The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-18
The War Is On.

The internal war in Mexico, which
just at present, is giving President Viii
son SO much concern and about which
he is doing nothing is but a pink tea
social compared to the coming internal
war among the Burlington county Dem.
ocrats. Strange as it may seem, the
object of the strife in Burlington county
is the same as it is in MeXico-who is
going to get the offices. Whether the
Presidents personal representative in
Burlington county, Richard Patrick
Hughes, will be more successful in quiet
ing the warning factions here than John
Lind was in Mexico, cannot of course,
at this time, be foretold.
At the present writing the recruits are
| being enlisted, the battle lines formed
and the war is on. The only place for
peaceful citizens is in cyclone cellars.
The candidates for the various offices
are smiling at their opponents or when
their names are mentioned, and saying
not single word against them-not a
single word-but at the same time stories
of ''short cuts, raw deals" and ''sharp
practices" are in some way being circu-
lated about this and that man whose
name is mentioned for Judge or Prose
cutor
In the contest for the judgeship three
new names have been entered Walter
A Ra hr
Samuel NJ. Roberts. Mr.. Barrows is the
Nestor of the Burlington county bar,
and it would be a gracious thing to give
him the position, but the Democratic
leaders mot bosses-the Democrats
never have any bosses) are more inclined
to be practical than gracious. Mr.. Me-
Mullin, who lives in Moorestown, has
his Office in Philadelphia, where he
practices, and while he is a member of
the bar of New Jersey, he is but little
known in the county. Mr.. Roberts has
had considerable experience in being
candidate; having, it is said, been can
didate for Chancellor, Judge of the
Court of Errors and Appeals, Justice of
the Supreme Court and Circuit Court
Judge. These preliminary experiences
may aid him; recently he has served as
Justice of the Peace.
A new idea of solving the matter has
been suggested and it is to appoint Jesse
Lucas. Mr.. Lucas was the Democratic
candidate at the last election, for steward
of the almshouse; in fact it has been the
habit of the Democratic leaders mot
bosses) to run Jesse for about every Office
when there was no chance of election,
and now some think he should be re-
warded. OF course he is not a lawyer,
but there are Others" being member
of the bar don't make a lawyer by a
good deal.
Some of the candidates, with the hope
of helping their cause, are still wearing
Fielder buttons and displaying the
photograph of the governor-elect in their
windows, Others are devoting their time
to button-holing their friends and start
ing to inundate the governor with letters
of recommendation. 1t is said that all
of these letters go into a file marked
Burlington County Judgeship, Kill
kenny Cats"
Realizing that Richard p Hughes will
have an important part in the selection,
the candidates are working to secure his
". N. DuTlHS Tie past Ten utyS LICK
has had more communications with law
yerS, by telephone, letters and personal
visits, than he ever did before in year.
Speaking of Mr.. Hughes, it is quietly
suggested that he may select another
Democrat to take the place of William
f. Morgan on the county tax board. If
this be true, Mr.. Morgan's chance of re-
appointment is very small.
The Prosecutorship contest remains
about the same, but it has been definite
ly determined that all of the judgeship
candidates, except the winner, may en-
ter this field without paying an addition
al entrance fee.