Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-05
PROCRESS|VES
In MONMOUTH
Meet at Asbury Park Decide
for CompIste Ticket.

Asbury Park, Sept. ga complete
Progressive party ticket Will be
launched upon the fall campaign by
county Bull Moosers, who gathered
Tuesday afternoon on the third floor
of the Seacoast building to effect pre-
liminary organizations. The Bull
Moosers plan to enlist supporters in
every election district in the county,
and an effort will be made to place
candidates in the field for local offices
throughout the county as well as for
county and state offices.
Attempt to place a ticket before
the people in the coming primary be-
ing impossible, the Bull Moosers de-
cided to name their ticket by indie
pendent petition, which under the
Geran law may be done at any time
up until thirty days of the general
election.
Meanwhile the organization is to
be looked after, and under the lead
ership of former Sheriff G. E. F.
Hetrick, recently resigned from the
craftsmanship of the county Repub-
lican executive committee, the fol-
lowers of Roosevelt and the Progress
sive party hope to build up an eff
cient and permanent organization
which will show results at the polls
in November.
Another meeting Is 70 be held at
Long Branch, in the city hall, Friday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock, when it is
planned to have a representative
present from each election district in
Monmouth as a delegated member of
the Roosevelt-Johnson committee of
the county. At this meeting the
definite plans to build up the organ
ization in the various districts will
be put forward and adopted. An
effort will possibly be made to form
a Roosevelt-Johnson club in each
district, or If that is found impractic-
able, at least in each municipality.
The followers of the Bull Moose
were greatly encouraged Tuesday by
the fact that every section of the
county and, with very few exceptions,
every municipality was represented
at the meeting. Atlantic, Milestone
and Eatontown townships were the
only ones without representation.
Everyone present was enthusiastic
in his support of the Roosevelt poll
cies and in his belief that they would
meet with the approval of the nation
as expressed at the coming general
election. Everyone pledged his per-
sonal efforts to make that success
sure. There were more than fifty
present throughout the meeting, and
others were in and out at all times.
The fact that the meeting was so
large in the face of the stormy
weather and at so inconvenient a
time and under the circumstances of
enforced postponement from IL
o'clock until 1870 on account of a
change in train schedule which de-
layed the representatives from the
upper part Of the county until 1
o'clock, was looked upon rs highly
encouraging and was the subject Of
comment.
The selection of Long Branch as
the place Of next meeting was made
with the idea that this would be the
most convenient point to all sections
of the county. This was SO that every
member selected to the county com
mittee by the various districts might
be present at this first meeting, when
really organized work will be posi-
BILE. Thereafter it Is planned to
carry meetings into every section.
Assurance was given by Harry G.
Rehm, of Long Branch, city clerk at
that place, that the city hall would
be available for the meeting on Fri
day.
The county organization may en-
dorse the candidacy of Sttllwell, of
Metuchen, who has filed q petition
for the congressional nomination
from the third district, announcing
himself a supporter of Roosevelt.