The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-05
Political Affairs

The caucus at Riverton, last week, en-
dorsed Freeholder Lippincott for re
election.
The Senate has passed bill providinl
for the election of Freeholders by plur
atty vote The law passed last white
compelled majority vote.
Ex-Assemblyman Joel Horner will con
test with Charles H Crowell for tn
nomination for Freebooter of Palmyra, t.
be held next Saturday night.
About $50 votes were polled at the Re
publican caucus in Burlington township
on Wednesday evening. Harry Mattsol
defeated William Adams for the nomin
alton tor Freebooter about two to one.
The Democrats of Northampton hav,
nominated the following tic ket Assessor
s. Earl Assay; township committee
Maurice Rowan; surveyors of highways
Benjamin Aaronson, Garrett D. W. Slack
commissioner of appeals, John H. Sine
justice of the peace, Walter A. Barrows.
The Freeholders whose terms expire
this year, are: Birkhead, Beverly city
Norcross, Burlington city Mattson, Bur
lington township Lippincott Cinnamin
son; Conrow, Delran; Garwood, Medford
Crowell, Palmyra; Stecher, Riverside
Haines, Westampton.
The ticket formed by the Republicans
of Northampton is as follows:
Assessor-Martin H. Girven.
Township Committee-T. Lacey Atkins
Justices OF the Peace-John d. Clevenger,
James L. JamiSOn.
Commissioner of AppeaIs-Robert Street.
Surveyors of Highways-George II. Peak,
A. Lincoln Satler.
neutrality-suspicious. T. Kennedy.
The contest for Freebooter in Delran
township bids fair to be quite spirited.
Up to the present there are four candi-
dates. Mr.. Conrow, the present incum
bent, wishes to be returned The others
who seek the glory are Messrs. Robert M.
Brock and George Conover, both Demo
Gratis, and John Chance, Republican.
The Republicans of Burlington town
ship have formed this ticket: Clerk,
Aaron Shedaker; assessor, Thomas Candy,
freeholder, Harry H. Mattson; township
committee, Edward Deacon; overseer of
poor, Albert Walters, Sr.; justice of the
peace, Budd Nixon; constable, William L.
johnson; surveyor of highways, Edward
Richardson; poundkeeper, William Clay
ton.
The Republicans of Chester have named
the following ticket Township Commit
tee, George Brock; justice of the peace,
Henry G. Webster, Harry E. Gilbert; con
stables, Caleb Wright, Peter Beatty,
William Conover, Frank Pettit commits
sioner of appeal, Joseph L. Hilton; sur
veyors of highways, George W. Heaton,
Uriah Borton; overseer of poor, Harry
Chambers; poundkeeper, Harry Chambers.
The Republican primary for Northamp-
ton township was held on Friday. The
scenes of year ago were absent and the
voting was done in quiet and orderly
manner. There was contest on four
offices, the result being as follows: Total
vote, 692; Assessor, Martin II. Girven,
537; Charles E. Travis, 1876. Township
T. Lacey Atkins, 251; Joseph
Elbertson, 1888; Thomas W. Nippins, 107;
j. Franklin Hunter, SO. Justice of the
peace, John D. Clevenger, 515; James L.
Jamison, BAL; Richard ]. b. Slack, S16.
Commissioner of appeals, Robert Street,
359; Theodore Phillips, 139.
Bowman S. Lippincott, Freeholder from
Evesham, was chosen under the new
township act, which went into effect last
March. 1t provides that members of the
Board of Freeholders shall be elected by
a majority vote Mr.. Lippincott received
a plurality and under the further pro-
visions of the law allowing township COM
mittees to fill vacancies for unexpired
terms, he was given the position. Some
people now claim there must be an election
for freeholder in Evesham, because Mr..
term expires this year. This
is doubtful. His predecessor went out of
office last May. There was undoubtedly
a vacancy for the full term of two years
and the present incumbent is entitled to
the entire time
The meeting to arrange for the spring
primary of the Republican party was held
in America hall on Tuesday evening
Joseph c. Kingdom was chosen chairman,
Harvey Thomas, secretary. A resolution
was offered to change the manner of Sc
Letting the committee to conduct the pri-
mary. The resolution provided that the
chairman appoint committee of three
whose compensation for the entire service
should be S. each. John Throckmorton,
Jr., offered an amendment to make the
number FIVE This was adopted. The
chair appointed A. Lincoln Sailer, Edward
s. Troth, Frank S. Davis. Harvey Thorn
as and Charles Throckmorton. Messrs.
Sailer and Troth announced that they
would serve gratuitously, hence the idea
Of the original resolution was secured.
This action is a step towards reduction of
expenses in running the primaries, the
cost of which has been severe Tax on
candidates in the past.
The proposition to include Mercer, Mon
mouth and Ocean counties in one of the
new congress districts in New Jersey re-
calls the time when these three counties
md Burlington made up district in which
he Republicans and Democrats had many
4 sharp contest. Ex-Governor Newell, of
Monmouth county, who was the "boy
of his time, and who is still
living, and the late John L. N. Stratton, of
his county, were among the Republicans
who were elected there, and the late
George Middleton, of Mercer, who was
Known as the shoemaker candidate, and
he late General Charles Haight, of Mon
mouth county, were among the Demo-
rats who carried the district The Re
publican party of those days had not
crown as stalwart as it now is in that part
If New Jersey. Three of the counties
Ocean, Mercer and Burlington-are now
'eliably Republican under fair conditions,
md Monmouth, in the vernacular, tips
Easy either way, although of late years
t has more frequently gone Republican
than Democratic on National and state
ssues.
The complexion of the next Board of
is at present in doubt and un-
ess the Republicans exert themselves
,hey will not control the body. If the
bill to abolish spring elections becomes a
aw the present members from Beverly
and Burlington cities will hold over