The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-17
TUESDAY, JULY II, 1906.

The BOARD of Freeholders did some
good work on Wednesday. 1t decided to
get bids for the installation of gas
plant and thereby reduce the expense of
lighting the county buildings, an item
that has run up to rather high proper
lions lately. Fearing that something of
this kind would happen the Public Ser
vice Corporation offered to furnish the
lights for one dollar per thousand feet,
provided five year contract was made.
But the members did not take kindly to
this latter-day repentance and they re-
fused to consider the proposition. They
did right. The Public Service people
haye known for long time that the bills
at the county buildings were not satisfac-
tory and If they can afford to sell gas for a
dollar per Thousand now they could have
done 1t long ago. Their offer is pointer
Tor the Northampton township committee
Another good move by the Board was the
REFUSAL to award to a firm of stone
road contractors the work of build
Ing two roads at a price which is clearly
out of range. No harm will be done by
readvertising and If the firm that put in q
bid cannot come down in the price let the
work wait awhile
TIE Record Pagan Colby combination
were in Burlington county last week to
complete their campaign for personal con
troll of the state and to tell how. having
conquered Essex, they propose to conquer
the rest of New Jersey. In the course of
his remarks Mr.. Record cited the fact that
the last session of the Legislature passed
an act which would probably increase the
taxes of the railroads and thereby benefit
the public schools and the taxpayers of
the state. Instead of giving the party the
credit therefor he proceeded to make the
cowardly charge that during all the pre-
cedlng years the money that would this
year accrue to the schools and taxpayers
had been turned into the pockets of the
state leaders. No one but a demagoeue
and charlatan would make so cowardly an
accusation. Still, perhaps nothing better
could be expected of a man who, in the
same speech, attacked the grave whose in
mate sleeps the sleep of death and cannot
reply to Records innuendoes. Of all the
animals In nature 1t is the hyena alone
that attacks the body of the dead. Re-
cord does not hesitate to attack General
Sewell bycowardly innuendo because he
knows that General Sewell is not here to
call him to account, His statement that
the increased taxes which, under the acts
OF the present Republican administration
will accrue to the people from the rail
roads, have been heretofore filtering into
the pockets OF the state leaders, is equally
base and libelous. Mr.. Record cries for
reform in one breath, and, when the Re-
publican party has given the people of
the state more reform thanlhe ever hoped
for or dreamed of-especially when he
was hand in glove" with the political
organization in Hudson county that stuffed
the ballot boxes to defeat Gen. Grubb-
he denounces this reform for which he is
clamoring as an evidence of fraud What
does Mr. Record mean by saying that the
taxes which the railroads "have not paid. .
heretofore. have gone into the pockets of
the state leaders Congressman Gardner
has long been one of the recognized lead
ers of the state and unearthed the ballot
box frauds of Hudson county which Mr..
Records political associates helped to per
petrate. Does he mean that Mr.. Gardner
is beneficiary and gained wealth in the
way he suggests Hon. William M.
johnson, of Bergen, has been long recog-
nized as one of the state leaders and has
served in the state Legislature; does he
mean to make the same charge against
himf Judge Pitney was member of the
Senate and one of the state leaders; is the
charge directed against him State Treas
urer Briggs is recognized state leader
and chairman of the state Republican
committee; does Record make the charge
against himf Governor Stokes is promi-
nent In official circles, served in the state
Legislature for eleven years, received a
majority OF $4,000 as a candidate for
Governor; Mr.. Record presumably sup
ported him; does Mr.. Record make the
same charge against him, and if So why
did Mr.. Record support him for Governors
such lnnuendoes as Mr.Record INDUCES in
are cowardly and false. He knows that
not one OF these gentlemen ever received
penny In an illegal way or ever profited
a cent by their connection with public
life. On the contrary they have all suf-
fered financial losses because of the SER
vices they have rendered to the public.
Some OF them are poor men, among these
the Governor of the state, man whose
public life has debarred him from oppor-
tunities that would have enhanced his
private means. Mr. Record was at one
time recognized as one of the Republican
leaders of the state, sat In their councils.
associated with all the gentlemen named
Does he mean to say he has profited in the
manner he suggests? He has received
honor and emolument at the hands of the
party leaders who he is now denouncing i?
de is receiving a salary as corporation
counsel of Jersey City, yet he appears to
be using all his time in travelling around
the state endeavoring to build up a per-
sonal machine. II Mr.. Record has no bet
ter reason for changing the condition of
things than making such charges as these
he had better stay at home and let Bur
hngton county conduct her own affairs.