Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-11-05

like anchors stuck in the mud.
Now l am going to talk about
subject that l have discussed so
much that believe 1 have it on the
brain. / mean Water Someone said
to me the other day: Tom, a little
more water for some or the South
Amboy people would do them
good. Now l don't mean what you
mean, l mean new channel. But
l know you'd like little water af-
ter Wilson, so I'll give it to you"
The audience saw the joke, and
laughter and applause followed.
Mr. Scully said he was in favor of
the proposed ship canal across the
state as it would go through this
district and would be big benefit.
He said it would decrease the freight
charges and give a more adequate
market for the produce raised. He
spoke in general about waterways
and said he thought it was time the
House of Representatives knew some
thing about the Raritan river. The
candidate declared he was strongly
In favor of better postal facilities,
which, he added, can and should be,
improved. 'The system of delivery
should be better" he said, "and the
rural free delivery routes extended"
The carriers of the latter shoX.i
have compensation in keeping VI
the times.
He said he favored an eight-hour
day for, the post office clerks and
that they should not he compelled to
work any longer than any other gov
ernment employees. In conclusion
he said: ''If elected I pledge a
faithful and Industrious care to the
interests of this district" More
cheers and Applause followed. y
Senator 'Sflzer Speaks.
Senator George S. Silzer followed
Mr., Wilson with short address.
corroborated many of his predec
sor's statements in regard to the
transaction of the legislature and
declared that Mr.. Wilson's election
was generally conceded THE peo-
pie are so anxious to get to the polls
and VOTE" he said, that they can
hardly wait. Mr.. Wilson will only
be governor two years and then we
will make him president. He's big
enough for the Job. Mr.. Silzer made
his speech very brief, declaring that
he was unable to make lengthy adj.
dress after such an intellectual feagt
by Mr. Wilson.
Alderman F. A. Seaman made a
short address and spoke chiefly on
the tariff question and the actions
in the republican party in national,
as we'll as state affairs.
Address In Full.
Mr.. Wilson'S address in full fol-
lows:
"Mr Chairman, ladies and gentle
men: I am sincerely obliged to you
for the warmth and cordiality of
your greeting. / cannot make as
much noise as you can, but l can
assure you that / am as glad to see
you as you are to see me. have
never been to Perth Amboy before
and / now know what l have missed
by not being here. / have found,
even In the short time that l have
been here, such interesting evil
dences that this is a thoroughly pro-
gressive community, and it has been
Ia very delightful and interesting
thing to me, even on such night
as this, to be upon streets that are
well paved and beautifully lighted,
and the whole thing seems to be
| typical of what I have heard of
Perth Amboy, though / have never
seen it.
Non-Partisan School Board.
Perth Amboy is one of the first
places in the state to have nom
tpartisan school board. / cannot i'm
agine anything that should be nom
partisan, if not a school board.
! have been, as you have been told
by some of my political opponents,
school master for good many
years, and l have never seen any
lpropriety by any possibility of in
Producing partisanship into the
| teaching. 1t Is singular that 1t first
occurred to Perth Amboy that that
was the case, and that you should
have had the leadership in constitut-
! Ing your board in the proper way,
and 1 congratulate you upon that
| tevidence of progressiveness; but one
does not have to go far afield in or
der to find out why community
like this is progressive.
You know that In the history of
great nations those have been most
powerful that had the greatest COM
bination of strong bloods In them
II know that q great many people,
not knowing history and not know
ling what really constitutes the
strength of nations, have been jeal-
Gus of our process of compounding
nation out of a store of national
element, not knowing that that was
the way America was compounded
at first and that in community like |
Perth Amboy, the American process
is being repeated all over again, of |
the contribution of scores OF nations |
to rich compound that makes for
new Imagination, new impulses and |
new purposes, nationality rich In |
its elements and powerful in all pur-
poses. ] look upon community |
like this as picture of America in /
the making, and there Is no better |
means of making America the prop |
er compound of strong national ele-
ments than by meetings like this; |
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