Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-24

to order Governor Edwards, against
his wishes and against the wishes
of the directors of the bank OF
which he is president. to get him to
enter the race for the United states
senate. Such a spectacle makes
nothing but a joke of the direct
primary law. In the same Way
Mayor Hague reached out from Jer-
sey City to the circuit court bench
where Judge Silzer was busily en-
gagged in trying cases, tapped the
and said Behold You are the
Democratic candidate for rover
mort" The judge was astounded.
He hesitated for a few weeks and
reluctantly resigned at the in
stance of the great Overload of the
Hudson County Democracy. It
would be amusing, If it were act
SO serious a matter, to see the DEM
ocratic party, which is supposed to
be in direct rule of the people. aG-
solutely dominated, coerced AID
controlled by one man, the mayor
of Jersey City, the man who, Incl
dentally, in the eight years of his
connection with the government Of
Jersey City. has been seen the taxts
in that city raise 100 per cent and
the tax levy rise 400 per cent. Give
him three years CONTROL of New
Jersey and we a expect the same
situation throughout New Jersey
that has been experienced in Jer-
sey City, and it would not be long
before we are back to the unmen-
tionable days of Leon Abbot.
81 challenge Judge Silzer to go in
to Hudson county before election
day and attack Mayor Hague for
the tremendous extravaganza which
has increased the tax rate 100 per
cent, which has increased the tax
levy 400 per cent since 1913"
Congressman Appleby spoke
briefly, telling of his efforts to have
the present income tax blanks sim
| plified. He told of the bills he had
successfully introduced including the
ship canal from Morganton to Bor-
dentown, the thirty foot channel
from Sandy Hook to Raritan Bay
and thence up Staten Island Sound
to New York and the placing of
lights along the channel to this city
from the lower bay. .
Mayor Wilson answered for the
first time, the assertion made by his
opponent, John X. Sheehy, some
time ago that he had failed to keep
his campaign promises. When the
mayor rose to speak, h audience,
which up to this point had been
only luke warm in it's response to
the speakers, gave him a prolonged
greeting of applause, stamping and
shouting. When the din had died
down sufficiently to permit of his
being heard the mayor told the vot-
ers that, in keeping with his cam
paign promise, he appeared before
the aldermen at their first commit
tee meeting, following his election,
and laid before them the things he
desired to have done. Some of these
things he said. have been carried
out. Others have not as yet ma
tured, he said. and added that al
though he might recommend certain
things he is powerless to bring them
about if the aldermen will not act
favorably upon his requests.
The mayor said new street signs
had been placed about the city and
that, although he vas powerless to
control nature, he had seer to it
that the water works pond had been
flooded when the weather was suffi-
GENTLY cold to warrant good skat-
ing. AS for %carnivals or ~circuSes,
the mayor said. he did not believe
they are so detrimental to q city as
his opponent would have people be-
Ieve.
This is a city of many national
tiles and a large percentage of our
residents cannot afford to go to
places where all sorts of amuse-
ments are to be found. The circus
or carnival furnishes that amuse-
ment. They might take some money
out of the city, but 1 also know they
bring money in as we'll"
The mayor said his opponent had
always served conscientiously on the
Board of Education and he spoke
highly of his record. He pointed
out, however, that Mr.. Sheehy had
been a member of that board for
twelve years and not fifteen years as
some of the signs state and his OPP
ponent has been quoted as saying.
Recorder Pickersgill was given an
ovation as enthusiastic as that be-
slowed upo the mayor. He COM
menced by announcing that he would
say a good word for the man run
ming against him and declared that
If the voters thought that he (Wil-
liam Hallahan) would make a bet
ter recorder than himself, he wanted
them to vote for Hallahan. The
Judge said he had been serving
Perth Amboy longer than Senator
FreHnghuysen had been serving the
state, having considered some 40, 900
cases during his eighteen years of
activity as recorder.
The recorder told his audience
that the Perth Amboy police court
ranks among the highest in the
state in management. The mon
have served on Middlesex county
grand Juries can tell of the bust
nesslike and complete manner in
which cases are handled in the re-
corder's court prior to being re-
ferred to the grand jury, the speak
er said.
Professor Robert McElroy, oi
Princeton, spoke while the audience
was awaiting the arrival of Sena-
tor Runyon from New Brunswick
He spoke of the national issues.
Urging the need of continuing
the Republican party in power. the
high tariff in order to protect the
working men and women of the
: country against the low prices ard
wages of Germany. France, Itajy
and Japan, and to elect men who
will uphold the laws of the couI.
Y try rather than those pledged t
4 oppose the laws. was the trend o
t the addresses made yesterday b,
8 Senator Frelinghuysen, candidat,
] for reelection to the United State
senate; William N. Runyon. candi
r date for governor, md t. Franl
{ Appleby, candidate for congress Il
D the swing around Middlesex count
$ by the Republican candidates.
! The marty. travelling in over 10