Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-10-21
Will Speak From
Stand at CitV
Hall Park.
AT T2:45O'CL0CK
kebrass an viii Be Net at Central
Depet by Reception Committee
in ku'os-kuslc by Band-In-
PRODUCTION by Thomas II. Hag-
erty, sounry Chairman.

Arrangements for the visit of Will
liam Jennings Bryan to this city Fri
day afternoon are being rapidly per-
fected by the local democratic leaders
in conjunction with County Chairman
Thomas H Hagerty and the state
committee.
The democratic nominee for the
presidency will arrive at the Central
depot at 2.45 o'clock. He will be
met by the reception committee in
three automobiles and will be taken
at once to a stand at the southerly
end of city hall park, where he will
be introduced by Mr.. Hagerty and
will speak for half-hour or more.
the platform will be about forty
feet square and tickets OF admission
will be sent out to the invited guests.
The clergymen of the city will be
among those thus honored, as we'll
as a number of ladies'.
The committee has offered a sug-
gestion that the factories and busi-
ness houses in this city and adjacent
towns let their employees off, as far
as possible, Friday afternoon to hear
the candidate. There will be band
to enliven the demonstration and the
tnrong is expected to be an enormous
one. The platform will face the
park.
Executive Committee Meets.
An enthusiastic and largely-attend-
ed meeting of the democratic city
executive committee was held last
night in the headquarters in the Odd
Fellows building. Plans were made
for entertaining Mr. Bryan and the
situation was thoroughly gone over.
A meeting of the Perth Amboy
Democratic Association will take
place in the Odd Fellows building
tonight
The fourth ward. will be hotbed
of political activity tonight. The
Fourth Ward Democratic Association
will hold regular meeting at 278
Smith street, and there will be a ral-
ly of republicans at Mckinley hall.
Gathering at Maurer.
The Excelsior hotel at Maurer was
the scene of a big democratic meet
ing last night, at which Joseph Mas
sopust presided There were about
200 present. The speakers included
Mayor Bollschweiler, Assemblyman
Ramsay, Alderman-at-Large Voor-
hees, the fifth ward candidates for
alderman and school commissioner
and others. Each was accorded an
ovation and the sentiment was
strong. Refreshments were served
at the close.
The city democratic committee is
planning for a mass meeting on or
about October 20, at which Carl
Schurz may be one of the speakers.
Bryan's Tour Of State.
Close on the heels of his republic
an opponent for the Presidency, Will
liam Jennings Bryan In going to make
tour of New Jersey and will visit
this city next Friday. Unlike Mr..
Taft, who made five speeches, he will
speak fifteen, possibly twenty times.
The Bryan special train, bearing the
democratic state committee and the
nominee, will leave Philadelphia at
o'clock Friday morning, crossing
the Delaware and entering this state
q half hour later. The whirlwind
tour that has been planned will ter
inmate al Newark, according to pres
ent plans, late in the evening.
He will probably make his New
Brunswick address at an open air
meeting >to be held on Livingston
avenue near Schureman street, some
wnere in the vicinity OF Monument
Square.
State Committee Chairman James
r. Nugent late yesterday worked out
the Bryan schedule and announced 1t
last night. He said: eff possible we
will have Mr.. Bryan for Jersey City
and Paterson Saturday afternoon.
should that be out of the question.
he will go from Newark Friday even
ing after mass meeting in Kreuger
Auditorium, and will speak in Jersey
City at or $50 o'clock.
eve have arranged to hire spec
ial train, and will leave Philadelphia
with Mr.. Bryan and the state COM
mittee aboard at 8 o'clock The state
committee members will meet at the
Bellevue-Stratford the evening pre-
vious.
ut is planned to reach Trenton
over the Pennsylvania at about $50.
A speech will be made from the OBJ
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