The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-10-25
THE LAMBERTVILLE RECORD.
OcT. rs. 1905.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

county, IN convention assembled, DO
heartily commend the policies of our
national government as now being adj
ministered by the Republican Party.
No nation has ever known such wide
spread prosperity as the United States
has enjoyed since the restoration OF
the Republican party to power by
Mekinley's election and the contnu-
alton and carrying forward Of these
policies by our present wise, energetic
and patriotic President, Theodore
Roosevelt.
We commend the patriotic, efficient
and busiaesslike administration Of our
Governor Edward G. Stokes.
We heartily congratulate the people
of The Fourth Congressional District
upon having such an energetic and ef
dclcnt Congressman, Ira w Wood,
who most ably represents this district
IN the lower branch Of or national
legislature and who IS tireless IN his el
forts lor the best interests of his con
stitucnls and the upholdmg of the pol
ioies of the national government
While our national and state gov
crnments are progressing So success
fully, the attention OF the voters of
Ilunicrdon County, is particularly d.
feeted to our local county affairs which
have been 50 rife with corruption as to
make honest men hang their heads
III shame Here ii is not question
oil Partisanship but simple proposition
OF honesty and fair dealing. The of
hclals placed in office by the Demo
cratic machine have been So uniformly
corrupt that all citizens who have any
regard for deccncy in the conduct of
public affairs should unite in com
mon effort To free the county from a
system OF corruption that has grown so
outrageous as to become source of
danger to our institutions.
The Office of Sheriff, one of the high
est III the gift of the people of the coun-
", has been so eorruptly conducted as
to pass belief. The past three incum-
bents have all refunded, or offered to
refund, large sums OF money for illegal
fees which they had improperly taken
from the county aggregating thousands
OF dollars.
We charge our present Sheriff with
having drawn Grand Jury which re-
fused to indiet single county official
on member OF the old Board of Free
holders for any of the crimes which
were proven by the investigation to
have been committed, the facts in re-
lalon To the same having been called
10 then attention.
We insist that the necessity of having
sheriff tthc most important office in
the county,, who is not part OF the
Democratic Machine responsible for
these crimes III manifest, in order that
Grand lurles may be honestly drawn
which will indict criminals, SO that the
guilty may he punished and the system
broken up and we call upon all honest
citizens To cooperate in the election OF
the candidate for sheriff which we pre-
sent today
The County Clerks office has also
been conducted with little regard for
the mtercst OF the tx payers
legal restrictions as to fees. The pres
cnt incumbent his already refunded,
on two items, over 500 and is To be
made defendant, by order of the Court,
IN SUIT tor money aPproximating
Sro,ooo which is claimed to be due
the county IN addition to the amount
allea,ly pad by him The Court has
also given an ordeI lor suits against the
two preceding County Clerks for large
amounts
The mdeXng OF records in the coun-
ty offices is but another part of the per.
nlelous system of graft which has been
loaded upon the county of Humterdon
10y the Democratic Machine for the
past twenty years, which has cost the
taxpayers thousands and thousands of
dollars.
We commend the Republican party
for It's stand IN the abolition of the old
Boartl OF trechol5lers, that bulwark of
Demeeahc graft and corruption, which
was accomplished Ivy the Republi-
can party with the cooperation of hon.
est Democrats opposed to the Dem
ocrauc Machine and the methods for
which it stands
We charge the present Democratic
Board Of Freeholders with neglecting
andrelusing to make any honest effort
10 collect any OF the money wrongtully
taken from the county by Democratic
officials. We charge the present
Board OF freeholdcrs with not acting
in good faith with the people OF the
county in the letting of the contract
tor the macadam road from Ringoes
10 Iambertyille and in paying the ex-
orhtant 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 prls-