The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-09-10
Political Nntes

The Prohibitionists of the county will
hold a convention at Mount Holly mex
Saturday.
The Herald had very interesting In
| teryiew with one of the former bosses il
| this county, In which the latter is repre-
scented as having expressed himself 10
favor of Assemb bly, man Blanchard White
| 1t is very easy matter to get In the swim
when there is nothing else left to do.
The corrupt practice act is very strin.
gent in its provisions, and provides that
no gift Of any article or money shall be
made or promised to secure the election OF
any candidate at any election, and the law
is SO worded In several sections as to
cover every possible phase of the practice
| that has been so general In the past.
From stories that are being circulated and
which, In some instances, will not be hard
to verify, there are candidates who are,
either ignorantlY or Intentionally, paying
little attention to this law. AS candidates
whether successful or defeated, must
make affidavit to all expenditures, 1t is
easy to see where a charge of perjury
might be brought If some of the items of
expenditure were omitted. Better live up
to the law.
William Ii. Mason, who has been In the
township committee for three years, Is a
candidate to succeed himself and the
present indications are that he will be
successful. That is the way many of
the taxpayers feel about it. Mr.. Mason
has devoted much time and attention
TO the duties of his Office and has
been of great benefit to the town. Robert
M. Snyder, proprietor of the Madison
hotel, has entered the race not so much
because he would like to have the Office
as from the fact that he has been asked
by many citizens to become candidate.
Albert G. Mayer, another successful bust
ness man, is in the field, and Harry H..
Bowen, also one who has made his bust
ness grow, is candidate. Charles R..
Durand. answering the call of many
friends, has presented his name, and he
will get good vote, and last. but not the
least by any means, is Thomas w. Nip
pins, who has served the township In the
committee in days gone by. There
are plenty of candidates; select the best of
them.
Under some sort of arrangement or dis
pensation Robert G. Hutchinson has ap-
pointed three advisory committeemen"
for this county, they, in turn, having
power to add to their number. What the
duties or privileges of this new acquisi ton
are has not yet been disclosed. 1t looks
very much as If the old gang, wishing to
make control of the party complete, takes
this method of getting hold of the county
committee and force a majority into that
body. The gentlemen selected by Mr.
Hutchinson are former Senator Robbins,
Newton Morton and Clarence H. Polhe-
mus. 1t would never have done to select
Joshua Borton on this body, so the next
best thing was done-the treasurer of the
Trust Company of which Joshua Is presi-
dent was chosen.
What is the purpose of this advisory
committee"H What are to be its duties ?
The Geran election law provides that
county committees shall be elected, so this
new addition has no legal standing SO far
as the county committee is concerned. Is
1t to work independently of the latter
body and thus put the county committee
out of business 1t looks somewhat as If
that is the intention and 1t remains to be
seen whether the county body will
"knuckle" to the people who evidently
want to boss things.