Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
|" THE TRUTH HURTS
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Under the above caption the Paulsboro
Press administers a stinging rebuke to the
Constitution for its editorial policy in the
present campaign, portion Of which we
print below:
ssThe editor OF the Constitution land
those whom he wishes to defend act as if
he and they had been struck a solar-plexus
blow by the article which appeared IN the
Press on October g. From time immemo-
rial there has been a saying that Truth
hurts, and never was it more fully DEM
onstrated than by the undignified lam
guage of the editor Of the Constitution in his
personal attack on the editor of the Press =
Referring to the original subject, the
Press says:
The election boards in some places,
certainly did not show high regard for
either. their office or their duties. We are
not referring to the Democratic members).
In Greenwich township they threw out
twenty-six votes, which everybody knows
ought to have been counted, exactly as
they were counted in other places. And it
has been stated by the ex-constable, who
poses as a. Avis leader in Greenwich town
ship, that le two lawyers who were partic-
ularly an ous that Avis should win, told
him (the * Constable) that be must win
at any cost-do anything, no matter what,
so you win; the law will be 50 handled
that you will be all right. Fine. isn't it?
Very much like Republican principles,
isn't it, Mr.. Editor, of the ooaStitation2
s'In Franklin they threw ont 81 more
all of these in both places being votes for
Gaunt and if counted would have given
him two more votes in the convention.
Then it is stated that enough were not
counted in another township which were
marked with the name Of Avis, of because
they did not have the delegates names
erased. Surely the intent Of the voters
who voted thoss tiche1a xas 70 not vote for
Avis delegates, and was clearly shown to be
such, and the courts have uniformity held
that all that was needed was to know the
intent of the voter. 50 If these facts are true
and the tickets had been properly counted,
that would haye given Mr.. Gaunt two
more votes in the convention, or a total of
twenty-one. But here is the climax! 1t
/ is reported that the Election Board in
Monroe township refused to canvass the
returns in public, but counted the vote in
a private room. This is certainly contrary
to law and their action was illegal.
1T is also reported that this same elec-
ton Board supplied the name of fourth
delegate for Mr.. Avis, there being three
names on the ticket and the fourth written
on many by the board. If that is true,
their actions in that were illegal. The
voters could write the name on but the
Election Board had no right to tamper
with the official ballot. It is also reported
with a blue pencil Now then, if the
board had canvassed the vote in public as
required by law, those ballots marked with
blue pencil would have been thrown cut,
and those ballots prepared by the Election
Board would haye been thrown out and
Gaunt would in all probability have bad
four more delegates in the convention, or a
total of 25, or enough to secure his nomin-
alton and thus demonstrate the popularity
Of the popular Mr.. Avis.
''We must assume that there because
they bad never been contradicted are more
facts connected with the last primary cleo
tion, and are not against the Republican
party, but against that portion Of -the
party, no matter who they are, which
employs such methods to win. Ger
tainly this cannot be the popular Mr. Avis,
who is referred to so frequently by the
Constitution. No such methods would be
needed to nominate popular man, no in
deed A popular man would blush at the
thought Of such trickery, such fraud, such
deception.