Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
BULL MOOSERS
BIG PARADE
dreat Demonstration at Me
tuchen Last Night.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

m0osels mere last night las gone
ooWn IN h records as the biggest
political demonstration this town
ever had. The nearest approach to
anything like it was the Cleveland
parade of twenty years ago. 1t was
enough to make Republicans, Demo
Gratis and Prohibitionists turf
green with envy, but they didn't
turn. Lots of 'em conceded it to be
the biggest affair of the kind and
many of the members of other par
Tie Joined in last nights celebra-
ton. Benjamin F. S. Brown, Judge
Lyon, Mark O.. Prentiss and William
DlnWlddie were lions of the hour.
1t was clearly demonstrated last
night that there is not one iota of
Ill feeling over the withdrawal of
Mr.. Prentiss in favor of Mr.. Brown
and scores of the local Moosers
grabbed Brown by the hand and as
sured him of their support. When
Brown got up to speak at the mass
meeting he was greeted with deaf
ening applause that lasted several
minutes.
hi parade was late IN starting.
1t formed on Main street IN front of
the bank building and it is estimated
that there were from 700 to 500 per-
sons in line. There were over 200
Metuchen Moose marching on foot,
beside a half dozen or more automo-
biles full of fair Moosettes. Seventy
five colored men calling themselves
Lincoln-R roosevelt Progressives were
In line. Sayreville and South River
sent over 800 believing Moose arm
ed to the teeth with fish horns, COW
bells, red fire and roman candles and
accompanied by a fife and drum
corps of ~thirty-ive men.
Fifty Moose and a fife and drum
corps from the borough Of Roosevelt
under the leadership of candidate
for Assembly Henry seidler, were in
line. There were delegations from
Red Bank, Matawan, Railway, New
Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Old
Bridge, South Amboy and Dunellen.
Boy scouts and young women from
Metuchen we're in line and men on
horse back lead the procession. The
Metuchen Moose had engaged c..
Howard Smiths band of Perth Am
boy and the band had instructions
to "whoop it up" They followed in
structions.
Although Judke Lyon was unable
to be present his name was the most
prominent on the transparencies and
he was cheered time and again along
the line of march. All Of the speak
ers paid a tfibute to HIM as tie great
leader of the Progressive cause in
MidIlesex and through it all County
Chairman Dfawiddie was heralded
as the Big Bull Moose of Central
New Jersey. 1t was Dinwlddie who
planned the Bull Moose jubilee and
parade and almost single handed he
had arranged a lot Of the details and
everything went off without a hitch.
The Mass Meeting.
When the parade had about fin
ished Chairman Dinwiddie called the
mass meeting in the high school au-
dltorium to order. He opened the
program with:
Ladies and gentlemen, this is
some Bull Moose meeting, believe
Me. Who do we want?"
For ten minutes the crowd yelled
eve Want Teddie," and the noise
was terrific. A large number OF
Democrats present helped make
some of the noise. Dinwiddie said
there was no such thing as a dough
bag with the Progressive party and
that party was paving the way for
elections without dough bags. 1--WE
to have in the future an
Embossed government in this county
Of Middlesex," said the chairman
and the audience yelled its approval.
Mrs. William Grant Brown gave
an. interesting talk, but when she
said to the select Metuchen audience
don't read the newspapers they
don't tell the TRUTH" a sort OF chill
went over the audience for Just a
few seconds. Mrs. Brown did not
mince matters in her ~denunciation of
all newspapers and when c. 2. Con-
nelly got up he sought to qualify
the statement of Mrs. Brown by
naming a few of the New York news
papers that had been friendly to the
cause. One Progressive turned to
the reporters and said, 'if Mrs.
Brown knew how fair and just the
four daily newspapers of Middlesex
county had been to the Progressive
party she would have been a little
easier in her remarks
CauOludLS lOT COuSISsc ~ ~
Brown said that after his first
speech made in this county at Perth
Amboy he thought he had better not
make any more speeches in Con-
gresham Scul]y's home county.
Brown went on to explain Just what
he meant by saying that Scully's rec
ord was lAe Of Omission rather
than commission" and he advanced
what was %purported to be facts from
the records at Washington to prove
hat Scully had not secured for his
own district anything wonderful in
the line of appropriations for the
waterways of this district He
pledged himself to work for the i'm
provement of the waterways OF TINS
district II elected and wound up MS
speech by saying how friendly ne n
Mark O. Prentiss were and Q
-pFautiss had Of his own accord got
ten ont Of the race for congress Tor
the rood of the cause. Prentlss
was present and smiled his approval
Of Browns remarks and the crowo
applauded with vigor.
C. P. Connoly arrived at the meet
ing on schedule time, making the
trin by auto from Princeton, where
he had addressed a big Progressive
meeting. He made n of the best
sDaeches made here this campaign.