The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-01
WurN Candidate CRANE at the mccain

WHEN Candidate Crane, at the meeting
on Saturday, boldly placed his official
record against that of Foster M. Voorhees,
he must have had the opinion that his
hearers were all FOOLS For nearly 10
years Gov. Voorhees, has been in the As
sembly and Senate and during all that
time no man has dared to impute the
slightest dishonesty to any of his acts.
In all of the present campaign the Demo
Gratis have not ventured to question his
honesty Is Mr.. Crane willing to place
his record in the Haines Turley con-
tested election against the record of Mr..
Voorheesi Has Mr.. Crane forgotten the
evidence of a ballot box being tempered
with Has he forgotten how he cham
pioned the cause of the man who profited
by this. tampering? There is another piece
of history that perhaps Mr.. Crane is will
| ing to put out as an enviable record. The
| Newark E0eaaing Neaos gives it. The
| Newark Call had commented upon Mr..
Cranes neglect to resign as Prosecutor of
| the Pleas of Essex. The Neaos says:
''The Call has even graver reason for
knowing Mr.. Cranes failure to recognize
official and political propriety. One of it's
owners was member of the Grand Jury
which, in open court, complained to Judge
Fort that the Prosecutor had refused to
draw up indictments that it had found
against men guilty of violating the cleo
ton law. That episode occurred in open
court, though at a time when it eluded the
knowledge of the daily papers. Mr. Cranes
alleged reason was lack of evidence. The
outcome of the cases, the convictions
brought about, and the disappearance of
all the others accused, showed that the
evidence in every case demonstrated fraud
and warranted indictment. In any case
that was the jury's business and not Mr.
Cranes, as Judge Fort very clearly showed
when he advised the jury that it could in
dict the Prosecutor if he refused to follow
its instructions.
1t was a well-intended but very dub
ious compliment that the Judge paid to
Prosecutor Crane when he said that this
was the first time that the latter had re-
fused to draw indictments at the request
of Grand Jury. 1t was the first time
that Mr.. Cranes duties as public Prosecu-
tor and the practical politics of his posi-
ton as chairman of the Democratic
County Committee had been brought into
such open conflict.
The speech that Prosecutor Crane made
the day before Judge Depue charged the
| April Grand Jury relative to registration
| frauds admits of but one Interpretation
Every one knows that it was not necessary
for him to give assurance of protection to
men who were legally entitled to vote or
believed they were entitled to vote, and
who meant to tell the truth at the registry
and polling places The poorest man and
the richest man in Newark are alike per-
| fectly secure of a fair hearing and are
sure that if they have the right to vote
they will be protected in that right if they
tell the truth in presenting their claims
The story told in the Nesos to-day car
ries its own moral. Mr.. Cranes position
as Prosecutor is fact that, whatever his
own feelings or intentions may be, will be
accepted by some people as meaning less
danger than would otherwise be incurred
by those who commit fraud in his interest
Mr.. Crane should resign his Office as
Prosecutor of the Pleas, even though he
has no hope of being elected Governor"