Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
HAYES SPEAKER
At So. AMB0Y'
CITY and County Candidates
Also Speak at Big Rally at
South Amboy

keynote of last nights meeting of
the South Amboy Democratic Club
was sounded by the new county
chairman Hayes, who confined his
.alk to organization. The new chair
man of the Democratic county or
~gaLization, was called upon after Ed
ward j. O'Connor AID James Flynn,
who are teamlng in tho fight fol- the
s.ffice of fire. 'holder at the coming
election, made a plea f,r solid sup
port at TIT election in November.
M. Hayes confined his talk in the
committeeman and women. He out
.ined mis- Organization piars and re-
rninded those present that the jobs
conferred upon them were not thrust
upon them for the sake of filling a
gap in the organization. You are
in the true sense of the word a
leader in your community. You are
responsible for the number of Dem
ocratic votes cast al the election. It
ID your duty to enter into the field
with the firm determination of put
ting over a great Democratic vote.
and you are responsible to the party
II you fail in this duty"
At the conclusion Of his talk
Hayes received a great ovation. It
was a sOrt of Q confidence vote and
Hayes seemed to like it. 1t is a
great many years since the Demo-
Graf county chairman visited South
Amboy. 1t seemed as Though they
relied upon South Amboy taking
good car of those candidates that
appealed to them for support. The
committeeman are declared to be
well organized in this city. The bust
ness name in which the women
have been working is significant of
this fact.
John Kirkpatrick, candidate for
tie office of surrogate outlined the
duties of that office. He appealed
for support not alone for himself,
but for the entire Democrat ticket.
Fred w. De Voc candidate for
assemblyman, was the next speaker.
His talk was brief and while he ap-
pea1ed tor the support of the entire
ticket. he laiG particular stress on
the Office of assemblyman. This
was due to the fact that Harold G.
Hoffman of this city, is the candi-
date on the Republican ticket, for
the same office that De Voc himself
hopes to aspire.
"My platform is the platform of
Judge Silzer. What he says goes for
me Also" said De Voc, 'and that
included light wines and beer" add
ed the speaker.
Andrew Wight and James MUIR
ray, running with De Voc for assem-
blyman, made brief talks in which
they APPEALED for the support of
the Democrats of the city.
Michael ]. Stanton, present mayor,
and candidate for reelection, was
the next speaker. Mr.. Stanton stat
ed that he had no intention of pre-
senting a platform at this time add
ing hal for fourteen years he had
served the city as councilman, and
In all that time he had worked faith
fully for the interest of the people.
II can only point to my record
continued Stanton, although some
people would stoop to tell you that
/ defy any man to point to any par
ticular instance where I have ever
tainted my hands with graft"
Richard U. Rue, the next speaker.
and candidate for the Office of al
derman at large, and who on two &C.
casions was a member of the coun-
Gil with Mr.. Stanton. ridiculed the
idea of such a rumor.
Mr.. Rue had little to say, other
than asking for the support of the
voters at the election. II stand
on my record" said Mr.. Rue, "and
If that is not satisfactory 1 do not
want your vote. I am a Democrat,
and always have been, and when 1
say I am a Democrat, I mean that I
do not split my ticket"
Francis P. Coan. city solicitor, was
called upon to speak. Mr.. Coan
told the women present that the
county chairman had outlined to
them a plan that had been carried
on in South Amboy for the past ten
years II am particularly glad that
Mr.. Hayes thinks so favorably of
what we have already adopted. 1t
was like giving the Democrats of
this city a slap on the back" he said.
Mr.. Coan singled out every candi-
date on the entire ticket, giving a
brief history of each individual. He
paid particular attention to the con-
test for mayor in this city. Laudlng
the work of Mayor Stanton and APP
pesling for support for him. "Thers
Is nothing to say, other than to ask
you to compare the records of both
men. who seek the office. They are
an open book, and easily accessible"
said Coan, who continued:
1T is all very well, for the Repub-
lican candidate to come before the
people of this city, telling them
what he will do when elected. The
Democratic candidate does not have
to DO that. He stands by his record.
Since the Republican candidate has
also been in Office as chief executive
when South Amboy was a borough, a
time when he had a vote, let us look
mn Lie rnonrd Tf Io diI not do anu
thing then. what can he do now if
elected, when he has only the power
to suggest?
Il hope to have more to say with
regard to this matter as the cam
paign gets under way, and welcome
the time when I will be able TO ON
pare records in detail to the voters of
this city," concluded Mr.. Coan.
Former Mayor A. T. Kerr gave a
short talk, in which he predtcated
a complete Democratic victory at
the polls in November.
Chairman Oliver w. Welsh, an
nounced that the women would
shave the use of the new headquar-
.ers on Monday nights of each week.
Last nights meeting was the first
neld in this city since the primaries.
Every indication of a hot political
fight within the confines of the city
was evident. and it looks very much
ike as though the Democrats are
bent on keeping South Amboy in a
Democratic frame of mind.
Arrangements are being made to
hold several mass meetings before
the election in November.
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