The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
Political lettings.

own successor as Director of the Board Of
Freeholders.
When the next Board of Freeholders
organizes in January there will be several
propositions that will have for their object
the benefit of the taxpayers.
A subject that is being discussed at
present is whether Burlington city is en-
titled to another member Of the Board OF
Freeholders. At the last election a
gentleman was chosen from one Of the
wards on the ground that the city Is en-
titled to member from each ward As
there are two more wards the query arises
why does not the city claim four membersf
Aud if Burlington Is entitled to one for
each ward why is not Bordentown city
entitled to three membersf The right of
the new member from Burlington to seat
in the county body will probably be con-
tested and the burden of proof will be
put upon him.
John w. Harris is making an active
canvass for the position Of County Engi-
neer, which office will probably be filed at
the next session of the Board of Free
holders. On the point of economy there
is large field for this Office. During the
past year, over 50, 400 have been spent on
engineering work, the labor having been
divided between men engaged for separate
jobs. ACounty Engineer couldlbe elected
at salary of not over 81, 800, and In addi-
ton to looking after special pieces of road
building, could also be pressed into ser
vice in andIsupervising repairing as well as
building roads In electing an officer Of
this kind much money may be saved.
There seems to be reluctancy on the
part of some of the members of the Legis.
lature to accept the position of leader of
the House. Last week, in the absence of
Lewis, the latter was select
ed by his fellow-members as the right
man for the place. The next morning the
announced that MIR. Lewis
had declined to accept the honor. But
the absolute declination was not correct.
Under certain conditions he would take
the place notwithstanding it is one of
great responsibility and keeps man con-
tinually on the move. In the past the
leader has been chairman of the Judiciary
committee and has also been q lawyer.
Now the idea seems to be to make Mr..
Lewis leader but to give the chairman
ship of the committee to lawyer, there
by providing him with clerk. In other
words the scheme seems to be to give the
county member more work
5han he has been doing, without giving
him any extra privileges. If this is to be
he programme he will be very foolish to
accept.
The poets are busy with William Jen-
lings Bryan. A man who had been vot.
ng the Democratic ticket for a number of
years, handed the following to the Herald:
We have Bryan in silver, and Bryan in gold,
Bryan In youth and Bryan when old;
were tough,
We thank Thee, good Lord, but we've had
Bryan enough.
The couplet on Bryan, in the Herald,
lad hardly seen the light when another
gentleman who has been identified with
he Democratic party, gave The News the
ollowing, which was cut from the NesO
York Sun;
1 would much prefer to retire to private life.
: William Jennings Bryan.
Veil, nobody's going to stop you, Bill;
There's nobody in your way.
We're ready to help you do 1t till
You've settled right down to stay.
'hree times the people have said 1t, Bill;
They've hollered it loud and true,
good long rest of a hundred years
Is the ticket, old man. for you.
you've borne the brunt OF the battle, BILL
For jolly old good long while
'hree times the people have swept you up
In a neat little human pile.
hey feel that you've served your purpose, Bill.
Done all you could hope to do.
And nice long rest on Salt Rivers bank
Is the ticket, old man, for you.
lou kept us awake for good long time
And you've bothered us like the deuce;
lou shook our Iivers and filled our minds
With eloquent verbal juice.
fouve told us all what we ought to know
And hammered it in hard, too,
IND we're ali agreed that the quiet life
Is the ticket, old man, for you.
he folks in charge of our business
Are able at last, we think,
% carry us on for a little while
Provided with food and drink.
Ven get along as we always did
And evermore hope to do
10 take your rest for long repose
Is the ticket, old man, for you.
10 home, old chap, for good long snooze
Indulge in a genial snOre,
\ nd don't you worry a Bit old boy,
On the future or heretofore.
Ven wake you up when we need you. Bill,
In the year twenty-three- Ought-tWO-
The ticket of twenty-three-eight, perhaps,
Is the ticket, old man, for you.
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