The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-10-27
Political Notes.

A Bacharach victory means that the
Second District shall receive its share
from Washington. Bakerism means
exactly the same as Bakerism stood for
during the last two Nothing.
"We might go on and relate some
of his kind and generous acts which
have never been told" says Lofiand's
defender. Would the relating con-
tain an allusion to the time he took a
man, 70 years of age, by the whiskers,
and hauled him from his wagon :?
Would it contain the relating of many
instances that are now being talked
about which never reached a grand
jury?
1t has been stated that when Amos
Gibbs was county clerk he, with the
assistance of one man, did all the re-
cording, indexing, searching, court
work, fact all of the work of the Of
fice. That has been several years ago
and that time does not compare with
Gibbs was county clerk he kept %
deed books and mortgage books-28
in all. Harry L. Knight keeps 60 deed
books; 16 mortgage books; 5 assign
ment of mortgages; 5 chattel mort
6dSCO-OO LARRY IL. hHIR0l
has more laws to look after than other
clerks had. Take Amos Gibbs term
that is the one that has been put up
for comparison-and it will be seen
there was little, if any naturalization
no election work of any kind; no wild
ows' pension act; no employers liza
bility act; no gunners' licenses to be
issued; no tax returns or records; no
mechanics lien law; no improved gen.
eral index-such as was used was in
complete and imperfect; no concealed
weapon law; no insanity laws. All of
these acts have entailed extra work
and extra books.
Sleeper, of the Palmyra News, was
sued about year ago for libel on As
semblyman Peacock In recent is
sue of his paper Sleeper says he call
ed Peacock's bluff" and that the case
had not yet been noticed for trial al
though the editor was anxious to have
the matter disposed of and would not
put any obstacle in the way of a
speedy settlement of the case. Per-
haps a little history of the case will
show just how anxious Sleeper was
and is to get things going. In the
first place when Peacock began his
suit, Sleeper, through his attorney,
moved to strike out the complaint on
the ground that it was not a good ac-
ton. The decision if the court was
that it was good action. Then he ask
ed for further time to file an answer,
which was given and the answer that
was put in was of such a character
that Peacock's counsel claimed it did
not touch the question at issue and
was mere sham, and moved to have
the answer stricken out. Then Sleep
er's attorney asked to have the case
submitted on brief. On the first day
of the present term Peacock moved to
have his case put on the list for trial
His counsel agreed to submit to Sleep
er's request to have briefs prepared
with the proviso that if the motion
to strike out the answer was not
granted the case to go to trial at this
term. Judge Kalisch took the papers
in the case and will give decision on
the ninth of November. This shows
how much "bluff" there was in the
matter. 1t also shows how anxious
Sleeper has been to get before the
court. His very first act was to get
the complaint dismissed and now he
claims that he wanted it pushed to
trial.
Last week we gave the court rec
ord of Alfred w. Lofiand, Democratic
candidate for Sheriff. 1t showed he
had been indicted six times, fined three
other charges. And the only answer
per which gets the better of him." and
fhof ha h. Low Ii l..
and punished colored man who used
vile and insulting language to him
Also that Lofiand considered his vic
tim an inferior person" Yet LOT
lands henchmen are doing their best
to secure the votes of colored men
They were so inferior to him at one
time that he did not hesitate to com
nit an assault and battery on one oil
them, but now they seem to be mer
and brothers. Are the colored voters
going to be bamboozled into support.
| ing man who has been fined for beat
| ing one of their race because he con.
Sidered the man his inferior?
Still explaining, the Herald goes in
to the details of the indictment:
against Lofand, Democratic candidate
| for Sheriff, in the matter where ht
l iIilcIleTtQ Will IiC uuIlOS u On6Ill
Norcross. The Herald tells about the
action of the deputy Sheriff in at
tempting to stop the sale and relates
that Lofand made 4 statement which
''did not suit the deputy and his law
yer and Lofland at once paid the Sher
ifs claim out of his own funds, ant
thereby saved Brock several hundret
dollars" Note two words in thi
statement. They are "at once" A
a fact the money was not paid at once
1.-THE sale went on and Anderson Shinn
the deputy, went before the grand jur,
which was in session on the day of tn
sale and the indictments were found
1t was in December and Brock, indict
ed with Lohand, took trip to Florida
Possibly, Lofand, out of that grea
kindness of heart which is attribute
to him, helped him pay his way. A
any rate, both the men were indicte
and instead of paying the money a
once, it was not handed over unit
some time later, when Brock returne
from the southern state. "The Prose
,cutor evidently saw how fiimsy tn
case was" says the Herald, but tn
real truth is that lawyer, not no,
living, took hand in the matter, tn
lSheriff's claim was paid and the ma
ter was allowed to drop. If you hay
any doubts on this point, ask John
lNorcross, who was the Sheriff int
ested in the proceedings.