The Penn's Grove record., 1906-10-19
j. WALTER PANCOAST FOR ASSEMBLY.
A Reform Candidate On A Reform
Platform.

LII Tx AOnlllidUlOu VI u. w dlUOl L dill
coast for the Assembly the Democrats
have put before the voters of Salem
county, not only the ablest advocate Of
democracy in the broad craftsmanship
meaning of the word, but the ablest
advocate of the peoples cause ever pre-
sented by any party in this county.
He is an open and honest advocate of
that which is clean and noble in State
and National government. He is a
broad and liberal thinker, an able writ
er and a fair speaker on governmental
topics. Salem county has no closer
student of the science of government
than Mr.. Pancoast has been in the past
thirty years. He is open and honest in
his views and believes there should be
an open discussion in legislative affairs
something now unknown in the halls
of legislation at TreIton-and that this
discussion should be carried to all the
voters and a majority should rule by
the referendum, which is pure demo-
cracy.
j. WALTER PANCOAST
was born in Pilesgrove 81 years ago,
being the son of James Pancoast and
Charlotte Hillman. James Pancoast
was a farmer living at Sharptown, an
extensive land holder, a noted herds
man. He died in 1877.
Since his fathers death j. Walter
Pancoast lived ON the homestead farm,
until three years ago and engaged ex-
tensively in the dairy business. He
has taken a leading part in organizing
the Philadelphia Milk Shippers Union
and the betterment of the dairymen's
interests in particular. He has been a
leader in the County and State Boards
of Agriculture. He usually took an
able part in discussing public matters
at their meetings.
MI. Pancoast was born into the Re-
publican party. When the question of
burning up the greenbacks, the peo-
Pies paper money, came up in the TIPS
he was an open advocate of keeping the
346 million dollars of paper money now
in use-the destruction of which de-
creased all values of land and products
and caused bankruptcies. When the
tariff question came up he believed in
the, Democratic side because that was
the most beneficial to the farmer and
consumer. When the silver question
came up in 1896 he was in full accord
with the Democratic party beause he
believed in the free coinage of silver as
well as of gold aud made the final break
Withthe Republican party. He stump
ed the county for Bryan that year. He
was nominated by the Democrats for
Assembly that year but refused to ac-
cept, because he did not want it said
that he sought an office.
For the past ten years he has attend
ed the County and State Democratic
and made honest and no.
BILE efforts to shape the party and plat
forms to what the County platform is
this year and his nomination is an ex-
ponent of the Notwithstanding new
er known before in this County.
his nomination -Ua. ID lii direct line vii
the reform movement in other par
OF the country against graft and poIit
cal corruption brought about by Il
large campaign funds given by corpor;
ions to elect plant tools to betray I'll
people in the Legislative halls and t
elect corporation representatives to til
U. S. Senate.
If Salem county wants to be in tn
reform line with Folk in Missouri. Bel
ry in Pennsylvania; and wants to sho,
that there should be a law on the stat
utes of New Jersey making it a GRIMM
al offense for a corporation to contrib
ute to a campaign fund, the voters wi
elect J. Walter Pancoast to the Assem-
bly,.
May the cyclone strike Salem Cour
ty on November 9th,