West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-10-28
OUR CANDIDATE.

an admirable address to the voters of this
county, and the advice which it contains is
opportune, sensible and worth the consider
alton of every Republican. The attempt
of the leaders of the Democratic party to
withdraw support from the Republican
nominees is thoroughly Characteristic of
their previous efforts in the same direction,
and their endeavor to create breach in the
Republican ranks by appeals to unfounded
prejudices indicates the extent to which
they are at loss for sound and valid reasons
for urging the support of their own candi-
dates. Evidently inspired by certain disap-
pointed office seekers in Vineland, they are
seeking to make it appear the candidature
of Mr.. Cortis is not in direct conformity
with the wishes of a majority of the Repub-
lican voters of this township. No state
ment could be further from the truth. For
the last twelve years the people here have
given strong and consistent support to
the persons put in nomination by the party,
wherever they may have resided. There
has been no hanging back because the indi-
viduals in question did not happen to be
citizens of Landis township. The interests
of the party have been in every case consd-
cred and attended to. At last, when the
deemed it her privilege to select the candi-
date for sheriff, with unanimity in perfect
keeping with the justice of her claim, Thos.
T. Cortis was put forward as her choice.
The subject received all due consideration;
his qualifications for the position, past rec
ord as Republican and a patriot, and abil.
ity to represent Vineland as citizen, and as
an honest and capable man, were all taken
into account. Mr.. Cortis was our only can
didate in the Convention, and, over all
competition, he was accorded the nomina-
ton. In so far the wishes of our people
were considered. Now, as a right due to
them for their past services, the Republi-
cans of Vineland ask and demand that their
candidate shall have the unanimous support
of the party, of which he is an active and
honored member. That it is our deliberate
conviction that Mr.. Cortis is our best man
for the Office of sheriff, so far as qualifica-
tions and past experience are concerned.
ought to be evident to every observing per-
son. The character of the support which
he receives at our hands, makes that clear
enough. Almost as a unit, the most re-
spected and intelligent of our citizens are
outspoken in his favor. By the aid of the
votes of a number of them. he was nomina-
ted to the Office, and they accepted that
nomination as guarantee of his election
The reasons why he should be elected are
many. He is true patriot. He enlisted at
an early period of the war in the 10th Regi-
ment of New Hampshire Volunteers for
three years, served his country with gallan-
try, and was honorably discharged. He
took part in the battles of Antietam, Fred
ericksburg, and in several others. He is
an honest man. No one can accuse him of
ever receiving even dollar as bribe-a
thing remarkable for one who has held office
so long-and in all his private dealings with
his fellows, the question of his honesty has
never been raised. This his opponents ac-
knowledge. His qualifications for the office
are numerous, and he is fitted by large ex-
perience to assume it's trusts and duties.
He has acted as deputy under three success
sive incumbents of the office, including the
present one, and they all speak in unmeas-
ured terms of praise of his ability and faith
fitness of performance, and give him a
strong support in his claims to election.
He is working mana man of the people,
devoted to their interests and thoroughly il,
sympathy with their aims and ideas. He is
a whole-souled, public-spirited man. The
citizens of Vineland can bear testimony to
this fact. In the twelve years of his resi-
dence here no one has done more, according
to their ability, to advance the interests of
the place than Thomas T. Cortis. This is
one of the reasons why the people of Vine
land presented him as their candidate, and
why they give him such unanimous sup
port. In his person the Republicans here
put forward their claims for consideration
for services rendered, and for this service
they ask and expect, as is their due, to be
honored by the election of Mr.. Cortis to the
Office of Sheriff. VSneland Weekly.