The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-10
''CHARLEY'S" PUZZLE
MURPHY AMUSES DEMO-
Gratis OF EAST NEWARK.
Says if He Lives to Be IS He'll Vote
Straight Ticket IS Times-"Advanced
Vaudeville" Meeting.

Advanced vaudeville with a touch OF
comic opera, were the chief concomitants
of the mass meeting OF the East Newark
Democratic Gu last night. Cornelius A..
McGlennon, candidate for Mayor,
James Gibbs, candidate for collector, gave
the big talks and were very earnest in
impressing upon the audience the neees-
sity of voting them into office.
The chief arguments why Mayor Kenny
and Terence H.fO'Donnell should be de-
feated. according to the speakers, were
because the latter two had lived up 70
their office and enforced the law. James
Gibbs delivered a treatise on Democracy,
putting forth his brand as the real, simon
pure ancient article, declaring that ne
had been raised on a Democratic potlle,
Harry Mcdonald, one OF the clnb eandl-
dates for Councilman, impaired the inter-
esting information that he was a stranger
to them, was not acquainted in East New
ark and was a New Yorker.
The real treat OF the evening however.
was the monologpe delivf rtSnc 9y ~ 6"1 New
York, gracious mob. but Charley NUT
phv from Grant avenue. be gee. iii.
Now Charley was real serious WHIT
he was expoundlng. having asked that ne
:erbe other fellowSV he said. newer get
nm and say anything. But / told the
fellers that tonight ! was going TO make
Charley relieved himself Of the aphor.
ism that, he was no orator or speaker
that he was only a Democrat. 'Charley
NAV not pose as a Mathematician, put. ne
sprung a problem during his talk that has
puzzled his hearers since. He declared
that he is twenty-Sx years old anu ma;
voted five times. always pemocra.lc, MI.
he shouted, IF I live to be fifty-hve year.
old. l will have voted f~fty-1ve times, al
Now the question arises: Does Charley
forget that he did not vote until he was
twenty-one years old, or before he arrive.
at the age Of ffty-fve, does he Intend Il
repent on the votine nronosition?
ing against Kenny and o'Donnell is thu
fact that, as he said in his remarks; they
won't let the fellers hang around the cor
ners at night"
club. made a good impression upon the au
dience, as he confined himself to issues o
the campaign. A good speaker. DELANEY
asked the voters present to support tht
ticket. and referring to the tendency of tn
day to select young men for. political of
fee, asked that the voters OF East New
ark give the younger men in POLITICS {
chance to show their worth. +.
Mr.. McGlennon delivered a lengthy ad
dress, In which he accused Mayor Kenny
OF playing favorites in administering th'
a am fighting your fight" he said. g,
fight for Justice, and you must admire m,
nerve in going against the man who l
He declared that the police force wa
against him and that the story had beef
given out that II he was elected he woul'
put them out of office.
This he said, wal an ahominable lie
1 have 1t on good authority" he said, tina
Mayor Kenny asked some one else to rui
for Mayor when he heard Of my candi
dacy. He probably could use some on
else, but he can't use me"
He asserted that Kenny had visited tn
superintendent of one of the large plant
in East Newark and asked him to compe
his employees to vote for him, or be dis
charged.
McGlennon declared that the people wer
tired OF the alleged tyrannicai rule.
t, During his speech the fire whistle of III
borough began to sound the usual curfev
but got out Of order and blew a long cor
tinuous blast. Some of those present star
ed to leave but McGlennon called thel
} back. saying that the noise was a trick {
/ the present government TO break up TIL
. meeting. He asserted that "the throne c
the mighty monarch Of East Newark
lettering, and the whistle of Clark's ]
sounding his death knell."
In his peroration he asserted that "a
the setting of the sun tonight there vii
be written across the western sky in let
tiers of geld. Victory and Success for on
ticket"