Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-22
NO FAULT TO FIND.


urged the election of a republican
legislature so that the state could be
redistricted for congress in a way
that would benefit the republican
party. Another speaker urged the
republicans to get under the plum
tree when the tree is shaken. Candi-
dates for the school board on the
straight republican ticket were there
the present non-partisan board of
playing politics and said other things,
which, If we should attempt to quote
them, and it should prove detrimen-
tai to their interests, they would
probably claim that they were mis-
represented.
All In all, it was quite a note
worthy political meeting in the first
ward and the EVENING NEWS made
some comments thereon a day or two
a~fterward. These comments did not
seem to set well with some OF those
who took part in the meeting. 1t
frequently happens that when a man
gets up before an audience and says
things, these same remarks look en-
tirely different when they are placed
In cold type and read in the quiet of
the home the day after. So 1t is
that some men fall back on the old
excuse of being misquoted. This first
ward political meeting Is no excep-
tion. The day following the COM
ments on the meeting in this paper,
n Of those who spoke called at the
office with q most interesting com
munication telling how he had been
misquoted in the reporters account
of the meeting, although the COM
ments were not made until three
days after the reporters article ap-
peared in print and during that time
no objection was made to 1t by any
one. Yesterday the EVENING NEWS
received another communication from
another one of the speakers declaring
that he, too, had been m%isquoted.
Both of these men are candidates for
the school board on the straight re-
publican ticket. In their remarks at
the meeting they attempted to
attack the present n~on-partisan
school board, which is making such
advances along educational lines, and
which is up for election for a full
term this fall. These men did their
best to belittle the present school
board, but from the way they are
denying what they were reported as
saying. it looks as if they have no
grounds whatever for criticising the
non-partisan school board.
The present board consists of men
of the highest standing in the COM
munity. They are all well educated
men. They were appointed to their
present office to serve until the
people could elect a board under the
system adopted last fall. They were
selected from the two parties as
nearly equally as possible. The city
administration being democratic the
democrats were given five members
and the republicans four. A demo-
crat was made president, but a re-
publican was put at the head of the
most important committee. Not a
word of politics has been heard from
the board since it was organized,
The members are not politicians.
They hold office solely for the good of
the city and the public school system
SO intent are they upon seeing that
b city gets what 1t is paying for as
faf as the schools are concerned that
n commissioner has been accused
Of doing certain work for the board
under private contract because he
was seen watching the Job SO much.
It was an unfamiliar sight to see a
school commissioner watching a con-
tractor on a school job to see that
the contract was lived up to.
These men have many modern
ideas that they propose to carry out
placing our public school system
among the most advanced IN the state
+ the people see fl to elect them for
> q fun Term. As it is tAey have done