantic City, he
said. would receive his utmost atten-
ton should he be elected. He went on
to refer to It's hotels and increased
population, saying that such a city
deserved the best of government, "by
your people, and for your people, and
Of your people" 1t vas at this point
that he took up home rule, which,
| later, led him to say that he did not
mean what his audience thought. Inn
proved public chools and State aid to
roads. with increased funds for their
maintenance, also received his atten-
ton. In regard to these funds he
brought out the point that when his
party came into power there was a
! deficit in the treasury Of $500, 900. This,
he said, had been made up without cost
to the people and a surplus Of SO, 500, 900
placed in the treasury.
'eWill you let the other party get into
control again simply on account of a
miserable little side issue?" he asked,
and added:
1 tell you. men of atlantic City, that II
elected i will give you the good govern
ment for which the Republican party
stands if it is in my power. / am not
seeking this election by cringing to any
body or anything. I would rather go down
to defeat UNFOLDING the right than win at
the cost of a single principle or the doing
OF ANYTHING that would bring disgrace upon
me or the family that | love.
Robert carey. Of Jersey City, was the
next speaker. He brought with him from
Hudson a fine. large voice that filled the
whole auditorium and made everyone
listen to his semi-humorous arraignment of
Democratic administrations and preten-
sIons. He dweIt on the conditions exist
ing during that party's control: on the
theft Of State House furniture he, said had