Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-03-11
cIarksboro Special.


Hoffman about it. He ran against Ed.
Howey, the Democratic candidate foi
Township Committee, who they said could
not read or write, but he got there just the
same.
Hoffman and his best man, Friday
(Freddie), worked very hard and wore out
Fridays" horse electioneering, but it did
no good, as Nate is back number with us
and won't do. Our quiet little town was
in an uproar all night. After the vote was
counted, parade was formed with about
two hundred men in line, and with the
Clarksboro Military Band furnishing the
music, we marched through the towns in
this township. saluting all our good old
Republican friends on the route and kindly
remembered our Hanna Dawson, who
seemed very much pleased to see us init
Woodbury. Democratic Nomi-
nations.
Pursuant to call, the Democrats of Wood
bury met in their respective wards on
Saturday evening and nominated the tol-
lowing candidates -
First Ward-Justice of the Peace, A. J.
Snyder; Chosen Freeholder, Chas. Geitz
Council, Joel A. Sagers; and A. ]. Snyder
John Riehl, VIM. Plag, J. Fl. Pierson and
NJ. ]. Murphy, delegates to the City Con-
vention.
Second Ward-Council, G. A. Madden
Justice of the Peace, r. G. Porter, and
these delegates to the City Convention -
Jas. McElwee, Jas. Parks, A. H. Swack-
hamer, w. A. Glover and Jos. r Newton.
Third Ward-Council, VIM. F. Buohl,
DIR. Thos. Lee, and J. D. Carpenter, VIM.
F. Buohl, ]. M. Henderson, VIM. D. Flet-
cher and E. P. Henry, delegates to the City
Convention.
The City Convention met in Prehl's
Hall at o'clock and, after electing R. G
Porter, Chairman, and J. D, Carpenter
Secretary, nominated the following City
oficers:-
AA0y OOAA w AAtOAAs
Collector-No nomination.
Commissioners of Appeal-John M.
Lutz, Augustus Prehl, Mark B. Lippincott
Overseers of Poor-Wm. D. Fletcher
John Myers.
Oppose Constitutional Amendment
No. 1.
At meeting of the Bar Association Of
this county, held last Friday, Hon. John
5. Jessup and Jos. J. Summerill were
appointed to prepare a resolution express
ing the adverse opinion of the Association
TO Constitution Amendment No. 1, and
present same to our representatives in SEN
ate and House. The resolution as prepared
and unanimously signed follows:-
TO Hon. Solomon Fl. Stranger, Senator, and
Hon. DaUid o. Watkins, member of the
General Assembly, from the County Of
Gloucester:
We, the subscribers, members of the Glou
cester County Bar, do respectfully advise
you that we are emphatically opposed to
the Senate Resolution, No. 1 known as the
Voorhees, Amendments to the Constitution
OF the State of New Jersey, relative to a
change in the constitution of the higher
courts), and request you to use your inlu-
ence and votes against the passage of said
resolution; and further, that in our opinion
no change should be made in the constitu-
ton of the Court of Errors and Appeals
and Supreme Court which does not require
the membership of these courts to be en-
tirely separate and independent.
ROBERT S. CLYMER, JOHN s. JEssUP,
Jos. j. SUMMERILL, VIM. MOORE,
A. Fl. SWACKHAMER, DAVID o. WATKINS
BELMONT PERRY, LEANING MATLOCK,
Jos. T. SICKLER, NORMAN GREY,
LEWIS STARR, HORACE F. NIXON,
Is. STANGER lszARD, GEO. Fl. HEWITT.
Dated March 5th, 1897.