Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-14
IN ROW
IN SOUTH RIVER
More DRINKS on One Block
There Than on BoWery
Special to the EVENrNG NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
South River, Oct. 14:-"There are
more drunken men, per block, on
Ferry street on a Saturday night
than you will find on any one block
on the 'Bowery' in New York city on
any night" emphatically declared a
prominent South River minister on
Saturday night at the second indig-
nation meeting of the Citizens Club
In Borough hall. The speaker was
Rev. Sidney Dixon, rector of the
Holy Trinity Episcopal church and a
a considered a fair unbiased critic
Of civic, conditions.
Rev. Mr.. Nixon was addressing a
meeting called in protest to the pre-.
sent civic and municipal conditions
in the Borough of South River, and
he voiced his expression and opinion
in no uncertain words. In aligning
himself with the Progressive party,
which is seeking a political house
cleaning" Mr.. Dixon said: 81 am
against the men who are responsible
for these conditions (referring to
drunken men on the %streets) and I
will support those who will promise,
at least, to relieve us of this awful
DISGRACE" The Bull Moose" ele-
ment believes that the addition of
Mr.. Dixon to their working force will
greatly strengthen their cause.
"Time Something Was Done.
In his opening remarks, Rev. Mr..
Dixon said he had listened with in
terest to the disclosure of borough
affairs and had concluded that it was
high time that something was done
to improve the moral conditions in
the borough. 81 attended a meeting
of the common council some time
ago." he said, "and I remembered
hearing Attorney Peter r. Daily crit
icise the council for it's neglect to do
things. I { also hoard him sayI
that as the municipal systems were
opeeT2attio an effort should be made
to make the borough blossom as a
rose. Well, I have been around con-
siderable, but l have failed to find
inc reees or. any resemblance Of a
SO far as GhG civic conditions
are concerned"
More ''Rcasts" By Mr.. Fisher.
After receiving a vote of conf
dence from a majority. OF the 400
people. including many women, Ed
ward B. Fisher, chairman of the Citi-
zen's Club, took the stand again on
Saturday night and roasted" the
borough officials for the alleged mis-
on Observation-Disclosures FTET
management of the %boroughs affairs.
In his address, Mr.. Fisher gave a re-
sumo of his attack on the officials or
the previous Saturday night, and en-
deavored to back up his charges
with statements. He held up a tax
bill to the crowd, to prove that he Is
a taxpayer, In answer to an attack
by one of the officials "henchmen."
Mr.. Fisher dwelt at length on the,
recent newspaper articles, in which
he was ridiculed and, at times, up
held. He referred to the encounter
between Mayor Joseph Mark and a
local newspaper writer, as an I'M
gentlemanlv act OF the part Of the.
borough official. He accused Mayor
Mark of using vile language in the
presence of a lady, and said: emo
gentleman will use vile language in
the presence of ladies'" 1t is under.
stood that the newspaper man was
accompanied by his wife, when YER
bally attacked by the borough's
chief magistrate. Mr.. Fisher scorned
the report that he will be "tarred,
feathered and ridden out of town, on
a rail-" and defed anyone to attempt
such a thing.
Attack On Borough Clerk.
The borough clerk was the center
OF attack by Mr.. Fisher on Saturday
night, who termed him the Gear Of
the Town" 1t is charged by Mr..
Fisher that the clerk is clerk Of couh-
Gil, of the board Of education. board
OF public works and clerk OF h
election board. Mr.. Fisher declares
that it is illegal for a town clerk to
hold the position of clerk Of the cleo
ton board. Mr.. Fisher said that the
borough clerk Is "the real mayor OF
the town and runs everything Ed
ward A. Bovine, candidate for
ell on the "Bull Moose" ticket spoke
in favor of his candidacy. He also
introduced Mr.. Fisher to the assem-
blage. The meeting was opened with
PRAYER by Rev. William Kern. OF the
German Presbyterian church, and
was closed with a benediction by Rev.
Mr., Dixon.
Fight After Meeting.
1t is understood hat several prom
inent citizens Of all political stripes,
gathered. in a local saloon after the
Indignation meeting on saturday
night and held a verbal discussion,
that waxed truthfully warm. and Wig
orous, as the evening progressed.
When the early morning hours ar
rived, the orators stepped to the
sidewalk, where the matter was
thrased out In a fisfic encounter, IL
is reported. Alleged cut and bruised
| ~vjsaees of prominent citizens TODAY
tells the story of the street fight all
too WE'LL