The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
Political Notes

The Democratic convention will be held
in the Court House, Mount Holly, on Sat
urday next, at II o'clock, A. M.
The Democratic slate for Sheriff is said
to be William T. Baggs, of Beverly. and
c. Craig Tallman, of Springfield, is talked
of for Steward of the Almshouse
Owing to the nomination of Mr.. Nor
cross to the higher Office of Sheriff, Bur
lington city had to get new candidate
for Freebooter, and the choice fell upon
Frederick Peters.
The people of Evesham township took
Freebooter Clayton Il. Brick at his word
when he offered to let them act on his past
record in the matter of nominating
and they decided by large majority that
he had been good enough tor them,
and the vote he received endorsing his
administration was sufficient to crafty
any one.
The ticket formed in Northampton town
ship is as follows: Clerk, Harry Haw-
kins, Jr. township committee, Richard
B. Dickerson, Franklin Dill Thomas w.
Nippins justices of the peace, j. Fred
Laumaster, James L. Jamison overseer
of the poor, John Throckmorton, Sr ;
constables, Harry Fl. Bowen, Samuel K.
Gaskill, Charles E. Gilbert, Robert Myers,
John Throckmorton, Jr.
In Mount Holly the only contest on dele
gates was in the Second District. where
Benjamin Stidfole, Harry Murphy and
Harry w. Kempte sought the honor of GO
ing to the Sheriff's convention. The vote
was Stidfole, 1O7 Kempte, 1Oe; Muir
ply. 1916. There were over 200 votes cast
but many of them were deposited without
any scratching of the names of either
of the above delegates, hence they had to
be rejected.
The law does not seem to be thoroughly
understood yet. In many townships tick
cts were voted without proper erasures,
and were consequently not counted In
Mount Laurel new election officers had
been appointed, and they either neglected
or forgot to get the keys of the ballot box,
and some voters were deprived of their
privilege to cast a ballot, as the polls were
not opened until after five O'Clock In
the afternoon.
Burlington County Prohibitionists held
their convention at Delanco on Thursday,
and nominated the following ticket
Sheriff. E. E. Woolston, Beverly AS
semblymen, William H. Cole. Chester,
Charles B. Clement, Mansfield Steward
of Almshouse, Charles F. Kumple, Bev-
erly Auditor, William G. Thorn, North.
ampton Coroners, Newlin s. Hunter,
Riverside, Charles B. Raynor, Southamp-
ton.
The resolutions at the Republican con.
ventions were all worded alike, one mas
ter hand evidently having prepared them
and the committee handing them in per
orders In the Assembly convention one
delegate had the temerity to make an ad
dition to the stereotyped set and he had
his offering adopted. The convention at
Burlington might very properly have put
in section pledging rigid economy and
extra careful management In the affairs at
the almshouse, but nothing of the kind
was suggested.
There is peculiar muddle in CHINA
minson township. Following the law as
he understood it Enoch Evans filed his
petition for denomination as Chosen Free.
holder. But the residents of Riverton
borough discovered clause that permit
ted the calling of a convention to name a
candidate for Freebooter, and they acted
accordingly, and the delegates chosen ia.
vor Louis Corner. The reason for this
action is that the borough people feel that
they have a right to be represented in the
board, and that the member should moi
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