The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-03
Political Notes.

Richard B. Eckman has Withdrawn
from the contest for Clerk the Board Of
Freeholders
The name of Richard G.. Dudley, Of
Mount Laurel. has been added to the list
of candidates who are seeking the Repub
lican nomination for Sheriff.
H. Colby Budd, of Pemberton. says he
is not, and has not been. candidate fol
the clerkship of the Board of Freeholders
William p Younker is candidate for the
position.
Fl. Colby Budd, of Pemberton, denies
that he is a candidate for clerk of the
Board of Freeholders. and says that the
use of his name in this connection was
unauthorized.
The terms of the following members OF
the Board of Freeholders will expire next
May: Oscar H. Wittmeyer, Enoch Evans,
Wallace Gennett, Clayton H. Brick,
Joseph W. Ballinger, Charles Sack, Bur
wood nj. Haines. Joel Horner. All are
Republicans with the exception of Mr..
Sack
On Tuesday next the Legislature will
convene. The parceling out of the offices
has been attended with the usual impor.
tunities from those who thought their
especial services worthy of great consid-
Grafton, and as all could not be rewarded
there is the usual howl from the disap-
pointed. In this matter Burlington coun-
ty is in the swim, although the complaints
seem to come from quarters where they
should not be expected Looking oyer
the record of the past ten years there does
not seem to be much ground for kicks
from Burligton county. Following is a
list of the appointments given this section
In that time with the salary co each: 1895,
Joseph G. Kingdom, private secretary to
President of Senate, $500; Joshua Matlack
Jr., Assistant Journal Clerk in House,
$500; 1896, Charles H. Folwell, 1st As
sistant Engrossing Clerk in House, 5000
1897, Joseph G. Kingdom, Assistant Secre-
tary in Senate, $1,000; Charles H. Folwell
LIST Assistant Expressing Clerk in House.
5000; 1898, Joseph c. Kingdom, Assistant
Secretary in Senate, $1,000; Charles H.
Folwell, Engrossing Clerk in House,
$1,000; 1899, Charles H. FolweIl, Engross-
ing Clerk in House, $1,000; 1900, Harry
Carter, j. Fred Kiner. Doorkeepers in
House, $3.50 each; Charles H. Folwell
Engrossing Clerk in House, $1,000; 1901,
Charles Lynch, Doorkeeper in Senate,
$500; Charles II. Folwell, Supervisor of
Bills in House, $1,000; 1902, Charles Lynch
Albert Hibbs, Doorkeepers, $3.50 each;
1908, George w. Mount, Assistant Ser.
geant at Arms in Senate, $500; Curtis
West, Doorkeeper in Senate, $3.50; John
&. Horner, Speaker of House, Albert c.
Heulings, Private Secretary, 5000; James
I. Weart, Assistant Private Secretary.
1900; Walter Garon, Albert S. Hibbs,
Doorkeepers, $3.50 each; 1904, George W.
Mount, Assistant Sergeant at Arms in
Senate, $500; Curtis West, Doorkeeper in
Senate, $3.50; James t. Weart, Assistant
to Clerk of House, salary about $500;
Walter Garon, Spencer H. Powell, Door
keepers in House, $3.50 each. So, with
the exception Of the year when Senator
Horner was Speaker, Burlington will be
up to the standard of past years. In 1896
and 1899 it will be noticed this county
had but single officer in both houses, but
that plum was good one Burlington
has little reason to kick this. year unless it
be on the ground that the plum tree was
not shaken into one lap.