The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20

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| Town Meeting Echoes.
What became of those 915 Republicans
who were so much in evidence in framing
the ticket2
The result in the third ward shows that
it does not do to put too much faith in
fellow who is out for Doodle only.
There were 1862 votes cast in North
ampton, as follows: First district, 1884;
second district, 3O2; third district, 1855.
The appropriations received 725 votes,
which was majority of 149.
| Bordentown changed its ways on Tues
day and sent Republican representative
to the Board of Freeholders. Mansfield
and Springfield, Democratic townships,
elected Republicans, while Southampton
chose gold Democrat as its representa-
| tive.
| The appropriations for the ensuing year
for Northampton township are: Poor,
81 900; salaries and rents, $4,000; fire
companies, s., 900; Grand Army, for Dec
Grafton day, $75; police, $4,000; printing,
$500; physicians, $500; roads, $500; sew
ers, $500.
| OF course the Democrat could not resist
the temptation to claim a great Demo
cratic victory in the election of Reeve
Stewart for collector in Northampton,
when the fact is apparent that the young
man owes his success to the votes of Re
publicans.
| With the majority the Republicans will
have in the next Board of Freeholders,
will the act of last year be repeated and
Howard Mathis be kept in the.chail of the
presiding officer, or will the man who
played traitor be rewarded? The proper
thing to do would be to elect John E.
Darnell without any opposition.
| The new township law caused consid-
cradle confusion, and several townships
conducted business under the old system,
holding town meetings and voting vive
voce for appropriations. 1t will take a
corps of lawyers long time to discover
| lust what the new law does provide.
Some new proposition crops out nearly
every day.
A funny situation arose the day after
election in neighboring township. A
Mount Holly lawyer who is counsel for
the township mentioned received tele-
phone message to the effect that three men
had received ballots for the three year
term of township committee. Two got
Sc votes each, and one got So votes.
ssWho is elected p was the inquiry. The
! lawyers answer has not been made public.
Palmyra has situation similar to that
| in Northampton. There were two candi-
dates for the office of constable, one OF
whom, according to the general idea, was
defeated But as Palmyra has four JUS
tees OF the peace. it is now proposed that
| both constables be sworn in. The differ
ence between the situation there and here
is that both of these men were regularly
nominated by caucus and neither at
tempted to sneak in after having been
put down hard by the people
The voters of Burlington township had
an easy time on Tuesday. The treasury
had enough money for expenses the cur
1 rent year and there was no opposition to
the Republican ticket. So ballot was
printed with recommendation that the
balances be appropriated as follows: Main
tenance and operation of township gov
eminent, 1926; permanent Improvement
on Mount Holly road in lieu of amount
voted at spring election of 1898, $500
working and repairing the roads and keep
ing the same in order, 81, 200. These rec
concentrations were all adopted
| Every body seems satisfied that the fret
and unstinted use of money at primaries
and elections is about played out. At thu
primaries the voters who are in the mar
ket are for the highest bidder, for all there
is in it, with no intention of supporting
the successful nominee at the election
On that day the whole process must b'
repeated and the purchasable voter now
adays takes all he can get and votes t.
; suit himself after ALL The last election
here should be lesson to all who have ,
desire to enter the field for office hereafter
| but whether it will be remains to be seen
There is undoubtedly vacancy in tn
office of the Board of Freeholders so ia
as the township of Evesham is concerned
, despite the fact that member was elect
2 ed there on Tuesday. The laws of 1879
. Chapter 100 provide that the legal voter
in each township shall have power. to cleo
: by a majority of votes, one member of tn
Board. Evesham had four candidates
The total vote polled was 1893, of whic
\ Bowman s. Lippincott received 1875; Sam
q uel S. Witcraft, 95; Israel Hendrickson
SO: T. William Donohue, "a. The com
bined vote against Lippincott was 1857, $
. that the highest man did not get major
:. ity of the votes. The same law provide
4 that in case of vacancy by reason Of rel
! ignation, death, removal or other cause
, it may be filled, but for the unexpired teri
!. only, by the township committee
= seems plain that the "other cause" in tn
! instance was failure to elect, and ths
! the unexpired term is the full period
a two years.
o TO THE DEAF.--A rich lady. cure
! of her Deafness and Noises in the Hea
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