Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-09-16
CARAVAN STOPS
IN COUNTY SEAT
CooIidge-DaWes Campaign
Party Passes Through Me-
tuchen-0ne Meeting

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. 16.-
At l o'clock today the Coolidge
Dawes campaign caravan, arrived in
this city. A feature of the arrival
of the caravan here was the flying
above them of the f. William Hill
ker, airplane guided by Lieutenant
Underhill. The machine contained
the name of Hilker and the fact that
he is q candidate for the nomination
of county clerk.
In the vanguard of automobiles
In the procession were Senator Wal
ter e. Edge, candidate for the nom-
ination of United States senator; T.
Frank Appleby, candidate for the
nomination of congressman; f.
William Hilker and Fred Schneider
of the county committee.
At the Albany street bridge plaza,
a stop was made and several ad-
dresses given. A loud speaker ar
rangement soon began to broadcast
the addresses over wide area and
before long a crowd of zoo persons
had gathered.
Alfred w. Jefferies, a former con-
gresham of Lincoln, Neb., and a
friend of Dawes. gave an inspiring
poor men and women against the
proposed drastic LaFollette changes
in the constitution of the United
States and the over-ruling of the
laws of the land. He declared that
LaF'ollette's ideas If carried out
would make an autocrat out of con-
gress.
Herbert L. Moore, of Plymouth,
VT, personal friend of Coolidge,
gave a short history of the Presi-
dents life. Senator Edge and Mr.
Appleby also spoke.
TRENTON, Sept. 16:-Over the
Lincoln Highway the Coolidge
Dawes campaign caravan Is seeking
votes for the G.. o. p. ticket in New
Jersey today. Headed by Congress-
man Jefferies of Nebraska, who
nominated General Dawes for vice
president, the campaign party was
reinforced by state Republican lead
ers of prominence. including former
Governor e. c. Stokes, chairman OF
the Republican state committee.
Weehawken first saw the caravan
at 8 A. M. Stops were made In Jer-
sey City, Newark, Elizabeth, Rah-
way, Metuchen, with a nood-day
meeting in New Brunswick. Hights-
town will be visited this afternoon
with a mass meeting at the Trent
theatre, this city, tonight.
Senate President Firman M.
Reeves of Cumberland presented the
standard of New Jersey to the cam
paign party at Weehawken. I'VE
have the honor on behalf of the state
of New Jersey to present you with
this standard" said Mr.. Reeves, "and
we expect to give Coolidge and
Dawes 10000 majority. We well
come you to our soil and present the
Flag of our great commonwealth,
which we understand you will carry
across the continent on a journey of
victory.
"New Jersey, the third state to
ratify the constitution, the battle
ground of the Revolutionary War
and on her soil were fought the de-
cisive battles of the struggle. In
dustrially, New jerseys working
population stands second in the
Union in population to the number
of people and her invested capital
per square mile, and is two and one
half times that of New York and
forty-three times that of the rest of
the country. What New Jersey
wants is prosperity. We know that
you are supporting the prosperity
ticket and that you are the prosperi-
ty caravan. We therefore welcome
you as one who brings good tidings
of more work, more wages and bet
ter times. We commend you to the
hospitality of New Jersey, which
never fails giving Coolidge ten to
one in the primary and New Jersey
delegates advance the name of Gen
eral Dawes from the start and whose
generalship made his nomination
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