The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-07
Spring Politics.

AN~RAOAANdho IL OSAhbh low I1O
to elect a Freebooter and have placed John
Chant in the field against DR.. Conrow.
Mitchell B. Perkins has written a letter
to the Burlington Gazette, in which he
states he is not a candidate for the office
of County Collector.
Owing to Walter Stewart being nominal
ed for Township Clerk shere will be a
vacancy in the election board in the sec
ond election district of Northampton
which will be filled by the appointment of
Frank Stidfole.
The Prohibition voters nominated for
township clerk, Thornton Hollingshead;
Township Committee, Arthur j. Collins;
commissioner of appeals, John Perkins;
overseer of the poor, John 7. Evans; sur
veyors of Highw avs, Edward s.. Petit,
Walton S. Leeds.
Burlington township Republicans have
nominated this ticket: collector, Oscar II.
Witmeyer; freeholder, Harry Matson;
township committee, A. G. Smith; sur
veyors of highways, Allen Richardson, j.
D. Shedaker; commissioner of appeals,
Robert j. Sutton; pound keeper, John
Harris.
The following ticket was placed in the
field by the Republicans of Riverside, at
their caucus on Wednesday evening: free
holder, Frank Stecher; township com
mittee, Ernest Rein; commissioners of
appeal, August Schell, Louis Halle; sur
veyors of highways, James j. Christy,
Henry Wolfsmith.
Chester township Democratic primary
caucus was held last night and the follow
ing ticket put in nomination: Clerk, J..
Harry Barcklow; township committee,
Arthur j. Collins; surveyors of highway
William H. Vanvane, Chalkley Zelley'
commissioner of appeals, Henry Green
walt; justice of the peace, Charles Ped
rick; constable, Isaac Fox.
The Republican primary meeting at
Moorestown on Saturday night made the
following nominations: township clerk,
Frank S. Herr; township committee, Ell
Sharpless; justice of the peace, Evan F.
Benners; commissioner of appeals, John
Perkins; constable, Elwood Watson; sur.
veyors of highways, Uriah Borton, George
W. Heaton.
Nominations by B%ordentown Democrats
township clerk, Frederick Bruker; town
ship committee, Harry Kunzi; commits
%sioners of appeal, Robert s. Murphy
William Ashton; surveyors of highways
Joseph Cline, Frederick Neese; constable
Samuel Ely; overseer of the poor, Ben
jamin Lamson, ST.; justices of the peace
Isaac D. Gabel, George Cromwell.
Bordentown Republicans lave nomi
mated the following ticket: clerk, Franl
B. Poinsett; township committee, William
Warrick; commissioners of appeal, JOSEPH
Tantum, James Currie; surveyors o
highways, Samuel johnson, Thomas P
Miller; overseer of the poor, Charles w
Brown; constable, Joseph B. Carter; jus
tees of the peace, John A. Carr, JOSEPH
W. Higgins.
The following Republican ticket wa
nominated at Lumberton on Wednesda'
afternoon: clerk, Spencer H. Powell
township committee, Ezra G. Engle Jr.
justice of the peace, William P. Youuker
constable and overseer of the poor
George Fl. Parker; commissioner of ap
peal, Joseph G. Haines; surveyors o
f highways, D. Budd Coles and Howard B
Haines; pound keeper, John Gauntt.
The ticket formed by the Republican
in Northampton township is worthy tn
4 support of every good citizen and tax
payer. 1t is as follows: township CLERK
Walter T. Stewart; township committee
Joseph s. Shreve; constables, Jess
Woodruff, A. Elwell Gaskill; overseer {
{ the poor, John Throckmorton, ST.; CON
missioner of appeals, J. Franklin Hunte.
surveyors of highways, George H. Peal
Samuel H. Chambers; poundkeeper, Isaia
s Smith.
The Democrats of Northampton nom
s mated the following ticket last evening
Clerk, J. Wilmer Lundy; township con
/ mittee, Maurice Rowan; c~onstables, J. T
Heaviland, Clayton Anderson; overseer
. poor, William H. Hinkle; commission
of appeals, Robert L. Nixon; surveyors
highways, August Snyder, G. D. v
Slack; poundkeeper, Chas. Smith. I'll
only contest in the caucus was on tow
, ship committee, between Maurice Rows
and William II. Dobbins. The vote Wa
a Rowan, 81; Dobbins, 25.
, One of the most interesting primal
d elections ever held in Mount Holly W