Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-21

for State Senator. appear
ing in the issue of the
"South Amboy Citizen"
today.
tom. BRoWN-AN APPRECIA-
TION.
We have been accustomed to look
upon the rise of Lincoln from rail
splitter to President. of Garfield from
: the towpath to the White House as
phenomena in history. We read of
! Schwab's march from breaker-boy to
the Presidency of the United States
Steel Corporation: of Farrelfs adj
vance from poverty to the $4,000
per year position he now fills. and
express the thought hat such Incl
Idents are too few to merit considera-
ton. We little dream that among
Yourselves. in the present day America
is still the land of opportunity, and
that he who has the talents, the
energy. the ambition and determina-
Ition to succeed may, even now, carve
his own place in American life.
Mr.. Thomas Brown. the present
candidate for the Democratic Sena-
torial nomination in this County. is
living example in our midst Of
what application and brains and in
dustry may accomplish.
Thirty years have come and gone
since he and 1 together played and
swan and did the thousand and one
! things that I'LL a boys day.
Outwardly he differed none from
the rest. The cove IN summer; the
W. -zNcred nd '~rnsed dam
In WINTER re- with his shouts
tam cries in harmony with his mates.
With us he explored for berries the
then wilds where the Du Pont and
Hercules plants now owe and many
an apple left the present site of the
shell plant" with him as a carrier.
Within Tom" Browns breast.
however, the fire of ambition glowed,
the hope OF advancement beckoned,
and a healthy mind In a sound body.
plus the hardest and most devoted
application were the rungs by which
he scaled the ladder of success. the
means by which he overcame seem
ingly tnsurmountable obstacles, until
today the merry barefoot boy OF
thirty summers ago fills a position
of honor and respect In his county
and state.
The ~schooIdays of the tom"
VI NhOAA 4 WIItGs uulhG the
Tom Brown. made famous by tho
novelist. were not OF Elton. or Oxford
or Cambridge. Neither did he have
the aid OF Yale or Harvard or any
other college to At him for life's
struggle.
The University of hard work is the
Alma Mater to which he owes his
training.
A water boy on the coal docks at
II. Thomas Brown not content
to spend his spare hours in fishing
IN the slips or hunting rats about the
piers Books were his companions.
the acquisition OF knowledge his de-
light. and while his comrades RECALLED
themselves with the boyish pleasures
at hand he was In quest OF the educa-
ton that circumstances had denied
him In the schools.
industry brings Its own reward. and
so an advancement to the Office force
rewarded the eficiency displayed in
his work. The railway mail service
offered an attractive field and this was
the next objectfve OF the then youth.
That attained the law became the OBJ |
tect OF his intentions Those familiar
with the Railway Mail Service can
testify that a days run Is a days 1
work: that the ordinary man Is con-
tent when his run is finished to seek
repose to ut him for the morrow. or
TO embrace the relaxation and enter
tainment that makes life worth living. 1
Mr.. Brown did neither. BY incred-
IDLY hard work, by a liberal use of =
midnight oil, he-prepared for and
passed the Regents requirements and A
then applied his attentions to the
law. that most jealous OF mistressez
Since his admission to the bar Mr..
Brown's rise has been rapid n hon
The same qualities of perseverance,
of industry and Of determination that
him the right to practice law.
enabled him to fulnlI that right with
credit to himself and satisfaction to
his clientele.
Now he makes his first venture in
the held OF politics. His duty as a
minded citizen has caused him
always to take a forward place in
public matters. and ~hisNvoice and pen
ever been ready IN the advance
ment OF his beliefs. Now fitted by
OF toll and study. physically by
years OF experience as n worker, aaaen-
tally by industry and application, with
a broad n enlarged perspective OF
human rights, this seif-made man
asks his fellow men for their SUI
frage- Those among whom he grew,
and with whom he worked, will read
ny avail themselves OF the oppor-
tunity: those whose knowledge OF him
- not so a do no better 4
than bestow on him their favOrs.
south Amboy. always proud OF the
success OF her sons. should rally
10 him with unanimous support.
As q playmate IN the dear dead
days OF boyho0d. as \ friend and
IN later years the writer
has been Constrained TO thus recall
he struggles and trials hat precSded /
success that honor may bef be-
l4AwuAA nn hfnn - - - IN
JOHN A. COAN. IN
eaid for by MI
Thomas H. Hagerfy. 80 Paterson
New Brunswick. n. ]. Cam
Manager for Thomas Brown.
~zndtdate for the regular Democratic |
lominafion Tor STATE Senator for Mid
llesex County. I