Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-10-14
vii SON AND OTHER CANDIDATES
GIVE CITY CAMPAIGN ISSUES
EDGE WARNS OF La toilette
Mayor Tells Why He Vetoed
Smith Street Wider Side
walk Plan of Democrats
COHEN GIVES HIS VIEWS
Hornsby Scores Democrats
Record-Park, Not Dump at
Old Water Works Land

Declaring that they consider
themselves capable of carrying on
their own campaign, instead of leav-
ing this to the illegal lights of the
community, the Republican candi-
dates for city office last night plead
ed their cause to the voters of the
city at large at the first big Repub-
|lican mass meeting or the campaign
in the high school auditorium.
Mayor william C. Wilson. who
seeks reelection, declared that the
Ku Klux Klan propaganda which
was circulated by the Democrats
here in the last year had injured
Republican candidates but pointed
out that the Democrats are having
"a difficult time this year broadcast
ing this type of campaign arguments
when of the three ward candidates
on the Republican ticket one is a
Hebrew, one a Catholic and one a
Protestant" All of these men will,
if elected, do their public duty as
they are selected to represent all
classes and creeds. the mayor said.
Il will not attempt to cast any re-
fiections on or question the virtues
of my Democratic opponent, Mayor
Wilson said. II have always main
tanned that past performances count
more than promises and that indulg-
ing in personalities, mud THROWN
and muck raking' are only boone
rangs which come back and do harm
to the one making the assertions"
Don't let the other fellow fool
you." the mayor said. His party
| has fooled you before so be warned
| in time" He went on to say that
the laws which we have. whether we
personally favor them or not are a
part of the constitution and cannot
be changed. except by referendum.
Speaking of the Ku Klux klan,
Mayor Wilson said Andrew Ander-
son. the Republican candidate for
alderman-at-large. was defeated by
having that issue raised and worked
by the Democrats. although Ander-
son was born In Norway. making Ii
impossible for him to be classed as
member of that organization. But
the Democrats got away with 1t, =
the mayor added.
Mayor Wilson urged the people
to register today and then vote on
election day calling 1t a patriotic
duty. "In voting" the mayor said.
"be guided by past performances and
records. 1t has been said during this
campaign that my opponent has al
ways kept his word. l can remem-
ber several instances where he broke
it. 1 am not indulging in any per-
sonalties here 1t being a matter of
public record. that he voted for the
Cable Works siding and against the
Dry Docks and Chemical Company
sidings after he had promised to
vote for all the sidings and would
vote for them. He says he fayors
helping all the industries. So do l.
We must have Industries II we are to
prosper"
Maurice Cohen, our aldermanic
candidate in the third ward, reading
of the proposed plan to place the
overhead wires on Smith street un-
derground, expressed the sentiment
of hundreds of others the other day
when he asked why the aldermen
had waited until the concrete base
for a new street was laid before this
activity was started. 1t would be a
fine thing for the city If it could be
done without great deal of cost
and If the aldermen had started
some time ago to conscientiously see
whether or not this Improvement
could be made. Now the aldermen
have taised the subject OF widening
Smith stree ! have vetoed this
measure, realizing the need of the
full width of the present sidewalk,
especially on a Saturday night when
the sidewalks are scarcely wide
enough to accommodate the crowds.
The odd part of this move is that Its
originator is man who has been
making his living on the Sidewalks
for years"
In closing the mayor made final
appeal to every one present to work
to get out the registration today and
the vote on election day.
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