Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-29
ON CHEER
MAYORS GREETING
Joel Parker Association Enter
tains Democratic Candidates
at Dinner.
CITY COUNSEL NUGENT
is LOUDLY APPLAUDED
Attacks of Opponents Upon
Reputation of City Are
Readily Answered.

gressional, Assembly, county and cit.
candidates, assembled at the Navarr'
Hotel last night as guests of the Joe
Parker Association. Mayor Hauss
ling and City Counsel James r. NJ
gent received great receptions.
Among those who addressed the
members of the association were
Mayor Haussling, City Counsel Nu-
gent, Congressman Swager Sherley,
of Kentucky, and Eugene Kinkead,
Walter L. Mccoy and Edward w.
Townsend, of New Jersey; Assembly
| Candidates John A. Matthews, HUI
pert J.. Rowe, Charles A. Nutting, ST.
mon L. Fisch, John J.. Bracken and
Frank A. Foley; Joseph McDonough,
, candidate for county clerk; County
Supervisor Edward Schickhaus, can
didate for reelection, and Alderman
| Albert III. Biertuempfel inc Charles
P. Gillen. candidates for members of
| the Board of Works.
1t was after 10 o'clock when Toast
master Nugent started the after-din-
ner speaking, after three r~ousing
cheers had been given for him. He
spoke of the semi-annual meetings of
the association, referring to the one
before election, when candidates are
dined, as the pleasanter of the two,
and spoke of the age of the organi-
cation, which has existed for thirty
six years.
Nugent Sure of Success.
There is no question, gentlemen
| sold hTr NI0onf % hnut fhn clInnnde
of this party next week. I believe the
whole Democratic ticket will be elect
ed from this State, county and city,
Mr.. Nugent referred to the mag
nif1cent organization which has beer
held together in this city. 81 am as
confident of it's success next Tuesday,
said he, "as / ever was. All this brass
band noise is good enough for the
| newspapers, but the consistent work
is being done today and has been done
/ right along. l see in front of me the
loyal workers-the men who as dis
trict leaders do the work on election
| day.
The POSTMASTER then introduced
Congressman Mccoy as a man who
had been for several years vice-presi-
dent of the association. After speak
| ing of his pride in the organization
| which had been held together through
| the years of adversely.
Joseph McDonough. candidate fol
county clerk, was the next speaker
and he promised a clean and honest
administration of that office if elected
In introducing Mr.. Gillen. Chairman
Nugent said: This city has only one
Drawback Republican majority ir
the Board of Works, so this year we
have nominated candidates that car
win"
Mr.. Gillen pointed out that if Com
missioners Mungle and O'Connell
were returned to office, the same
conditions that exist now would pre-
vail. while if the two men running
on the Progressive ticket, John E.
| Owens and Frank Lang. were elected,
they would probably join with the
Republicans.
Mayor Answers Opponent.
Mayor Haussling spoke as follows,
''This is certainly a gathering which
puts steam into an old engine. O
course, one of the best tickets that
has ever been nominated has been
Iput forward and every man is pledged
to do his duty. / want, however, to
say a few words about my opponent,
from the vice end, and in answer to
his statement hat there is a collar
around me. 1 have put it up to him
twice and intend to again. If he can
show me in any act of mine that ]
have a collar about me, then let him
come out from behind newspaper in
situations and talk like a man.
1.-THE people of Newark know
whether or not I stand for vice.
think the city is my all, outside Of
my family. When 1 have got to lis
ten to that sort of stuff it makes ms
sore. and when I get a little sore thu
harder I'm going to fight"
AS the Mayor sat down the caba'
ret entertainers sang "Haussling
That's ALL" with a chorus of "Fol
He's A Jolly Good Fellow" and theI
added a verse for Mr.. Nugent. Th'
song brought forth much applause.
congressman Sherley and Townsend
discussed national issues. Alderman
bleTlutIlplci uCSAdbSo biob II NAoJO
Haussling were reelected and thu
aldermanic and Board of Works can
didates were elected Newark would
get the business administration o.
which so much had been heard.
In reference to Sundays meeting
at Proctor's Theatre John A. Mat
thews said:
at is exceedingly strange that oil
the second Sunday preceding election
1900 citizens should get together ant
seem to realize that the city was OF
the verge of damnation. But thu
lateness of the meeting takes away
some of it's sincerity and especial,
so because some of the personnel o
that meeting included men who hat
plenty of opportunity to make theil
protest before"
In speaking of the Grand Jury
failure to find an indictment agains
City Counsel Nugent in connection
with an incident of primary day, tn,
speaker said:
ITO you who have borne the burdens
of our fight l say the day of our de
liverance is at hand" declared Con
gresham Kinkead, the final speaker
He then went on to discuss nationa
issues. v