The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-13
BOOM STARTS
FOR PRIMARY
Republican County Candidates
Hold Meetings in This City
and Other Places.
Richards A Speaker

ANA~AAssA ~ S~
With the summer season now over
dates is being turned to the Primary
Election, which takes place on Tues
day, September Goth. On Monday
night there were two political meet
ings held in this city under the au-
spices of Women's clubs. Hon. EN-
erson L. Richards, candidate for
State Senator, and Hon. Joseph A.
Corio, candidate for Assembly, adj
dressed the meeting held by the Main
land Women's Republican Club in the
Red Cross Rooms. Mayoralty candi-
date Charles e. Jackson, Mrs. Alice
R. Macmillan, candidate for Council
in the First Ward, and Mrs. Robert
H. Ingersoll were also speakers at
this meeting, where a large audience
had gathered to hear the campaign
issues discussed. This club was ad-
dressed on Monday night of last week
by Assemblyman Blair and Guy VIII
son, candidate for Councilman-at-
Large, and James A. Reynolds, a n
didate for Council in the First Ward.
Senator Richards also addressed
many other meetings in the County,
He made a stirring address at each
place, the text of his remarks in part,
being as follows:
MY reason for being a candidate
for the Senate, is that | am dissatis-
fed with the way the party has been
run in Trenton during the past three
years. There is no single leader, and
those who do pose as leaders do not
act together as a cohesive force. AS
a result the party has lost prestige,
and is committed to policies not for
the best interests of the people.
Il feel that it is only fair to charge
Senator White with business misman-
agFment, inefficiency and lack of po-
litical foresight in placing measures
on the statute books. There has been
40 particular legislation introduced
by him for the benefit of Atlantic
County. Heretofore, for example,
the Legislature has appropriated a
large sum each year for the upkeep
of roads, of which Atlantic County
received a good share. 1t received
none this year.
He introduced a bill to have the
Shore Road taken .over by the State,
which would have put it into proper
condition. This bill did not become
a law, Notwithstanding the almost I'M
limited power welded by Senator
White as the majority leader. Now
the county faces the necessity of
spending $750,000 in the reapir of this
road.
THE Senator says the Governor
threatened to veto this or any bill add
ing to the road program and there
fore it did not pass. A majority vote
is all that is required to pass any
bill over the Governors veto, so that
if there were enough votes to pass
the bill in the first place, there would
have been enough to pass it over the
Veto"
AT Samaritan Hall there was a ca
pacity house of the colored voters.
This meeting was held under the au-
spices of the Second Ward Colored
Women's Republican Club, in which
County Committeewoman, Mrs. Cora
I. Washington takes a leading part.
Here Senator Richards said that sup.
porters of Senator White were circu.
lating a story to the effect that he had
refused to sit ON the Board of Educa.
ton with a colored member.
THAT statement is an unqualified
lie" Mr.. Richards declared, for !
sat with the member in question until
my term expired" In a counter at.
tack, Mr.. Richards asked why it was
that no colored help were employed
in the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel.
Other speakers at this meeting in.
GUIDED Assemblymen William A. Blair
and Joseph A. Corio, Councilmen
Charles M. Peck and Edward T. Ste.
phenson, Charles E. Jackson, candi.
date for Mayor, Attorney Isaac Nutter
and several women speakers.
A meeting in the interest of the
candidacy of Senator White vas also
held Monday evening at BurrelTs Au.
ditorium, Smiths Landing.