Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-31
DEMOCRATS HAVE GREAT
CROWD At RALLY TODAY
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James =. FLYNN. of Perth Amboy, |
has popped out of the aldermanic
contest and entered the freeholder
struggle. He has with hin Edward
O'Connor. of South Amboy, and
those two perennials. Patrick Fallon
and Edward Delaney. of the same
city. Certainly there is no dearth
of freeholder material in South Am
boy. Another Perth Amboy man
; mentioned prominently is Philip
Costello, although there has been
| no official announcement. Other
%freeholder candidates may be aG-
vanced today.
Dame Rumor has had John Kelly,
| of his city. in the running for free
| holder and mayor of Perth Amboy,
but at the last Democratic meeting
at Perth Amboy Mr.. Kelly emphat-
ically denied that he was seeking
| any office. That fact leaves n less
freebooter aspirant to consider ami
is also taken to mean that John Is.
Sheehy will have no primary opposi-
ton for the mayoralty nomination.
From the freebooter free-tor-all
one turns to the assembly for
breath. In this contest there are
about four men so far who have
been mentioned at all. They are
| Klemner Kalteissen, James Gerrity
of Woodbridge, James Murray of
| Perth Amboy. and Raymond F..
White of Highland Park. Whites
name has been mentioned for some
weeks, ii being a m report
that he would especially appeal to
the ex~-service men on the basis OF
his efforts in their behalf.
Fred w. De Voc. defeated last fall
by Senator Morgan +. Larson. Re-
| publican. will not seek n Office
this year, 1t is understood. County
seat whispers some days & had 1t
that Mr.. De Voc might be harbor-
ing a desire to return to the assem-
bly, but there has been no outward
indication of any such intention on
his part and it is believed there will
be none.
OF interest in the Perth Amboy
delegation is the field of aldermanic
candidates, Police Clerk William
Hallahan's avowed intention of
seeking to succeed Recorder mar
old E.. Pickersgill. No contest is
anticipated in the nomination for
mayor, but Joseph Maloney wants
Alderman John j. Clark's sea
James j. Flynn's shift from coun-
Gilman to freeholder leaves Alder
mar Thomas Patten a clear Held SO
far.
This afternoons festivities begin
at 2:3O o'clock or shortly thereafter.
Assistant Prosecutor John Il. Toolan,
general chairman of the committee.
has arranged for an orchestra that
will furnish music for dancing and
elaborate plans have been made for
the entertainment of the @omen VINO
are expected to attend in large
numbers. Grub for the men, while
in sufficient quantity, ~ill be dis
pensed from booths but the ladies
will have tables and all .he regula-
ton dinner paraphernalia.
Rain. or threats of lain. VIII not
interfere with the afternoons pro-
gram. The committee members say
hat even though bad weather does
arrive with this afternoon no m
need stay away on that account be-
cause there is ample indoor accom-
modations for all corners.
From the Republican standpoint
the most important result of to-
I days campaign will be Inc freehold
err candidates showed forward by the
Democrats. 1t is a well known fact
that the Republican cohorts are let
ting the other offices shift more or
less for themselves, while they con-
centrate on re-electing Freehold-
ers Lewic J.. Belloff and Clarence M.
Haight. They greatly desire to hold
full contrc. of the county board and
even though the election OF two
Democrats would not disturb mat
tiers for this year 1t would mean a
good beginning toward Republican
downfall. Hence. the agitation to
elect the Republicans once more.
The Republicans who attend the
outing to watch events from close
by will display interest in the Demo-
cratic harmony note loudly sound
ed by leading men after mtimations
of discord between the factions
headed by County Clerk Bernard NJ.
Cannon and Thomas Brown. Some
Democrats declare that the wheels
are smoothly oiled. while others are
not so sure. Two separate delega-
tions at Middlesex day ct Sea Girt
not long ago incline one to the lat
ter belief. Split acknowledges
further say in support of their con-
%tentions that the Gannon-Hagerty
state committeeman affair certainly
indicates that all is not as it should
be, but those who affirm "harmony"
maintain that Mr.. Gannon's move
is entirely friendly. Still others say
it was made in an effort to stall Off
another committeeman who it was
feared would be advanced by the
Brown adherents.
At Sea Girt there was a percep-
tible GOODNESS between the former
senator and the county clerk. In
fact, neither seemed to he aware of
the others existence. Whether or
not differences have been patched
up is a question open for debate.
Both men have regulations for a
certain amount of astuteness and
from the outside gazing Inward It is
hard TO guess what really Is going
on.
People who walk IN .heir sleep
should know the town