Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-22
BOOM SILzER FOR THE
. PRESIDENCY At DINNER
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gest man in state affairs. The
speaker praised the governor-elect
for his support of former President
Wilson, and decIared: III all of the
people in the United States knew
George Silzer as we do, he would bt
the next president" In closing his
address, Judge DAILY mentioned Mr.
Silzer as excellent presidential tim
Der and a ma worthy of the posi-
ton.
The next speaker, Mr.. Pearse Of
Metuchen, emphasized the fact thai
all OF the Democrats in New Jersey
are not to be found in Hudson
county. which, he said was evidenced
by the last election. He told of ar
incident at a card party in Metucher
prior to the last election, in which
a w. C. T. U. woman referred tc
Governor Edwards as "the bootleg
gers friend" This assertion. Mr.
Pearse said. resulted in the Demo
cratic ranks being augmented.
"You cannot keep a good man
down." he said. referring to the rise
of Governor-elect Silzer, during the
years he has been active in public
life and politics. With the reference
20 the naming of Democrats to fill
certain positions, Mr.. Pearse en-
deavored to show tina: everyone can
not he given a job of some kind by
2 successful candidate.
Harry Heller, chairman Of the
Democratic state committee. of
Trenton, spoke briefly, eulogizing
the next governor as a nan VINO
has made good and predicted high
ar honors for Mr.. Silzer at the end
OF the next three years.
Ex-Judge Silzer was the next
speaker and he frankly admitted
that he felt embarrassed in being
called upon to talk before a gather
ing of people, most OF whom he
has known intimately for many
years. The governor-elect said he
Is called upon to make speeches
frequently (last nights dinner be-
ing the fifth affair of its kind he
has attended this weekly and as a
result has been in contact with the
residents of all parts of the state,
but speaking before those who live
in your own community and know
you well is a more difficult task
than addressing strangers.
Speaking OF Governor Edwards,
tho speaker said the United States
s~enator-elect had told him that he
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Metuchen, the home town of Silzer,
but the fact that he carried Ocean
Grove almost made up for it.
"Do not have n illusions about
the number of positions there will
be, which must be filed after the
first of the year" the next governor
said. There r one hundred times
"a many applicants as there are va
cancies. Most OF those seeking these
positions want places which pay
good salaries but have little work
connected with them. You must re-
member that there are other coun
ties in the state and the residents
of those counties must be considered
in making appointments. I will dc
the best I can in filing vacancies
and then will he willing to take my
medicine. I feel keenly my re.
sponsibility to all OF the people o.
the state-to the 400, 600 who voted
or me and to almost as many WHIT
did not"
Form er Judge silzer told of at,
tending the tax session of the Stat
League of Municipalities, held yes
terday afternoon in the Rober
Treet hotel in Newark, and praised
the remarks of Republican Stat
Chairman Stokes, who offered to co
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taxes in this state. The speaker saiC
he had not sought the Office of gov
error and had declined repeated.
when asked to be a candidate, bu
finally consented. Now that he hai
been elected, the speaker said. h
will endeavor TO give the peopl'
three years of service.
The tax problem now facing New
Jersey is which must be actet
upon and solved, Mr.. Silzer said
The 100000 bond issue TO
roads must be spent properly ant
honestly, he continued, and he pro
hibition question is another prob
lem which must be solved. 18th
Republicans during the recent cam
paign said prohibition was a mora
issue. They were right and we ar
on the moral side of it," the speake
declared. The institutions of Ney
Jersey offer a big problem, MI
Silzer said, as they are not suffl
GENTLY large to accommodate tn
inmates. The participation Of WON
en- in politics win put an end L
corrupt government in the opinion
Of the next governor who conclude
by saying that at the end of hi
three-year term as governor n
hopes to return to Metuchen witt
the feeling that the people Of tn
state approved of his record Will
James Baker, of the state Ia
board, ives brief. in his remark
about the successful. gubernatoris
candidate but lauded the ex-judg
for HIS successful career thus IA
and prophesied a brilliant future TO
him.
Mr.. eilxer was presented with