Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-05-16
TAFT To MAKE
ADDRESS HERE
President Due at 10 A. M.
on May 27--To Speak About
80 Minutes.
TO SECURE AUDITORIUM
At New Brunswick May a.
Red Bank, Asbury and Lake
wood Included in Itinerary.

President William Howard Taft
will speak in this city at 10 o'clock
| Monday morning, May 27. The an
nouncement came today as pleas
| ant surprise, as IT had been expect
! ed that President Taft, who is a
| candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for reelection, would be un-
| able to give Perth Amhoy a visit.
John Pfeiffer of this city, chairman
| of the Republican County Commit
tee, will have charge of the local
| arrangements and is making an ef-
| fort to secure the Auditorium.
! Five Speeches in District.
Taft will make five speeches in
| the Third Congressional District
! during his whirlwind campaign Of
| New Jersey which opens on Thurs
| day, May %, and closes on May 27,
! the day before the presidential pri-
maries. The President will speak in
! the following places In this district,
| which includes Ocean, Monmouth
and Middlesex counties: New Bruins
| wick, Perth Amboy, Red Bank, AS
| bury Park and Lakewood. He
| speaks in New Brunswick at 230
| O'Clock Friday afternoon, May "a.
| and follows up his speech In this
| city with addresses at Red Bank,
! Asbury Park and Lakewood. The
| itinerary then calls for brief visits
at Bridgeton and Atlantic City, In
| South Jersey.
The Taft itinerary provides for
stops in cities which will be visited
! by the Presidents strongest oppo-
nent, Theodore Roosevelt, at about
the same time. Roosevelt will visit
New Brunswick on Saturday after
noon, May 25, while Taft Will visit
there the day previous. Taft comes
here two days later than Roosevelt,
however, and the same condition
exists in a number Of other districts
in the state. LaFollette, the other
Republican candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination. will also tour
New Jersey next week, although his
itinerary has not been announced.
Speak Here About 30 Minutes.
Mr.. Pfeiffer estimates that Taft
will make at least a thirty-minute
address in this city. He expects to
secure the Auditorium and take the
President there without any pre-
tense at a reception, parade. etc 1t
will be necessary for the program
to be concluded quickly, as the can
|
Bank one hour after his arrival in
: Perth Amboy 1t Is impossible to
) estimate the crowds which will be
present to witness the arrival OF
Roosevelt on May 25, and President
Taft on May q, and hear both adj
dresses at the Auditorium, as Perth
Amboy has never before received
such honors from statesmen so
prominent in national affairs.
Itinerary for New Jersey.
| President Taft's itinerary for New
Jersey follows:
On Thursday, May %, the Presi.
dent gets to Camden at p. M, tt
: Burlington at $50, and to Trenton
where he spends the night, at 81
On Friday morning lie leaves Tren
ton at 9 a. M, gets to Lambertvill,
at 10, to French town at 10:45, t.
Phillipsburg at 11.30, to Somervill,
. at 1 p. M, to New Brunswick a
: 2:30, to Plainfleld at $3.50, to Eliza
: beth at 7, to Jersey City at s; h,
speaks there and In Hoboken, ane
> spends the night in Jersey City.
On Saturday he gets to Englewood
at 10 a. M, to Hackensack al
, 1870, to Harrison at l p. m, lunch
es at the Essex Club In Newark, and
gets to Rutherford at $40, Passalc
at 4:30, Paterson at $50. He
spends Sunday In New York with
his brother and on Monday speaks
in Perth Amboy at 10 a. m, Red
Bank at II, Asbury Park at noon,
Lakewood at 80, Bridgeton at 3
, and Atlantic City at 6.