Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-13
BIG CROP OF C. o. P. BOOMS
AT PARTY FEAST TO EVANS
County Official Proves Magnet for Politicians Who
Scent Victory at the Pos-stokes Whoops 1t Up by At
lacking President Wilson.


ers to the number of ATS gathered al
the Kruger Auditorium last might
to participate in a testimonial din
ner to Walter A. Evans, director OF
the Board of F'reeholders. AS a
testimonial dinner 1t was a grand
success, including the verbal bou-
quets handed to Mr.. Evans, to say
nothing of a beautiful diamond ring
presented to him on behalf of nu-
merous friends by County Register
Thomas P. Alworth, just before the
close of the dinner.
Speeches of the order that writer's
on the day following the Fourth OF
July are fond OF describing
scream" were delivered by former
Governors Edward c. Stokes and
Franklin Murphy. State Senator Aus
ten Colgate and former Speaker OF
the House Thomas E. McCran, OF
Paterson.
But If the affair was a success as
a dinner it was doubly, yea even
triply, so as a real, old-fashioned po-
ltical convention. True conventions
have been tabooed since the recent
election laws went into effect, but
just the same last nights affair was
as near real convention as can he
held under the present-day laws.
Booms Large and Small.
Booms of all sorts, sizes and de-
scriptions, some ably attended by
their owners in person, others just
passed from group to group by word
of mouth, were in evidence. Many
of the booms were good healthy ones,
while some of the others were born
in the hall and were never taken out,
being smothered by the avalanche OF
lustier booms that hit them.
But the booms listed below were all
full grown and filled with vigor and
enthusiasm enough last night to last,
at least. until the inner circle the
select few of the Republican ranks,
have passed them in review and
punctured all but one boom for each
office, some time prior to the primary
election next September.
Some of the Lineup.
The booms in evidence at the feast
covered practically every elective
office. except the Newark mayoralty'
Take a peek at the list:
Surrogate-Daniel F. Gaven, former
Assemblyman Fred G. Sickle, Her
bert w. Taylor and Walter A. Evans.
Sheriff.. william Huegel, c. Will
lam Heilman, Harry B. O'Connell and
Ralph B. Schmidt.
County Supervisor-Thomas Goldin-
gay.
Board of Works Commissioner-As-
semblyman Thomas j. smith ana
Louis Pfeiffer.
Congressman-Eight district, Ed
ward w Gray, former Assemblyman
Robert Mitchell and Charles G. Lin
nenkohl; Ninth district, former Con-
gresham r. Wayne Parker, Lincoln
2. Rowley, East Orange, and Jerome
D. Gedney former city attorney of
East Orange; Tenth district, former
Assistant Prosecutor Frederick R.
Behlbach, County Counsel BENJAMIN
F. Jones, I. Lincoln Adams, defeated
for the place two years ago, and
Hugh F. Gilligan, of the Sixteenth
ward.
There were little incipient booms for
many other men for various offices
floating around. A whole lot more
men were willing to bring forth an
individual boom had the slightest OPP
portunity been given, but most OF
these booms died aborning before the
dinner was under way.
Like Old Days.
The dinner was scheduled to start
at o'clock, but it was an hour later
before 1t really did. That hour was
devoted to corner caucuses, button
hole conversations and secret confer
ences for all the world like the hour
preceding the calling to order of an
old-time political convention. Even
while the dinner was in progress
boosters for the owners of the differ
ent booms were doing missionary
work at the different tables during
the serving of the courses.
There was a general rurnor afioat
before the dinner that its prime pur-
pose was to uncover a big boom for
the guest of honor, Mr.. Evans, as a
candidate for county surrogate next
fall. Mr.. Evans denied this. So did
the other powers that be- in the Re
publican ranks, but, just the same,
the rumor was there. However, this
boom seemed to gradually die out.
In its stead sprang one that Mr..
Evans will be a candidate to succeed
County Register Thomas p. Alworth,
whose fve-year term expires in the
fall of 1915.
While many booms were publicly
and privately Haunted before the
dinner, the only one given publicity
during the Republican love feast was
one for Austen Colgate to succeed
himself as State senator from this
county. This was sprung by former
Speaker of the House Thomas f, Nc
Gran during his speech, and was re-
ceived with glad acclaim by the
party workers present.
The speech of former Governor
Stokes, the principal one of the eve
ming, was a master effort. He fiunG
scorn and sarcasm at the Wilson ad
ministration and declared that th'
United States had been put to shame
by the administrations policy o.
"watchful waiting"
stokes's Near Regret.
Mr.. Stokes said the actions of th'
administration in regard to the Mexi
can situation had almost caused hin
to deplore the fact he was an Amer
lean citizen, and that it was a dis
graceful thing that an American citi
zen could no longer believe with i'm
plicit faith that his flag would follow
and protect him, no matter where n
went, instead of having to receive l
message to come home, that his f1at
would only protect him on his owl
! soil.
! Mr.. Stokes said in part:
II thank you for this kindly wei
/ come. 1t is the first opportunity