The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-23
TUESDAY, JANUARY % 1912

AMONG the bills that will be presented
to the Legislature is one designed to reform
the drawing of jurors. No elisors are to
draw juries unless the sheriff and all the
coroners are dead or disabled. A sheriff
must prepare a roster of 500 names of per
sons. QUALIFIED for grand jury duty and
publish the names for two consecutive
weeks In five newspapers In the county.
The court cannot select foreman of the
grand jury, the jurors must do that. A
sheriff must prepare roster of names OF
persons available for petit jury duty, and
the court cannot add to or take from the
list. Petit jurors are not to be allowed to
serve more than one day unless the case
they are on occupies more than that times
Neither grand nor petit jurors are to re-
ceive any pay, nor are they liable to re-
ceive either thanks or condemnation from
the court The court is not to be allowed
to approve or disapprove of the verdict of
jury. The bill looks somewhat like
freak, and the feature that will commend
bids the court from censuring jury or
showing disapproval with verdict rem
dered according to the ideas of the jury
on the evidence they have listened to.
MINGLED feelings of CONSERVATION and
exultation were felt in Democratic ranks
last week. The former were experienced
by the friends of Governor Wilson, while
those who oppose him and who have had
occasion to remark about his ingratitude,
etc., felt that all they had said had been
justified. The reason for all this display
was the statement by Col. Wattersou,
staunch Democrat, to the effect that the
Governor had not treated Col. Harvey,
editor of Harpers' Weekly, in a civil
manner. Harvey, it will be remembered,
was largely instrumental in bringing
Woodrow Wilson to the front as Guber-
Material candidate. and has been siren
uously advocating the latter as Presi-
Dental nominee. Some time since it was
reported that the Governor had broken
away from Harvey and had suggested
that Harpers' be not quite SO active in his
behalf. The Governor would not admit
there was any foundation for such re-
port, and then came the statement of Col.
Watterson. The latest issue of Ha,pers'
Weekly contained the following:
1--WE make the following reply to many
inquiries from readers of Harpers' Weekly:
trTyI-
candidate for President was taken down
from the head. of these columns 10 re-
Spouse to statement made to us directly
by Governor Wilson, to the effect that our
support was affecting his candidacy in
juriously.
ssThe only course left open to u.s. In
simple fairness to Mr.. Wilson, no less
than in consideration of our own self
respect, was to cease to advocate his NOM
ination.
I'VE make this explanation with great
reluctance and the deepest regret. But
we cannot escape the conclusion that the
very considerable number of our readers
who have co-operated earnestly and
loyalty in advancing movement which
was inaugurated solely in the hope of
rendering high public service, are clearly
entitled to this information"
1t will be seen by the above that while
simple fairness was due Gov. Wilson.
the editor of Harpers' Weekly felt his self
respect was involved That this incident
has had decided depressing effect upon
the plans of Governor Wilson for the
Presidential nomination cannot be denied.
but he is swinging around the circle just
the same. Even the correspondent of the
Philadelphia Record, whose Monday po-
litical letters have fairly gushed with
Wilson praise, has Gained down very
much and where whole column has been
brought into play, very short space is
now all that is needed for the purpose of
showing the Governor is not forg
Is 1t possible that Brother Bacon has been
requested to ''put the soft pedal on''2