The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-09-20
LAnpRRry1r1.E. Sept. is. 1881

IAMBERFVlLlaE, sept 10, 1905.
TO tie Editor of the Lam6ertpi1le Record
As the time is fast approaching when
the Republicans of this Congressional
District {" congregational, as old Uncle
Sammy Holt used to call 1t, will be called
on to put their fleetest nag on the political
track, l think it = fitting time for me to
say few words, which do ON my own
responsibility, knowing that what say
meets with the approval of hundreds Of
our best citizens, irrespective of clan,
sect or party. The name of Charles A.
Skillman has been mentioned as q suita-
BILE candidate for Congress, provided he
will accept the nomination. Mr.. Skill
man is naturally modest, and it would be
exceedingly distasteful to him to resort
to the ordinary methods to procure the
nomination, and yet | have reason to
know that IL the nomination was rendered
him that he would accept it as high
honor, and that he would leave no stone
unturned, in an honorable way, to lead
only this to say, that if this result could
be brought about, no person In the 4th
District that voted for him, would ever
have reason to regret the act, for a more
honorable man than he lives not in the
District. There would be no danger of
him voting for river and harbor bill of
such prodigious dimensions, / am sure,
unless there was special appropriation
to deepen the Delaware up to our little
city, in order to have steamboat route.
| hardly think, however, that even this
would move him or cause him to swerve
a hairs breadth from the line of his con-
scientious convictions. AS a matter of
course an ordinary appropriation would
be just and proper. Mr.. Skillman is en-
phatically man of the people. High,
low, rich and poor alike respect and
esteem him. Broad and liberal and
logical, and with friendly grasp of the
hand for all, no wonder he is the particu-
ular one that we all would delight to
honor. Beside all this, he is man of
fine education, not only a scholar but an
orator of no mean ability. Boin and
raised on farm to manhood, he has not
only practical but also theoretical
knowledge of public affairs, second to
no one else in the District. most earn
estly hope that the people will see to it
that he is nomi mated aud elected, knowing
that they will never rue the day of doing
a good turn for a deserving man.
From the proceedings of the Republi-
can Convention held last week in the
First District, l am free to say that a
more abject and cringing convention was
never assembled, unless | should except
the one held at Newton when Harris was
nominated. If anything, the First Dis
trict in open shame-facedness took the
lead. George M. Robson was almost
deifed. l wish could say defed. The
delegation even thanked him for his
vote on the iniquitons steal of $40, 900, 900
for protecting the valley of the Missis-
sippi from invasion by the Father of
Waters, and for setting aside money to
deepen and widen the channel of our
navigable streams. Robson wears
gold-rimmed spectacles and always looks
over the top Of them when he makes a
speech, but brighter than the precious
metal on his eyeglasses, is the brass on
his face when he can get up before largo
convention and plead justification for an
act that is condemned by ninety-nine
hundredths of the best people in our
broad land. This is what we may call
cheek" Evidently Mr.. Harris is too
young for successful politician, as he is
reported to be on the "anxious seat, ~
bitterly lamenting the mistake Of his life.
commend him to the gentle care of the
nom inee from the First District. George
could educate him and dry his tears In a
few moments.
And now from politics to peaches. Such
a crop {" crap" to use a Delaware
phrase was never heard of before in New
jersey. Peaches by hundreds of car
loads and thousands of wagon loads. On
every street corner, fairly crowding one
off the sidewalk and filing the air with