Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-21
SAYS COUNTRY
is ALL RIGHT.
COngressman-EleCt Pratt, of East
Orange, Stops at Washington
Jersey DOings at Capital.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 21:-Col
lie Gage Pratt, of East Orange, is
spending a few days in this city. He
stopped in this city enroute for his
home after a tour of six weeks in the
south and west. Colonel Pratt haE
| the distinction of hal ling been elected
to congress as a democrat by 5,0UC
plularity in a district that formerly
gave a republican pliTallty OF l4,OO0
He will succeed WA liam II. Wiley
and it will be the frs t in twenty-sev-
en- years since a denI ocrat has repre-
sented the eighth district, the last
democrat being COLONEL English, the
author of ben Bolt.'p
In talking about hlts trip, Colonel
Pratt said:
Just before coming to Washing
ton 1 stopped in Atlal lta. My friends
there were greatly elaHed that l had
won the election in MY district, but
/ told them it was ALL due to Geor-
gia, for I had taken a little of the
good old democracy fl.cm that state
and planted it in New Jersey, where
it had taken root"
Colonel Pratt pays a. splendid trib-
ute to the republican policy of pro-
lection when he said: In the trip
am just completing l travelled in
many states and must say that ev-
erywhere the pulse of prosperity beat
with a good healthy throb, which
shows that the heart OF the business
industry of the country is all right.
The circulation is good and there is
no indication that there will he any
relapse
kilograms Against SmooN.
Senators Kean and Dryden yester-
day received numerous kilograms
against Senator Smdot before the vote
was taken on the question of expul-
sion of the senator from Utah.
The senator's have received petiti-
tions from the College WomenS Club
of Essex county, and the EdgeRater
Club of Cliffside, in favor of the child
labor bill Also in favorf of the Lit
tlefield temperance bill from Key
port. and from j. II. Albertson, OF
Delaware, opposing ship subsidies.
Representative Gardner has been
advised that pensions have been
granted to William Horn, of Burling
ton, at SIS a month from Feb. 9
1907, the first in his district under
the McCumber service pension act;
to Alexander J. Henry, of Atlantic
| City, at $S n month from Jan. 16.
1907; and Frederick Blint, of Port
Elizabeth, at $24 a month from Jan
16, 1907.
Representative Van Winkle has
named Harry w. Renner as mid
shipman at the United States naval
academy at Annapolis, Mr..
There seems to be some trouble
about the nomination of William H.
! Mckay as postmaster at Rutherford.
The name was sent in to the senate
last Friday, but the nomination has
not yet been confirmed by the senate.
The matter is in the hadns of the
postoffice committee.
George L. Shinn, of New Egypt,
state senator from Ocean county; Asa
Wilsey, of Toms River, county chair
man; /. S. Taylor, of Lakewood, and
! U. S. Grant. of the same place, who
has been recommended for postmas-
ter, were here yesterday. Represen-
tative Howell accompanied them to
the postoffice department in reference
to the appointment of Mr.. Grant. 1t
Is claimed that the present incum-
bent's services are satisfactory to
the postoffice department and there
fore no change will be made, al
though Grant has been endorsed by
Congressman Howell for the place.
Thomas j. Pierson, of Elizabeth,
is at the Riggs; Lyman Eisner, of Red
Bank, is at the Arlington; Robert M.
Thompson, of Bayonne, is at the New
Willard. G. S. A.