The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Spring Elections.

Spring Elections.
F. Carlton Dalton is a candidate fol
CONSTABLE on the Democratic ticket
The Republican primary will be held or
Friday, from 2 80 to 7.3O P M, in America
Hall.
William B. Ireland has decided to be a
candidate for the Republican nomination
for freeholder.
Pop" Bowker is slated by the Demo
Gratis of Northampton as their candidate
for freeholder.
Walter Allen is making lively canvass
for the position of freeholder on the Re-
publican ticket.
Pemberton will send Democrat to the
board in the person of William Smith
brother of the present feeholder.
Henry c. Claypoole announces that he
will be candidate for nomination for
constable on the Republican ticket.
1t is said Joseph W. B. Jennings, free
holder from Shamong. does not care to be
/ reelected as freebooter. Shamong ought
to send Republican member.
The residents of Woodland are not sat
isfied with their present representative in
the board of freeholders and there is likely
to be change. Whether the Republicans
can elect one of their party to the position
remains to be seen.
The Republicans of Northampton met
on Thursday evening and appointed q
committee to take charge of the spring
primary The committee consists of Fred
B. Shreve, B. Frank Kempton, Howard
Shinn, Albert Ridgway. w. Henry Colby.
The Township Committee of Riverside
recommend that the following sums be
voted for at the next election: Electric
lights, $1710; water, $500; Fire Co., 5000;
special officer, $780, removing garbage,
$3.50; hall rent, $780, election expenses,
salaries, ETC., 5000; road appropriations,
$1,000.
There seems to be a disposition to dis
place Walter French, who has represented
Chester township in the board of free
holders for two years. There does not
seem to be any charge against Mr. French
save that he has had the office the allotted
term His administration of affairs APP
pears to have been satisfactory and credit
able
Senator Gebhardt has introduced pri-
mary election bill which provides that
primaries shall be held on the first regis
tration day, and that the registration and
primaries shall be conducted by the same
board of elections. The protection of the
general election act extends to the prima-
ries, and provision is made for independ-
emit candidates.
The names thus far put on the list for
place on the Republican ticket to be
formed on Friday are: Clerk, Walter T.
Stewart, Harry Hawkins, Jr.; freeholder.
William B. Ireland, Walter Allen; town
ship committee, Joseph Elbertson; over
seer of the poor. John Throckmorton, ST.,
Charles Rogers; constables, A. Elwell
Gaskill, Jesse Woodruff; pound keeper
Thomas Kennedy.
Now is the time to make good selections
for township officials The proper place
to take care of this matter is at the prim-
aries. The events of the past two weeks
shows the Importance of choosing men
who will be faithful to their trusts and
who will not bring disgrace upon them
selves, their families and their constituents.
All this may be prevented if the taxpayers
will attend the primaries and vote for the
best man.
Lumberton is to have lively Republi-
can primary tomorrow. For freeholder
there are three andidates-Joseph G.
Haines, William Bartlett, Ezra c. Engle.
Richard B. Wilson and William K Arm
strong will contest for the Office of justice
of the peace. There are four candidates
for constable and overseer of the poor,
are George B. Parker, George H. Snyder,
Isaac Sharp, Jacob G. Greenwald. The
balance of the ticket is without opposition.
Township clerk, Spencer H. Powell;
township committee, A. EDgle Haines;
commissioner of appeals, Thomas Mat
thews; surveyors of highways, Edward
Ried, William Oatman; pound keeper,
John Gaunt.
In the elections to be held next month,
there are 10 members of the board of
chosen freeholders to be elected OF the
retiring members 10 are Democrats, 8 Re
publicans, with a new member to be
chosen in Bordentown township. The
probabilities are that the townships now
represented by Democrats will stick to
their faith and serd back members of that
party If there is no change in the polit-
ical part as it now appears, the Republi-
cans will have majority of three in the
next board, but if there is a contest in some
places as is now limited at, our opponents
may make change. The loss of two
townships will do the business. The
wisdom of making good nominations and
standing together for the entire ticket is
perfectly plain. There are two townships.
at least, now having Democratic repre-
sentation which should have Republican