Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-01
POLITICAL DEAL RUM0R is
HEARD IN PERTH AMBOY
Continued from Page 1

parently these candidates are not be-
ing considered by the Rerth Amboy
Republican leaders.
While Assemblymen Hanson and
Hoffman, who are running for re-
election on the Republican ticket,
are both well known here, the third
candidate, John A. Smith, is more of
stranger lere than the man in the
moon. Thousands of Republicans
have not only never seen him, but
they never heard of him before. It
is thought that the least the party
leaders could do would be to hold a
political rally so to give Mr.. Smith
chance to show himself.
And there is the candidate for
sheriff, Frederick Gowen; his name
is hardly ever heard mentioned.
Prominent Republicans are begin
ming to wonder why nothing is be-
ing done as far as the city as a
whole is concerned, to help shim.
Party leaders here seem to think
that the candidates for aldermen are
the only men running, and as they
are conducting their own personal
campaigns in their respective wards,
there is nothing else to do.
When Senator Larson who is pres
ident of the Republican Club, was
asked about the report of a deal"
with the Democrats whereby the
city ticket was to be sacrificed in
order to elect the Republican free
holders, he seemed to lay particular
stress on the local candidates, de-
claring that the fact that no mass
meetings were held here was proof
in itself that everything is being
done to help them because, as he
explained it, at big mass meetings
at which prominent men from OUT
side are the attraction, the local cam
didates are always over-shadowed
and are lost sight of.
Senator Larson also referred to
the expense involved in holding a
big mass meeting. He said that the
Republican Club would rather use
what money it had in conducting
twenty-five ward meetings as such
smaller meetings would do the local
candidates far more good. Then,
too, Senator Larson said, this being
an off year when there are no state
or national issues to be considered
there is no need of big meetings.
On the other hand. the Democrats
are laying great stress on the state
issues, and Governor Silzer is going
into every county urging the voters
to elect the Democratic candidates
for the legislature in order that he
may carry out his policies. There is
enough thought of the state issues
by the Democrats of Perth Amboy
to arrange the big rally here tonight
at which the governor is to speak.
When several of the Republican
candidates were asked about the
lack of campaign in this city aside
from small ward meetings they con-
fessed that they did not know what
it was all about. Other party work.
ers who are anxious to do something
but who say their hands are practi-
cally tied, will admit that 1t looks
funny, but they refuse to go any
further than that.
In the meantime, the rumor of n
deal persists. 1t is well known
thai the Republican freeholders who
are up for reelection, are strongly
entrenched; that they have an cor
ganlzation" that is hard to beat. and
that with Senator Larson as county
engineer and other party leaders
we'll provided for, there is a great
desire>to have things remain as they
are as far as the county offices are
concerned. 1t would be particularly
satisfying to them to have the pres
cEt freeholders e-elected.
AS far as the Democrats are con-
cerned, they are very anxious to
keep control of the city, and there
is apparently little interest in the
freeholder Candidates. Howard j.
Butcher comes from Cranbury, n
Republican stronghold and KLEIN
mer Kalteissen is from New Bruns-
wick. Both are high class men,
Those who know the inside work.
ings of politics say that the politi-
clans in either party would rather
have men of the opposite party in
office If they would ''play the game"
rather than have men of their own
party in Office who cannot be ham
died. OF course, John A. Bird, a
Perth Amboy man, is receiving sup
port here and his friends would like
to see him elected, but in the game
of politics some disagreeable things
have to be done sometimes and if
there is any truth in the rumor
that a deal has been made for the
Democrats to swap the freeholder
candidates for the city ticket, Bird
will have to go down with the rest.
But whether it is true or not, the
failure of the Republicans to put
up real fight as far as the city
as a whole is concerned, in striking
contrast with the activities of the
Democrats. is being more and more
commented upon. The apathy on
, the part of the Republicans is ap-
palling and those who make a study
of politics seem to think there must
be some reason for it.