Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-25
ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
BY WILSON CLUB
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r on and later heard his brother
q George, was stopped by Messrs
=, Cannon and White and insulted in
: a vile manner
5 Among those at the meeting of the
Wilson Club were: John Hanson,
candidate for the shrievalty nomtna-
ton on the Republican ticket; Nath-
an Roth, out for the nomination of
freebooter on the Democratic tick
ct; Mr.. Cannon, Mr.. White, Mr..
Burke and many other prominent
politicians.
b. NJ. GannOn's Statement.
County Clerk B. NJ. Cannon issued
the following statement this morning (,
in regard to what he knew of the
Wilson meeting Saturday night:
Il surmise that Senator MARITIME
did not appear here Saturday night
because the senator did not want to
get mixed in any local political fight,
it would be far below the dignity
If the Office which he holds. In re- ,
Iuesting the senator to come here l /
hink l can say that it was represent
q 70 him that the regular organjza- t
to come here and speak for Will
and Wilson policies. However,
W men inc StudLOI SOI N40E 10 tue TACT t
the meeting was for no other r
purpose than to take part in a local
political scrap, he may have become
indisposed and it would be a wonder
If he hadn't, as he realized hat he
was being brought here under false
pretenses.
The meeting proved conclusively |
that the promoters attempted to in
volve the great offices of governor
and United States senator to further
their own political ends.
1T is surely a joke to hear such
men as Tom Brown roasting the
bosses and political machines in view
of the fact hat he has bee working
very hard for the past several years
to get the support of both, and when
he fails he becomes a reformer and
then turns in to assafl the very
8 people he was begging from,
In the first place Mr.. Brown had
q not as yet voted IN the town wher
he asked both Mr.. r. White and my
self to try n get him the nomina
ton for recorder and when told tina
- he was too soon and could not win
DC he replied by saying that eve
)" though he could not win Il woul
IS, bring him before the people and tina
-" "Ohlh hCIP hlo DuSlhSoSs vi SOuIS
be he did not get the nomination. TIL
following year he wanted the sc
called bosses n machine to tur
down Dr.. Ramsay and give him tn
nomination for the assembly and h
failed again. The following year h
" again tried to get the assembl
nomination, saying that he though
that Ramsay had enough, and agai
failed to get on the ticket for tn
very good reason that the so-calle
machine thought Dr.. Ramsay Wa
a good enough and gave DR.. Ramsa
10 their support.
~ Last December, previous to tn
nc city appointments, Mr.. Brown calle
on me at the court house at Ne
81 Brunswick and sought nv supper
for the appointment of city attorne.
saying that Mr.. HOmmann had th
job long enough and that he, as
~ young man, should be given a shoy
- | said il was clearly up to the Boar
OF Aldermen, and advised Tom
see that body, to which he reptile,
Now, Mr.. Cannon, a word from yo
-- to the board will fix the matter II
me- I replied: Tom, have I
such influence; you have me owe
rated
Tom laughed and begged me
u help him out. to which l replied tn,
if l had such influence I would US
1t in the interest OF Mr.. Hommant
so 1t Is easy to see why he now a
Ia sails anything hat is regular in I'll
Democratic organization.
Y; Now. as to Mr.. Burke's ind
g. pendence. he shows his hand whe
he says he stepped aside for the pa.
OF six years. The good people of tn
county are not so blind as to be alb
to see that Mr.. Burke also become
n. a reformer only after flirting wit
the so-Called bosses and machir
after several years, and when unsu
~ ~cessful In his efforts.
1T is a positive fact that NJ
a Burke went to New Brunswick 81
TX years ago, during the |conventlo
10 days, and sought the nomination fC
"a sheriff. He was told by no otht
n than the present judge, Peter ]
d. DAILY, then surrogate, that 1t woul
cost considerable money to run fC
50 the office; that there wasn't a chanc
O, for a Democrat to win and advise
IL him to keep his money and STAY OF
of the race. Mr.. Burke tried to In
press on Mr.. DAILY his great sire 1gtl
to which DAILY said, Tom, l know tn
conditions Of this county as Well q