Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-01-04
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
THINGS TALKED ABOUT.

1t must be mighty gratifying to
Democrats of this county to note the
popularity of Democratic men when
ever they are put to the front. While
City Council was organizing at noon
on Monday with Democratic major
lty for the first time in the history of
the city, the Democratic minority in
the Board of Chosen Freeholders was
enjoying the sensation of seeing their
caucus nominee for Director, Harry
w. Jones, elected by vote of 10 TO
over Joseph B. Best, for several years
the Republican leader and county f.
nancier. Mr.. Jones has served for
q years in the Board, and his famil-
1arity with county business, and
knowledge of the county's finances
should make his service in the Direc-
tors chair Invaluable to the taxpayers.
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The DemOcratic majority in Council
has already proved that their policy
is to be constructive and not destruc-
tive. The only offices they have TAX
en- thus far is one assessor and two
members of the Board of Health. A
good many Democrats were of opin-
ion that the majority should have
taken the Office of Superintendent of
the Water Department but those on
whom the responsibility of maintain
ing the department at its best service
fell, felt that Mr. Wilmer embodied too
many points of excellence as a public
official to dispense with his services at
this time. The hope is that under the
training of the new Water committee
he will so improve the service that
greatest admirers. After all, pure
water, and business methods must be
the first consideration of our City
Fathers, and the business-like begin
ming OF our new Fathers appeals to
the good judgment of the people.
The County Board of Taxation has
viewed the work of the Assessor in
Franklin, especially that complained
of by Collector Hallock, and have Civ
en- their Judgment with the Assessor.
While in Franklin last Monday they
viewed properties against tae. assess
ment of which the Collector made no
protest, and they consider that is the
remarkable feature of his protest.
remarkable feature of his protest The
Board also dismissed Mr. Haliock's
petition to have his personal assess
ment removed from Clayton and laid
II Franklin
The statement is made that neither
Chosen Freeholder G. c. Thomson,
Democrat, of Greenwich and Pauls-
boro, and Jackson Morgan, Republican
of South Harrison, have complied with
the Geran law in the matter of filing
expense accounts, and are therefore
ineligible to office. Mr. Morgan filed
his. expense account on Saturday last,
and Mr.. Thomson says he filed his
with Township Clerk Murray, which
Mr.. Murray Acknowledges is the fact.
If it is shown that neither of these
members of the Board are eligible for
that cause, then in the case of Mr.
Morgan the Committee will fill the
vacancy; and in case of Mr.. Thorn
son the Committee of Greenwich, and
number of citizens, chosen by the
Council of Paulsboro equal to one for
each 100 votes cast, and fraction over
so, will meet in joint session and se-
lect the MEMBER.
County Clerk Sturgess says that out
of 199 candidates voted for in this
county last November only 131 have
filed expense papers with the County
Clerk. This is pretty mess, and il
Judge Starr should prove as fnexor-
able as Judge Horner, of Burlington,
hoS 10 II
tion law before very long.
And right here very pertinent
question arises. Is there real, hard
pan justice in Furnishing, upright, law
abiding citizens for negative viola
tion of this law, at this time The
public has never had an opportunity
of seeing or reading the law. If this
law had been advertised in the news
papers, as we believe every law should
be, then there would be no excuse for
violation, but to indict and fine men
like Jackson Morgan and c.. G.. Thorn
son, both of whom are fair samples of
the SO other violations, and both of
whom became candidates more from
sense of public duty than desire
for office, neither of whom asked for
vote, and would have been happier
in defeat than victory; neither of
whom expended cent for his own or
others election, we say that to indict
and fine them is not, in our opinion,
a high conception of the rules of jus
tice, as generally understood
mittees:
.Almshouse and Asylum-Munyan,
Tombleson, Sharp, Horner, Garwood.