The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-18


That laws are imperative thst do not ex-
press the will of the majority. and there
fore before a law can have binding force
the sentiment of the majority must be ed
ucated UT to the idea embodied in the law
The Democratic party is openly and
avowedly the champion of he saloon. 1t
acts on the presumption that appetite is
above reason, personal liberty above the
we'll being of society and the interest o fthe
saloon paramount to all other interests. 1t
ignores the democratic idea of the will of
the majority and seeks to defeat that will
by secret and corrupt methods. 1t repeal
ed the local option Law after its endorse
ment by the people, thereby depriying them
of their constitutional right to govern.
1t enacted in its stead the Werts law that
makes the liquor league 4 close monopoly.
This monopoly dominates the party to-day.
| 1t suborns it TO its own interests. which
| interests it places above the interest of the
home. the church and the State. That
there may be no mistaking the status OF the
party on the liquor question. and its sub
| serviency to the liquor monopoly, at its late
convention held at Elmer. it re endersed
| the Werts law. Such, in brief, are the
parties that again claim the suffrages
| of the people of Salem county.
OF the personal qualifications and worth
of the candidates of these parties we have
a word to say. George La Monte, the
head of the Prohibition ticket. is a man
that has endeared himself W herever known.
He has been prominently connected with
the business interest of the State, and is a
man we'll acquainted with its needs. X.
Henry IIolme is ~well-known throughout
the county as eA-superintendeDt of public
schools, which office he filled creditably to
! himself and to the advantage of education
al work. Joseph 5. Broadway, our towns
man and the third on the ticket, is a farmer
by occupation. He is prominently identi-
fed with church and Sunday-school work.
and is alive to the interests of his party.
These men are all men of ~unimpeachable
| character, are above bribery and political
corruption, and if elected will defend the
principles of the party.
f. Burd Grubb, the liead of the Repub-
liean ticket, has a national reputation,
having won distinction as 4 soldier in the
late war. He also is largely Identified
with the business interests of the State.
He is a man of great personal magnetism
and has made hosts of friends. Charles
D.. Coles, the present incumbent OF the
office of County Clerk, is well known,
having heretofore been extensively engaged
in business. He is a man of large public
spirit, generous to a fault, and ever ready
to contribute of his time and means to en-
terprises having for their object the pub
lie good. His personal worth, the %efiicien-
cy with which he has discharged the du-
ties OF the office of which he is at present
AN incumbent, and his courteous bearing
towards all having business relations with
him almost assure his reelection. John
C. Ward, the candidate for the Legisla-
ture, has served one winter in that body
acceptably to his party and with credit to
himself. He stood unilinchingly beside
his party in its opposition to the repeal of
the local option law.
The nominees of the Democratic party
are also mer not unknown, all having
heretofore held office. Leon Abbetr. the
self-nominated head of their ticket, has
been identified with the politics of his
party for years, and We believe is not
above party s%cheming and political trick
cry. He has filled the office of legislator
and governor, and has been the paid attor-
ney of railroad and liquor monopolies. AS
a legislator lie opposed the enfranchisc-
ment of the colored man, the right of suf-
frage to the troops of New Jersey while on
the field of battle, and as an expression OF
his damning hatred of the cause OF the
Union, refused a vote of thanks to Abra-
ham Lincoln as commandments of the
Union army. He opposed the reduction
of the legal rate of interest from seven to
six per cent, and the deduction from as
sessment Of any debt secured by mortgage
on real estate. As the INSCRIPTIONS
champion of Jay Gould and his gang OF
freebooters he outraged the deep sense OF
the people of New Jersey by his villain
Gus intrignes to relieve the Erie Railroad
OF its just Obligations in the way of taxa
ton. AS an attorney-at. law his methods
Were so questionable he was refused ad.
mission into the Bar Association of New
York. Hiram Strang. the nominee for the
Legislature is of local celebrity, having
held the office Of collector Of his township
for some years. Although he has not beer
prominently active in politics, the domi
nant power in the party undoubtedly
knows tile man, and that, if elected, he will
subserve its interests. Clinton Kelly, thl
other nominee, has heretofore held the of
flee of sheriff, and is in every sense
man of unimpcachable character. Tn,
worst that can be said personally agains
him, is. he is in questionable company
Cut loose from his party and its principles
he is a man that no one need fear to orefe
in office. While his acceptance Of a plac,
on the ticket of a party whose principle
are so Numerically opposed to his habit
of life and moral convictions, is a strang
anomaly, his p%referment shows wisdom
and exnedienpy IN the mart oF tboen wb,