Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-27

II Lie 1llcuub anu WOJhClo th0 .
NJ. H. Assn. will no doubt feel a keer
satisfaction over the restoration OF the
position Of honor to them. Today's re
port shows an exchange of position,
between the Dana Relief Society and
st. Mary's, but slight change in the
total of votes cast. 1t seems as though
the elimination work has left the first
four as the most probable winners, and
its nip and tuck between them.
A big stack of Evening News cou-
pons came@ in at Philip LIE.
vines for the Grammar School, and
it was a hong and ardous task to care
fully inspect them to see that dated
coupons had not lapsed. These cou-
pons contributed largely to the contin-
ued grip this worthy contestant holds
upon first place. The manner Of sup
port the Y. M. II. Assn. is truly admir-
able. A more faithful lot of workers
would be difficult to find. They are
consistent in their work. They don It
skip one box and vote in another, then
skip and veto again. No, indeed, there
is no skipping process about it, but
they 90 right down the line and make
their power felt ia every box. 1t can
be safely asserted that not a report has
the contest beoan which liz mot show
evidences of Y. M. H. Assn. workers.
It is this universal effort that tells In
tbe contest. Every voter who reads
todav,s comments Knows n thew strike
home. You know how many opportun-
tiles you have disregarded to vote, and
the time has come for you to feel that
you are individually more responsible
in tho matter INST stop and think q |
moment IDEAS q vote cost Vol, any
thinqY M. thev are AZ free az the wa
fer in the town nnmn. then wby not
MT yorr zsl,ou1aey to tbe wheel from
posv IN and d;ract your footstens CON
test.mercbantward each ana every sim
Gle on~norfnnitv you have to vote. Ey-
erv contestant in the list down to the
smau vote has 4 few or many workers
who ara fairly ready to explode with
loyal devotion to the cause Of their IA
vor;te and n seems unkind that thew
are left 10 ioht the battle derived Of
fine unanimous assistance of eyery mem.
her and friend. Invariably the most
faithful workers and who travel as a
INIT In any endeayor is that great
Christian body. the Catholics. Still the
contest man can ace from the reports
that there Are some delinouents in
Perth Amhov Az It Is ST. Marv's
church il uniting up a grand fight
| and IF those few indifferenfs will rally
to the Aag their power in the contest
would he even more dangerous to con-
| temporary voters.
The contest man is disposed to meas
/ ure every one by what he would do
in like circumstances. for he would
90 ten blocks out of his way to vote
on his ten cents worth of cigars, and
he would be a menace to the peace and
comfort of his friends who failed to
do the same.
There are thousands of voters in
Perth Amboy who will say amen to
the foregoing, for they are doing these
very things, but these remarks are
made In this, the closing act of the
contest drama, in the hope that some
VIII be spurred to do greater things
now that so little time remains. II
every Dana Relief Society member will
follow in the wake of a few the con
test man has had the pleasure of meet.
ing, it is safe to say ne would not bet
against them, for these men are de-
voted to the desire to earn that beau
tiful library, and all the credit due
the victors should fall to them IL the
Dana Society has this good fortune
The same can be said Of the High
School and substantially has been said
The papils are weekly revealing them
selves in ballot boxes that have hith.
ertoo been strangers to the reception
of the little white slip from the hands
of a High school pupil. Now it il
different; where reports contained 8
few a while back, they now show hun.
dreds; whore they contained hundreds
they now contain thousands.
The beautiful library viii again BE-
seen st Albert Icons big furniture
store. The thousands of votes report
, ed thus far by this firm show that they