The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-01

Cranes Trip.
The visit of the Democratic candidate
| for Governor to Burlington county had
nothing of the whirlwind nature 1t was
| not even a mild thunderstorm, purifying
the atmosphere after it had passed, but it
was more in the shape of northeaster,
cold and gloomy, leaving its chilling eff
| feet behind it.
| The procession reached Mount Holly on
schedule time and marched from the sta
ton headed by the Riverside band. There
were number of representative Demo
Gratis in line, the majority being from out
| of town. They went to the Court House.
| If we were to follow the example of the
Democratic sheets of the town in report
| ing this affair, we would say that the
| Court House was half filled, and other
stuff of similar nature. That was not
the case, however. There was good
| crowd present There were some ladies'
and not few Republicans. That same
dog the Democrats alluded to in connec-
ton with the VOORHEES, meeting was pres
emit He remained until candidate Crane
had fairly started on his speech, and then
with pitiful howl the intelligent beast
crept from the room. Before Crane was
through there were several Democrats
who wished they had followed the dogs
example.
jerome B. Grigg opened the meeting
and introduced Mr.. Crane, who at once
proceeded to business.
His first effort was to be funny by re-
lating conversation between himself and
friend, in which the latter had asked:
EWho is Governor of New Jersey p Mr.
Crane, in reply, quoted portion OF the
constitution of the state, and assured his
interrogation that it was all right as far as
it had gone and then added that he sup
posed the next man in line of succession
would be the ianitor of the State House.
| This had the desired effect and created
| quite a laugh.
Then Mr.. Crane did just what Foster
| NJ. VOORHEES,, in his speech here, said the
Democratic candidate would do. He be-
gan to attack the administration of eX
| Gov. Griggs "The state was put in the
control Of the Republicans, he said,
because the people believed in the promi-
ses made by John w Griggs. Then he
proceeded TO show how very wicked Mr.
Griggs had been and how the treasury
had been looted under his administration;
but as Mr.. Voorhees, predicted, he never
alluded to any of the uses to which the
|
at the rottenness of the preceding Demo
cratic administrations, which were mighty
influences in causing the people to wipe
the Democrats out of state control.
'They say" said Mr. Crane, "that |
am wearing a collar; that was nominal
| ed by a convention that was set up in adj
vance Such arguments should have no
weight with thinking people This re-
mark caused a scowl to pass over the
countenance of Jake Hendrickson, who
occupied a prominent seat on the plat
form. Mr. Crane had evidently not heard
of Jakes attempts to create dlssenslon In
Republican ranks by this very line of ar
| gument.
Mr.. Crane then declared that the Demo.
Gratis had left the state treasury overflow
ing with cash, which the Republicans had
squandered, and if the latter were con
tinued in power it would be necessary to
levy a state tax. From this point the
speaker went to the system inaugurated
by the Republicans of putting state Off
cials on salary and turning the fees into
the treasury Bidding for the poor mans
vote he said he did not think much of the
new system, as it did not reduce the cost
of litigation, and poor man who is COM
PEELED to go to law pays as much now as
formerly. True, the state gets from $40,
900 to $50, 900 that formerly went annual
ly into the pockets of Democratic office
holders. ''but what was $40 900 to a state
whose treasury was overlooking with
wealth % This statement did not entirely
tally with that of few minutes previous
that the treasury had been looted by the
wicked Republicans.
eff you will look back, continued Mr..
Crane. "you will see that the Democrats
In j, ,,rEa offa frc Of
the state to the best interests of the PEG
pie. and we guarantee to do so. In his
, speech here on Wednesday, Mr. Voorhees,
made some illusions to me, the only an
swer to which is that l will put my Off
, cial acts in comparison with his and stand
, on the result" With this brave chal-
lenge, oblivious of or totally ignoring the
! fact that Mr. Voorhees, never lent his aid
to unseat man legally elected, the
| righteous candidate took his seat
Then Mr. Grigg introduced ex-Gov.
| Zulick, formerly of Arizona, but at pres
ent residing in Monmouth county. The
only issue in this state at present accord
ing to Zulick, was John W. Griggs, for to
2 him, his past and his present, did the
speaker devote his attention, with occa-
sional illusions to Congressman Pitney
and Fowler Zulick is one of those fell
: lows whose mouth never knows when it
has stopped working A fair idea of the
depth of the brain of this western grass
, hopper may be gained by his abiding to
+ Attorney General Griggs as a cross roads
lawyer" and to Congressman Pitney as a
q kindergarten statesman from Morris. y
! In strong terms he ridiculed the idea of
ex-Gov. Griggs doing anything to elevate
the judiciary of the state. which was
rather hard on Judge Hendrickson, who
sat in the audience and was compelled to
p listen to the applause which greeted this
r, remark, and which was led by brother
Jake, assisted by the Democratic mem
bers of the bar who demonstrated against
i, the appointment of the Judge Mr.. zu-
lick concluded his abuse of Griggs in par
ticular and Republicans in general, by in
forming those present that it was their
a duty to elect Assemblymen who will sup
l port the Governor, whose name was sure
, to be Crane,
During Mr.. Zulick's talk candidate
: Crane slipped out of the Court House,
followed by Mr.. Grigg. When Zulick
finished he, too, left. with Prosecutor
S Budd in the wake. This ended the anti
4 silver end of the performance, as it was
Y designated by Abe Conrow, who then
. took charge of the meeting, which was
o run on free silver principles from this
f point. Conrow said he would introduce
s to the audience "a man who represents
s the principles of true Democracy. A
" glance at the platform on which this mar
70 stands shows that it is the only platform
o containing the true principles of souno
|. Democracy" This was hard rap a
. the platform on which candidate Crane
it stands, but Abe was evidently riled at the
sneering allusion of one of the speakers