The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-10-13
Political Notes

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Y rect.
One of the lucky men in politics
u William Burtis Ravens, of Ocean count
4 He said he did not want the Republics
nomination for member of Congre
from his district, but the voters did n
pay any attention to his remarks ar
s gave him the place on the ticket. Ar
when it came to filing his expense a
count Mr. Ravens showed that he hs
: not only been forced on the ticket bl
that it had not cost him a penny.
William H. Absalom, Democrat
5 candidate for county clerk, is not tt
: candidate of any one man or set of mel
Is the cry. How about the postal cal
with the inscription at the bottom tina
it was ordered and paid for by the Dem
ocratic advisory committee of Cheste
township? 1t endorsed Lofand an
Absalom as the men to be supported a
the primary. That has somewhat of tn
look of endorsement by set of men,
Next Tuesday is the last date for reg
istry in the townships of Chester ant
Northampton and the city of Burling
ton. Those who fail to get on the lis
that day will have to get an order from
the court and go through lot of rec
tape. This is an important duty and
every voter should see to it that his
name is properly entered. Those unable
to get out on account of illness or alb
sence from the state may be registered
by affidavit.
One of the arguments put forth in the
interest of William H. Absalom, Demo
cratic candidate for county clerk, is that
he is not backed by any one man. What
rank nonsense such statement is.
That Absalom was and is the candidate
of Dick Hughes cannot be denied by
anyone. 1t was Dick Hughes who had
Absalom elected secretary of the Burling-
ton County Board of Taxation, forcing
Joseph Kaighn out, and if you have any
doubt on this point, ask William F..
Morgan about it.
The threat has been thrown out that it
will not do to say much about court
records and the like, that the Republic
cans had better clean their own door stills,
and that there may be something said
on the other side unless the Republicans
keep still. This challenge is accepted.
If there is any thing in the shape of a
criminal record against any of the Re-
publican candidates trot it out. Let the
truth be given and let the people decide.
That the Democratic candidate has a
court record is beyond doubt and that
the people should know it is also certains
Let all the records be printed and let the
voters and taxpayers say who has the
best of the argument.
At the organization meeting of the
County Democratic Committee resolu-
ton was offered by member from Pal
myra that hereafter all appointments for
office should be referred to the member
of the committee from the town where
the applicant lived. He, in turn, must
refer the application to the county COM
mittee and that body must still further
instruct the member of the state COM
mittee what action was desired. Here
tofore the member of the state commit
tee has taken the entire matter into
his own hands, ignoring the local COM
mitteman. AS there were not suf6ci-
ent number of the members of the COM
mittee present to authorize the change
in the rules that would have been neces-
STATED by the adoption of this resolu-
ton it was laid over until the next meet
ing.
While the Republican Executive Com
mittee was organizing in perfect har-
mony and without any friction, the
Democratic committee was having trou-
bles of its own. Francis HI. Reed, of
Northampton, was chosen chairman
without opposition, but when it came to
the election of secretary there was
blood on the moon. r. Ratigan, of Bor-
dentown, and Edward Y. Gunsche, of
Northampton, were nominated. The
"big chief" who applied the whip in the
County Clerkship contest, was evidently
in control as Ratigan was elected. 1t
was urged against Gunsche that he was
not member of the committee, and
it seemed to operate to his disadvantage
despite the fact that William H. Absalom
had been secretary for number of years
without the qualifications that were re-
quired of Gunsche. Joseph r. Sisom, of
Northampton, was made treasurer and
the organization was completed.
A very cheeky transaction occurred on
Tuesday. The Burlington County Re-
publican Committee was in session when,
without even the courtesy of knock at
the door, young fellow rushed in and
fter looking around and taking note of
who was present, made inquiry OF one Of
the members rs Stecher here?" This
youth hailed from Florence and on being
spoken to after the occurrence said he
was sent to the room by his master to
see what was going on. There was moth
ing doing, however, that was not entire
ly beyond criticism and news that he
might have carried out truthfully. What
he may have manufactured is not
known. This fellow turned over recent
ly to be Democrat, but he tried to vote
in the Republican primary this year.
From all reports he seems to think he
did a very smart thing by entering the
Republican rooms in the manner he did
but the action is not much to his credit
nor to that Of the fellow who sent him.
How do AL. Davis friends like the atti-
tude of the ''big boss" in the primary
election? After agreeing to keep neu-
trail in the Sheriff contest it is reported
hat he worked openly in Florence, at
at least, for Lof1and. So current was
that rumor that it nearly caused fist
fight between the boss and one OF
Davis friends after the polls closed.
Then take Chester, where the postal
card, advocating Lofland and AbsalOm
! as the only candidates on earth, emana.
ted from, and it is plain to be seen how
things were working there. Lofiand got
| 100 votes to Davis % and Absalom got
SO, Lamson, AZ. In Evesham, Lofland's
home, Absalom received 81 votes aud
Lamson was allowed 2. Is there any
doubt how the combination was work
ing?
A local paper says: 'The quick tenn
per of Alfred w. Lofland is one of the
weak spots in his makeup, but it is moi
often that he allows it to get the bette
of him, and when it does it soon passe!
over" There is some truth in portion
of this statement. His quick temper il
one of his weak spots. 1t may not b,
often that he allows it to get the bette
of him, but when he does it is bad TO
the other fellow. The court records will
show this. Lofiand has been indicted
and punished for letting this quick tenn
per get the better of him and he wa
lucky enough to escape with fine TO
offences that other men have gone u
state prison for. And one of the wors