Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-15
THE COUNTY CLERKSHIP

Editor of Democrat.=Aceording to
newspaper reports Hon. Thomas nj.
zFerrell and Hon James Lafferty are
Ito be candidates for Clerk of Glouces-
ter County. Now, it is the general
opinion that Mr. Ferrell is not a can
didate for the clerkship,- and does
not aspire to that office, ,oWhile Mr..
Lafferty would, no doubt, feel honored
by election to that Office Therefore,
/ take the liberty of offering this ad-
vice to the Democrats of Gloucester
County, trusting they will agree with
me, and make an effort to place both
of these honorable gentlemen where
they belong While the clerkship is,
no doubt, a position of considerable
! Importance, and one that calls for a
very competent man, as we are told
that the present clerk is very COM
petent one. Therefore, we must go
before the people with candidate
who will command their respect and
confidence-on who will command
the full democratic vote and also
draw Republicans who are not salts
| fed with frosty conditions
Judging the future by the past,
| James Lafferty should be able to mea-
sure up to the above requirements
He is the only man who has been ell
1 ected on the Democratic ticket to the
Assembly during the past twenty
years. 1t may be said that he ran in
Democratic years. The same thing
can be said of other successful candi-
dates.
Let Mr.. Lafferty run for County
clerk, for the people Like winner
| With good assistants he. will soon fit
into the office as the others have done
! in the past.
Now, let us take up Mr. Ferrell
Last year being an off year, when
there were several local candidates
in the field, no doubt more attention
was paid to the county candidates than
to the national candidates, consequent
/ ly Mr.. Ferrell did not receive the sup
4 port he should, and would have re
ceived were it not for the local con-
ditions then existing. This year, with
/ Governor Wilson heading the ticket,
the people will want to send men of
experience to Congress. and will pay
more attention to the national candi-
dates Therefore, as Mr.. Ferrell sac
/ rificed himself last year, when it
/ proved to be an empty honor, it seems
good logic to argue that he should be
the candidate this year.
/ There seems to be no candidate-comz
ing from Camden County, as Mr..
Mooney, undoubtedly the most popular
man in that county, is settled away in
the sheriff's office, and would, no
doubt be reluctant about entering the
race this year.
i 1t is reported that Senator Davis, of
Salem, is likely to come out for Con-
gress. Now, Senator Davis is I'M
/ doubtedly popular man in Salem
/ County, but he is needed in the Senate
of New Jersey, and he owes it to the
Y arty to stay there for few years
# yet With Woodrow Wilson in Wash
ington we will need some strong men
4 at Trenton during the next few years.
Gloucester County is sandwiched be-
tween Camden and Salem, and is geo
graphically the proper county to have
the congressman. Camden will pro-
bably have the next United States
Senator in the person of Hon. John
w. Wescott, and should be contented.
With the discord in the Republican
party, the grand old man of Glouces-
/ ter County ought, if nominated, be
sent back to Washington to again ec-
cupy the chair he left twenty eight
years ago.
/ Gloucester Countians, get busy, and
we will return to the national capital
the old war horse of Democracy to
assist in carrying out the policies of
the people. The policies which We're
successfully fought at Baltimore by
Democracy's faultless leader, VIM. ].
Bryan; and which will be put in prac-
tice by the next president Woodrow
Wilson.
August l, 1912. HARRY CRIST.