The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-07-29
Political Pointers

Jesse Lucas, of Burlington township, Is
going to try once more for the Office of
Steward Of the Almshouse. 1t will simply
be case of ''try again" as Charles A.
Bovine will succeed himself.
Frank s. Katzenbach, of Trenton, who
wants to be the Democratic nominee for
Governor, will attend z meeting to be
held In his interest in Burlington Thurs-
day evening.
Ellsworth II. Burtis, of Burlington, Is
rael w. Garwood and j. Maurice GarWood,
OF Medford, have been announced as avail
able candidates for the Democratic nomi.
nation for Assembly. DR.. Marcy Is In
Europe.
Many looked for the Burlington Gazette
to announce, on Friday, the candidacy Of
its editor DR.. r. B. Glasgow, for the
Democratic nomination for Assembly. 1t
did not appear, Notwithstanding several
other papers have given 1t out as an
assured fact. The doctor editor would
certainly make his personality felt under
the dome of the state house.
The Burlington County Democratic
Committee was called together Saturday,
but few of them appeared and those who
were on hand wondered what they were
summoned for Richard p Hughes, chair
man, appeared, with a bandage on his
chin which had been too close to a gas
tank, or gasoline engine, or something
OF that sort with the result that Richard
got hard knock.
AS reported In THE News some time
ago, Thomas M. Terrell is apparently
head man In the race for Internal
Revenue Collector for this district Con
gresham Baker is said to be backing
William B. Loudenslager, of Atlantic
City. while Senators MARITIME and Hughes
are in favor OF Terrell. Recent action In
the Atlantic City postmastership appear
to indicate that the backing of any of
these officials does not amount to much.
The Burlington County Board of Tax
alton has appointed John B. Tilton, of
Springfield, and William H. Absalom, of
Florence, to do the clerical work connect
ed with the tax duplicates. Fred Taylor,
of Bordentown, has been one of the clerks
for several years, and last year he did
most of the work at his store in Borden
town. This was sufficient excuse for the
displacement of Taylor, the Board decid-.
ing the work must be done here, so Absa-
lom was appointed. He Is warm friend
Of Richard P. Hughes, prominent men,
Der of the Board of Taxation.
Tommy Birch is not easily downed De-
clining the chance to be a Persian lamb.
he got In line for something else, and 1t is
reported he is now likely to be minister to
Portugal, the land of the Portuguese, port
wine, etc. The Century dictionary is au-
thority for the statement that "wine of
absolutely pure growth is seldom to be
got under the name. The wine usually
sold under the name of port is partly arti
fetal, or 'doctored' by blending, etc." So
1t is to be hoped Tommy will make the
appointment and will look into the matter
of having pure "port" sent to this country.
oh, we forgot the salary. 1t is $40, 900,
the same mere bagatelle" mentioned In
connection with the other appointment.
A writer In a Philadelphia paper ha
called attention to the approaching cleo
tion on the question of large or a small
Board of Freeholders, and has stated that
the old ring" is getting ready to defeat
the proposition to continue the present
system. Exception is taken to tlis re-
mark, and 1t is claimed there is no cold
ring" yet such statement must be taken
very carefully. There may not be any
''ring,' but there Is combination st
work to get rid of the small Board Of
Freeholders and put back into power the
system that has been denounced by the
man who examined the accounts, by grand
juries who have investigated the methods
which were pursued, and which brought
discredit upon itself to the extent Of hav-
ing members of the old organization held
up to the community as careless If not
dishonest men. One man, who, feeling
his position, has apparently withdrawn
from public life, has again been brought
into the limelight, when he should have
been allowed to rest In the seclusion 1t Is
claimed he is seeking. Perhaps he is not
in politics, but has it ever occurred to his
defenders that he, as well as one of his
companions, Is still member of the
County Republican committee, and no
intimation has been given thus far that
there is any intention of getting QUIT 1t
Is all right to give out the statement that
there ''is nothing doing" In certain quar-
tiers, but do not be lulled into security
with any such ideas.