Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-06
HEAR SHEEHY
IN 9Th WARD
Say Republicans Are Singing
Mud -0ther Candidates
Address Meeting

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Democrats, held in Kuzosko's Hall,
Saturday night, was attended by a
large gathering. Among the speak
ers were John Kirkpatrick, candi-
date for surrogate; Fred DeVoe,
candidate for assembly; Joseph F.
Deegan, John K. Sheehy, Jacob NJ.
Klein, Harry S. Medinets, John
Kozusko and former Mayor Frank
Dorsey.
John K. sheehy. candidate for
Mayor, in addressing the meeting,
said THAI out of his record of thir-
zen years rs a public servant, the
only thing that his opponents have
had to say thus far is that he mis-
pronounced a foreign name in
awarding prizes at the high school
some time ago. He said that for
an American, who only speaks the
American language, it surely is a
pardonable offense to nave made
much an u~nintentional mistake. He
added that he not only remembers
rot having made the error, but he is
backed up by the institution whose
representatives did not even notice
the error alleged TO AVE been made.
Mr.. Sheehy said that even though
It had been practically agreed be-
tween the candidates not to indulge
in any "mud-slinging" tactics, the
Republicans saw fit to employ the
services of one of their co-workers
to place in passing a slur on MIR.
Sheehy, in a Polish paper, pub
fishing the above. Mr.. Sheehy said
that 'if that is all they could dig
out of his record, he was satisfied to
let the people decide as to whether
an aspersion of that nature should
stand in the way of his being elect
ed mayor"
The candidate for mayor also dis
cEssed the carnival, amusement and
light plant propositions. and stated
that II elected, he would serve the
people in these regards to their best
iaterests. Commenting on the car
myaI Mr.. Sheehy said he thought
that the Perth Amboy fire depart
rrent was as good, if not superior, to
many of the paid fire departments
Of the larger cities.
Jacob M. Klein in his talk, pre-
scented interesting figures to show
the development in the school sSs-
tenn of Perth Amboy in the past
thirteen or fourteen years, made by
the Board of Education, of which
Mr.. Sheehy was the president for
the past thirteen years.
Mr.. Klein pointed out the fact
that If the people were satisfied
with the record made by this body
during the incumbency of MrJl
Sheehy the people of this city
should be satisfied to show their ap-
probation for this work by electing
Mr.. Sheehy mayor by a large ma
jority.
Some of the things mentioned by
Mr.. Klein are as follows: In 1907
the number of teachers in the
schools was So. In 1922 the number
was 232. In 1907 the number of
pupils attending was 4,947 and in
1922 there were $3.50 attending. In
1907 there were only So rooms in
the various schools and at the pres
ent time there are 200. In 1907 the !
school property was valued at
s426, 800 and at the present time the
valuation of the said property is ST.
830,870. The total cost in operating
the schools in 1907 amounted to
S75,737. The cost of operating the
schools in 1922 is s443.446.
Mr.. Klein then continued saying
that with this tremendous improve
ment and with the great amount of
money involved, if the people never
had occasion to question Mr.. Shee-
hy's integrity as president of the
body responsible for this, they would
never have the occasion to question
the integrity of the Democratic can
didate if elected mayor.
The speaker also mentioned the
fact that due to the stan
of the school system in
his city at the present time, over
forty colleges in the United States
graduates of Perth Amboy
High School on c~ertiication and
recommendation by the faculties
whereas in 1907 only twelve col
leges admitted graduates. He also
said we have now manual training
for boys in the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades, domestic science,
cooking, sewing for all girls above
the sixth grade, vocal music in all
grades, night schools and school
and classes for retarded pupils.
Harry S. Medinets also spoke,
comparing the city of Perth Amboy
with a corporation of which all the
taxpayers are members and advo-
Gated the election of Mr.. Sheehy, as
mayor, to preside over the corpora
lion.
John Kirkpatrick, candidate for
surrogate, and Fred DeVoe, candl-
date for the assembly, talked on the
Democratic platform, while Joseph
r. DeeSan spoke on uallOndl issues.
John Kozsuko in his native
tongue. gave a stirring speech, as
did former Mayor Dorsey who made
an address in which he stated that
the only way to get new industries
into the city is to first show them
that the tax rates are reasonable.
He also stated that he knew that
the people of this city are more vi
tally interested in the taxation than
anything else, and If the voters
would compare the records of the
candidates running on both tickets, |
they could easily understand how
by supporting the Democratic ticket
from top to bottom they would be
insuring themselves with efficiency, |
economy and honest service.