The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-14


AFTER THE battle Is over and the result
has been to the satisfaction of those who
were most instrumental in securing the
defeat Of at least one Of the Republican
candidates, there Is an earnest appeal to
get together and bury past differences.
and work Ia harmony. Nice doctrine to
preach now, yet that Is about what Snow
den Haines. editor of the Enterprise, put
forth in one Of the after-election issues of
his paper. 1t would have been much bet
ter If he had worked on that line prior to
the primary election. The manner In
which he worked for Charles Rigg will
not be forgotten in long time. He had
perfect right to support any one he saw
flt to but he did not have the right to SOW
the seeds of discord to such an extent that
the ticket to be nominated would
be placed in jeopardy. And that Is just
what Snowden Haines did. For seven
months he published in the Enterprise
weekly articles In which William P. Lip
pincott was subjected to all sorts Of ridi
Guile and Misrepresentation, to say nothing
Of actual lying. In spite of all this
despicable warfare Mr.. Lippincott sue
ceeded In getting the nomination and
Haines did not break any record In sup
porting him. or in fact any other part Of
the ticket. Of course after publishing the
items that he did 1t would be hard work
to get into line without stultifying him
self The Enterprise did not hoist the
Republican ticket In its columns until af-
ter It's attention had been called to the
matter by resident Of Burlington, and
then 1t appeared only in the Saturday
issues But, on The other hand. any kind
of an advertisement that would lend aid
to the Democratic party was given
prominence In the so-called Republican
paper. The Wilson meeting In Burling-
ton was given a half page, and on the day
before the election, all through the paper,
there appeared sqaibs begging the people
to vote for Jordan for Sheriff 1t will not
avail to say that these sQuibs were paid
advertisements. They were In so-called
Republican paper for the interests of a
Democratic candidate, throwing out re-
quests where discomfort already prevailed
owing to previous publications. 1t is not
to be presumed that the Enterprise was so
hard pushed that 1t needed the small sum
of money that was realized from this
source of advertisement. And, unless we
are wrongly informed, one of the first men
to congratulate Joseph Huff over the
telephone was the editor Of the Enterprise.
And now, having seen the election of a
Democratic Surrogate. to his unioubted
satisfaction, Snowden Haines comes out
and suggests that 1--WE get together for
harmony and future success" What Is
that success to BET Is 1t to be his nominal
tion for Congress, for it is currently re-
ported that he. like Governor Wilson, has
longing eyes on an official career in Wash
ington. 1t is just as well to look at this
matter fairly. A prominent politician of
this county, the day after his election. ex
tended Inequalities to number of persons
and one of them said: why, you are
elected, why this mover" The answer
was: 81 will be candidate three years
from now, and l am beginning the next
campaign now" This is the time to be-
gin the Congressional campaign. Begin
work as If 1t were a settled fact that Snow
den Haines will enter the contest. There
is no desire to read him out of the Repub-
lican party, If he has not done that him.
self, but there should be desire to keep
him from representing this district in
Congress. His actions In the last campaign
show that he preferred Democrat In the
Surrogate's Office If he could not dictate to
the people who should go there. Selfish
ness and desire to be boss not only
failed to succeed but they materially hurt
the political chances of reputable young
man. If Snowden Haines is satisfied to
see an important county Office go into the
hands of the Democrats there should not
be the the slightest hesitation in keeping
him from being a prominent figure in
National affairs. Even If he had the
proper calibre for such an important Of
fee his past political actions should pre-
clude him. 1t does not matter that he has
not announced himself for the Office. Make
the situation plain to him that he need
not apply and If he does SO let him
know shat he will not be accepted. The
same sort of warfare that he waged on a
man who, In our estimation. is far above
him in every particular, should be waged
on him in his desire to gain his own sell
fish ends.