The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
College Girls Thought he
Was a Dear After
Pretty Speech.
BEAUTY RING AROUND HIM
Pennington DamseIs All but
Smack Nominee for Governor
When lie Calls EN- Hand.
soonest lie Ever Saw.
Talks Politics to Them.
[From a stan correspondent.l

PENNINGTON, Oct S.-Judge J.
Franklin Fort, Republican nominee for
Governor, had narrow escape from
being "Hobsonited" at the Pennington
Seminary this morning after he fin
ished making a short address to the
students as to why they should vote
the full Republican ticket next month.
In the audience were a large num-
ber of young women, who are studying
at the seminary, and they applauded
the gubernatorial candidate until their
hands almost became sore fromssheir
exertions "
Then they tried to get near enough
to the judge to shake his hand and
wish him success, but were prevented
for a few minutes by the young men,
who thought they had the right of way
in that respect.
The young women took a different
view of matters and adopted some-
thing of football rush and swept the
men aside Then all gathered around1
the Judge, and all wanted to shake I
hands with him at one time. He triedIt
to accommodate them by holding out
both hands in order to expedite mat
ters
But even that did not serve the pur-
pose, as several Of the young women
began to squeeze the candidates arms
until he felt rather uncomfortable as
they began to crowd closer.
! Judge Fort said he was delighted to
meet the young women, and added that
| he never met and never saw a hafhal
| somer lot Of young women in his life
/ The girls at the pretty speech formed
a ring around him and sang several
songs, and then suddenly closed in on
him. and it appeared as though he was
going to be kissed-yes, kissed.
The gubernatorial nominee suddenly
broke through the enchanted circle and
backed up against the wall of the hall
amid the gleeful cries of the students.
Judge Fort visited the Pennington
Seminary today to explain his pledges
to some $50 students and about $50
toWnsmen.
The candidate stated that he wanted
it understood that he stood for every
plank in the platform adopted at the
Republican State convention, and prom
ised that If elected he would endeavor
to have the planks enacted into law.
Judge Fort spoke at length on the
election of United States Senators by
the people, and on the direct primary
question. His views were applauded
time and again by his audience.
The candidate was introduced by the
Rev. DIR. Frank Moore, the president
of the seminary, who spoke of the can
didate as a student of the institution,
and referred to him as the next Gov
ernor.
The Republican candidate had previ-
ously spoken to a large crowd at Hope
well. He arrived in Trenton at $3.50 and
was met by County Chairman Harry
Baker, Surrogate J. w. Cornell, POST
master Alexander Yard, State Secretary
Henry Dickinson, United States Senator
Briggs, Assemblyman Alfred N. Bar
bour, DR.. Robbins and John 2. Gill.
the latter the Republican candidate for
Mayor of Trenton. The party, as stat
ed, first went to Hopewell, and then
came here. They are due in Hightstown
at $3.50 this afternoon.
After speaking in Hightstown MIR.
Fort will return to Trenton, whore he
is scheduled to speak before the Tren-
ton Republican Club tonight.
While the rain kept down the crowd
at Hopewell the weather appeared to be
changing at Pennington, and large
turnout is expected at FIightstown.
United States Senator Briggs made
rather sensational address here today. in
which he said that he did not believe that
the people in New Jersey were willing 10
violate the Fourth Commandment by vot-
ing the Democratic ticket, no matter how
much was said to the contrary.
The Bishops bill, placed on the statute
books by the Republican party, was there
to stay, he said, and that when the votes
were counted on election night it would be
found that the great majority Of the voters
in the State were in favor of that law.
Tho Senator said it was time that the
excise question: was settled once and for
all, ana that there vas no better time
than the present to have the fight out