Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-26
new ATTACK MADE BY
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS
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the Board of Education. Mr..
Sheehy said that it was an honest
error and hat he had served only
thirteen years instead of fifteen
years.
During his service as a member
of the board the condition in that
department of the city government
education advanced to a plane where
politics could not interfere with III
progress. He stated further that h
is opposed to carnivals coming into
the city although he was not oppos-
ed to the circus. Mr.. Sheehy stated
that he wanted the children to have
the benefit of the circus and also
that it would not have the attendant
evils of a carnival. AS SOC as the
coming of a carnival is known, MIR.
Sheehy stated the police Immediate
ly send out a warning to look out
for pickpockets.
He would not deprive the firemes
of their chances to procure funds
and in the place of the carnival as
a revenue producing agency for the
firemen, he suggested that if elected
mayor, he would set aside one day
each year to be firemen's day for
the purpose of collecting contribu-
tions for the fire companies and he
would himself personally solicit
funds for that purpose. Mr.. Sheehy
praised the firemen and said that
lie had always been interested in their
behalf and would in the future. The
Democratic candidate further stated
that he had been asked whether
he was a wet" or a dry" and he
answered by saying II don't drink.
I never did drink. but what I don't
drink, my partner does"
John w. Kelly, president OF the
club also made a plea for the re-
ed out the wonderful work done by
Patten, as chairman of the state
committee; of the money saved the
city by the collection of garbage
under Alderman Patten. Il
I'VE have no apologies to make
for the leadership Or the platform
of our party and we should make no
apologies for that great leader of
Democracy in this state, Mayor
Frank Hague of Jersey City" wa
part of a stirring speech made BY
Frank L.. Cleary, judge of the court
Of common pleas of the county of
Somerset at the most enthusiastic
Demacrotic meeting held IN this city
during tho present campaign. last
night at the headquarters of the
OAN COL
three hundred people were present
so that the meeting room was
crowded to the door. Judge Cleary
vas the principal speaker of the
evening and in his address he dealt
with the attack upon Hague made
by the Republicans, with the va
rious planks in the platform in the
Democratic party and with a COM
parison CT the calibre of the can
didates on both tickets.
I'VE in Somerset county are so
patriotic that we are willing, even
though it is distasteful to us, to
have returned to us from Washing
ton Joe Frelinghuysen. The people
Of Somerset county know him, and
on election day they are going to do
their part to keep him from return
ing to the United States senate.
even though 1t is at the expense of
having him returned to that county,
much as that is to be regretted"
said Judge Cleary. The speaker
stated that 1t was his opinion and
the opinion of many of the people
Of Somerset county who had OBJ
that he vas the best choice the
Democrats had in the whole state
for the Office of governor. That
Runyon was not as we'll mentally
equipped as Silzer and that Runyon
was a puppet of the Anti-Saloon
League were some of the charged
made by the Somerset speaker.
I'VE are on the offensive and the
Republicans are on the defensive in
this campaign and we intend to
keep it up until the last day be-
cause a great issue has arisen n
that issue is the question of person
al liberty, whether it applies to pro-
hibition or to anything else.
"Of course Governor Edwards
and the party is opposed to prohibi-
ton. An effort Is made to cad
people to believe that Governor
Edwards desires the return of the
saloon and old conditions. That is
absolutely untrue. What Governor
Edwards stands for. what u plat
form means, and what we all want
is a return of the personal liberty
that has been taken away by a
crowd of fanatics and bigots. owned
BODY and soul by the Anti-Saloon
League. and as to prohibition III
policy is to adhere to the constitu-
ton but modify the Volstead act.
and with a platform such as we
have and with candidates such as
we have, If victory does not come to
us this time. then victory will never
come to u.s."