The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-28
The Colby Meeting

that have been so carefully prepared b
the members of the coterie that is maxim
tour of theIstate in an effort, they say,
down hossism and reform the polite,
situation" by putting honest men
themselves-intop power.
While the meeting had been limited q
for long time, it was not advertised III
til three days before it occurred. This
together with the threatening weather
may have been responsible for the fac
that the court room was not packed. Tw
o'clock was the hour set and the bell Of
the Court House, which has summone'
the people to all kinds of gatherings, RAM
out with the same tone that it uses for al
occasions, nothing to excite unusual won
derment or interest.
Twenty-Five people, who had beer
into the room. The new leaders were be
hind the scenes waiting for the callboy t.
tell them to ''come on" Brother Recore
did not feel particularly encouraged a
the prospect and possibly recalled the oc
currence at Rancocas Park, when the frs
frost of the season struck him. Blu
Mount Holly people are noted for theil
corteous manners and, with that fact be
fore them the reformers filed into the room
and proceeded to open the meeting. Be
fore they had gone far the audience haC
grown to about $50 persons, and Mr.
Record is said to have pronounced himseli
satisfied with the Representatives character Of
those present. Many in the audience, who
came to get "new ideas, did not remain
until the close Of the meeting, because the
arguments were the old shopworn articles
that have been paraded in print since the
organization of the Lincoln party. There
was some enthusiasm and applause. more
on account Of oratorical effort or personal
admiration of the local speakers than for
any genuine interest in the movement.
The representatives of the new party
who were present, were George L. Record
and Mark Pagan, of Jersey City; General
E. Burd Grub and DR.. E. S. Adams. of
Beverly; and George Wildes, of New
Egypt, all of whom delivered addresses.
AS chairman of the Lincoln party of
this county, Gen. Grubb called the meet
ing to order and proposed George Wildes
as the chairman. Of course there was no
opposition to this suggestion and Mr..
Wildes was unanimously chosen. In
taking charge of the meeting Mr.. Wildes
made one of his characteristic speeches,
which had not been prepared while follow
ing pillow. He said, in part. that it gave
him great pleasure to preside over such a
meeting of citizens, called, irrespective of
party, by the Lincoln League, with the
hope of reforming party and political
methods. He knew that people have dis
approved various acts of the Republican
party almost from its inception, but he
had stuck to it and had been loyal. 1t
is hoped that, by this movement, re-
form will be brought to the party, and the
Lincoln League proposes to make some
inroads if possible at this time. During
his connection with the Republican party
he had seen much that he had forgotten
and much that he wanted to forget He
desired to outlive all past remembrance
n experience. He referred to the 'hor-
rible" and 'demoralizing" scenes that had
taken place in the Legislatures, where
money had demoralized people and crushed
ont oil mir of
who would have made honest Legislators.
Our ablest men have taken emoluments
from corporations. The people should
have a free hand in all matters and
right to control things. He claimed that
those who acted as tools for the bosses are
rewarded for their acts by being given
judgeships and other
positions, and to all this the people show
an indifference which to speaker is quite
shocking. The new idea" men had been
accused of being nothing but office seekers,
but he thought it came with poor grace to
charge no greater motive than office seek
ing. The men in this movement have
higher ideas than those.
Mr. Record was the next speaker. He
took up much time with his customary
harangue on tie political revolution which
he claims is taking place all over the coun-
try, in which he is playing very promi-
nent part merely for the good of the
people. He claimed to see great distress
all over among the parties in power, and
to his mind this is very significant. Much
dissatisfaction, he claimed, was due to the
under assessment of corporations and this
must be remedied, and alluded to the
great part his friend Pagan had taken in
such movement. A direct vote for
solute need. Before closing he pleaded
with those present to vote for Wildes for
State Senator.
DR.. E. S. Adams was the next to come
forward Very slowly and deliberately he
delivered the speech he had evidently pre-
pared with great care. He declared it was
not his purpose to make political speech,
but his effort was certainly of different
nature from those which Ire has given be-
fore his medical society. The physician
has had considerable experience in politics
and he felt he was in position to state,
without being egotistical, that 'the
peoples choice has been set aside by the
man with the bag" He corroborated Mr..
Wildes' sentiments on the corruption in
7 Il III l.
county in the state better adapted to re-
form than Burlington, but he did have
the grace to say that he did not charge all
the misdoings to the Republican party
The proper place to make fight is at the
primaries. With his candidacy for the
Assembly in mind, Dr. Adams stated hi!
| intention to stand as an advocate of oper
and frank discussions of public principles
to give corporations the right to do legiti
mate business, but with no greater powc
than is granted to individuals. He took
crack at the mosquito appropriation, and
in dig at the Osteopaths, favored a Law
governing the practice of medicine so tina
all physicians be placed on uniform
standard of examination. For further in
formation as to his principles he referred
his hearers to the literature of the Lincoll
League.
Mayor Pagan was the next speaker ant
he gave recitation of his early politica
life and said Gen. Grub was entitled t
some of the credit for his election to tn
Office of Mayor of Jersey City the war vet
Grams fight against the ballot box suffer