The Monmouth inquirer., 1888-10-18
Higgins and potts Re-nominatea.


The denomination of Dr. A. A. Hig-
gins for the Assembly in the Second
District, and of Edward B. Potts in the
First District, involves a prineinle
that does not entangle any of the 9th
er nominees on the Demo
cratic ticket. The Monmouth County
journalist who may, be anxious for the
election of Cleveland and Thurman.
Geissenhainer for Congress, and Pat
terson for County Clerk, and vet be-
lieyes that Democratic principle was
outraged by Messrs. Higgins and Potts
in obeying, the iron-clad rule of
caucus and voting against the bill
to allow the sovereign people to decide
by their ballots the question of local
option, is in a dilemma as to the real-
ly proper course to adopt.
And yet he did not create this dilem-
ma but it has been forced upon him
by the men themselves, and the con
ventions that have e-nominated them
We have believed that the Democrats
in the Legislature last winter made a
most eggregious blunder in bindino
themselves in caucus against the bill
and that Gov. Green intensified that
mistake by arrogating to himself the
province of the highest courts of New
Jersey, by declaring the act unconsti.
tutlonal as his reason for writing p
veto message against the bill.
Now, the Courts Of Errors and Az
peals-the final Court. in our STATE
and all but three of whom are Democ
crats-has declared the law to stand
the constitutional test thus rebukino.
the Governor, and the Democratic
caucus has been struck silly bv a
Democratic Court ofAppeals. ad
There are reasons WHY we won1d ho
most happy to give our support to DR..
Higgins and it lies within his own
breast to say whether he wants tbe
votes OF the hundreds of Democrats
IN the Second District who believe in
local option as one of the most Demo
cratic OF measures, or whether he
tmnks the strength of the district viii
ensure his election without them He
and Mr.. Potts have themselves made
us to stand confronting a moral nrip-
clple, as well as the Democratic theory
that the ballot of free people sbould
nave the right of expression, They
voted IN the Assembly last winter
against the right of the people to ex-
press option at the polls Oh the local
sale of liquor. In the enforcement of
the same policy, if a bill to repeal the
local option law were presented to the
next Legislature, they would vote for
that repeal. Will they enforce the
same policy; or will they agree to LET
the law stand as tits, and as the Demo-
cratic Court of Appeals has conscien-
tlously declared it has constitutional
right to stand, and permit the people
OF all the twenty-one counties in the
state to express themselves by their
ballots, as has already been done in
five counties;
True, there is a United States Soma
tor to be elected; but must we. and
hundreds of other voters in Monmouth
who think as we do, sacrifice a prin-
ciple, orsshall these candidates sur
render policy, when the political
character of a United States Senator
may stand in peril? Who is respons.-
BILE; we, or the man who would have
our votes to elect him upon prin-
ciple in which he might be our mis-rep-
resentative2 Will he court the in
fuence of the iquor-dealers. or of the
men who give moral strength and
good order to society? e7a
This is the issue, and because the
Journal" is heart and mind in favor,
OF the rest of the Democratic ticket. it
does not follow that we must weara a
gag in the matter of the Assembly can.
didates.o Let themsspeak, and settle
this question. The people have the
right to ask them, and it is their. duty
to answer, i. they would be public
servants. Fs At Nsss - z l.ea5ss
sz gsaa Sale of Real Estate -.
Charles I. Fleming, auetioneer,
sold at public sale, on Saturday, Oct.
18th, by order Of Frederick Parker.
Special Master, the homestead farm,
of Richard WyaIofr ,l~aa..a1