The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-04
Bull rIoosers at WoodstOwn

An enthusiastic Progressive Roosevelt
meeting was held at Woodstown OH Fri
day night of last eek. In the audience
of 400 ladies and babies we're conspicu-
Gus.
Benz. Patterson, editor of the Monitor
Register was chairman. On the platform
was Joel Borton, a minister OF the
Friends Society, who attended the
Roosevelt convention at Chicago. Both
have been ardent Republicans.
The convention Endorsed Frank B.
Jess, president of the state board for the
equalization OF taxes, as the Progressive
candidates for congress i'll the first dis
trict.
Former Senator Everett Colby, OF Es-
sex county, was the leading speaker. He
was a Roosevelt delegate to both cOnven-
tons and reiterated the statement that
the people were robbed of the presiden-
tial nomination by the Republican bosses.
81 believe that this country has ac-
cepted the nomination OF Mr.. Taft as a
theft" said Mr.. Colby, who forthwith
turned the weight Of his attack against
Woodrow Wilson. He declared that this
campaign is not one OF personalities, but
of principles and said that he was fight
ing Wilson's election because it would
mean victory for the bosses large and
small in all corners of the country.
"This is a fight for human life," he
exclaimed; sit is a religious fight tor
moral life. We are getting soaked"
declared Mr.. Colby in entering upon a
discussion of the tariff, which he declared
to be the greatest "buncombe" in modern
politics. He reviewed a trip he made
around the world after he had graduated
from college and quoted figures to his
audience of well-to-do farmer-iolk to
show them how the tariff wall" is max
ing them pay more for their shovels and
mahclnery. An American-made frying
pan, which costs 90 cents in this country,
sells for "a cents in Europe" he said,
'and the same shoes for which we pay SIS
here can be had IN Calcutta for So"
A baby's cry in the audience interrupt
ed the speaker, who exclaimed, Sounds
like a good Bull Moose to me-"
Colby then turned his remarks upon
child labor, and related some of his own
experiences in the upper house of the
New Jersey legislature when his bill to
regulate child labor in the factories of
the state was defeated by what he declar-
ed to be the Vaccinations of interest.
bound senator's.
Opponents of Colonel Roosevelt
charge that he is arraying the classes
against eaC other" shouted Mr.. Colby.
"Where Was there ever any greater divi-
sion of cls ses than that made by the
bosses who worked in that senate to de-
feat by child-labor bill. and who are
working i'll other legislatures of the land
III a similar way to controvert the inter
the interests of the masses for a small
privileged class?'
Colby, who is chairman of the state
commits ion i'll New Jersey to investigate
the "ol, age pension" question, touched
upon TIN subject OF labor and wages. He
stated t 1t there are only six of the
many d ferent industries III the state in
which tb5 workmen make more than a
living ye.
"Such conditions existed in England
and now one-third of all of the people
over 20 Years old i'll that couHtry are in
the poof house. The working people
there get the minimum wage law because
they were starving and because they said
that the, must have it,"
Following the speechmaking, the con-
ventlon took up the Endorsement of Mr..
jess for congress and discussed plans for
the Bull Moose campaign in Salem
county.
A Large Roosevelt and johnson banner
draped at the rear of the stage was
swung across the main avenue in Woods
town, on Saturday by the members of a
Progressive club, which Chairman Pat
tersoD announced is in the process of Or
ganization. One of the onlookers at the
convention was Francis Potter, of Bridge
ton, the young Progressive candidate for
congress i'll the first district.