Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-10

Inc HrSt 10 speak was THOMAS l.
Hanson, who announced himself a
a true Republican and seeking TN
Office of assemblyman without
political record and asked the SUP
port of the voters.
George NJ. Anderson of Metuchen
Iancther candidate without a polite
a. Fast, made his first public appear
ance and as a candidate and in &
few words introduced himself anc
his beliefs to the gathering. liz
promised, if elected, to work for the
best interests of the constituent:
ana to get the best possible for tais
county.
United States Commissioners
Franklin NJ. Richie, of New Bruins
wick, was the only assembly can
didate to mention the liquor ques-
ton.
My position in the assembly
race" Mr.. Richie said, " has moth
ing to do with the liquor question,
but l am dry and intend to remain
DIR" and do not propose to straGlle
the issue"
He pointed to his record as
United States Commissioner in
which the confidential operation of
the governmental activities had aot
pttH NlOidLtu III any way IHdL WOuIu
harm the enforcement of the ma
iona prohibition act. He express
ed himself as favoring an entire re-
vision and co~dification of many con-
hicting statutes of the state. He is
also opposed to the annual sessions
OF the legislature, proposing instead
biennial meetings.
The next speaker introduced, Har-
old G.. Hoffman of South Amboy, has
a real platform to offer at the start
of his campaign. His name has
been advanced by political leaders
during the past few months and 1t
is claimed offers the best material
that this section of the county can
produce.
The only remedy for high taxes"
Mr.. Hoffman declared, sis the Judi
cious election of men to make the
expenditure of public funds under
the Pierson laws which are funda-
mentally correct. / stand for prac-
tical legislation and the common
sense enforcement of the laws gov
municipal financing Of the
Assemblyman Wilton T. Apologize
OF Prospect Plains, who is seeking
reelection to the lower House in
opening his address declared that
he was very sorry to hear that his
Edward J. Petersen of
city, will not be a candidate |
Tor the assembly this election. He
gave a long review of the work ac-
;omplishments of past legislature
and the part he played in the DELHI
grafton of that body and asked that
ne be returned to carry on the work
there. He also. urged that
Mr.. Runyon, "the unshackled Re-
publican candidate for governor
,e elected in place of Judge Silzer,
Who aspires to the same office at the
olicitation of Mayor Frank Hague"
lie also urged support for Senator |
Frelinghuysen.
The TWO freebooter candidates
Isked for support, declaring that
hey are running on their records.
they are Clarence Haight of New
Iarket, and Louis J. Belloff of New
Mr.. Belloff said that
When he first became a raember of
he Board CT Freeholders about four
ears ago, the finances of the county
we're in poor shape, that the board
vas severely handicapped in con-
the county's business while
It the present time the county has
IN outstanding credit of nearly a
dollars.
Mrs. Lillian Feickert of Plainfield,
vice chairman of the state commit
tee, and an organizer among the
of the state. stressed the
point that the women would have to
become active to operate to the full
est possible extent with the organ
of their communities to car
~ the Republican party to success
1T the next general election. Mrs.
Jennie 9. Van Ness, of Orange, for
.er assemblywoman from Essex
has signified her intention
If being present to address the la
lies, was unable to do so on &C
count of sudden illness.
Prominent among those who at
ended from Perth Amboy were Sem
Larson. former Judge Adrian
Mayor William c. Wilson, AL
dermen John Sofield, Benjamin
Ira Grouse, Leo Goldberger,
City Clerk Arthur Graham, Anthony
Munoz, John Pfeiffer, John Hanson,
ST., Burt Moore, Mrs Elizabeth Oil
yer, Joseph Hornsby Mrs. Morgan
John Hunt, Freebooter Wal
ter Quackenbush and George Haney.
From Woodbridge township we're
noticed J. H. Thayer Martin, Fred
Anness, Andrew Keyes, Mrs. c. A.
Lewis Potter. William
Hoy, Maxwell Logan. George Luf-
bury, DR.. S. Salter, r. S. Versteeg,
William B. Turner, Albert Larson,
- c,o:o, T., Alhnnt EtrnaI. r
From South Amboy Harold Hoff-
man, William O'Toole, F~reeholder
William S. Dey, Councilman U.
Frank Disbrow, Frederick Depert
and James Hackett.
Roosevelt was represented by
Timothy Nevill. Thomas j. Mulvi-
hill and James Nevill.
Gebhardt In Race
Former Freebooter Frederick
Gebhardt, ST.. made it clear yester-
day that he Is very much IN the
race for the Republican freebooter
by issuing the statement
in which he severely criticised me
present freebooter administration
TO. favoritism and waste.
MIR. Gebhardt claimed that in the
first five months of the present year
the sum of $3,216.34 was paid to
John Belloff, brother of DR.. Louis j.
present member of the Board
of Freeholders, while only S1,633.92
was paid to all other garage men
in the county. The figures on these
by Mr.. Gebhardt showed ne
alleged, that in January the Bellof
commission was $40f.74; in Febru-
$50T.59: in March, $979.9S; in
April. S939.03, and in May, S3SS.00.
He also pointed out that the sum
of S4,S50, the total paid for n
Ave months was an eXtraVaSent
sum to be paid for auto accessories