Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-03-11

| fight for Democracy in this State this
| fall It seems to me that in H. Otto
Wittpenn we have man who is avail
able-a man who is peculiarly avail
able as our nominee" ((Applause.)
Mr.. Kerney was then introduced. He
Immediately proposed rising toast to
President Wilson which was drunk
amid cheers and the merry clink of
glasses. He then read kilograms from
Congressman James Al. Hamill, of
Jersey City; Archibald Hart, of Ber-
gen county; Thomas Scully and
United States Senators MARITIME and
Hughes. Ex-Mayor Frank A .Katzen-
bach, Of Trenton, also forwarded his
best wishes for success to Naval Of
ficer Wittpenn and declared he would
greet him personally tomorrow eve
ming at the gathering of Mercer
county Democrats in honor of the
popular Naval officer.
At the mention of James Nugent's
name by POSTMASTER Kerney thun-
der of applause broke forth. A short
time before that when Mr.. Nugent
entered the banquet hall, he was
singled out and greeted with applause
everyone arose.
Nugent's Address
In opening his stirring address,
bristling with enthusiasm for Naval
| Officer Wittpenn's candidacy, Mr..
Nugent declared he hadn't addressed
so many Hudson county Democrats as
were present last evening in the past
five or six years. "At that time, =
said the speaker, "Mr. Wittpenn was
a local man-not the big man he is
to-day in State politics.
Wittpenn Called
It was midnight when POSTMASTER
Kerney called upon the Naval Officer
| for a few remarks. At the mention
of his name everyone arose again and
cheered and applauded him. After
lit had all subsidized someone in the
rear of the banquet hall yelled, Three
cheers for Otto," and cheers again
rent the silence Of the midnight hours.
Naval Officer Wittpenn was visibly
affected by the many pledges Of 10y
atty and confidence that had been
given him by those who spoke before
him. It was a few seconds before he
could recover himself, then he said;
II would be void of human feeling
if / were not impressed by the kind
thoughts of many of my friends
(which has brought about this gather
ing tonight. But / am more thar
moved by the emotions which come tx
us at all times, and which move me
more especially tonight because Of
|your very generous and fiattering re-
lception. And you must understand
how embarrassed I am to talk here il
any other spirit than that Of comrade
ship, yet / try to confne myself *
the spirit which seems to fill thi.
room, that of friendship and common
interest in a common cause.
"And as look around this room
and observe the many faces l an
forced to recognize the spirit Of TIN
| hour which brings us together and t
i say word in reference to it. Ant
first let me emphasize the Importance
|of the purpose which actuates us al
at this moment in our national affairs
-Four years ago we were preparing TO
} the fight which resulted in the histor
|ical battle at Baltimore. And those o
us who stood first and foremost on tn
front lines Of that great fight hav
never ceased to rejoice at the victor.
which we helped to bring about.
& "Just about three years ago w
watched the inaugural of New Jersey
first citizen as the President of thes
United States; and in the three year
which have since elapsed, we hav
seen written on the pages of histor,
events which mark great epochs in tn
history of. the world. Throughout al