The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-13
FROM TIE FIRST WARD.


and any amount OF talk concerning
the election Of William Lodor to com
Gil in the First Ward. What is there
IN this political job that causes all this
grecdlness? Is there anything allur-
ing outside the honor2 The people at
the ballot box said Lodor, and his
majority was such that there can be
no doubt of his election. Does the
one-man power think he can defeat
the will of the majority? Well. we
hardly think Sc. This trying to make
ont Illegal the ballots cast for Lodor
will not amount TO anything. The
law says voter may erase from his
ballot any name or names, and may
write or paste thereon any other
names (Section 50). So. what are
you going to dc about it? The rights
of the majority must he recognized,
and the sooner this so-called one-man
power is forced into n back seat. the
better. Although nature intended
man to be big hlun, she gave him
Whole lot of talent, and also the pc
culiar instinct Of pretending to know
whole lot more He believes and
also pretends TO believe, aud finally
believes that if he can make others
believe that he believes whole lot of
things that are hard to believe. it will
encourage others to make pretense
of believing in his belief, and thus
everybody becomes douhly full of
faith. As we grow older we become
more and more enlightened and learn
new things each year. Not like in We
olden times. when the crime of learn
ing anything new was punishable
with death. Think of it! Mt one time
mental progress was considered
crime worthy Of death. Now the pun
ishment is not quite so severe. The
man with progressive and political
ideas, can now be elected to position
on the school board or become county
commissioner, or serve the people IA
Judge of the election, or teach Sun
day school class, or edit n town
paper. They don't kill him outright,
but put him through the slow pro-
cess of starvation. Mr.. Lodor will
take his seat i'll council January LIST,
1902, ut T. o'clock noon, and his many
friends in the ward will be on hand to
see and wish him happy new year.
Mr.. George W. Akers will also make
his bow to the board of school trustees
Mt the same hour, not forgetting the
pew excise commissioners. The same
good wishes await you January ist,
1902.
Our old political opponent who one
year ago made few speeches upon
the paramount issue. has failed in
this campaign To bring before the
voters of our city the importance of
his weight upon the question of Obi
metnlsm' or A'anti-imperialism.
But perhaps he is studying up some
other "isms' for the 1904 campaign.
Now, Henry, tell ns which is para=
mount, or which Is supreme.
As far baek into the dark MS we can
reach with the hooppole of history
and the smoker of tradition, il has
been crime for the common people
to learn anything new. The common
people are expected to accept old
theories, and old traditions, and old
moral laws, and old humbugs, and old
frauds. The Democratic party ridi-
culos the idea of the dear people learn
ing anything new about the political
and industrial condition. Jefferson
ian Democracy seems good enough
for some politicians, but how much of
it do they get2 The people are be-
ginning to learn that chose good old
Democratic times we hear so much
about never did exist All these new
tangled ideas about government
ownership" and direct legislation are
all wicked iniideliiy and are liable To
jar the glazing off the face of the town
clock.
A political fight was wagcd in real
earnest on election. day and resulted
in the election of William Loder for
councilman and Geo. W. Akers for
| school trustee. There was also some
wire pulling between Michael Murray,
Republican, and james CleNry, Demo
GRAFT for assessor, aud the three Re-
| publican excise commissioners came
ont ahead Mt the canvassing of the
votes This was caused to n consider
able extent through the rumpus at the
Democratic caucus, where the regu-
larly elected delegates were debarred
from the city convention and the 80
called one-man power appointments
were duly recognized. A majority Of
the Democratic voters have come to
the conclusion that it is about time
for them to have eome say regarding
their own interests and last Tuesday
the election showed what they could
do when it came to handling the bal
lot and that if the majority was de-
feated at the caucus, there was still
another remedy left open to them to
vindicate their grievance, which they
properly took advantage Of at the
ballot box. Some people think they
are the whole party and simply own
the town. But there are others.
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