Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-06
Refers to Courageous Flight
Against Corporate Control
and Victory for Progress.
LED STATE TO LIGHT
Wilson Is naiIsd as Next
President by Senator Har-
tine at Gathering.
GREAT LEADERS MEET
Democrats Gather at Bur-
linston at Big Celebration
in Honor of Jefferson.

Burlington, April Breathing
the spirit of freedom and progress as
expressed In the plans of the Demo-
Gratis of America great audience
last night showed what will be the
dominating thoughts controlling the
issues of the campaign for President
next year. William J. Bryan, still
close to the hearts of the people;
Governor Woodrow Wilson, winner
of the great victory for political lib
erty in this state, and United States
Senator James E. MARITIME, first man
to be sent by New Jersey to the up
per House of Congress as the repre-
sentative of popular, as against
special interests, were the storm
centre Of great demonstration for
the new and much enlightened ma
ton. And above the din of 1t all
arose clearly and distinctly that
loud, wide-reaching note of an
aroused and insistent demand for
government by the people. Then,
too, there arose that other distinct
note, vibrant and unmistakable. It
was:
Wilson for President"
1t was visible at almost every turn
of the big meeting Bryan's eIo-
quent illusions to the governor and
expressions of profound admiration
and confidence in him, Marines af-
fectionate and earnest tribute to the
man who led the gallant fight
against bossism which brought such
signal triumph, and the voices that
We're raised in Endorsement OF these
thoughts left no chance for doubt as
TO how such program will please
the common people whose sturdy
champion the new kind of governor
is. spslqp poo ~
birthday -oi----44 ! ~ -. .tssa-s ys1-e-s5
there spread over it all that sffTifss
phere of liberty for which he struS-
gled at the birth of the nation The
governors speech was another OF
those mastery appeals to the hearts
and minds Of his audience, Iinging
call to the duties of the hour in the
preservation of the nation Bryanss
was a heart-stirring sermon of op-
timism, with note of happy rail-
lery, not wholly stripped of irony.
that at last the country has come to
see the way out, the way he had
seen fifteen years ago. One by one
he pointed out the signs which show
clearly that the world Is growing
more moral, more enlightened and
sure enough more Democratic For
mer Mayor Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr..
Of Trenton, who came so near being
governor, sandwiched in a twenty
minute tribute to the life and work
of Jefferson
Speaker Of the House Champ
Clark was to have completed the trio
OF national figures for the meeting,
but he was detained at Washington
by the meeting to consider fhe rules
of the House, and was compelled TO
wire his regrets.
Almost a Disaster.
A reception at Floramond, the
beautiful river-bank home of Thomas
H. Birch, Jr., the master of the cere-
mony Of the night, preceded the din
ner and the meeting. Mrs Birch
received and number of we'll
known women of the city aided her
The dinner, under the auspices of
the Burlington County Democratic
Club, began ar 7 O'Clock in the Audi
torium Hotel and Rev. J. Wellington
Hoag, OF Trenton, had Just asked the
invocation when the ever-present
photographer exploded his bomb
over the assemblage Of nearly zoe
men. With the fash came a bunch
of fame from one Of the muslin bags
which modern fiashlight picture
making of more or less great men
has been invested Just in the same
/ instant men rose to their feet, ready
TO jump or stampede or do most any
thing foolish that men usually do
when excited, when Colonel Bryan,
his expansive white shirt cleaning
over well-rounded anatomy, rose
with majesty and cried stop"
Whether II was the voice of the
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