Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-30
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Oscar Straus Fails to Ar
rive--Progrsssive Meeting

Oscar S. Straus, Progressive canoI-
date for governor disappointed a
crowd of about 500 people hat
gathered in knights of Pythias hall
Tottenville last night, when he failed
to make his appearance to speak at
this place. Mr.. Strauss was sche
duled to speak in T~ottenville at s
O'Clock, on his first stop on Staten
Island. Long before hat time the
hall began to fill and when the time
arrived for him to be here every
seat was taken and standing room
was at a premium. The crowd wait
ed patiently for two hours to get a
glimpse of the candidate and when
it was announced that Mr.. Straus
would not come to Tottenville there
was heard many expressions Of dis
satisfaction and nearly half of the
people left the hall and went to their
homes Mr.. Straus made two speeches
on Staten Island last night, one at
the German club DON S%tapleton
and at Columbia hall West New
Brighton. At the first place, when
he arrived from Manhattan, there
was only a handful in the hall, be-
cause he was scheduled to speak al
8 o'clock. His next speech a made
at West New Brighton. After finish
ing there he was taken to Brooklyn
where he spoke to an audience of
several thousand. 1t was announced
that because MI. Straus was COM.
the Arbitration Committee OF sever
appointed to adjust the wage dis
pute between $1,000 locomotive en-
a- Adv -,1 Tar~n rrtI
roads he did not leave his home early
as expected. He was therefore COM
PEELED it is said to eliminate the Tot
tenville meeting.
After j.. H. Tate, chairman had
opened the Tottenville meeting he
asked Rev. H. Eugene Curtis, pastor
of st. Paul's church, to offer prayer
and the Tottenville band. under the
leadership of F. l.. Hadkins, director
played America with the entire au-
dience standing Mr.. Tate then reao
a telegram of greeting from state
headquarters, after which he maze
the address of welcome and intro
duced Albert H. Mcclellan, of Price
Bay, candidate for state senator Mr..
Mcclellan, spoke of the state roao
Appropriation and direct primary law
and of his candidacev for Office. VIII
liam Writ Mills of West New Brigh-
ton, candidate for congress next fol-
lowed with more brief remarks, after
which former Judge Adrain Lyon Of
Perth Ambov candidate for state SEN
ator of the Progressive party In Mid
dlesex county, New Jersey spoke for
an hour on the issues Of the cam
paign, and his comparison of the two
conventions in Chicago Of which he
was a delegate to both. When Judge
Lyon had finished and it was an
nounced by Mr.. Tate that 1T was inn
possible for Mr.. Straus to be at the
meeting then 1t was that the people
started to leave the hall. Those that
stayed, did not seem to regret It, be-
cause they had the pleasure OF listen
ing to Peter G. Grosscup Of Chicago
a former United States supreme
court Judge, In the circuit courts,
one of the most brilliant orators hat
has been heard in Tottenville In
some tim Judge Grosscup, spoke on
some time on the issues Of the cam
paIgn and when he had finished he
was loudly a%pplauded.
The hall was decorated with AM
erican flags and pictures of the var
ious progressive candidates were dis
PLAYED about the hall. The Totem
Vile band PLAYED many national and
popular airs during the meeting and
give a short concert in front Of the
hall before going inside. There was
lots of red fire and the meeting was
an enthusiastic one. There was
about twenty-five memebers Of Tot
tenville Progressive club on the stage
during the meeting.
At Amicitia hall Pleasant Plains,
there was a similar disappointment
when Mr.. Straus did not put In ap-
pearance. He was scheduled to stop
at that place for ten minutes on his
way from the Tottenville meeting.