The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-04-30

PETITIONS are being circulated In tnls
state to have the name of former Governor
Edward G. Stokes put on the Republican
ticket as candidate for United States SEN
ator. The Philadelphia Record, speaking
of the political situation in this state, has
this to say about the attitude of some of
the leaders toward Governor Stokes:
United States Senator Briggs, who is
on the slate as one of the big four dele
gates, gave dinner in Washington the
other night In honor of Supreme Court
Justice Pitney, and among the guests
were many prominent men of the State,
but was former Governor Stokes there
BE was not-not so that you could notice
1t. And whyf Just because Stokes,
striving to break the grip of some of the
men who have mismanaged the party for
years, trying to point out the better
course, striving to get little closer to the
heartsan minds of the people, aroused the
bitter enmity of practically every one of
the managers of the almost completely
wrecked Machine, and he is not invited
any more to the councils or the feasts of
the party. They were perfectly willing
to use the brains and the political acumen
with which the former Governor is gene
rously supplied, but they had no use for
his company when 1t came to planning to
perpetuate the life of the rusty, down-at-
he-ioints and clogged old Machine They
fancied that they needed but to get their
heads together, to fix up the slate, to
frame an address to the voters and every
thing would be lovely once more
There is much truth in the above, but
the people showed in 1910 how they re-
garded Mr.. Stokes by giving him the vote
on this same subject. There will not be
any trouble to get large number of
signatures In Burlington county for the
former Governor and the signers will vote
az they write. Burlington county did its
duty in the election when Mr.. Stokes was
candidate In 1910, giving him 1886 votes,
which was quite help in rounding up
the total In the state. This locality will
be loyal to the man for whom 1t has the
greatest respect and admiration.
ONE Of the acts of the grand jury now
on duty was the adoption of resolutions
urging citizens of the county to labor dill
igently to bring all violators of the liquor
laws to justice. The resolutions recite
that many cases are brought before the
grand jury because of the sale of intoxi-
eating drink, and the jury condemn the
indiscriminste sale of intoxicants, wheth-
or by licensed dealers or otherwise" The
fact that liquor is responsible for many
crimes is story as old as the liquor laws
themselves. That all good citizens should
be willing to aid In enforcing the laws is
also truth. But why should a grand
inquest. sworn to look into all attractions
Of the law, put the work upon othersf If
recent sitting that there was ''indiscrimi-
nate SALE" why did it not get busy and
indict2 II the idea was mere suspicion
why not put the laws machinery in mo-
tion to ferret out violations and violatorsH
In his charge to the grand jury Judge
Voorhees, said that while the inquest must
make diligent inquiry into all cases pre-
sented to 1t, it need not stop there, but
should make inquiry into any matter that
1t might have knowledge of. Why, then,
put 1t up to "the good citizens?" Another
Judge, whose name we do not recall, said
the grand jury was supreme in the matter
of looking into crime. The jury is con-
tinuous body, being held from one court
to another, to consider such cases as may
come to its notice. Back of the jury there
is the Office of the prosecutor of the pleas
who has at his command detectives and
officers In all parts of the county. With
Q prosecutor receiving $4,000 per year
and detectiYe getting 81, 500 year, II
would seem that the county ought to have
violations of the law looked up without
waiting for the good citizens" to do de
tective work. If the grand jury has any
knowledge on the line on which the reso
lutions spoke, or If 1t has suspicious OF
that same line, why not get the machinery
Of the prosecutors Office In action ant
have the guilty brought to justicef