The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-16
Political Notes

!, Wonder if the result in Maine would
have been any different if William Jen-
nings Bryan had carried with him some
thing stronger than grape juice?
Fielder club headquarters have been
opened in Burlington and it is announced
that pictures, literature, etc., may be OBJ
tanned. What the s'etc. means is not
stated, possibly there is to be another
campaign fund of 81, 900 to 81 900 sent in
this year. If there is you may bet there
will be strict inquiry as to it's outgoing.
There is an impression among voters
that the fact they registered and voted at
the special election on the subject of the
small Board of Freeholders entities them
TO all privileges in the coming elections.
This is not so. A voter who cast his bal
lot at the election last November has the
right to vote in the primary election,
but in order to get that right for Novem-
Der he must be again registered. He
can do this on the day of the primary or
ON the 2lst of October, otherwise he will
not be entitled to vote in the general
election.
Governor Fielder made an automobile
trip through the county on Tuesday, to
advocate his nomination for the Office he
now holds "by accident" Fielder seems
determined that there shall not be any
accident in connection with the regular
nomination, but the fact that he has
been compelled to go on trips to various
parts of the state to boom his candidacy
shows he is not sure of his ground. The
hot shot that Mayor Katzenbach has
been firing has had its effect and has
made Jim" feel slightly nervous. The |
result in Maine, where the defeated can
didate had the endorsement of President |
hn I'll
another point that has caused uneasiness,
In his tour through this county Fielder |
was accompanied by Tom Birch and I
Dick Hughes, the men he says controlled |
some of his acts while Governor. 1t was +
only natural that he should be COM
PEELED to have them with him, but their
presence did not lend any material aid |
or strength to his cause.
In March the Legislature passed a law
to the effect that any person holding an
Office, elective or appointive, under this
state or any county thereof, who shall be
convicted upon or who shall plead guilty.,
non vult or nolo cOntendete to an indict-
ment or allegation charging the person
with misdemeanOr in connection with
that Office, shall forfeit such Office
and cease to hold the same from the date
OF conviction or entry of plea. If the
conviction be reversed he shall be re-
stored to the office with its rights and
emoluments, but pardon shall not have
any such effect. Several men were in
dlcted for miSdemeanOr in the office of
treeholder and entered pleas of non yult.
and at once surrendered their office as
the law provided. Two of them have
had the temerity to again offer them ,
selves as candidates for the positions q
which they forfeited and the ground is a
-aken that the law does not contemplate =
keeping men from office as it fails to set
my period for which they shall be kept
lut. There is chance for discussion on
his point and it seems to be clearly the
intent of the law that man convicted c
If misdemeanor in connection with his
'ffice shall not again hold it. This APP
bears to be verified by the clause which
provides for reinstatement in case of re-
'ersal of the conviction, but which dis 1
lnctly says pardon shall not carry /
With it the right to resume the office. il
The men referred to have not been par il
Toned and there will probably be a a
movement to prevent them from taking a
heir seats if they are elected. One s.
would have supposed there would have t
'een a hesitancy on the part of any one n
o again seek position where he would Il
)e target for all sorts of remarks and a
~ S"S PiSAol eiaO le lldu SOI Odck WHERE d
he could profit by what his own counsel n
admitted was, to say the least, mistake. o
Judge Gasl1ill, pleading for his clients, "
aid: 1.-THE men indicted were not skilled a
and accountants not lp
but men with a very limited h
knowledge of financial affairs; honest in b
heir particular line of life, but possibly b
areless in other ways" Allowing this r,
obstruction to be placed upon the mat p
er does the county of Burlington want a
men to attend to their business who s'are t
lot educated, with very limited know I
edge of financial affairs?" Would YOU s.
hink any of those men would want to o
it in body where they would be pointed fC
ut as such as Judge Gaslill described il
hem? Vindication is said to be the OBJ b
ect, but if that point is gained it will n
Ne dearly paid for 81