The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26


ing Billy Bags r wasthe question put to
a representative of THE News last week
The answer was that they evidently had
some such insane notion, but they have
had many foolish ideas the past eight
years, and this one is as likely to come to
perfection as the others. John ]. Nor
cross will be elected by such a majority
that the other fellow will wonder if he
has ever started.
AGAIN William w. Worrell has been
complimented by the opposite party. the
Democrats having decided not to name any
one against him for the Office of County
Auditor. This action was a recognition
of the faithful, impartial and fearless
manner in which Auditor Worrell has per-
formed his duties for the benefit of the
tax payers of the county. Judge Wills,
who made the motion not to make nomi-
nation, spoke to the point when he said
he thought the efforts of Mr. Worrell de-
served to be encouraged
THOMAS j. PRIcKETT. the silver tongued
orator from Palmyra, got off some fire.
works at the Democratic convention on
Saturday, about the inconsistency of the
primary election law, claiming the small
number of delegates at the convention
was due to the law. That is all nonsense
There was not a dearth of delegates as
Mr. Prickett sought to have believed, but
the Democratic vote in the county has
dwindled to such diminutive proportions
that there are not enough of the party left
to make good sized convention.
In order to be consistent with their rep
utation for kicking at everything in sight
the Democratic committee on resolutions
had to include all the county institutions
in their denunciation of the extravaganza
they seemed to have in such plain sight.
Exceptions may easily be taken to the
plank denouncing the expenditures at the
Jail, and they were away off when they
claimed there was recklessness at the In
sane Asylum. 1t matters not who may
succeed the present management at that
institution, the affairs will never be con-
Quoted more economically or more to the
advantage of the county
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THAT DR.. Adams was not nominated as
a candidate for Assembly was not because
he was not thought worthy, but for the
reason that it was thought best to have
the successor of the retiring member a
representative of the same class OF people
the agricultural community. john B.
Trick was born and raised on a farm,
and while he later engaged in other bust
ness it was in direct keeping with his ag-
ricultural education-a miller. But even
though he chose another vocation he did
not give up the original profession, and he
is still farmer, being the owner of sew
eral farms. to which he gives his personal
attention. He will be valuable member
for that class which Burlington county
has in large numbers-the farmer.
II has long been an open question
whether or not trial by jury is farce
but there is no doubt as to its uselessness
in very many cases, where the Judge not
only laid down the law but assumed the
prerogatives of the jury and determined
the facts. A case in point is that in the
Montgomery county, Pa, court, where
Judge Weand has just cut down verdict
of g, 500, awarded widow for the killing of
her husband by the Reading Railway Com
m A 49, A 1.
it that in his opinion Judge Weand said
that in the natural order the deceased could
not possibly follow his business more than
ten years, and that $3.50 year was about
so that 1000 represented fair capital
ization of his probable income. This is not
so bad as the New Jersey opinion that the
life of child is worth only one dollar to
its parents, but it is none the less hypo-
thetical and unworthy the common sense
Intelligence of the age. The verdict of
the jury in providing compensation to the
aged widow for loss of companionship as
well as of support was just in every sense
aud, although the sum should have been
larger, should have been permitted TO stand,
as few outside of railway circles will accept
Judge Weand's reductio ad absurdum as
warranted. Camden C0uYior
JUDGE j. Franklin Fort got after auto
mobile drivers on Tuesday when he deliv-
cred the charge to the Middlesex Grand
Jury. He says he has not been able thus
far to discover any law which gives auto
mobiles or other self -propelling vehicles a
right on the highway. The bicycle has
been given this right in a specific statute.
aud while there have been laws passed
restricting the speed of automobiles none
of them have given the highways over to
their use. The statement was brought
forth by collision which occurred between
an automobile and a cart, resulting in the
death of woman. Judge Fort said: : 1t
makes no difference whether the woman
killed was in the auto or other vehicle
Ii there was negligence it is manslaughter.
1t is for you to say after investigation.
If there was some negligence it might be
wholesome thing for the community to