Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-02-01
Fort Speaks in Newark.

Fort Speaks in Newark.
NEWARK, Feb. President
Theodore Roosevelt's quotation from
the inaugural address of Governor
John Franklin Fort in the message
he sent to congress yesterday has re-
vived the feeling that the chief ex,
ecutive of this state is the choice Of
some of the national republican lead~
ers for the nomination for vice>
president Of the United States on q
ticket with Secretary of War William
H. Taft in first place. In New Jersey
the boom for the nomination of the
governor for second place on the re-
publican ticket of this year wap
launched several weeks ago. 1t has
been fostered by Mr.. Forts friends
and whenever he has appeared ia
public of late he has been cheered
as the running mate of the man I'd
be named to succeed Mr.. Roosevelt,
In the parlors of st. Paul's Meth,
odist Episcopal church, this city, last
night, more than 100 men, gathered
at a banquet IN honor of the gover-
nor. former member of the church.
cheered a suggestion that he might
be vice-president of the United
States. The public appearance Of
the governor, following close on the
heels of the Presidents high compile
ment to him, was occasion for an
outpouring of enthusiasm, and his
name was coupled with the vice-pres>
1 idency in the cheering.
! Governor Fort has declined to be
drawn into discussion of the possi-
bility OF HIS name being considered
by the next national republican cons
vention. Secretary of War Taft and
the governor were speakers at q
banquet of the Essex County Yala
Alumni in East Orange, last week.
and afterward went to Washington
together. 1t has been rumored that
I in long conference with the Presia
dent there Mr.. Fort was asked If ha
would accept If nominated Tho
1 governor declares that anyone who
says that the President talked polls
tics or the vice-presidency with him
| Ties
When asked If he would conside1
! the vice-presidential nomination, the
governor declined absolutely I'd
make any comment.
AS a speaker In national cams
paigns and as prominent figure In
national conventions of the past,
Governor Fort has made a name for
himself far beyond the borders of his
own state. He was chairman of the
committee that read j. Edward Ads
dicks, of Delaware, out of the repub3
lican party in the convention that
nominated Mckinley and Hobart In
1896.
The governor was for several
years a member of st. Paul's prior
to his removal from Newark to East
0-"~ve. M subject had been as~
signed to him for last nights feast.
| but in the enthusiasm of the moment
he waxed eloquent and held his auA
ditors with stirring denunciation
of the enemies of good government
and advice for the guidance of the
man who would be a power in hfh
city.
! The Mems Club of the church gave
the dinner in compliment to the gov&
ernor. He was the guest of honor,
and the gathering accordingly paid
high tribute. The tables were laid
| in the church parlors in Marshall
street There was nothing Of a polis
| tical character to the feast or ita
speechmaking so far as partisanship
is concerned, but naturally the age
gregation of active business and pros
fessional men, without regard to
party. gave way to the Temptation Of
the presence of the governor and
cheered a suggestion that he might
be vice-president of the United
States.
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