Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
Scheme to Pui Baldwin
on the Water Board
lConf.nuad frem paEs 1l

/ Clark, Of the fifth ward, to be ac-
F! counted for. It Is understood that Mr..
, Clark has not yet agreed to deliver his
: vote to Mr.. Baldwin. Il Is not surpris-
ing that Mr.. Clark hesitates.
In the first place. Mr.. Clark Is a
Democrat and represents the strong
: est Democratic ward in the city. SO
regular Is the Democracy of tae fifth
ward hat nothing but the simon pure
brand, will be tolerated. Mr.. Clark Is
distinctly n man of the people and
IL extremely popular with his con-
: st~ituents. largely because OF his sturdy
I, Democratic principles. Mr.. Clark
knows the people of h fifth ward Ike
a book and has never been known to
fail them when a fight Is on.
Now IL so happens that the Stand
! ard Underground Cable works. Of
which Mr.. Baldwin IS the local head, is
! located in the section of the city rep
! resented by Mr.. Clark. This big IN
dustry Is not as popular with the
people there as Mr.. Clarke Is. In pro-
4, tectlng the interests of his ward Mr..
Clark has strenuousiy opposed the
, Standard Underground Cable works
! on various occasions and the people
he represents ave praised him for
his stand. To have him. therefore.
come out and vote for Mr.. aldw
for water commissioner. a man who
not only claims to be q Republican,
, but who Is at the head of the Stand
ard Underground Cable works In the
bargain. would be the surprise OF a
, lifetime in fifth ward politics and the
widespread confidence that the people
/ of the ward now have In their alder
man could not help but be severely
! shaken. The pressure will have to be
(, great, indeed. to win over Mr.. Clark's
vote for Mr.. Baldwin for water COM
missioner.
But the plans of the Kitchen cab
met" arc widespread and the men,
bers claim to have Mr.. Clark within
their grasp. at least they are count
ing on his vote to put their
Baldwin. across.
To what extent the cabinet" will
go to gain their purpose is shown by
j; the recent agitation over the explo-
sion at the T. A. Gillespie plant at
, Morgan. Heads of the Gillespie con-
Germ are constant visitors at the East
! Jersey Club and some of them a
/ been admitted to the inner circles. So
( close q " they become to the mem-
bers of the Kitchen cabinet" that the
latter turned heaven and earth. al
most. in their futile effort to block
the investigation that was made re-
F., Gently by a committee from the
United States n
When II was found that the Perth
/ Annoy SOutlCII Vi ltGIGn6t COuiu hOI
be deferred from its purpose to bring
about the Investigation. Oliver w.
Ramsay. one of the Kitchen cabinet"
leaders, appeared before a committee
of the defense council and charged
such men as Adrian Lyon. Ferd Gar
retson, John +. Ten Brock. William
II. Griswold N Fred j. Cox with be-
ing unpatriotic and disloyal. With q
great show of temper he accused
them OF fighting the government and
insinuated that all who I; vored the
investigation of the Gillespie explo-
sion were traitors. Mr.. Ramsay free
ly admitted that he had built docks
' and sold much lumber to the Giles
| pies and that their business relations
were very close.
While the investigation was going
on the kitchen cabinet held nightly
sessions doing everything in It's power
TO protect the Gillespie interests as
against the efforts of the Council of
Defense to ascertain all the facts re-
Garding the plant in order to safe
guard the homes and lives OF the
I people from further catastrophe. The
! cabinet" Is still busy along this line.
In fact, so desperate has II become
that it is being whispered that efforts
have been made to break" all those
] who were the most active in having
the Investigation brought about.
1t Is common knowledge that the
Kitchen cabinet" wen out to get"
Mayor TenBroeck at the recent cleo
tion. The mayor refused to dance to
their tune: he accepted defeat first.
Men high in authority, so story -.
have been seen" IN an effort to cause
some of those who nave been threat
In the Council of Defense to lose their
Jobs; business men have been threat.
ened with material loss. according to
\ N-nnnrfa tNrInaa than NIA4- o-
tivities.
And so II has gone on. the leaders
of the Kitchen cabinet getting bold
er as their plans nave unfolded. The
n great handicap has been the lack
of a newspaper to represent them.
tack up their cause and extend their
propaganda. Now even this Is TO be
remedied, II Is understood. by the or
ganization of a new newspaper in
Perth Amboy. n that will be the
mouthpiece Of the Kitchen cabinet"
Incidentally. the EVENING NEWS is
TO be put out OF business for daring to
defy the cabinet" and stand up for
the welfare of the community and tho
protection of property and h lives of
the people.
Also. the Kitchen cabinet must
have 4 newspaper all its own so that
when the EVENING NEWS throws
the light of publicity on the activities
OF cabinet as is being done In this
article, the cabinet members will
have a medium through which to
reply and tell the people how inter-
ested they all are in the public well
fare.
Mr.. Hugh Lynch has been engaged
to get the new newspaper started.
Another name connected with the en-
terprise is that of A. II. Reitemeyer,
nov connected with the Perth Amboy
Gaslight Company. Mr.. Reitemeyer
Is a personal friend of Mr.. Lynch.
Just at present. while the Kitchen
cabinet" is busily engaged In landing
II water commiSsionership for Mr..
Baldwin, IL Is able to add a little va
riety to its session by trying to fin
on a name for the new paper. Rumor
has 1t that it proposed to have tho
paper appear about the first of March.
The one big regret Is that the new