Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-06-10
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Big Dinner to President.
MANY FROM PERTH AMBOY
Go On Record Unanimously Up
holding President During
Present Grave Crisis.

At an enthusiastic get-together
dinner at Hotel Klein, New Bruins
wick, last night, 250 representatives
OF democracy from Middlesex county
unanimously went on record CON-
mitting themselves to upholding the
hands of the President during the
present International crisis. During
n din of applause every man present
voted aye in approving the draft
ing of message by the toastmaster,
Samuel Schleimer, to President
woodrow Wilson assuring him OF not
only moral support, but physical
support, In necessary" in the Presi-
dents firm stand in insisting on the
protection of American and neutral
rights on the ocean.
The following telegram was sent
to President Wilson. THE Middle
sex County Democratic Club at their
annual dinner tonight pledged to you
Its united support and assures you OF
the moral, and II necessary, the
physical aid of each and every mem
ber."
At the gathering last night were
Thomas F. Martin, secretary of the
state Of New Jersey; Commissioner
OF Banking and Insurance, George M.
LaMonte; State Senator Henry E,
Ackerson, Jr, of Monmouth county,
who lives at Keyport, and many po-
litical celebrities and officials OF
Perth Amboy and Middlesex county.
Boom for Florance.
w. Edwin Florance, county prose
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night, the party leaders are groom
ing for the race for the state sena-
torship from this county in the fall,
made forceful appeal for the up
building of the Democracy Though
no booms were formally launched, it
seemed an accepted fact among the
party's leaders that Mr.. Florance is
at present the strongest possibility
for the Democratic candidate to make
the race to fill the Office vacated by
: Senator William E. Ramsay.
CONGRESSMAN Thomas J. Scully,
state Comptroller Edward I. Ed
wards and Frank s. Katzenbach,
who were scheduled to speak, could
not be present and sent their re-
gsats.
Many flowers were sold at the hos
tel as the guests entered by the New
Brunswick Woman's Club in their
campaign to raise funds for the state
women's college.
Secretary of State Thomas f. Mar
tin scored the past legislature dur
ing the greater part of his remarks,
declaring that leaders of the Repub-
lican party were telling the people
myths about what was accomplished
by the 1915 session. There was
not single. solitary act put on the
statute books that was worthy of
commendation, except the economy
and efficiency bills" he said. He
showed how the economy and eff
ficiency bills were of Democratic ORR
mittee, put through the legislature
and signed by a Democratic COVER
nor. ANY credit for their enaction
must come to the Democrats" he
added aside from this the legis-
lature was the worst that has sat in
Trenton for the past fifteen years,
he continued. He declared the Re
publicans had broken their faith
with the people in falling to enact
the home rule amendment SO that it
could be voted on this fall by the
people; their failure to pass the bin
providing for the election of assem-
blymen by districts and by their
bungling in the enaction of the wom-
an suffrage amendment which called
for special session of the legisla-
ture to straighten out. He f1ayed the
Republicans for their "cheese-par
ing policy in the last legislature
and declared that the men at the
head of the different state depart
ments would show how the Repub-
hcans could have made appropria-
tions for the militia and other re-
quirements and still had surplus in
the treasury at the end of the year.
"They did not know enough to know
that two and one-half millions would
be added to the state treasury this
year through the inheritance tax and
one and one-half millions from the
vehicular department" he said.
Mr.. Martin declared that the DEM |
ocratic party of the state never
stood so united as 1t does today, |
and predicted that this will mean che |
election OF a Democratic governor
next year.
He laid stress on the necessity of |
and declared that he |
nad been selected as secretary of the
state for five years and that during |
hat time whatever patronage comes
rom that office shall go to organiza-
ion Democrats. That's the kind I
If Democracy / practice; we cannot
yet anywhere without organization"
le added.
Eyes of World on New Jersey.
In concluding Mr.. Martin said:
The eyes of the world are focused
IN New Jersey. We Democrats ought
o be proud that we gave to the
United States the biggest man In this
vide world. Let us remember that,
md remembering it by every word,
hought and action back up a man,
Who, tonight all alone, faces the
.reatest crisis ever faced by presi-
lent of the United States" He
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