Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-29
DEMOCRATIC MEET|NG
A GLORIOUS SUCCESS.

y He democratic mass meeting
which Was held III the Opera House
Woodbury.. on Tuesday evening. was
F one Of the best political meetings that
has been held in Woodbury. for q dec
ade. Tile house was crowded. and
there was an array of speakers such
as the town has never before seen on
lone platform. There were two bands
LOT music, and when the procession
marched from the court house to the
meeting place the city was literally
painted red with red fire along the
Main street
A. H. swaclhamer was made the
presiding officer, and after a short ad-
dress introduced the Hon. Frank S.
Katzenbaeh former Mayor of Tren-
ton. The defeated candidate for Gov
ernor of last fall made a splendid ad
dress, which in part, follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen. i feel that
when / come to Woodbury. am
among my friends Political cam
paigns have changed much in the past
generation. If you go back to the days
ct long ago you find a peculiar condition
OF affairs. If a Republican went to a
Democratic meeting he heard what a
bad man he was; and If a Democrat
went to Republican meeting he was
told that Unless the Republican can
didates were elected the country
would surely go to the dogs. So that
II you went to two you most likely
made up your mind that no matter
which way you voted the country
would surely go to eternal damnation
About ten years ago our country
entered upon a great era of prosperity
The rain fell 50 plentifully that we
had great prosperity in this country
of ours. while across the seas the peo-
pie were not so prosperous And so
it got to be that If asked why it is
that there are so many pretty girls
ii Woodbury.. | was told that it was
due TO Republican prosperity. and that
it was SO with every blessing we en-
joyed
The Republican party b as taken hold
lnf this and made political asset of
it, and they remind me ii this of an
old physician, who took a young man
into sick room with him The old
man looked at the patient, and said
in loud voice, You've been eating
eggs Yes, was the reply, so the
physician gave her dose Of medicine,
and they left the room Upon leaving
the house the young physician said
How did you know she'd been eating
eggs?' Why, | saw the egg shells un-
der the bed, said the older man.
Some time later the two went into
the same room, and Immediately the
young man pointed at the patient and
said, You've been eating horse.
How do you know I've been eating
horse?' was the question put Be
cause see the saddle and bride un-
der the bed, the young physician re-
piled.
Now. In 1907 we realized that there
was just as much rain, and just as
bountiful harvests, and the mines were
just as rich, and as a result that there
was just as much prosperity in the
land as in the preceding ten years
But all at once, notwithstanding there
was not the sign of a furry in the
financial clouds, the banks stopped pay
ment and those going there were not
given money, but clearinghouse Ger
tificate to pay the butcher and baker
and candlesticlS maker with.
Prosperity is not an asset of any
political party. | say that no matter
which party is in power there will be
good and there will be bad times.
We must realize that the Maker Who
holds the stars in their place is the
One that gives prosperity, and not a
political party. A discussion OF the
political campaign should be a free and