Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-10
EDWARDS HIT
ON DRY" TALK
FreIinghuysen and Runyon
Speaking in Salem County
Attack His UtteranCeS

SALEM, Oct. 10:-Close up the
Hudson county saloons and clean
out the Jersey City bootleggers was
the suggestion made to Governor
Edwards by Senator Frelinghuysen
in a speech delivered in the Salem
county court house last night.
William N. Runyon, candidate for
governor, also spoke.
Senator Frelinghuysen. candidate
for reelection on the Republican
ticket, took occasion to rap his
Democratic opponent on Attorney
General Daugherty's recent dry
ships" ruling. The senator's attack
was delivered at Governor Edwards
claim that his constant hammering
on the wei and dry issue brought
about the Daugherty ruling. Com
menting on Edwards new DRY as
the Atlantic ocean" slogan, Senator
Frelinghuysen said:
Governor Edwards has gotten
away with his latest booze epigram
without consulting his official CEN
sor. Now if he can go ahead and
influence Mayor Hague to close up
the saloons in Hudson county and
drive the ~bootleggers out of Jersey
City he will have rendered his con-
stituents a real service.
"I have always been in favor of
such a ruling as that recently made
by Attorney General Daugherty but
it took some time for him to go
through the necessary research and
investigation before he could take
official action. I believe in COM
plete enforcement of the law as it
exists today and I sincerely hope
that If Governor Edwards is entitled
to the credit he has taken for him
self that he will use his influence
in the direction that I have indi-
Gated"
The Republican party, which in
cluded Senator Frelinghuysen and
former Senator William N. Runyon,
was escorted through Salem county
by State Senator Allen and local
officials.
The first stop was made at Elmer,
where both candidates were warmly
received. A touch of the Revolu-
tionary days was given when the
party stopped at Pole Tavern. This
historic community includes the
territory that served as a training
ground for the New Jersey militia
men who fought for freedom from
the English crown. Senator Freliny-
huysen and former Senator Runyon
spent some time il" inspecting an old
brass cannon which was captured
from the British, who previously
had taken it from Napoleon. The
gun, mounted on it's original. car
riage, stands before the town hail
in the center of the village.
Senator Frelinghuysen took up
some time in a discussion of the
accomplishments of the disarma-
ment conference when he addressed
his audience at Woodstown. Just
| previous to the Salem meeting both
candidates spoke to gatherings of
several hundred citizens at Carney's
Point.
Declaring that Governor Edwards,
the we aspirant for the United States
senate on the Democratic ticket, has
o~ver-reached himself in drying up
the Atlantic ocean, and taking credit
for forcing the latest Dougherty
ruling, and that instead of making
New Jersey rs wet as the Atlantic
ocean he has made the Atlantic
ocean as dry as New Jersey, former
Senator William N. Runyon, Repub-
lican gubernatorial nominee, at the
mass meeting here last night, assert
ed that Edwards wet adherents
must certainly be disguised with the
boomerang. the governor had thrown
into their midst.
Governor Edwards believes he
has. through the Dougherty pro-
nouncement, stopped the sale of Ii
quor on American vessels on the high
SEAS" said Senator Runyon, eff he
cry for personal liberty? What be-
comes of his pledge to nullify the
eighteenth amendment and blot out
the Volstead act
Senator Runyon took a fling at
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City.
The speaker declared that the may
or's lust for power was forcing him
to try to control the whole state as
he has bossed Hudson county. The
gubernatorial nominee charged that
Hague drafted Governor Edwards
and former Circuit Court Judge
George Silzer, as United States sena-
torial and gubernatorial nominees
respectively. The speaker said that
neither of the two were seeking the
honors. but Hague willed they should
become candidates.
Escorted by State Senator Collins
B. Allen, of Salem county. Senator
Runyon visited six places in the
county. He addressed a large gath
ering of school children at Woods
town, and also spoke before a gath
Lering of enthusiastic Republicans at
the Woodstown's opera house. At
Elmer, a large crowd greeted Sen
ator Runyon. A short address was
delivered at Fredericktown.
Senator Runyon while speaking at
this place declared the Republican
platform concerning road building
would end the sway that road ma
terial monopolies held the road oper-
ations in. He declared that it pro-
vides where patented paving was
asked for by non-patented paving
of equal merit would also be adver-
tisec for and that the lowest bidder
would be awarded the contract.