Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
DEMOCRAT
WOMEN MEET
Hear Mrs. Siggel, Mrs. Riggs,
and Several Candidates for
County Offices

held a we'll attended meeting las
night in their clubrooms over tn,
Strand theatre. Following a shor
business meeting Mrs. Daniel j. Sui.
Ivan, president of the club, intro.
duced the speakers of the evening
that included Mrs. Mabel Seggel, yice
chairman of the Middlesex county
executive committee; Mrs. Gretchen
Riggs, state committeewoman oil
Middlesex county; Klemmer Kalteis-
sen, Howard ]. Butcher and John A.
: Bird, candidates for f~reeho1der, and
Anthony j. Gebhardt, candidate tor
sheriff.
Mrs. Seggel, the first speaker,
again called the attention of the
women to the formation of the
Women's County Democratic Club,
which is to be permanently organ
lied at a meeting to be held in New
Brunswick next Monday. October Is,
at which the state organizers will be
present.
Mrs. Seggel extended an invitation
to the local club to join and said she
was DESTROYS of greeting a large
number of Perth Amboy women due
to the active part the local club is
taking In politics and have been TAX
Ing since their organization. The
Highland Park and New Brunswick
clubs are to act as hostesses at the
meeting next Monday night, and
Mrs. Seggel assured those who at
tended that an enjoyable time awaits
them.
Congratulating the Women's Dem
ocratic Club on their continual work
and interest they have taken in their
club, Mrs. Gretchen Riggs again
49, kAfAaA H. rnArdbAra .aat aa a
stranger, as she was present when
the club had it's inception last fall.
I'VE are not organized as a typical
woman's club. but as a political club
to serve Dur community; we are in
the fight for democracy and the
| weapon we have is the vote" Mrs.
Riggs said. She expounded the work
of the county committeewomen. In
| sisting that every oma elected as
such get out and do the duty that is
expected of her. MANY women who
| are elected to act as committeeman
| en- do not seem to grasp the serious
| ness of their work and are never
| seen at a meeting or at the polls,'
| Mrs. Riggs continued. Such wom-
| en- should not undertake the work
If they cannot put their heart in 1t
! and sacrifice a little in order to get
| the women voters out. You are Sc
| lected by the people for the service
| of the people" she said.
The Hobart law, the new d.
| vorcc law and the no night work for
women's bill were gone into thor
| oughly by the speaker who brought
| facts before the women which con-
WINGED them that they should be
| awake to all political questions.
| Mrs. Riggs in the course of her re-
! marks touched upon the subject OF
XII Klux Khan, saying "let us have
| something tangible not a mysteri-
| Gus government within a govern
| ment.' She lauded the memorial
| bridge idea which had its inception
| in this city and said was something
the twenty-one counties of New Jer-
sey ought to get behind and work
for. 1T would be a fitting trioute
to the boys of New Jersey who
| served in the World War" she said
Mrs. Riggs concluded her address,
by bringing before the club the
names of the candidates on the
Democratic ticket from top 10 bot
tom, saying they were men wnon1
Nest everybody knew and men TO
be trusted. She impressed the i'm
%portance of the ONE to get out
and register on October IS.
Mrs. Sullivan then introduced Mr..
Kalteissen a candidate for free
holder, who used that office as the
subject of his speech, outlining the
duties OF such and the Importance
OF the work of seeing that the tax-
layers money is used to the best
end. The speaker had facts and
figures which he placed before the
women to show that the present
Board of Freeholders is extrava-
giant and that the peoples money is
being used they know not where and
what for. The matter of repairs to
the roads throughout the county and
what these repairs consisted oi was
criticised by the speaker. Thew an
swered the purpose for which they
were started at this time, he con
tinued, but said one has only to go
over the roads to find out that they
are absolutely worthless"
The matter of the county treasur-
er's report was also criticized by Mr..
Kalteissen, who said the people
should demand an explanation as to
why this report is printed In the two
leading county papers once every
other month; first in the Perth Am
boy Evening News and the next
month in the New Brunswick Home
News. why is this report not
printed every month in both papers,"
the speaker asked. He said it was
up to the taxpayers of Middlesex
county to demand an explanation as
to where their money goes.
1.-THE present Board of Freehold
ers are on trial and the people r
the jurors, it is up to them to decide
whether or not a change is to be
made in order to bring about an
economical and honest administra-
ton which we are entitled to-" the
speaker concluded.
Howard j. Butcher vas then in
troduced. The speaker took the OPP
portunity to laud his running mates,
Mr.. Kalteissen and Mr.. Bird. and
said they expected the voters of
Perth Amboy to give them their sup
port at the coming election. Mr.. Bird
needed no Introduction to the people
of Perth Amboy and he too asked
the women for their support, not only
for himself and colleagues but for
the whole Democratic ticket. Mr..
| Bird was brief in his remarks but to
the point.
The last speaker was Mr.. Gebhardt
who told the women of the enor-
nous increase in the county budget
| during the past six years and ask
ing whether or not they knew of any
reason for it. Mr.. Gebhardt quoted
figures saying that in 1917 the county
budget amounted to $685,000 and
that today this has jumped to $1.750-
900, almost three times as much.
There should be a more economical
board and the time for aschange Is
now, the speaker said. Mr.. Gebhardt