The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-16

MEETS BAD
ROADS, TOO
Tour OF Gloucester County
+ Not all a JOyfnl.
Experience.
COVERED WITH FLOUR
Practical Joker at Mill Gets
in His Work Teday-.Speech-
making Last Night at Wood.
bury.- Recites Evidence
of Hahn Committee.
COVERED WITH FLOUR

the worst roads in the State. Frank S.
Katzenbach, Democratic candidate for
Governor, reached here shortly before
noon today. This is the third day the
campaigning party has been touring
the woods of South Jersey, and the
trip has been exceedingly monotonous,
but it became the lot of John Hag-
g9rty, of New Brunswick, to put some
life into the party this morning.
Haggarty was met at the flour mill
of w. w. johnson, at Elmer. The
party stopped at the mill, and Johnson
escorted the Governor through the
plant. The party, including State Com
mitteeman Robert Gwyne, were exam
lining some of the pulverizing machines
when there was a sudden shower of
powdered grain. It came from Hag-
garty, and when the party left the mill
they looked like the proverbial snow
man. Everyone was doing his best to
brush the white dust from his clothes.
After the mass meeting at Woodbury.
last night the candidate and his fol-
lowing of politicians and newspaper
men were compelled to content them
selves with the limited accommodations
of the only hotel in the town. Early
this morning a start was made and FL
mer was the first settlement of any
size invaded by the candidate. The trip
was made in al a~ntiquated automobile
built to accommodate two passengers.
A chauffeur, State Committeeman
Gwyne and the candidate crowded into
the vehicle and started for Elmer,
which is a town of about 1900 popula-
4s@a - l.- n NaRs~nAf Aar1y
Here Mr.. K~atzenbach made a brief
speech and met a number of people,
including Jasper B. Wainwright, a for
mer Sunday school pupil of the candi-
date. This meeting was unexpected on
the part of Mr.. Katzenbach. Mr..
Wright is cashier in the bank and as
sured the candidate that he would bolt
the Republican ranks this year and
cast a straight Democratic ticket.
AS the party was nearing Elmer it
encountered a large auto of the rub
berneck'' type, which is operated as
a stage line. There were several pas
sengers in the vehicle, which preceded
the campaigning party to the town by
several minutes. The passengers were
heralded Throughout the place by the
populace, who was expecting the can
didate, with:
Here comes the Governor now"
After leaving Elmer the party went
by automobile to the Hebrew settle
ments at Alliance and Greenville. At
the former place there is a large cloth
ing factory. Mr.. Katzenbach visited
the mill and met all the operators.
The road between Elmer and Alliance
is the worst yet encountered, and Mr..
Katzenbach said the trip was the hard
est he has yet made. On the way the
party stopped at several potteries and
canning factories, and then proceeded
to Garrison's Hall, where a speech was
Leaving the hall the candidate
continued on to Woodstowrl, where
dinner was served at French's hotel.
The afternoon trip includes stops at
Auburn and Pedricktown, PENIS Grove
and Pennsville, after which the wilds of
Gloucester will be left behind and
Salem County invaded. The itinerary
for the day ends at Salem, where the
candidate will speak at a mass meeting
tonight.
WOODBURY.. Oct. 16.-Mr. Katzen-
bach's days work has been altogether
the most strenuous put in since re-
ceiving the gubernatorial nomina-
ton. He got back to his hotel
here just before Z o'clock last night,
after his Gloucester County tour, COW
cred from head to foot with dust and
thoroughly tired out. but still the pa
tient. genial and light-hearted though
earnest c~ampaigner he has continually
SHOWN himself since the contest began
a fortnight ago. As he descended from
his car the bugler, now become an in
separable part of the outfit, blasted
out a patriotic air and there immedi-
ately gathered a crowd of Two hun
bred persons. Tired as he was, the
candidate grasped the hands of two
thirds of these, dashed to his room,
tack but a bite Of dinner and in forty
five minutes was on his way again to
Green's Opera House. where the nights
massmeeting was held.
Assisting him as speakers at this
gathering We're Simon p. Northrup, a
member of the State auxiliary commit
tee from Newark, and Martin p. Dew
lin, a Trenton lawyer. Senator Thomas
Terrell presided. Mr.. Northrup spoke
first and declared the Republican
party, or at least it's leaders at Tren-
ton, have long known of its W rot
tenness, and IN point referred to SEN
ator Colby's fight to have a rate regu-
lating clause placed in the public util-
tiles bill. He quoted Colby as saying he
knew it to be a fact there were in the
Republican party a set of white-livered
men afraid that If power of rate regu-
lating was given a commission there
would be no money Forthcoming for
campaign expenses.
"A pertinent ISSUE" said Mr.. Northrup,
''can be found in the disposition of these
same 'white-livered' men who are pros
trating themselves before the corpora
tons"
Mr.. Katzenhach devoted himself excfl-
sively last night to a recital of evidence adj
duced by the Hahn Investigating commit
tee showing corruption under Republican
rule at Trenton and throughout the State,
using the same material and substantially
the same phrasing that he has stuck to
whenever speaking on this topic and IN
sisting that correction of the abuses evil
denced is the only real issue OF the cam
paign.
In his tour yesterday Mr.. katzenbach met
asclass of voters readily Invisible into those
OF factory workers and farmers- He passed
| through twenty small towns and hamlets
and made Eve speeches. Other than his
address last night The most important Of
ltheea. from nhn stnndpoint Of the humble