Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-10-11
SENSATIONS SPRUNG
BY PR0H|BIT|0N|STS
IN TOUR OF COUNTY
Emanuel Williams Of This City Has
Something TO Say About the Price
Of Coal In Perth Amboy.
DR.. MASON AFTER PROSECUTOR


Silzer is fellow townsman of can
didate Mason, but Mason says he is
in politics and he Is going to tell the
truth about some things and tell il
loud enough to be heard beyond the
confines Of Metuchen. Old timers
have not forgotten the lively part DR.
Mason played In certain campaign
a number of years back which re-
suited in the defeat of candidate
for sheriff.
The audiences In most of the
towns visited consisted mainly OF
women and children, but the candi-
dates addressed every group of men
they could find and even talked to
the non-votere.
At South Amboy all the candidates
spoke. A big crowd had assembled
in front of the post Office on Broad
way. DR.. Mason spoke first. He
said that all parties had good men in
them but that they were not always
given a fair show. He said Streit-
wolf was a good man but the Demo-
Gratis had crowded him out. He re-
iterated what he had said at New
Brunswick about his proposed meas
ure for regulating the Office of prose-
cutor.
Emanuel Williams related his Am
boy coal story again and made de-
cided hit. Several South Amboyans
openly remarked that they were go
ing to look into the coal increases be-
fore buying any more. Williams
says If the Prohibitionists are elected
to power they will not be any more
bosses.
Candidate Frost said that we had
laws for the protection of fish and
game but far more important was a
law prohibiting the manufacture Of
| liquor.
Candidate for coroner Grimstead
made himself solid with some civil
war veterans when he said, II fought
to save this country once in 1860-64
and we won. I am fighting to save
lit again, to save the boys and girls
and the home"
When Mr.. Stewart got up to speak
somebody yelled. 1--WE want the sa-
looms The speaker came back at
him with "yes, my friends. we want
the saloons II they are good, but
are they good7" He then proceeded
to give the Prohibition version of a
city saloon In action and asked his
audience II they liked the finished
product. For some time there had
been more or less rumbling and
feeble attempts to break up the
meeting and at this point a man
with a FLOWING tobacco stained beard
that had once been white gruffly or
dered Stewart to shut up" and
move along" as he was blocking the
highway. Stewart said he had a
permit from Mayor Welsh to speak
and he was going to speak. The
white whiskered man again ordered
him to move along and Stewart de-
manded to know his authority for
giving orders over the Mayors head.
BY this time Emanuel Williams had
come to the front. He got the white
whiskered man by the collar and
moved him along and Stewart re-
sumed There you have the finish
ed product" remarked Stewart.
"You see the worth of the saloon in
full force and effect and he Is no
worse than the fellows who sent
him here to Interfere with this meet
Ing" After thes trong arm tactics
of Williams there was no further dis
order. While all the trouble was
going on a man in plain clothes with
policeman's badge stood by and
made no move until Williams got
busy. Then the plain clothes man
dropped out of sight.
The party reached this city short
ly after 6 o'clock and addressed a
crowd of about fifty people at Smith
and High streets. In the crowd were
number of ladies, who came in
sympathy for the movement, and sew
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