Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-01
BOTH PARTIES
PLAN CAMPAIGN
County Republicans and
Democrats to Meet at New
Brunswick Tonight
CITY BODY IS FORMED
State Organizations To Meet
Tomorrow When Platforms
Will be Discussed

TRENTON, Oct. 1.-Republican
and Democratic platforms for the
state elections in November will be
adopted at party conventions here
tomorrow. The session of the DEM
ocrats is expected to be a harmon
ious one, with the Republican record
in the last legislature as a special
target 1t is also assumed that the
platform will declare for modii1ca-
ton of the Volstead Act and for
straight five cent trolley fares. The
Republicans are said to be divided
on the prohibition question and a
lively fight is looked for
To Meet In County
The county Democratic and Re-
publican committees Will meet TO-
night in New Brunswick for the pur-
pose of organizing for the comins
election activities The Perth AM
boy Republican city committee or
> ganized Saturday night and the
Perth Amboy city committee is tc
! organize next Wednesday night.
The county Republican commit.
! tee meeting will be held IN the New
! Rrunswick EllSs building at O'Clock
he held in Montalvo's auditorium.
! According to information received
from RepubIican leaders, John Pfeil-
fer will again be named as county
chairman and the other officers VIII
likelv he reelected. The Democra-
lie choice no doubt will be Edmund
A HAYES, as he was prevailed upon
~ continue the county WORK inns
fall Following his announcement tha'
he would resign.
Organize in City
Former Assemblyman Edward }:
Peterson was elected chairman Oh
the Perth Amboy city Republican
committee at Saturday nights meet
ing in Odd Fellows Hall, succeed
ing Frank Tooker. The selection
was unanimously approved. Mrs. +.
]. Ryan, president of the Sixth Ward
Women's Republican Club, was
chosen vice president; Henry Nuss-
baum. secretary and Michael j. Ber-
liney, treasurer.
After several vacancies on the city
committees had been filled the en-
tire Republican ticket was endorsed.
The need of getting out big regis
tration on Tuesday, October 16, the
last day on which voters can qualify
for the general election, was talked
over and plans were made to reach
all of those who have not yet regis
tered. A number of those present
signified their intention of attending
the county organization meeting in
New Brunswick tonight.
There was large attendance at
the meeting of the Republican wom-
en- of the county held Friday after
noon in the local Republican Club
headquarters at which details were
decided upon for the school to be
conducted here on Tuesday of next
week. This school will be held in
the Republican Club room and will
be conducted by Mrs. Jennie Van
Ness, all Republican women from
all parts of Middlesex county being
invited.
Mrs. Feickert was one of the
speakers at Fridays meeting giving
an interesting talk to the women on
the big part they can play in politics
Plans were discussed for a luncheon
of the Republican county G. o. P.
women to be held in the future. 1t
is likely the affair will be ho.i
Perth Amboy as the last luncheon
of the Republican county women
was staged in the Hotel Klein
at New Brunswick on Tues
day, September 18. Candidates
were present at this affair and 1t
is planned to have all candidates
before the women at this next SINH
lar affair.
Mrs. Elizabeth oliver, in charge
of organizing the Republican wom-
en- in this county is appearing al
most daily at women's organization
meetings in various parts OF tne
county and reports increased activl-
ty by the women in political mat
tora