Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02
lvthinc." Governor silzer said.

snything," Governor Silzer said.
The governor told his audience he
saved the people of the state $26,-
900, 900 this year. $21,0o0.000 of thus
amount being interest saved to the
state by making the forty million
dollar road bonds mature at ten and
fifteen years instead of in thirty years
as originally planned. Senator
Pierson says 1 do o tell the truth
that 1t is only L ,20a.onn. Well, that
is quite a saving"
although 1 am doing everything
poscible to keep down state Exp anses
1t is also my principle to put hu-
mainly into the work of the state.
There are now under state care g.
020 children, 5000 of whom are in
institutions or private homes while
the remaining 5000 are with widow
ed mothers helped financially by the
widows pension fund. The state
should not permit any child to re-
main in an institution one hour more
than is necessary. There are en-
gagged forty-six people at a cost of
$4,000 a year looking after the g.
600 children" The governor said IL
he suggested a larger appropriation
making it possible to engage more
supervisors his request would be
turned down by the legislature but
If a request was made to spend many
times as much constructing a road
somewhere, the latter suggestion
would meet with immediate approx
al.
Don't send me back to Trenton
with my hands tied" the governor
pleaded in closing. ELECT your three
Democratic assemblymeu and show
the rest of the state that MiddleseX
county is behind the governor and
willing to assist him in putting
through measures which a majority
of the people want"
The meeting, arranged by the
Democratic County Committee, was
not as largely attended as expected
and considerable delay was exper-
fenced in getting started. Only q few
| persons were in the hall at s o'clock,
the time set for the meeting to start.
There seemed to be much uncer-
tainty as to who should go ahead
and take charge of the meeting.
There was no heat in the hall and
sufficient seating accommodations
for the speakers had not been made
on the platform.
Former Mayor Frank Dorsey pre-
sided over the meeting but he ex-
planned that he had not arranged
the affair and therefore was o in
a position to. apologize for the lack
of arrangements. After waiting al
most an hour, Mr.. Dorsey opened the
meeting by introducing the first
speaker, Alderman-at-Large Rich
ard j. Calvin, who seeks reelection.
Mr. Calvin told of the big projects
now under way here and of the eff
forts made by the board to keep
down taxes and at the same time
give the people some improvements.
John Kozusko. aldermanic candidate
in the sixth ward, spoke briefly as
did John A. Bird, local candidate for
freebooter.
Klemmer Kalteissen, of New
Brunswick, freeholder candidate,
urged the voters to break up the
"tRepublican freebooter ring" He
charged the present board with ex-
travagance in spending the coun-
tvs money, with permitting the
roads to be in poor condition de-
spite the fact that thousands of dol
lars were appropriated for repair
work and with being inefficient
throughout.
Howard J. Butcher, of Cranbury
the other freeholder candidate main.
| tanned that no man should be elect
ed to spend the peoples money wht
has not made a success of his owl
business. Anthony J. Gebhardt, .
Highland Park, candidate for sheriff
attacked the 1923 legislature refer
ring to its record as 1.-THE blackes
spot in the history of the 1egisla
ture." He said it failed to back tn
government, turned down the peo
pie and the members stuck to thei
party irregardless of public senti
ment and wishes. 1.-The Republi
cans passed an easy divorce Law
making it possible to secure a di
vorce on the grounds of cruelty,
Mr.. Gebhardt said. 1.-THE count!
of Middlesex is entitled to a divorce
from the freeholders on grounds o
cruelty"
Mrs. Gretchen Riggs, state com
mitteewoman from Middlesex coIn
ty, briefly reviewed the acts of TIN
1928 legislature in passing the di
vorce bill and the night work fol-
women bill.
Governor Silzer was the mex.
speaker after which the three as
sembly candidates, who were not or
hand earlier in the evening, spoke
briefly. DIR. Alfred L. Ellis of Me
tuchen, Fred w. DeVoe of New
Brunswick, and John P. Mcguire Of
South Amboy told of the need of
Democratic majority in the lower
House to support the governor in hi
efforts to have constructive legisla-
ton passed.