The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

d victory Is III Ine CONSCIOUSNESS OF nav
ing voted the ticket solid.
The people of Delran appear to be salts
fed with Abe Conrow, so the rest of tn,
county will have to put up with him.
The Democrats in Chester turned things
upside down on Tuesday, electing a town
ship clerk and a member of the committee
Walter T.. Stewart took the oath O
Office as clerk of Northampton township
before Justice Krayer on Thursday even
ing.
The Herald says the next Board of Free
holders will be Democratic. Better wait
until Burlington and Beverly cities are
heard from.
William H. Hinkle desires to thank al
his Republican friends who supported him
for oyerseer of the poor. He now says
he is glad that he was not elected.
John Throckmorton desires to thank all
those persons, irrespective of party, who
supported him in the late election for an
other term as overseer of the poor.
Three townships were deprived of the
use of their ballot boxes on Tuesday, be-
cause of the failure of the clerks to OBJ
tain the keys from the county clerk.
Edward Kiner has been kicking him
self so hard since election hat he has a
lame back, and all because he did not
come out as a candidate for constable.
At most every spring election there is
discovered one or more political ingrates.
1t don't take long for these people to real
ize how foolish it is to let go of their grip
on the band wagon.
j. Henry Heaviland, the low man on
the Democratic ticket, says he will not be
able to get a political office until he has
lived in Mount Holly about forty years
longer, in order to get better acquainted
with the people.
Some of those who have heretofore
been Republicans, and who for revenge
went over to the enemy, will hereafter be
regarded and classed as Democrats, and
they will not be allowed to vote at future
Republican
Medford cheerfully appropriates 81, 900
to have good streets. Mount Holly
squirms at the mere mention of So, 900,
keeps her rough pavements, has a serious
runaway, and will probably pay costs and
damages in a law suit.
There were four veterans of the civil
war running for office on Tuesday, the
successful two being John Throckmorton
for overseer of the poor, and Isaiah
Smith for pound keeper, both of whom
are Republicans. The latter was high
man on the ticket.
That was a great bluff on the part of the
coal dealers, who, in town meeting, ex-
pressed themselves so thoroughly satisfied
with the rough streets of Mount Holly,
when every one knows the coal teams
never use the stone pavements when they
can get on the street car tracks.
Had the contest for Freebooter in Gin
naminson township been left to Riverton
borough, Enoch Evans would have been
returned. The borough gave him 50 ma
jority but the farming district ran up SO
against him, making the net majority for
Lippincott, the Democratic candidate, 29.
j. Franklin Hunter, having cast his
coanfra into fha nO1itioo1 ana IF Month
ampton township, and succeeding to the
office of commissioner of appeals, now as
pires to become a member of the town
ship committee next year, and he also
wants an appointment on the registry
board.
There is not much question but that
those tickets were marked which bore
the names of certain persons not candi
dates for the position of pound keeper.
The same may be said of those tickets
where the candidates name was covered
with a sticker of his own name. In the
future they are liable to be rejected.
To secure a majority in the Board of
Freeholders the Republicans will have to
elect members in Burlington and Beverly
cities. The former will be settled to-day.
Beverly elects in April. Turner Birk-
head will be reelected. 1t is possible
Frank Perkins may be his opponent, but
he measured his strength with Mr.. Birk-
head two years ago.
There was a fight on the Office of Free
holder in Westampton township which
should never have occurred. Burr Haines
was the regular nominee of the Republi-
can party and Frank Dennis was on a citi-
zen's ticket. If he had wanted to beat
Haines he should have entered the caucus.
He might have had more chance there
than he had at the polls.
Several bets were made on Tuesday as
to who would be high man on the Demo
cratic ticket. The names of Maurice Rowan
and William H. Hinkle were selected as
the choice. Rowan received 412 votes and
Hinkle Ali. Considerable diplomacy has
been resorted to on the part of the losers,
owing to the contest being narrowed down
to such a very fine point.
Under a new law two representatives
from each of the voting precincts in North
ampton township met at the America hose
house, on Wednesday afternoon, to can
vass the returns of the previous days
election. When this work was finished
the official document was duly attested
and filed with the township clerk. This
feature of the law seems to be a very good
one.
The contest in Medford over the office
of Freebooter was one of the sharpest ever
seen there. The result was somewhat Of
a surprise-to outside people at least. The
defeat of Mr.. Kirkbride does not STAMP
him a weak man by any means. In fact
his opponent was the only mar in the
township who could come any where neal
defeating Kirkbride, and it required many
combined influences to make him success
full on Tuesday.
Rather hard on Enoch Evans. Afte
being in the Board for a long time anC
working faithfully for everything hi
township wanted, he was turned down OIL
Tuesday. Can it be possible the peopl
of that township were not in sympath,
with Enoch2 He said they wanted ston
roads, trolleys and other good things an
he advocated every measure of that char
acter regardless of expense. Surely h
ought to have been retained.