The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-17
COUNTY
DELIGHTED
WITH FORT
Gets Hearty Welcome at
Meetings at Which lie
Made Speeches.

PLAINFIELD, Oct. 17.-After a days
rest from the labors of a cam
paign, John Franklin Fort, Republican
candidate for Governor, got back into har-
ness last night. holding meetings both here
and at westfleld. In Westfeld the house
was well filled, but the crowd was moth
ing compared to the number that greeted
him here when he stepped upon the stage
of the Plainfield Theatre. 1t was esti-
mated that 1900 persons were present,
making it the biggest gathering outside of
Hudson and Essex that Mr.. Fort has en-
countered on his tour of the state
Mr.. Fort spent the day at HE East Or
ange home and later in the afternoon went
to Plainf1eld, where he took supper, arriving
Mt the Westfield Club where the first meet
ing was to be held shortly after 8 o'clock.
He was accompanied by County Commit
chairman; Carlton B. Pierce, candidate for
the Assembly; Senator Charles N. Fowler,
Assemblyman Alfred N. Barber and Ran
dolph Perkins. The party was given a
cordial, though not boisterous, reception
when it filed out on the stage, Mr.. Perkins
receiving nearly as much applause as MI.
Fort. This applause was repeated when
ever the candidate referred to the Assem-
blyman or the Perkins bill.
The candidate. in his speech, dwelt on
the same points that he had been taking
his stand on throughout the State this
week. Excise, consolidation of commits
sions. amendment of the corporation laws,
with the establishment Of a corporation
bureau.
The excise and granting of power to
A. -, - .rrnaAinot - G4.k. inutff1I-
lions were all touched upon in the same
manner as in previous speeches. His
stand on the excise, If the applause could
be taken to mean anything, met with
more than approval. He quoted the excise
plank in the Republican platform, then
went on to say that it could refer to
nothing but the Bishops bill. He would
support that bill, he said, If elected, and
would veto any bill introduced to repeal 1t.
Next to the excise talk the statement of
what might be expected from State aid for
public schools aroused the most enthusiasm.
Mr.. Fort explained how, when the dispute
over the Perkins's tax act, which is being
fought in the courts or the ground of I'M
constitutionality, is settled, school taxes
would be lowered nearly 80 per cent. He
said:
Seven million dollars is a great deal for
a State of the size of New Jersey to- spend
III q yGdi WI 5CupOtby UuL IL L I'LL SleCleu
Governor | will endeavor to have every
unschooled child in the State accommodated
if 1t takes $10,O O0.0 900 to do it, he said.
Mr.. Colby was speaking when the Guber-
material candidate entered, and in a few
moments retired. Mr.. Fort got in a little
dig at the opposing party during his talk.
His text was a newspaper ~clipping-the
story Of a Democratic meeting held In
Newark recently.
THE chairman of that meeting" Mr..
Fort said, asked the voters In Gods
name to elect the eleven men nominated
on the Democratic Assembly ticket If they
wanted the saloons open on Sunday"
He also scored corrupt lobbyists. lie
said that they had no right in the State
House and that the place for many of
them was in the penitentiary.