The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-02-13

Political Jottings.
/ The meeting to appoint committee to
take charge of the Republican primary
will be held on Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 90
The nomination of Samuel A. Atkinson
to be Prosecutor of the Pleas in Burling-
ton county was confirmed by the Senate
on Tuesday
At meeting of the township, com
mittee on Tuesday evening, j. Franklin
Hunter rendered his resignation as Com
missioner of Appeals.
The following item appeared in The
News In the issue following the reorgan-
ization ~ of the county Republican COM
mittee: There can be honor and honesty
in politics. This truth appears to have
been lost sight of by some people, but
they will probably be reminded of its force
before another year passes. 4"
The committee to revise the rules of the
Republican party met on Saturday and
organized by electing Samuel A. Atkin-
son chairman and Newton Morton secre-
tary. The committee will sit in the
Court House next Saturday afternoon
from 1.30 to 5 o'clock, and invites any
one who has proposition to make with
reference to the subject to be present.
There is every indication of decided OPP
position to the reelection of John N.
Smith as Freebooter from Pemberton
township. The objections to this official
seem to come from his own party, whose
enmity he has in some way incurred.
Joshua Earl is reported to be willing to
enter the race in the Democratic ranks
Ex-coroner Grobler is being urged by his
Republican friends to be candidate.
The up-to-date politician must have
nerve" if he has no other qualification.
During the recent contest for Prosecutor,
one of the opponents of Samuel A. Akin
son openly stated that if "our man can't
be named, we want anybody else but At
kinson." When the latter was nominated
this man, who wanted anybody else, was
among the first to send congratulations to
the successful candidate. There certainly
was no lack of nerve" in this case.
The Democrats of South Jersey will
celebrate Washington's birthday with
banquet at Riverside. 1t will be held I'M
n or fho o,,or,;oao of +bo p,,-1;,o+o. No,,w
ty Executive Committee, and among the
prominent men who have accepted invi
tations are Senator Pettigrew, of South
Dakota; Congressman Brummage, of Ar
kansas; DeGraffenried, of Texas, and
Fitzpatrick, of Kentucky; John T. De-
vine, editor of the National Watchm0r,
and Col Charles A. Edwards, of Wash
ington.
The race for Prosecutor was an animat-
ed one, but the result gives general salts
faction and Mr.. Atkinson has been the re-
cipient of many eongratulatory letters and
kilograms from all parts of the county.
There is, on one side, the feeling of disap-
pointment that naturally follows defeat,
but all statements that have appeared In
the city papers of factions, sure to be
Democratic Senator" and like phrases,
must have emanated from the fevered i'm
aginations of correspondents, as the men
who were not successful have too often
and too openly announced that they are
the only opponents of honest politics and
answering fidelity, to allow even a sus-
picion to arise that the newspaper articles
came from anything that they may have
limited, and it is equally certain that the
successful people have no reason to give
out such suggestions.
The appointment of Samuel A. Atkin-
son was In response to a request of the
people and there is one fact that may as
well be acknowledged right here and that
is that the people will control They are
becoming tired of the rule or ruin policy.
The turning out of two valuable members
of the county executive committee last
fall, with the intention of setting up a
committee entirely in the interests of one
candidate for the office which has Just
been filed, was one of the baldest pieces
of political work that has lately been done
in this neighborhood and no more effect
i've boomerang was ever thrown. 1t is
all right for any man or set of men to 10y
ally battle for their choice, but despicable
means to secure victory are certain to be
resented.