The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-16
TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1908

rs THE local option bugaboo respon
sible for hotel sheriffs sales r is the ques-
ton propounded by the Toms River
Courier, prompted by the fact that hotel
in New Egypt is to be sold under fore
closure and another at Island Helgnts
which has been several times refused
license is to be closed out in the same
manner. The Courier makes mistake in
terming the local option movement
s'bugaboo" Local option is an issue, OF
fair size already, and bound to grow be-
fore the nominations for Office are made
the coming fall. Owners of hotel prop
critics are not pushing their money out,
Just at present, to reduce mortgages or 10
make very extensive Improvements. On
the other hand many of the large brewers
and wholesale liquor dealers having mort
cages on hotels and saloons are calling In
the cash. There is no use trying to decry
the local option movement. 1t Is here ana
is here to stay. While its advocates may
not be able to successfully carry their
plans to completion they will have some
say in the coming primaries and it is all
nonsense to try and deride the movement
and sneeringly wipe it out of existence.
The PAST two weeks has seen the pass
ing away of two of the oldest newspapers
In this state. The Camden Democrat.
which had lived long life, gave up the
ghost. There did not seem to be much of
field for Democratic organ in Camden
and the proprietor thought it was good
time to close out while he could do so
without serious loss. The other paper to
go out of existence was the Neao Bruins
scick Daily Press, formerly the FREEDMAN,
which at one time was one of the most
influential papers in its locality. Not
very long since the Trenton True AnerS-
can went into the hands Of receiver.
High prices of white paper, increased cost
of labor. stringent rulings of the post
Office department. all have their depress-
ing influence upon the small journals.
So far as we are able to discover we feel
happy to state that the papers In this
county all appear to be able at least
keep their heads above water. owing to
the good support accorded them by the
people of the community and we hope
they may all live and prosper.
AFTER fight of eight years for his life
Caleb Powers was pardoned, on Saturday,
by the Governor of Kentucky. Powers
--.n<o5 g. a,~,Ylioitu ", tho murder
of Governor-elect Goebel, of that state.
Despite the fact that there was no direct
evidence connecting Powers with the
crime, he was convicted three times, and
on the fourth trial the jury disagreed.
Each time there was conviction the YER
dict was set aside by the Supreme Court
of the state. The case was one of political
feud and hatred and the action of Cover
nor Wilson, in giving this bounded man
his liberty, will be lauded all oversthe
United States. The Philadelphia Ledge,
comments on the subject thus:
,sOutside of Kentucky there will be put
one Judgment Goebel will never fill the
roll of a martyr, except in the estimation
of his own narrow partisans- He was an
INSCRIPTIONS politician, engaged in an
evil cause, and while the provocation was
no justification for the crime of his assassin
alton, he brought his own fate upon him
self, by means which he had not hesitated
to employ There was no direct evidence
connecting Powers with the shooting, but
. even were 1t true that he was cognizant OF
the plans of the reckless mountaineers
who are supposed to have encompassed
the death of Goebel, it is clear that he has
already suffered enough. Whether this
pardon will really end the long war and
pave the way for the return of the
expatriated Governor, Taylor, or whether
it will add fuel to the flames of faction.
time alone will show, but there are many
indications that Kentucky is tired and
ashamed of the case and will be glad to
let it sink into oblivion