Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-07
County Convention Largely
Attended Last Night New
Organization Formed.
APPLEBY WAS AT SESSION
Praise Women'S Part in Cam
paign---HiIIpot to Run for
Coroner in Hubbard's Place


NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. Z. -
Despite the fact that threatening
CLOUDS hOvered over the county Re.
publican organization last week fol-
lowing the election at the primaries
of t. Frank Appleby, of Asbury Park,
as the G.. o. =. congressional cam
didate, the clear blue sky broke
through last night at the organiza-
committee here and everything now
appears to be as harmonious as could
be desired.
The first order of business to come
before the meeting was that of elect
ing officers for another year. 1t has
been thought possible that some ops
position would be furnished by Will
liam Kline. of South River, for the
Office of chairman. but this was soon
learned to be unfounded as 1t was this
Republican who nominated John
Pfeiffer. of Perth Amboy. for re-
election as county chairman. Mr..
Pfeiffer was unanimously selected.
Other officers elected were David
A. Brown. of Woodbridge, vice
chairman: William A. Kane. of New
Brunswick. secretary. and James A.
Morrison, also of this city. treasurer.
ne UittllDS was OHt VI Tie Dtct
attended and smoothest running ses.
sions ever conducted by the county
committee. There were many Re-
publicans present who were not COM
mitteenen, but were interested in the
+, work of the county organization.
John Pfeiffer complimented the men
from al parts of the county on their
spirit OF cooperation being manifest
ed by their presence at the meeting
and spoke at length upon the part
the women will play in this years
election.
THE women" Chairman Pfeiffer
said. ARE very active, more active
| than some of the men, and they re-
present a force to be considered
seriously and reckoned with" Dur
ing the course of his remarks Mr..
| Pfeiffer said that Calvin Coolidge,
candidate for vice president, might
visit this section during his tour of
speech making in the east. Senator
Hiram Johnson Is also expected to
,peak IN Perth Amboy.
| A few contests for county COM
mitteemen. resulting in places where
two candidates received the same
number of votes, were Strengthened
| out SO as to be satisfactory to all
| concerned. One woman was nom-
mated to the office of county COM
mitteeman, she being Mrs. Rush. of
Sayreville. it not being known last
night whether or not she would ac-
/ cept
Owing to the fact that John ".
Hubbard. of this city, one of the
| candidates for coroner, Is not eliy-
ible. as three years have not elapsed
since he held that position. Arthur
X. Hillpot, Of Metuchen, one of the
candidates for freeholder who was
defeated at the primaries. was Sc
lected as the second G. o. p. choice
for coroner. This selection of Hil.-
pot is expected to go a long way to-
ward further amalgamatirg the Re-
publican forces in the county. espe-
cially in Metuchen where solid
Republican vote is anticipated.
In Spotswood there is no Repub-
Ncan candidate for mayor, Charles
DeVoe being appointed by the coun-
ty committee as the candidate. VIII
liam II. Jacobs and John Taylor.
both of Spotswood, were selected Is
candidates on the G.. o. P. ticket for
councilmen in that place also.
T. Frank Appleby. the Republican
congressional candidate, was present
and gave a short heart to heart
talk with the men which was well
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