Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-27
TICKET |NDORSED
| BY REPUBLICANS
Large Turnout for Reception to
!. County and Local Can
didates.

The Bloomfield Republican Clut
gave reception last night to the
State, county and local Republican
candidates in it's rooms in the Bloom
field Trust Company's building. There
/ was large turnout of the members
to greet the candidates. Before the
candidates arrived the club Endorsed
the Republican ticket from top to
bpttom by unanimous vote.
sFAmong those who attended were:
Senator. Austen Colgate and Candi-
dates for Assembly Seymour p Gill
bert, Eugene F. Scudder w. Give
Crosby and Charles C. Pilgrom, Can
didates for Freeholders William Pen
nington, Alexander Clark and Candi-
didate for County Register Walter A.
Evans. All the candidates spoke of
the Importance of winning out this
year, as it would have a great bear
ing on the election of 1916.
Senator Colgate, who was in his
usual good humor, said that the pres
ent assemblymen were high-class men
ana should be reelected. Essex is
the county par excellence and should
give large Republican majority, he
said. He reminded those present that
they would have hard fight next
Fear; that President Wilson was
going to make his home in New Jer-
sey, which would count much for the
Democratic party, he said.
The Democratic politicians would
be lying around there just as they did
at Sea Girt. 1 looked them over at
Sea Girt last year and was not par
tucularly struck by their appear
ance," he said.
Mr.. Pilgrim said that for a number
on years large industrial corporations
had made their homes in this State.
For ten years past a lot of dema-
gogues had been speaking against
these industrial bodies and the people
had listened to them, with the result
that we have lost large revenue, be-
cause they were driven out of our
State, but not out of business, for they
did business in other States. II Will
stand for industrial business as long
as l live,' he declared ut will take
years to put the State back on good
financial basis. We have driven large
enterprises from our State and have
lost the revenue and we are now COM
PEELED to shift the burden on automo-
biles instead. People have suffered
from his uplift party and it is up to
the Republican party to shut up the
mouths of these demagogues and then
the wheels of industry will hum
Mr.. Gilbert, after speaking on State
matters. spoke on local improvements.
He advocated the widening of Broad
street. Bloomfield, to seventy-five feet.
The street has been taken over by
the county, and he believed that II
the Republican freeholders We're
elected that they and the Bloomfield
Town Council would get together and
Accomplish that Improvement. He
said Bloomfield should give 1000 Re-
30
Mr.. Pennington claimed that the
high tax rate in Newark was a legacy
from the Democrats. He also declared
that when a great crisis arose in this
county 1t was always Republican
that helped us out.
Town Clerk Raymond T.. Davis,
who is a candidate to succeed him
self. said that during the six years
he has filed the Office he never missed
. single council meeting. He is un-
opposed.
Mr. Crosby declared that the saliva
ton of the State, county and nation
can only be safe in the hands of the
Republican party. The Democrats
will be put out in 1916 and we should
now prepare.
An amusing incident occurred when
Mr.. Gilbert was speaking. The cleo
trio lights went out and Frederick K.
Gahs, president of the club, turned or
a gas jet and attempted to light it,
bat the gas had evidently been
turned off. Some one in the audience
cap d out, "Mr. Cabs, you've got no
At the conclusion of the speaking
,refreshuents were served