The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-07-13
Political Matters.


Assemblyman John B. Trick has ar
nounced his candidacy for the Republica
nomination for State Senator.
The people will this year demand tina
the officials to be elected must be me
who can and will think for themselve
and not squeak every time somebody pull
a string.
Robert Peacock will seek reelection t.
the Office of County Auditor this fall. /
seems inconsistent to haYe all the count,
offices with terms from three to five year
and require the Auditor to be elected an
nually.
Ex-Assemblyman Benjamin D. Shed
aker was In town on Wednesday and sale
he would be candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for State Senator. H,
said he would be ''for Davy Baird ant
John Kean, and he did not care who knew
it." If that did not suit the people ht
would go to picking oranges on his Flor
ida plantation.
SAYS the NeUark Nesos: "a declared
Davy Baird man has entered the race fol
the Republican Senatorial nomination ir
Burlington County. Former Assembly
man B. D. Shedaker is thus maintaining
his reputation of being frank, but foolish.
The latter part of the item depends upor
whether you are looking through the un
dimmed spectacles of this section or are
trying to get peep through the clouded
bifocals of the Newark man.
One of the latest reports is that William
T. Stecher is to be candidate for county
clerk. There Is an apparent determine
ton on the part of certain persons to dc
all that can be done to accomplish the de-
feat of George N. Winner and candidates
are being urged to run in localities where
it is thought he will get good vote.
Harry Kunzi has been named for Borden
town, and now Stecher is named from
Riverside, the efforts evidently being con
fined to the river front.
There is quite contest on for the Elk
else Commissioner in Burlington made
vacant by the death of Washington 1.
Irwin. There are eight candidates thus
far, David V. Holmes, Cooper H. Prickett,
Edward L. Stone, G.. Frank Fort, Charles
P. Smith, Anderson Shinn and Joseph r.
Cheeseman being among the number.
The church people are taking quite an
interest In the matter. Efforts are being
made to have Theodore F. Ellis, Jr., APP
pointed. The place pays a small salary,
but the political influence 1t is supposed
to possess is the attracting magnet. The
appointment will be made by Judge
Horner.
Wednesday was the date for the month
ly meeting of the Board of Freeholders
and 1t also seemed to be the occasion for
the gathering Of the candidates for Office.
George N. Winner was here looking over
the ground for the Office of county clerk,
and Harry L. Knight took a peep at the
same situation, while William Fl. Reeves,
who was on his way to Burlington to
have his teeth attended to, stopped and
put his ear to the ground. Charley Car
slake was in town, but from all accounts
he merely dropped In" Whether he Is
a bona fide candidate has not yet been an
nounced.
The opinion of the Assistant Attorney.
General on the question of electing mem
bers of the county committees does moi
seem to meet with general approval
throughout the state and the courts will
be called upon to define the law. In Cam.
den county the chairman of the Republi-
can committee certified to the city clerk
that there were rs members of the com
mittee to be elected-one for each cleo
ton district, but the chairman of the
county Democratic committee certified
that only twelve were to be chosen fol
his party, they to be selected at large. In
Hudson county the Republicans claim
that only fifteen members of the county
committee are necessary, while the New
Idea men think there should be 425 in the
body. On this ground mandsmus was
secured compelling the election of the
latter number, and Judge Swayze has
made the rule to show cause returnable
on the 10th. At that time it is hoped the
law will be interpreted so as to settle this
disputed question for the entire state.