The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
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ed to ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 527 ,692 10
For the year 1896, for the
State Prison, State Reforma-
tory, Morris Plains Hospital
Camden Armory, etc, they
amounted to ..................... 3SS, $40 AZ
For the fiscal year 1897, for
the Camden Armory, State
Reformatory Morris Plains,
Constitutional amendments,
etc. they amounted to-. ..-.. 80, 949 81
total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81, 514, 1856 10
There was also paid $1S9, 400 of the war
debt last year. as against $57, 900 paid in
1896
These obligations have all been dis
charged, every expense connected with
every department of the State govern
ment has been met without the imposi-
ton of dollar of State tax, and leaving a
balance of well onto million dollars in
the treasury of the State.
The racetrack gambling dens that dis
graced the State have been swept out of
existence and all danger of the future To-
cation of these demoralizing institutions
among US has been forever removed by
the submission and the adoption of an in
hibitory constitutional amendment.
As Governor Griggs in his last annual
message to the Legislature said: cit should
be a cause of pride and qualification to all
the people of the State to be assured, as
they may be, that all branches and de-
partments of the State government are be-
ing conducted by those in charge with
honesty and fidelity, and in the sole inter
ests of the people," But national issues
must also be considered.
2EIt IL less than two wears since the cleo
ton of VIM. Mckinley. Revenues were
then deficient, business was depressed, the
balance of trade was against us; manufac-
lures were languishing, credit was shaken
and our national honor was threatened
with the reputation involved in free sill
yer coinage. The changes are momen-
tous that have taken place in these two
years.
The mills are at work, confidence is re-
stored, we sell more than we buy, and
the balance of trade is in our favor. We
have pledged our honor to the payment
of our public and private debts. Credit is
firmly established. Sound money, protec-
ton and revenue walk hand in hand. Be
sides all of this the nation has met one
crisis in Hawaii, and another in Cuba. 1t
has carried on one of the shortest and
most successful wars in history. Victory
has attended its army and still more its
navy, and the country was never so strong
at home or respected abroad. The recent
popular loan testiies to the trust which
the people feel in our Government. Our
national industries, honor, courage, and
the bold spirit of national Republicanism
have shown their strength in war and in
peace, comforting the home and carrying
the flag in triumph abroad. But the bat
tie is not over. Our State must share in
it,
Eight members of Congress are to be
elected, and the Legislature is to choose a
United States Senator. Not often, if ever,
in the history of the nation, has it been
so important as now to send wise men of
lofty patriotism to Washington. Ques
lions affecting the welfare of the country
for all time to come are to be determined
by the next Congress questions growing
out of the war that effect our relations
with other nations, and questions like the
currency that affect this nation alone.
The vital importance of such legislation
is felt by every thoughtful citizen. Not
since the Civil War has the country been
so in need of the service of its best men.
Not since Lincoln's day have we had in
the Presidential chair a leader possessed
of such masterful ability, such lofty pa
triotism, such incompatible tact, such
serene courage. So superbly has he met
the unexpected emergencies in our nation
al affairs that citizens of all parties and
all sections rise up to do him honor
The Republican party calls upon the
people of New Jersey to elect for the
third time solid Republican delegation
to Congress. so that the hands of our later
Lincoln may be upheld by the friends of
his own household that this great country
may be safely and wisely led to that
broader national life, upon the threshold
of which we stand.
For the Republican State Committee,
FRANKLIN MURPHY,
Chairman.
A. S. BARBER, Jr., Secretary.
Newark, N. j., Oct 10, 1898.