The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-13

man as the Senator extended his hand.
Il know you, all right"
Il am glad Of that" responded the
Senator.
"Oh. yes; we've met before. I re-
member you very we'll"
81 can't recall the OCCASION" replied
the Senator.
Mr.. Sherman then said it was in the
New York office of the firm OF which
the Senator was a member.
Il gave you some pointers about
politics when you told me you were
going into the game. l think I'm
partly responsible for your success"
81 ought to remember, but l can't"
said Mr. Colby.
Former Senator John +. Dryden pre-
sided at the Newark meeting, and
Governor j. Franklin Fort at that in
East Orange, Senator Dryden's speech,
before presenting Mr.. Fairbanks, was
short but i~ncisive. as was that OF Gov
mAernor Fort. In both places the au-
diences crowded the halls to the doors.
Many of the listeners We're women.
Preparations were made in this city
for an overflow meeting, ard "a deco
rated truck was paced in Belmont ave-
nue., in front of the Auditorium for the
convenience of outdoor speakers, but
there was no occasion to use it.
Mr.. Sherman lends a liveliness to his
speeches by telling a lot of humorous
stories, and last night the comment
was made that he is entitled, for this
reason, to the cognomen of sunny
Jim" that had been applied to him.
Like other men of a humorous turn, he
can be sarcastic, and references to the
Democratic candidate for President
were frequently of this order.
Fairbanks Lauds Jerscymen.
Mr.. Sherman's speech. was substan-
TALLY the same in both East Orange
an Newark, though varied 1T to
spply local color an to meet the local
situation. nr. Fairbanl brought out
applause by his references to local and
Nsw Jersey people. a tribute to the
memory of Vice-President Carrot A.
Hobart was especially appreciated. An
other tribute to a Jerseyman vas paid
TO the late Grover Cleveland, and
brought out applause. y GERS we're
evoked at mention of former Governor
Murphy's name.
In the substance of their talks
neither Mr.. Fairbanks nor Mr.. Sher-
man brought forward any new argu-
ments against their opponents. Mr..
Fairbanks spoke for an hour almost to
L . minute and MI. Sherman for forty
minutes.
Mr.. Sher an said Bryan was dam
gerous becau he was sincere ana was
not a fakir.
When Governor Fort presented Mr..
Sherman at the East Orange meeting
he referred to East Orange as a horne
city. This gave Mr.. Sherman a chance
to refer to his association with East
Orange, and he asid.
II know that ladies who leave East
Orange preside over the households to
which they go with the sanction and
permission Of their husbands. And /
can say for my household they preside
with a dignity their usbands cannot
always bring. In this township many
times / occupied, not the rostrum, but
a pew where 1 listened to the Rev. DIR.
Henry Hickok, who has gone to his re
\ ward" The late DIR. Hickok was pas
tor of Brick Presbyterian Church, East
Orange.
This plea met with applause.
During the Newark speech Mr.. Sher-
man. referring to Bryan, said that in
the first campaign mode by the Demo-
! cratic candidate there was a para
mount issue; the second had a burn
ing issue; and now the issue is ,"Shall
the people ru!e?" a.,. &,
.sMr. Bryan has learned on two nota-
BILE occasions that the people rule" he
continued, but the rule Of three strikes
and out seems to prevail with him and
he's trying 1t agair. And he. won't
e have to get to second to sbe put out
Shall the people ruler promises ito
take it, place alongside of that Old
saving known 20 every schoolboy.
Where was Moses when the light
went out?' Everybody knows that the
answer Is In the dark That's where
Mr.. Bryan will be next MONTH
He lauded Bryan as a man. referring
to him as a Christian gentleman with
whom he served in Congress. He said
th..t the Commoner was a good neigh
Dor, and urged Newarkers not to take
him from his Nebraska home
"They asked us to stay home once
about eighteen years ago, didn't they,
John?" the nominee said, turning to-
ward United States Senator Kean.
within sixty days after the election
of Taft and a.. Republican Congress- =
he said, 'the count of idle worklnen
in the United States "a be put in a
pint cup The election of Bryan and
a. Democratic Congress would, even be-
fore his inauguration. give us more
iGle workmen than ever before, with
the possible exception of those days
from 1893 to 1897. The dread of the
reversal of the economic policies of
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