The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-10-20
Political Notes.

sentative and merely because he is
lawyer ought not to count against him.
In the discussion of the merits of the
leading candidates there should not be
any sight lost of the fact that there are
others to be considered The office of
auditor needs good and capable man
and Stuart NJ. mcfarland will fill the
bill satisfactorily. He is makinga quiet
canvass and his friends should put in
good word for him.
For township committee the Republic
cans have named DIR. Elmer d. Priclzitt
and Howard f. Alcott Both gentle
men have served a term in this office
and they were re-nominated by good
vote. There is no reason why they
should not be reelected. They have
made good officials and have always
worked for the interest of the taxpayers.
mo one disputes or denies that the
County Clerks office is in much better
condition than it was five years ago
when Mr.. Knight took charge of it,
This much is admitted by the Demo-
Gratis and that is something. 1t is on
this condition and on this record he has
made in getting the Office in its present
shape that Harry l.. Knight seeks re-
election.
The Burlington county Republican
committee held meeting Thursday
evening at headquarters in the Masonic
Temple. Newton A. X. Bugbee, chair
man of the State Committee, and Hon.
Isaac Bacharach, candidate for Congress
in the second district, were present and
made short addresses. Each election
district was well represented, and the
reports were quite encouraging.
In order to get little more life in the
campaign for mayor of Pemberton, Isaac
w. Budd has consented to run as an in
dependent candidate for the office.
Francis w. Green heads the Democratic
ticket and Benjamin Crammer is the
Republican nominee. There seems to
be chance for considerable interest in
the election of this official and as all
of the candidates are well known and
we'll liked, there will be close contest.
The young man from Florence who
''butted in at meeting of the Repub-
lican committee recently, was not pres
ent Thursday evening. There were a
couple of outsiders present, but one of
them was true blue Republican, the
other being the man Supple, who seems
to be on the job for any one. Whether
he was sent to secure information is not
known, but what he heard would do no
harm in being published to the outside
community.
Sleeper, of the Palmyra Nea0s, has
broken loose again. Emboldened by the
fact that the libel suit of Robert Peacock
has not been pressed against him thus
far, Sleeper evidently felt justified in
jumping on somebody. So he took
County Clerk knight. This time, how
ever, he did not come out and father the
article he published, but sneaked behind
a Citizens League, which is to publish
In the next issue of the Palmyra NeaOs
a resolution touching the subject. That
is correct. By all means have the resolu-
ton published, but let it be signed by
some responsible men, SO that it may be
known just who is doing the work.
Look out for trades, or offers to trade.
Nothing can be gained by such methods.
So determined are certain Democrats to
win that they are willing to make al
most any deal. One man who is anxious
to see Democratic sheriff has made adj
vances in several quarters toward that
end and has said he does not care for
any other part of the ticket. Another
set of men who want Absalom elected
county clerk, are willing to sacrifice any
part of their ticket, and will not be
sorry to see their candidate for sheriff
defeated if it will get them what they
seek.
The Heartd is taking great interest in
the present campaign-more than it has
shown in a long time. This is all right
The Herald is Democratic paper and
is expected to support the candidates of
its party. THE News is a Republican
paper and will look after the candidates
of that party to the best of its ability.
Our personal relations with the owner
and the employees of the Herald are of
the most friendly nature and whatever
criticism we may make on the utterances
of that paper will be those which we
claim to have the right to make in sup
port of our candidates, and not with per-
sonal animus.
Mount Holly has some candidates for
Office who should not be overlooked at
election. Charles LaTour is candidate
for reelection as Township Clerk. So
well has he performed the duties of that
office in the last three years that the
Democrats did not nominate any one to
oppose him. But it is said that the man
who is in the most. danger is the fellow
who does not have any opposition. This
was shown in the primary election when
James Mercer Davis was apparently I'M
opposed for member of the county COM
mittee and another man quietly slip
ped in and got the place. We do not
believe history will repeat itself in the
case of Mr.. LaTour, and the people who
know he has made good clerk should
take especial pains to see that he is re-
elected.
There is an attempt being made to get
political capital out of the subject of
searches at the Office of the County Clerk,
and some one has made the statement
that the county has been losing money
since Harry l.. knight has been in
charge and that the receipts from that
source are far below those of the office
when it was under the fee system. We
give here the amounts received for
searches made in the terms of the clerks
named, Mr.. Sooy's books were not OBJ
tainable. The figures are:
w. w. Worrell w. X. Warrick H.L.Knigbt
1891 1891 l.gl674 1900 l,4ls09 1910 2,3S2 OF
1896 2.3333O 1902 2,OO7.56 1912 1894
lsSa 2 2'5ass 1893 2's4l56 1913 2ls9ei
slo7Oi.4O s9,65666 slO4s966
The last figures in Mr.. Knights term
are for nine months only. The totals do
not seem to bear out the assertions that
the county has lost on this particular
item, and the search department appears
to be up to those of former wears. In
the one year that William II. Warrick
occupied the office the search fees
amounted to 81, 1881. In the last nine
he M Aof