The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-07
Political Notes.


? Jim" Fielder is very cheap imita-
ton of Woodrow Wilson.
: wilson's first big task over" is the
: headline in a daily newspaper. The first
idea was that it referred to the nominal
I ton of Fielder, but on further reading it
, was shown to have another meaning.
The Burlington county Democratic
D committee organized at the court house
) on Tuesday and elected the following
officers: Chairman, Francis H. Reed,
Mount Holly; secretary, William H.
Absalom, Florence; treasurer, Eugene c..
Benyuard, Moorestown.
The county committee of the Progress
sive party in this county organized on
Tuesday night. A. S. L. Doughty, of
Mount Holly, was reelected chairman;
Henry Tatnall Brown, of Moorestown,
was made vice chairman, and Mayor
Edward H. Flagg, of Riverton, treasurer.
The secretary will be named later.
The Burlington County Republican
Committee organized on Tuesday by
electing the following officers: Chair
man, Ernest Watts, Burlington city;
vice chairman, Joseph c. Kingdom,
Northampton; secretary, Harry L.
Knight, Medford; treasurer, Carleton
Haines, Tabernacle. Together with the
officers named, the following will form
the County Executive Committee: DIR.
R. 7. Tracey, Beverly city; j. G. Lee
coney, Beverly township; Frank w.
Ford, Bordentown city; William E. Oar
nell, Chester; Joseph l.. Thomas, Gin
naminson; George Strick, Florence; A.
Engle Haines, Lumberton; William A.
Townsend, Mansfield; Albert Haines,
Mount Laurel; Harry Borden, North
Hanover; William H. Reeves, Pember-
ton township.
The Democrats met on Tuesday after
noon and organized their County Com
mittee. Francis HI. Reed, of Northamp-
ton, was elected chairman without OPP
position. The meeting was not without
its unpleasantness. Elwood Hart claimed
admission on the result of the election
in Willingboro where his name had been
written on eight Democratic tickets for
member of the committee, while the
other fellow received but one vote. The
township clerk, however, awarded the
certificate of election to Harris opponent
on the ground that he was the only man
who filed pitition and had his name
printed on the ticket. This case was
laid over for further consideration JOS
eph b. LamsOn, of Bass River, came up
without his certificate. He showed con-
clusively that he had received almost
the unanimous vote in his township and
did not have any opposition, but there
were some who thought he had no right |
to a seat. Joe told those in power that |
they could do as they pleased in the |
matter and after some consideration it |
was decided to admit the gentleman |
from Bass River. Richard P. Hughes, |
the retiring chairman, who goes to a |
seat on the State Committee, was covered |
with bouquets by an ardent admirer |
from Northampton, who referred in |
glowing terms to the glorious work done /
by Hughes in the two years that the |
latter had been chairman, entirely over
looking the fact that Dick had been
chairman but one year and that the
work done in that period had not been
such as to cause display of fireworks.
With the old saying Full many a rose
is born to blush unseen the retiring
chairman, with the extreme modesty for
which he is noted, did not correct the
statement, but took the bouquets that
fell at his feet. Il
A. S. l.. Doughty, chairman of the
county Progressive party, is credited
with the following interview:
when Republican leaders try to cite
the vote of last Tuesdays primaries,
from which the state election laws ex-
cluded more than 80 per cent. of the new
party men, as sign of the collapse of
the Progressive movement in Burlington
county, it is evident that they are whist
ling to keep up their own courage.
Hundreds of Progressives read the
courts decision prohibiting those who
voted in the Republican primaries last i
year from voting in the Progressive box
this year, and they stayed away from
the polls. Other hundreds were turned
down by the election officers when they
tried to vote. 1t is a significant fact that :
when Taft was elected the county gave
him 5000 Republican votes, while the
combined vote for Stokes, Fowler, Pierce
and Carey in Tuesdays primaries was
about 1000. 1t is not expected that a full .
vote will be recorded at any primaries,
but that difference of 5000 votes is food
for reflection for those Republicans who
think the Progressive party is dead
THE new party will show that it is
very much alive at the general election.
We have a strong candidate in Mr..
Colby, and the Progressive county ticket
is assured of strong support from many
sources outside its own ranks. The new
party is well organized throughout the
country and there is no indication of a
desire of the rank and file for a combin-
alton with the Republicans. There can
be no compromise of principles and the ,
young party will be found strong and fit
for the fight at the general election"
1t was but natural that chairman
Doughty should refer to the returns that 1
would show best for his side of the argu- |
ment, so he took the vote for Mr. Taft 4,
when there was no Progressive party in
existence. Why did he not refer to the
figures of 1912? In that election Mr. '
Taft received 3, 95S votes and Mr.. RooSe- {
welt 1884 votes. In the recent primary
election Mr.. Stokes polled 3, 485-within
479 of the vote for Mr.. Roosevelt, who
was higher than Mr.. Taft. If it is desired I
to make comparison with the latter gen. {
tleman in 1912 it is only necessary to ,
state that Taft received 1884 votes, but
it must not be forgotten that in the cleo
ton in 1908 when there was no Progress Is
i've candidate the total vote in the
county was $1,000, and in 1912, with
three candidates in the field for Presi-
dent, the total was little over IL, 1000.
So that in 1908 Mr.. Taft received about
60 per cent. of the total vote. In the t,
September primary the total vote cast
for the three Republican candidates for
Governor-and it was the same in the
only contested Office that of member of
Assembly-was 1928, and it will be
noticed that Mr.. Stokes got over 81 per
cent. of the total. OF course it does not
take long for the wind to change. 1t has
not been long since chairman Doughty
was automobiling around the county
with MIR. Osborne, attempting to get
members of the Progressive party into
thinking that Osborne and his theories
were the only correct thing in existence
But like a good party man he now turns
to Colby as strong candidate"
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