Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-11

have brought with him, will be called
to the attention of the next Mon
mouth county grand jury.
+ Meeting Almost Riot
Asbury Park, Aug. Thames R.
ENugent, who toasted Governor Will
Ison a fortnight ago as an migrate
land a liar" was deposed as chairman
'pf the Democratic State Committee
of New Jersey yesterday at a meeting
of the committee, which at n time
became SO riotous That the police re-
serves were called In to restore order.
Mr. Nugent, who presided at the
meeting, had brought, it is alleged,
a number of STRONG arm" men from
Newark, and when William j. Kraft,
of Camden, e~ndeavored to keep his
seat, on the ground that he held the
Fproxy of w. H. Davis, OF Camden,
fNugent Immediately ordered the
"strong arm squad to throw him
Tout. Nugent declared that he had a
fletter from Davis saying t vt he had
given his proxy to no one, and, adj
dressing Kraft, shouted: That let
ter Is a fake! You have got to get
Tot. of here!" Kraft ~retorted that
Davis had given him the proxy yes
Eterday morning in Camden, and that
ENugent's letter referred to a previous
Injecting of the committee. This was
of no avail, however, and the "boun-
GERS seized Kraft and, though the
Eaatter fought back hard, hustled him
fout of the room, some one giving him
a parting kick as he was showed
Through the doorway.
/ protacta NJ foI1OU committeeman
were useless, ~tDt Dan" Fellows
Plat, of Bergen, picked up+he proxy,
! hastily flung away as Kraf@ was
forced from the room.
Mr.. Nugent then called the meet
ing to order, and the reasons for his
having Mr.. Kraft thrown out became
apparent. Fifteen members were
present, two of whom were for
Nugent, the other thirteen being
against him, which was one less than
a majority. With Kraft in his seat
EtynGedt would have a majority of The
, committee opposing him.
Nugent Boiling with Rage.
After the excitement following the
/ thriving out of Kraft had quieted,
NLs;ent called the meeting to order,
} and at the suggestion Of Judge Dun
gan placed Vice-Chairman Wills IN
the chair. Nugent was boiling with
rage as he took the floor, and he at
once began an impassioned speech.
He told of what he had done for the
Democratic party and asked: Us
this your gratitude?"
Pacing ~nervously up and down the
floor, he said that he had nothing to
retract and nothing to apologize for,
and that if he wanted to say any
thing about Governor Wilson he
would say 1t to his face and not be-
hind his back.
When Nugent finished Dan" Eel
lows Plat, of Bergen, wanted Kraft
; seated. He discovered that Kraft's
proxy was missing, and accused
Charles Gallagher. OF Mercer, of TAX
ing it. The latter called him a liar
and threatened to knock his head
off" Vice-Chairman Wills put the
motion, however, and it vas carried.
Nugent, In a towering rage, shout
ed that he would leave the room,
and he departed in company with
Gallagher, leaving the meeting with
put a quorum. He at once set out to
ind Kraft, and, catching sight of him
in the corridor, was advancing to-
ward him when friends pulled him
back.
Kraft fed inside the hall, and this
aroused the strong arm" men to re-
newed action, as his presence gave
the required number to make a
quorum.
Kraft Thrown Out Again.
More rough house" work was in
dulged in and MI. Kraft was thrown
out again.
He escaped to a nearby hotel,
where he stayed until later in the
afternoon, when he went to Sea Girt,
to visit the governor. The police
were called when Mr.. Kraft was
thrown out the second time, but
when they arrived the "bouncers"
had disappeared.
When quiet had been restored in
the committee room, Senator George
@. Low, of Ocean, a member of the
committee, walked in and re-esta-
blished a quorum. 1t was the work
of only a few moments to pass a
motion declaring the place of chair
man vacant. Nugent's will
lie chosen at Trenton on August "a.
The committeeman who voted to
gust Nugent were ex-Judge Howard
CarroW, OF Camden; BenaJah Wills,
of Burlington; David s.. Crater, of
Monmouth; Johnston Cornish, of
Warren; Dan Fellowes Plat, of Ber-
gen; William D. Bloom, of Hunter
don; Edward e. Grosscup, of Glou-
festerj General Denis F. Collins, of
Union; George Hampton, OF Cumber-
and; Lewis S. Tiff, of Sussex; Will
lard W. Cutler, of Morris; Judge
Nelson Y. DUNCAN, of Somerset;
Michael Kearns, of Cape May, and
Senator George c. Low, of Ocean.
Mr.. Nugent disappeared soon after
the meeting and could not be found
last night. Mr.. Plat declared his
life was threatened by the rowdies,
and he obtained a police guard until
he left here for Sea Grit.
= 1t Is commended that If there were
a1Iauestion as to the legality of the