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

AFTER A Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, the
Mount Holly Herald has suddenly
opened its political eyes and has taken a
great interest in the present campaign.
1t showed more activity in its last Issue
and printed more stuff-'stuff'' is the
correct word-in one week than it has
sent forth in several combined campaigns
before this. Why? The Herald says
the Republicans are desperate. Not so.
II there is any desperation it is on the
side of the Democratic managers who,
knowing the weakness of their ticket
and the conditions that confront them,
are using the most strenuous efforts
to keep the voters in line. The Herald
took up nearly column, not entirely
in extolling the virtues of the candidate
for Sheriff, but to apologize for the acts
of man who it admits has weak spot
in hasty temper and who has assaulted
men because he considered them inferior
to him. The assaults he has made are
characterized as those upon persons who
have abused him or used vile language
to him. AS an attendant at court, get
ting the news for his paper, as man who
studied law, does not the Herald know
that there is no law which justifies one
in avenging his wrongs by violence? OF
course he does, and by the same token
he knows that Alfred W. Lofiand, in
dicted six times by grand jury, and
escaped Indictment we do not know how
many times, is not the "kind-hearted
man" to have in Office as Sheriff of Bur
iington county. We quote from the
Herald on some of the acts of Lohand.
1t says:
"Once when drunken man came to
his house and showered a lot of vile
abuse on him, entirely uncalled for the
man was elected, but suffered no hurt.
Another case was where he slapped
man in the face for using indecent
language towards him. Another case,
which has been referred to before in our
columns was that of colored man, who
cursed him and called him one of the
vilest and most tantalizing names in the
list of slang and vulgarisms. For this
the colored man was struck in the body,
but not injured much. Other cases were
of about the same character, except one
where he was charged with interfering
with Sheriff Norcross or his deputy,
which never was shown up in court"
In each of the above cases it will be
seen that Lofland allowed the weak
spot" in his nature, his hasty temper
get the better of him and he took the law
into his own hands. Much has been said
about the case of the colored man who
was struck in the body and was not
hurt much. Which colored man that
who appeared before the grand jury in
1910 the strokes were not on his BODY
They were on his head, and they were
not light. The man, who was not big,
burly fellow like Lofiand, was in stall
where he did not have chance to escape
from the fist of the big bully who at
tackled him and he was severely pun
ished. There is no hearsay on this
point. We know whereof we speak.
1.-The poor mans friend" say the ad-
vocates of Lohand. but the poor men
must not be his interiors or they will
likely suffer. mo favors will be shown
to the rich because they are rich. nor
will any unnecessary burden be placed
upon those who are not so well off in
this worlds goods, and no injustice will
be done to anyone" 1t certainly is nice
10 give this assurance, but why the
necessity? The next Sheriff will take a
solemn oath that he will do his duty ac-
cording to the laws of the state of New
Jersey, and the promises of friends and
advocates that he will not favor or OPP
press anyone, leaves room for the sus-
picion that such state of affairs might
arise. The Herald has devoted much
space to its candidate for Sheriff, nearly |
all of which has been in the way of ex-
PLANTATION or apology, and the editor
knows that Lofiand needs everything in
that line that can be rendered to him.
fHE News offers no apology for William
I. Stecber and does not hesitate to say
that to defeat him and elect man with
tbe record that is hanging over Lofiand
you'd not be to the credit of Burlington
county, and nobody knows 1T better than
,be editor of the Herald. /,