Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-07-30
CALL MEETING
OF DEMOCRATS
MONDAY NIGHT
Want All Leaders of by Gone
Days to Attend Get-to-
gether Meeting
NOT DEPENDING ON THEM
will Push Movement Whether
Old Leaders Give Their AS
sistance or Not
SEE NEED OF new BLOOD
Younger Element of Party
Has Started Something's
Big Happenings Promised
SEE NEED OF NEW BLOOD

A meeting of the Democratic
voters of this city has been called
for Monday night at 8 o'clock. the
session to be held in the former
Knights Of Columbus rooms at SO
Smith street, above the Perth Am
boy City Market establishment. This
l general meeting has been called by
, the committee appointed at get
together session of thirty Demo
cratic workers in the Office of John
e. Toolan at 174 Smith street. on
Thursday night. The purpose of the
meeting is to organize q Democratic
Stub. and prepare for the coming
0lection. Every voter in the city Is
hvited'to attend.
The leaders in this movement are
hopeful that local Democratic lead
ers of bygone days will attend Mon
day nights session, 80 that the
entire party can harmonize in their
movement for one singular purpose
The new leaders are OF the belief
that the Introduction OF new blood
and more activity, with the assist
ance of the old leaders, will result
in sausing greater success for the
Democratic party at the coming
election. The new leaders say they
are out to win. and they say every
one interested in the party will get
out and work for victory, whether
The ~ leaders render their assist
anre or not.
At Monday nights meeting the
election of officers for the club will
be one of the most important mat
ters to be transacted, and a COM
mittee will be appointed to draft
the constitution and bylaws OF the
club.
Efforts to get in touch with Coun-
ty Clerk Bernard NJ. Cannon today
In this city, Metuchen and New
Brunswick, to learn whether he will
attend the meeting In this city on
Monday night. were without sue
cess. Mr.. Cannon, one of the rec
oginzed county leaders. did not at
tend the meeting held last Thurs
day night. Senator Thomas Brown,
Richard or John White, Thomas
\Patten or John Clark, were not In
at the Thursday night
meeting.
John White. chairman Of the
Democratic City Committee, has
sailed a meeting of this body for
Tuesday night In Odd Fellows hall.
This meeting will probably decide
the Democratic organisation In this
.ity, or not. II is not known wheth-
Or Mr.. White will attend the Mon
lay night meeting or not.
Both Parties Active.
Midsummer activities by leaders
Of both the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties this year, have never
before been called to the attention
Of the voters at such an early date.
In former years the leaders held
numerous meetings during the sum-
mer, when various states were de-
rided on, but their decisions were
not given out. until a month or two
before election.
It is said that once the new local
Democratic organization has been
perfected a city and county slate
will be prepared. Whether the old
leaders will stand by and allow the
younger Democrats to be their sue
.essors, or whether they will also
.orm city and county tickets will be
decided early next week. 1t is said
that there will be ward contests on
both sides this year, and In one case
Two of the workers who attended
The session last Thursday night are
IN the field for the same position.
! Aldermanic candidates in the
Democratic ranks In the fourth
ward are to have a three-cornered
fight at the coming primary elec-
lions this fall. according to the
rumors about this city. II all three
should stand there is promise OF
a good fight for the office In that
ward to succeed Alderman Chris
tian Anderson. Those who are said
70 be seeking the nomination in the
Democratic ranks are Robert Nc
Quire of Oak street. member OF
the health board: Thomas j. Grove
Of Watson avenue. who was defeated
by Alderman Anderson two years
ago for the office. and Louis Smith.
q butcher of Amboy avenue. Smith
is former patrolman and was a
former inspector in the health de-
partment. With these three in the
deld seeking the Office on the Demo-
cratic side and Howard Kinsey of
Amboy avenue and Fred Hansen of
Washington street. out for the nomi-
ration on the Republican ticket.
. politics in the fourth ward this year
will he the hottest In a number OF