The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-10-29

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torial candidate and several politi-
clans who called with him while COM
| pleting a canvass of Mercer County.
Mr. Cleveland told Mr. Katzenbach
that he considered he had better
chance of winning than any Demo-
cratic Gubernatorlal candidate has had
since the party went out of power in
New Jersey.
| Woodrow Wilson, president of Prince
ton University, also received the candi-
date at the college town and had en-
couraging predictions to make. Aside
from the meeting of these two disin-
guished men the day passed without in
cident of note.
The night meeting at the State Street
| Theatre here was preceded by
street parade enthusiastically particf-
pated in by about as many people as
later got into the theatre. Leading
was a committee of a hundred Demo-
Gratis of the city, and then in this
| order came the Democratic Club, the
Fifth Ward Club, the South Trenton
Democratic Association, and clubs of
the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth,
and Thirteenth Wards. This COM
/ pduy WIS utNlutu llIO tWO oANioAOAot
with T. j. Hurley in charge of one,
and Walter Carson, of the other. while
Frederick Gordon was chief of staff.
Mr.. Katzenbach, who had just come
from the home of Richard Stockton at
200 West State street, where he had
dined with small company, marched
along near the head of the procession,
escorted by Mr.. Stockton, Mr.. Gordon,
E. Furman Hooper, William Allfather,
T. j. Mccormick, G.. w. Williamson
and Arthur Blackwell, the county can
didates.
The line of march was from East
Hanover street to Montgomery, to
State, to Broad, to Perry, to Warren,
back to State street and to the theatre.
Mr.. Katzenbach, looking over the sea
of faces when he was presented, was
considerably affected by the allegiance
shown him. "Since starting out on this
campaign a month ago." he said,s II
have been constantly on the go, visiting
so many places that when night came
often could not even remember their
names. But in all my travels I have
never received such a compliment as
you are giving me here in my own dear
home.''
At this juncture there was thunder
Gus cheering A voice in the audi
ence yelled, "Oh, that Mr. Katzenbach
would get $4,000 majority" and at this
there was a general laugh. The can
didate then made his excise state
ment and then went on to advocate
abolition of the voting machines.
This proved a popular issue with the
crowd. and got good support. But the
most popular topic the candidate took
up was that of the Public Utilities
Commission. Mr. Katzenbach called
Sam Dickinson the man who had tried
to serve two masters, and he also took
a fling at William Ril1er and Daniel
Baird. Speaking of the issue of direct
primaries, he said:
There is no country where direct pri-
maries are needed as they are here. /
can count on the fingers of one hand the
men who rule the country. neighbor of
mine whom you know would have re-
ceived the Senatorial nomination on the
Republican ticket II there had been direct
primaries. (The reference was to B. B.
HutchinSon.)
LET me say that know what an oath is.
have taken an oath before If become
Governor l am going 10 see that there is
sweeping out In the State House 0oud
cheers). and am going to visit those State
Institutions which the Governors of this
State have not been visiting and giving
their personal attention to, and I am going
to give the people Of New Jersey, Demo-
cratic. or Republican, an honest administra-
tion."
Mr.. Katzenbach,' in his tour of the
county yesterday, found his most interest
ing reception at Princeton. He got to the
university town about 3 o'clock, after COM
ing from Hightstown, where the campaign
ing party lunched
A parade of students formed as soon as
the automobile caravan arrived in sight,
with 400 or 500 college students marching
ahead of the automobiles, headed by a
band. They proceeded through the campus
and along Nassau street, till Nassau Inn
was reached, where Professor Arson IN
troduced the candidate. Mr.. Katzenbach
stood up in the front seat of an automo-
bile where he could be seen by everybo
and punctuated his remarks by little mods
of his head, at each one, of which the
students broke out into short, quick yell.
They continued this sort of horseplay when
the candidate began to talk, but inside Of
five minutes he had their attention, and
soon afterward their applause. Mr.. Katz-
enbach said:
Princeton is the same old place l re-
member ir my sopho-nor year. holding
parade on the campus right here. when
II was announced that Robert Stockton
Green, the last Democratic Governor of
New Jersey who was a Princeton man,
had got the nomination. He had a son in
college at the time and we had a recep-
tton and dadance on The lawn and ii was a
very enjoyable affair. l remember that
his lection followed largely because he
was a Princeton man. LauPhter.) Since
then there has been no Governor from
Princeton, though one came from Lafay-
ette and one from Rutgers. (Groans and
explanations. of wonder)
L am glad that that professor who in
uoduced me stated that | was here for
four years Sometimes the boys are here
for more, you know, and 1t Is well for a
man to spend more than one Presidential
incident | remember in connection with
politics at college. 1t was. when Cleye-
land was running against Harrison. The
college was divided into two classes, one
supporting each candidate, and the Har-
rison men had formed club and gotten
ordered soTe gorgeous toggery, and on
the yely night the parade was advertised
to come off they arrived, c. 0. D., with
$500 TO pe raised. When we had gotten
the money by a hasty collection, It de-
veloped that the makers had lot of very
conspicuous 1884 Blaine, and Logan but
tons, left over from the previous cam
pagn and they lined the fronts of the
suits. There was nothing to do but wear
them but the joke got out, and by the
time the parade had gone a few blocks
we were pitched into so hard We had TO
give up, and the suits were never worn
again.
"I suppose that perhaps you students are
not much Interested in State politics. The
! great interest here, as | remember used
| to be in the national campaign, but teei
| that you will not be sacrificing any
national issues in voting for me this year.
no matter what your political faith, and