Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-03
REASONS FOR
SUPPORTING
MR.. HOWELL
American Mechanics Favor
Him Because Foreign soei-
etles Here Oppose Him.


New Brunswick, Nov. S:-Mem
bers of the Junior Order OF United
American Mechanics in this city have
received a circular from the~Board
OF Managers of their state organiza-
ton, calling upon members of the
order to support Benjamin F. How
ell for reelection to Congress, be-
cause of the opposition to him OF
certain societies Of foreigners in
Perth Amboy. The circular is ad-
dressed ITO the Officers and Mem
bers of All Councils of the Jr. o. U.
A. M. in Monmouth, MiddIesex and
Ocean Counties" 1t is led off by
newspaper articles stating that the
Hungarian Political Club and Sloyak
Citizens Club, of Perth Amboy, had
adopted resolutions opposing Mr..
Howell for reelection. Continuing
it says:
1.-THE undersigned, your Board of
Managers, have generally tried to
keep our order from being dragged
into politics. but when such things as
given above are perpetrated, and
when bodies of recently arrived for
eigners, mostly ilIiterate and as yet
unfamiliar with the customs, laws
and institutions of this country
men entirely differential from our
respected foreign-born Dr. descended
fellow citizens who have become
thoroughly Observation-Disclosures 1t
upon themselves to criticise our law
makers and try to defeat them at
election because they have seen fit
to limit by wise laws the Wholesale
i'm m iprofjnn ~ thaoo JJ1tfnro+o ap1
ignorant people, then, We say, 1t Is
about time for this order to take a
stand and vote for and do all it can
to re-elect Hon. BENJAMIN F. How
ell to Congress.
Hon. Benjamin F. Howell, the
Congressman from your district for
the last sixteen years, has always
been a loyal friend to the Jr. o. U.
A. M. He has endeavored and sue
ceeded many times in getting
through Congress laws for the bet
terment of this country and it's peo-
pie. The present laws on immigra-
ton and naturalization were intro
duced and became laws through his
efforts. Whenever your Board of
Managers have visited Washington,
he not only treated US most courte-
ously, but introduced us to other
members Of Congress who were in
terested in better immigration laws.
eve have no partisan interest in
Hon. Benjamin F. Howell whatever.
but as he has always shown himself
to be a defender of the principles of
this order. we feel that We should
call your attention to this matter,
knowing that you would understand
IL position.
"One of the principles of this Or
der has been for the restriction of
immigration of illiterate, low-class
foreigners, and Hon. Benjamin F.
Howell has for years been in the
front Of the fight for more strict il1-
migration laws.
But, of course, his action has not
found favor among the so-called for
eign political clubs, and they have,
it seems, banded together and
thrown down the gauntlet.
%i ''They are out to defeat Congress
man Howell; and why not? Not be.
cause he is dishonest, or a CRATER
but because he does not believe In
transferring the offscourings OF
Europe to this country.
Therefore, We call upon you to
cast aside mere party lines, do all
in your power to legitimateIy re-
elect Hon. Benjamin F. Howell to
Congress, to the end that the princi-
pies for which We strive may be fur
Their advanced.
"Show this to other members of
the order and your friends. Let
such political organizations as the
aforementioned see that the Amer
lean people are still able to elect
their officers and conduct their own
affairs and make their own laws
without the help or dietation of for
eign political organizations.
yours in ", l.. and p,