Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-10-11

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candidate for assembly On the Prohi-
bition ticket, made some interesting
statements regarding the price of
coal in this city during his whirl-
wind tour of the county yesterday,
with the rest of the Prohibition can
didates. Rev. DR.. J. G. Mason, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Metuchen, who is Prohibition candi-
date for state senator, made some in
teresting remarks about the conduct
of the prosecutors affice, which it
was ten to be aimed at Prosecutor
silly
vas at Dayton where Mr.. Will
lia ls told about coal dealers. The
speaking place there was In front OF
the Presbyterian church, but there
was no audience there, so the party
moved right down to the front door
of saloon where there was quite a
crowd. Mr.. Williams was the master
of ceremonies and he introduced DR..
Mason, but before doing so sprang a
sensation. According to Mr.. VIII
liams Wednesday night he made ar
rangements with Perth Amboy coal
dealer to deliver his winters coal.
While doing 30 he accidentally heard
a conversation over the telephone.
which was to the effect that a Gus
toner asked the coal dealer if the
price of coal had advanced. The
dealer said 1t had reached the $6.75
mark for common folks and when the
other party let out gasp the dealer
said keep your mouth closed and
I'll let you hape yours at $3.50 per
delivered" Williams asked the Day
ton natives If this was a square deal
for the working man.
Mr.. Williams took special delight
in hammering the excise conditions
in his home city, pounding the MEM
bers of the excise board and roasting
the Amboy coal dealers for the part
they are playing in the high cost of
living. Williams said coal was ship
ped from the Pennsylvania mines to
Perth Amboy, placed in barges and
shipped to New England and was act
ually selling in one New England
city at least. for $5.25 ton, while
Amboyans had to pay s6.75 for 1t.
He argued that this was feature
of the high cost OF living that was
directly traceable to the greed Of
man.
It was during his speech In New
Brunswick that DR.. Mason first made
reference to the prosecutors offlce.
He said that II elected he would In
troduce three bills in the Legislature
forthwith: one providing for con-
stitutional amendment allowing
equal suffrage for men and women,
one regulating the conduct OF pro-
secutors throughout the state and
one to oust the saloon.
"If I am elected State Senator
from Middlesex / will introduce a
bill which will prevent the prosecu-
tor of the pleas Of any county In this
state from accepting fees from any
liquor men Of their county, or from
any person in civil or other action
to be tried in the courts OF the coun-
ty wherein the said prosecutor may
have Jurisdiction.
1--WE in Middlesex are paying our
prosecutor $4,000 a year and his as
sistant $4,000 and we are entitled to
all Of their time. I would make it
impossible for the prosecutors to
spend part of their time in court
pleading for the granting OF liquor
licenses. The county Is ent tied to
all of mans time when he is paid
$4,000 a year and 1t does not strike
me that a prosecutor should take
such cases anyway"
DR.. Mason continued this line Of
talk in nearly every place visited.
DR.. Mason's reference to the pro-
secutors was meant as a direct at
tack upon Prosecutor Silzer as re-
suit Of his appearing recently In
court on behalf Of license applicants
and also referred to the recent tilt
between Lawyer Brown, OF Perth