Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-13
DEMOCRATS START
WORK AFTER BIG
TRENTON P0W-WOW
Appoint Committee to Educate
People in Opposition to Payne
Aldrich Tariff Law.
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Especial to the Newark Star.l
i TRENTON, Dec. 13.-The education OF
the people in opposition to the Payne
Aldrich tariff law is to be the work OF
the committee of Democrats appointed
at the Democratic gathering held here
Saturday afternoon and night TO dis
cuss plans for the campaign next year
for Governor. congressmen ana Uhlteu
States Senator. Resolutions covering
the whole campaign and the State plat
form were introduced II laid over Tor
another meeting.
The committee will prepare literature
for distribution among the voters OF
the State. The men appointed for the
work are James r. Nugent, Charles II.
Gallagher and Robert S. Hudspeth, or
the Democratic State COMMITTEES; Will
lam Pintard, Walter l. Mccoy n SEN
ator George S. Silzer, of the auxiliary
| State committee; James ID. Carpenter,
| of Woodbury.; N. P. Wedin, of Jersey
| City, and former Assemblyman H.. Il.
Backus, of Essex county.
More than $50 Democrats of prom
| inenoe were present at the conference,
which was called to consider the state
platform for the next year, and the
men who will be backed as candidates
for the various offices. The resolutions
and names of those who will receive the
party's support for positions will be
taken up at a later meeting.
Tho permanent organization was ell
fe cted by the election of Mayor George
Hampton, of Bridgeton, as chairman.
Ray E. Mayham, Of Union, and j, l..
Newman, of Essex, as secretaries, ana
with the following vice-presidents:
Frank s. K~atzenbach, jr., James E
MARITIME, Senator James f. Fielder, OF
Hudson. Congressman William Hughes.
DR.. C. F. Kraemer, of Essex, and state
Assessor Charles E. Hendrickson, OF
Hudson.
Among the separate resolutions
adopted was one introduced by Will
lam Pintard, of Monmouth County, re-
ouesting the Democratic members OF
the Legislature to appoint a campaign
committee to keep a record of legisla-
tive proceedings and prepare literature
for campaign purposes. Another resolu-
tion adopted came from Allan B. Walsh,
the Democratic Assemblyman-elect from
Mercer County. 1t requests Democratic
clubs to meet once a month, and asks
the auxiliary State committee to or
ganize a speakers bureau for the pur-
pose of providing speakers for those
meetings.
The Democratic banquet was
noted for two things. One was that
nearly all, if not all, of the speakers
who are looked upon as having al eye
on the ~Governorship disclaimed my
such purpose; the other was that a
negro was one of the speakers.
President Woodrow Wilson, Of
Princeton University, who had been in
vited to be one of the speakers, sent
a letter of regret. President Wilson
was detained in Princeton owing to
the dedication Of Thomson Hall.
Chairman Lippincott. of the auxiliary
State committee, was POSTMASTER, The
dining room was arranged with tables
large enough to accommodate ten. The
POSTMASTER and the speakers occupied
one table.
Congressman Hughes was the first
speaker.
Senator Silzer made what might be
termed the set speech of the evening.
The Senator discussed State issues at
length and attacked the legislative rec
ord of the Republicans.
Former Mayor Katzenbach was
cheered for a minute when he arose to
speak. Mr.. Katzenbach's speech was
informal. He said thai in view of his
WI defeat he was not sure he was
competent TO give advice as to how to
elect a Democratic Governor. SHe said
however, that he had not lost hope in
Democratic success, and he thought il
| a good sign that steps were being taker
SO long in advance to get together FOL
| an aggressive campaign a year hence.
State Chairman Nugent followed Mr.
katzenbach, and spoke of h neces
sity of organized efforts in order IL
produce victory. He condemned the
Board of Guardians who watched
things in the Legislature last winter
and said that every law was carefully
scanned by the corporations before i
was permitted to be passed.
James +. MARITIME made one of hi:
usual eloquent talks.
Cornelius M. Brown, president of thu
Colored Democratic Club of Esse,
County, was the last speaker. Mr.
Brown is a good speaker and aroused
a good deal of enthusiasm. He sait
he had beer a Democrat for twenty
years because he believed that hi
rights would be better protected b.
! tho \ ~ ,4~