Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-20


Mr.. Smith, being himself a leader in
the leather industry, realized what
the workers in the trade needed.
He invited a number of them To
his own home on Thanksgiving Day
and showed them 1t was wrong that
they should be out of work and earn
ing nothing while employers were at
their homes enjoying the good things
of life apparently in recognition OF
the spirit of the time.
He never rested until he had put
an end to the differences between
the leather-workers and their en-
ployers, and had placed the man who
labors in the leather factory In the
satisfactory position he occupies at
present.
"Mr. Smith employs more than
], 200 men in Essex county, and he has
done so for a great many years.
What better proof of his standing In
regard to labor car be offered than
this? Not one of the thousands of
men who have received wages from
Mr.. Smith has ever had cause to re-
gard him as anything but the most
considerate and just of employers.
How Mr.. Hughes Stands.
Mr.. Hughes comes before us pro-
claiming himself a friend of labor.
He may be, but he has yet to show
It. Anything that Mr.. Hughes has
done in behalf of the laboring maj.
he has been rewarded for. He is 4
high priced lawyer and his services
command big fees. MI. Smith,
though, has demonstrated his riend-
ship for labor in a more practical
way; by according fair. just treat
ment to the men who work for
him, and by fighting their battles
for them e to his W financial
loss"
An even dozen speakers, many OF
them candidates for office, addressed
the gathering. Among them were
Congressmen Edward w. Townsend
and Walter 1. Mccoy. candidates for
reelection; Sheriff John F. Monahan,
Alderman Albert H. Biertuempfel and
Charles P. Gillen, candidates for the
Board of Works; Frank A. Foley.
John Bracken, Hubert Rowe, Simon
Fisch and John A. Matthews, candi-
dates for the Assembly. Alderman j.
Francis Hanlon, of the Fifth ward,
presided.
In speaking of Mr.. Smiths candi-
dacy John A. Matthews said;
MIR. Gebhardt was the first to fall
under the steam roller. Next came
Wescott, the judge from Camden. He
died hard under the steam roller.
Frank McDermit still sticks, but he
can't be frozen out So the only real
candidates left are James Smith, jr.,
and Congressman William Hughes.
"Why at the eleventh hour were
these candidates dragged out and one
of the two left held up to scorn by a
hostile press and at every turn Will
fed IL this Is a preferential primary!
MIR. Smith has been called a traitor 10
the Democratic party, and 1t Is a lie.
If he was a traitor, why did Grover
Cleveland stand by Mr.. Smith as a
friend to his dying day, and why, II
the Others who call Mr.. Smith a trail
tor. were they not the friends of
Cleveland?
sheriff Monahan's Address.
"Why do all the forces OF n
southern part of the State, where
they are trying to build UP a ma
chine. villify the candidate from this
section? Mr.. Smith, far from being
a traitor, has been and Is n OF
the best friends Democracy ever had
a man who was its friend When
Democracy was only a shell. 1t seems
to me that a good Democrat has only
one course open, not only to vote for
Mr.. Smith himself. but to spread his
candidacy everywhere possible"
81 know what the working classes
need declared Sheriff Monahan. TT
Is liberty, and l intend to give 1t to
them. I will stand for nothing that
Is not decent, but for the working
mar to have a little liberty doesn't
mean indecency.
Gas for the candidate for United
States Senator, Mr.. James Smith, 1r.-
he has been the friend of every Dem
ocrat in the State Of New Jersey. This
Is the last favor he asks of you, and
YOU should honor him by voting for
him."
IF you send me to Trenton this
YEAR" said Frank A. Foley, II shall
have the honor of voting for Mr..
James Smith. jr., a gentleman who
has done so much for the Democratic
party and for the State of New Jer-
sey."
"I stand for everything that your
sheriff of Essex County stands for"
declared John Bracken, of Or
anRe. "If YOU want to honor him
you can do so by giving the regular