Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-09-03
THE JUDGE MOURNED
LACK OF PROGRESS
Plead for Proper Protection Of Home
Intimated That Square Deal Is Not
Giyen-A General Review

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two members of the Republican Commit
tee of Somers Point, citizens meeting
was held in Nichols hall Tuesday evening
to discuss local conditions and nominees
| for the various offices to be filled at the
election in November.
| Mr.. A. H. Higbee, one of the commit
teemen, opened the session and by viva
voce elected chairman of the meeting The
chairman then reviewed the work so far
accomplished in announcing that petitions
were filed for quota of candidates,
which the law required to be done be-
fore a certain date in August.
The list was prepared by the leaders
of the Republican party here several
days after the papers of Mayor Camp
bel had been secured and in circula tion.
The petition of Mr.. Herman Steck was
signed by fifty Republicans within six
hours after procured, and by sixty-fve
in twenty four hours. Thus proving
the popular favor in which the selected
candidate stood The full ticket en-
dorsed:
For Mayor, Herman Steck.
For Councilman at large, G.. E. c..
Steelman.
For Councilman, lst ward, Frank F.
Westphal.
For Councilman, I'd ward, George Coll.
For Freebooter, lst ward, Harry Not
haker.
For Freeholder, I'd ward, Lewis Mason.
Board of Education, years, John w.
Aydelotte; Somers S. Steelman. For
year, T. G. Middleton.
For Executive Committee, lst ward, A.
III I
Delegate to Congressional Convention,
lst ward, w. G. Sooy; I'd ward, John
Knobeloch.
Delegate to State Convention, lst
ward, James Clark; I'd ward, Judge
Higbee.
The various nominees We're called upon
and nearly all responded in a strong,
happy vein, hoping for better things for
our city in the next several years, and
pledging themselves to put their should
ers to the wheel for progress.
Among the last to speak was Judge
E. A. Higbee, who was listened to in
profound silence as he reiterated the
history of civic betterment for the last
fifteen years. He enumerated the list
of improvements that have been secured
by the people, calling attention to the
sad lack of progress during the last two
years, Notwithstanding the vast amount
of advertising done by the chief execu
tive of the city. Altogether the Judges
remarks were safe, sane, impartial crit
icism as voter and taxpayer who, like
every American citizen, will exercise his
inalienable right to vote for the man
his own conscience approves. His appeal
So IL, H,f Il
tion of civic government drove home to
his hearers sense that the home and
family must be protected and every man
be accorded a square deal.
The assembly by a rising vote ap-
proved the whole list of candidates and
will work for them at the primary cleo
tion on September l3.
The chairman also announced that a
Democratic petition endorsing Mr.. Steck
for mayor was filed bearing the names
of twenty voters, all secured in few
hours.
A laugh circulated freely when an
avowed Democrat arose and announced
that fully half the signers on Mayor
Campbell's petition were Democrats and
half of the other half We're not legal
voters" This gentleman also announced
that as his party representation was so
, small, there would be no Democratic
ticket this fall.
A surprise was given to many citizens
last Saturday when they received
four-page circular from the present
Mayor. who thereby signified his filing of
a petition for a denomination. In the
circular he forcefully pictured an un-
canny spectre which he claimed to see
lowering over the city and which
infamous. withering scrouage was intent
upon destroying all virtue and respec-
tibility This voluminous admission of
dissatisfaction among the people has
been answered by one of the most in
fuential taxpayers.