The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-10-18

Board of FreeholderS with neglecting
and refusing to make any honest effort
to collect any Of the money wrongfully
taken from the county by Democratic
officials. We charge the present
Board OF Freeholders with not acting
in good faith with the people of the
county in the letting Of the contract
for the macadam road from Ringoes
to Lambertyile and in paying the ex-
orbitant price of nearly $4,000 per.
mile for its construction.
We further charge that this Demo
cratic board of freeholders paid the
highest price for the boarding Of Pris-
oners by the Sheriff of any county IN
the whole state, which price was only
reduced after the matter was taken to
the Supreme Court.
We further charge the new board
with employing counsel at higher
rate than that paid in any county of
this class in the state, amounting to
nearly s., 100 last year, while in War
rem they pay their attorney only 500
and we expressly charge that attorney
with also appearing as the attorney of
record for John Shurts, ex-clerk of the
board in the law suit now pending IN
which it is sought to recover for the
county money claimed to be due from
him as shown by the report OF the IN
vestigation. We also charge the new
board with selling to this same attorney
the new furniture in his office which
had recently been purchased by the
county at an expense exceeding 500
for only SIS and that at private sale.
We further charge the new board
with paying its clerk the maximum salary
allowed by law, being more than the
sum paid in any other county of this
class; with issuing financial statement
that conceals the purpose for which
the money of taxpayers was used and
with refusing taxpayers access to the
vouchers representing the expendl-
lures of the public money, which is
the means used by the old Board of
Freeholders to cover up their rascality
and which in the past led to crime.
We pledge our candidate for free
holders nominated today, to policy
of economy, honesty and publicity and
submitting to the people of the county
a full itemized statement of all money
expended, as provided by law.
We pledge our candidate for County
Clerk to strict compliance with the
letter or the law as to fees and an hon
est administrator OF the office.
We pledge our candidate for Mem
Der of Assembly to the support of
measures tending toward the limita-
tons of franchises and the taxation at
local rates of the Main Stem of rail
roads.
We recognize the important part that
corporations have taken in the devel-
opement of the business of this country
but we believe that the time has come
when more careful inquiry into
their affairs and supervision OF their
methods of business should be main
tanned; that there should be greater
publicity; that they should not be
allowed to appropriate public property
without full compensation; that fran
chises and other privileges should be
safeguarded by careful limitations and
they should under no circumstances be
allowed to control legislation in their
own interests. In other words, we
| pledge ourselves to the support of any
measures like those proposed by our
President, Theodore Roosevelt
We believe in the most liberal APP
preparations by the state for improved
roads and will most heartily support
any new legislation that will work more
in the interest of localities like the
County of Hunterdon