The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-06

/ nominated Daniel Evan for Freeholde
/ The Republican caucus viii be held o
Thursday evening.
More interest was shown in the Republ
can primary on Friday than has been nc
> ticed for some time, and the polling plac
was an animated spot until the votes wer
: counted off.
In Lumberton township, last week
there was big fight over the nomination
for freeholder, William F. Bartlett, tn
present incumbent, seeking reelection
while Charles Warner wanted the office
The latter was successful by % votes.
The Democrats will devote their entire
energy to the election of one tn,
collector. His opponent three years ago
beat him by about go majority and thai
gives his supporters the hope that he car
get in this time Republican voters vii
make note of this
At the citizens caucus on Saturday
evening in Riverton the following nomin-
ations were made: For Council, General
William L. James, Louis G.. Graft, Jr.,
and Thomas Fl. Walnut; for Assessor,
Jacob G.. Cottrell; for Collector and Treas
urer, William J. McIhenny; for Com
missioner of Appeal, John G.. s. Davis
The Republican voters of New Hanover
have made the following ticket: Freehold
er. Ellis Howard; collector, John NJ
Bowker; assessor, Frank Ridgway; con-
stables, Wesley Schumard, Walter Luke;
township committee, years, Morris Alb
bolt, 2 years, John B. Potts, year, james
Murphy; commissioner of appeal, George
Higgins.
An article in the New York Tribune,
canvassing the names that will probably
make up the next New Jersey State Repub-
lican committee to be chosen at the coming
state convention contains the following:
Coming down to the members for the
counties, it is said that Atlantic will I'M
questionably retain Congressman John ].
Gardner, and that so far there is no oppo-
sition..to Robert G. Hutchinson In Burling-
ton county"
The Democrats of Bordentown town
ship made these nominations on Saturday
night: Assessor, Frederick Taylor; col
lector, Harry Condit; freeholder, Joseph
Higgins; committeeman, William G.
Thorn, Frederick Neese, James Powell;
Commissioner of Appeals, Samuel E.
Burr; Surveyors of Highways, Thomas
B. Clifford, Frank Madden; justice of the
peace, Frank P. Gabel; constable, Thos.
Wood, Jr.
The Democratic voters of the township
of New Hanover met at Cookstown on
Saturday and nominated the following
ticket Freebooter, George A. Woodward;
collector, John M. Bowker; assessor, Ben
jamin Remine; constables, Wesley Schu-
mard, Walter Luke; township committee,
years, George G. Davis years, Richard
W. Harker, year, James Murphy; COM
missioner of appeal, Asher B. Parker;
surveyors of highways, William D. Harris
horn, Ellis Bird.
The Republicans of Bordentown town
ship have made the following nominations
to be voted for at the township election
to be held on Tuesday, the 18th instant;
Assessor, Robert Tantum; Collector, Philip
H. Brakely; Freebooter, Edwin s. Buzby;
Township Committee-Milto Cox e
years.; William Warrack, ST., e years.;
Commissioner of Appeal, James Curry;
Surveyors of Highways, Thomas Miller,
Joseph K. Holloway; Constable, Thomas
johnson; Justice of the Peace, William
H. Atkinson.
Unusual interest was manifested in the
Republican primary election held at
Moorestown yesterday, and the full vote
was out. There was close contest for
Freebooter. The following were nomi-
mated: Assessor, Benjamin Rogers; collec
tor, Isaac Lippincott; freebooter, Walter
s. French; township committee, Joseph
Stokes and George Brock; justice of the
peace, Charles F. Herman and Aaron E.
Burr; commissioners Of appeals, Joseph
L. Hilton, John Evans and John Per
kins; constable, Elmer Haines and VIII
liam II. Brown; surveyors of highways,
George W. Heaten and Uriah Borton.
The primary election system now in use
by the Republican party in Northampton
township has become removed very far
from the basis originally in view when the
Crawford county system was adopted.
Prior to that time the primaries were GO
as-you- please affairs, anybody and every
body voting, without record being kept,
and confusion generally reigned. To ov-
ercome this the present method was adopt
ed. Each candidate was required to pay
a sum sufficient to bear the expenses of
the primary and tickets for the election.
The committee to take charge of the mat
ter acted without compensation and Sc
lected primary officers who were paid
what was thought to be fair compensa
ton for half days work, as the pri-
mary does not take very much time, the
man acting does not have to lose more
than half day from his labor. Gradu.
ally the affair has grown and with the
lucd bubI tuCIC 10 oOu1CGuluS III IL bAcIC
is now much competition to get on the
committee and instead of three or five
members who used to act without pay we
now have five members all of whom. in
sist upon compensation and it is not small,
either. Under the original system those
candidates who were not successful re-
ceived pro rata share of all money left
after paying legitimate expenses, but that
way of doing business has been lost sight
of for long time. There is never any
thing left to be returned. In the primary
Just ended the sums assessed against the
various candidates aggregated $50. The
expenses were about $22. As there has not
been any rebate up to the present writing
it is very easy to figure the salary received
by each of the five members of the commit
tee-more than many men make in a
week. There is an old saying about the
killing of the goose that laid the golden
egg and it is quite probable the begin
ming of the slaughter is already in sight.
Another diversion from the rules was
the issuance of tickets by the candidates
with their own names on and the names
of their opponents omitted. The original
intention in adopting the Crawford county
system was to abolish the issuing of tick
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