The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-05-11

to the total worth of the railroad COM
panies as ascertained from a compilation
of the market value of their securities.
Neaoork Neaos.
The bill introduced by Senator Silzer,
which has become law and which for
bids the carrying of concealed weapons
without permit under penalty of
fine of 5000 and two years confinement,
If enforced, as it ought to be, should
pretty effectively serve its purpose, that
of breaking up the practice of carrying
concealed weapons. The number of muir
ders and murderous assaults has been
large during the past few years, and re-
Gently, In this city at least, the police JUS
tices have been giving offenders the limit
of the law for carrying concealed weap-
ons This has served somewhat as
check, but the practice of carrying con-
cealed weapons has not been stamped out
by any means. A drastic remedy has
been needed and Senator Silzer's bill
ought to go long way toward supply
ing that remedy.
Most of the offenders are ignorant
foreigners and heroic measures seem ne
cessary to make them appreciate the fact
that they are not allowed to carry con-
cealed weapons. The punishment pre-
scribed in Senator Silzer's bill should
have salutary effect. 1t ought to have
a good effect in another direction. The
thief or burglar who carries concealed
weapons will probably hereafter give
New Jersey a wide berth. for whether it
is proven that he is robber or not, If q
concealed weapon is found on him, 1t will
mean longer sentence many times than
he would receive had he committed rob-
berry unarmed. The law ought to be en-
forced to its limit Jersey City Journal.
We hear a good deal in these days about
independence in politics. This is an ad-
mirable quality to temper ones political
action with, when judiciously exercised
and applied where it counts. But when
the idea is carried to the extent of refus-
ing to act with any political organization
1t becomes chimerical, and reduces those
who adopt it to the position of bush
whackers who 'on their own hook Skin
mish on the heels of an army. Organized
parties are a necessity under our system
of government by the will of the majority.
No sensible man will expect that he can
secure government operating according
to his individual ideas. The best he car
| do is to unite himself with an organized
party which comes nearest to his ideals
and if he can not get it to do all he thinks
ought to be done, and to do it at once, h'
will surely get part of it, if he labor
earnestly and patiently, while If he at
tempts to secure his aims by Independent
action he will as surely fail to get any
thing. 1t is fact that almost since thu
birth of our Republic hardly any grea
measure for the public good has been Sc
cured save through the agency of a politi
cal party-P Paterson Press.
1
merely serves to show how ridiculous tn
State Board of Dental Examiners make
itself when it undertakes to prevent den
lists from advertising their business in tn
newspapers According to DR.. Saxen
meyer, who by all standards of fitness |
entitled to state license, license wa
refused him except on condition that b
make an affidavit binding himself to re
frain from the ''unethical practice of den
tistry," which is the technical term TO
advertising. This absurd condition Dr.
Saxenmeyer very properly repudiated
He contended that the state board wa
going beyond its powers when it attempt
ed to coerce dentists into following anti
quated business methods and decided t.
As a result he was arrested and charge'
with having practiced dentistry without
license. His arrest, which seems nothin
short of an outrage, calls public attention
to state of affairs that will not be tole
rated in New Jersey. Incidentally, it ma,
lead to the abolition of the State Boar,
of Dental Examiners or point out the ne
cessity of legislation curbing its mischieY
GUS activity. There is altogether too nue.
humbug about the so-cslled "ethics" o
certain professions and semi-professions
If dentist, a lawyer or doctor may b
denied license because he chooses to ad
vertise, he could with as much reason
similarly penalized because of the color o
his eyebrows. City Journal
While there has been no definite state
ment by the Governor to that effect, it
believed that he will fill the vacancies o.
all of the county tax boards in the state
This belief is founded on his neglect, O.
Tuesday, to make appointments to tn
Hudson and Essex boards, for the reaso
that he had not made 'all the selections
1t had been given out that the Governo
thought the services of three member
are required in the larger counties, bu
that two are sufficient for all the work t
be done in the others.
This change of opinion-if change ther
has been-will be applauded by major
ty of those who have given serious cor
sideration to the subject of taxation an
who know of the old methods of fayorit
ism shown in some taxing districts, tn
Determinations in others, and the probs
bly, natural disposition of local assessor
to keep down the assessments in their dis
tricts In order to benefit their friends an
neighbors at the expense of taxpayers i
other localities.
There is not county in the state Il
which such favoritism and Discrimination
has not been shown. In the larger coun
ties, with greater populations and large
duplicates, the instances are more numer
GUS To correct these inequalities an,
mistakes of judgment is the principa
work of the county boards; and to avoi
deadlocks and secure definite action Of
appeals it is desirable that each boar,
shall have it's full and legal complement
of members. This is as necessary in th
small as in the larger counties. S. rento1
Times.
The New Idea" faction of New Jer
sey met at club room in New York,
few nights ago, and decided to draft
bill taking the appointment of election
officers out of the hands of County Com
| nnittaea and Roards of Election and nlac