The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-14

gates from Mount Holly are present.
party of four gunners, chaperoned
by T. Harry Bowker, killed twelve rab-
bits yesterday afternoon on the farm OF j.
Edward Dobbins. John Throckmorton,
both father and son, bagged fourteen rab-
bits between them yesterday. Other gun
ners had good luck, doing much better
than on the opening day of the season.
Two gunners saw a hare running with
steel trap fastened to one of its hind legs,
but did not succeed in killing it.
Political Afterthought.
For an of year. the result was quite
gratifying.
Sheriff Norcross has reason to feel proud
of many townships where dire things were
predicted than he is of his own city.
Palmyra, according to all reports. was to
down Norcross hard, but the returns show
that the stories were merely for effect !;
159 majority was not so bad.
Despite the strenuous efforts to defeat
Turner Birkhead, that sturdy member of
the Board of Freeholders was sent back
to represent the city of Beverly.
Wouldn't it be good idea, now, to pro-
vide the hogs in that $500 pen with a
trained nurse and give them daily rations
Of Mount Vernon cocktails ?
According to the latest opinion, it is
probable that Senator Horner, of Burling-
ton county. will be the leader of the Re-
/ publican majority on the floor of the
Senate.
In the election table published In the THE
News the vote of Assemblyman Robbins
is 280 more than the official returns show,
the east district In Moorestown having
sent the vote in accredited to Samuel
Roberts.
Some people are growing at the voting
machines, but the manner in which some
of the returns come to the clerks Office
would indicate that the automatic affairs
perform their work better than those with
human faculties.
The people of Evesham certainly
showed their appreciation of the good
work done in the Board of Freeholders by
their representative, Clayton Fl. Brick.
who was reelected by the handsome ma
jority of SO.
With all the good record as shown by a
Burlington paper, with the showing that
''he never charged cent for his time
the people of that city decided they had
had enough of Howard Packer and con-
cluded to let him stay home for awhile.
Special messengers had to be sent to
sew eral election districts TO get the returns
properly filed Burlington township did
not give any vote for Sheriff. The third
district, Burlington city, omitted the vote
for Steward ; and there many other minor
omissions.
In Northampton township the official
envelopes were endorsed second ward"
and third ward. while the legal design
alton is election district" The tickets
also announced under the heading of JUS
tice of the Peace, 1.-TWO to be elected,
while there were three entitled to election.
The defeat of Joel Wainwright as a
member of the Board of Freeholders is to
be deprecated. The result is not a refiec-
ton upon his integrity or ability. but is
rather the result of personal spite and
desire on the part of some to get shot at
him for the part he took in the division of
the township.
When the voters went to the polls at
Palmyra they found the name of one of
the Republican township candidates had
been left off the list on the voting ma
chine The election officers settled this
by having slip prepared. Then, about
noon, it was discovered that two of the
Prohibition candidates had been omitted.
That defect was also remedied and the
election proceeded without further fric-
ton. The township clerk declares he sent
the proper names to the county clerk and
is said to have duplicate of his order to
substantiate his claim.
Palmyra township certainly deserves
more than passing mention in this cam
paign and George N. Winner is entitled to
credit for the good showing made there.
In the convention which defeated Winner
for the position of county clerk, he came
forward and promised that his township
should be Republican. He kept that
pledge aud the candidate for county clerk
got within five votes of the majority
given the Presidential candidate. Mr.,
Winner was not under any obligations to
the Burlington people, but he did not
seek revenge and when the returns came
in last Tuesday, Norcross had 159 ma ority,
and was kept up with the rest of the
ticket better than in other townships.
One of the surprises of last Tuesday
was the election of Enoch Evans as Free
holder from Cinnaminson township AT
the primary election Enoch was ruled
out under the law which provides that
where there are two voting precincts, free
holders must be elected by delegates
chosen for that purpose. Louis Corner
got the delegates But Enoch got some
votes in the Democratic caucus and his
name was put on that ticket. This, too
: was objected to and the name was taken
off. But Enoch was still undismayed an6
he availed himself of the section which
allows voter to cast a ballot as ht
d chooses After all these trials and tribu
7 lations 1t would be hard if Enochs efforts
came to naught, aud he was elected by
three majority.
There were two contests registered
t from Bass River. Joseph B. Lamson
s who was appointed assessor recently
2 claimed the Office for the unexpired term
d but some said it was only until election
:. The law is clear on the point, how
!. ever, and Mr.. Lamson will continue
v The other contest was over the offic
Y of township clerk. II. E French took tn
e trouble to comply with the law and go
II up the necessary petition. went through
?. all the formalities and got the regula
, nomination John s Mathis did not q
it to these troubles. He simply relied O
l. the section of the law which says "nothin
j. shall be construed to prevent any on
Is from voting for whoever he pleases.
e The result was that Mathis was elected b
Is 25 majority. And now the other fello'
(, wants to know what's the use of CON
plying with the law.