The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-03-30
TUESDAY. MARCH 80, 1915

APPEARING in the Assembly chamber,
last week, United States Senator MARITIME
was given the privilege of the floor and
was also asked to make speech. As
MARITIME was never known to neglect |
chance to talk, with or without request, |
he promptly accepted the invitation and
declared that if he was alive he certainly
expected to be renominated by the
Democratic party and reelected in the
fall Of 1916 along with that great Demo-
crat and leader of the people, Woodrow
Wilson. He admitted he had had
s'honest differences" with the President
over some Of the measures requested by
the President, as well as over some OF
the latter's appointments, and then he
added: .sBut let me say that grander
President than Woodrow Wilson has not
lived in recent years. !" Woodrow has
not been heard from yet on the subject
of the grandness of MARITIME.
PROHIBITION received two blows last
week, one the failure to pass the local OPP
ton bill before the Legislature, the other
being the decision Of the people of Beverly
city to continue that place as favorable
to the sale Of liquor. 1t Is hard work to
make comparison between these two
occurrences. The Beverly election was
certainly local option test" and the
result was that the ''wets" were in the
majority. The same condition might
have arisen ii the Gaunt bill had been
enacted into law, and while Beverly
would have gone for liquor some other
localities would probably have decided
otherwise. The election in Beverly was
held under the provisions Of a law that
gives that city the privilege to vote on
the question and that was all that the
Gaunt bill would have done. The
liquor dealers are naturally opposed to
having the people express publicly an
opinion on this subject, but if Beverly is
to be taken as an example their fears
are not well sustained The objection to
allow the people Of a community to vote
on any question is direct blow at home
rule and decision on the part Of class
enjoying a certain privilege that the
people have nothing to do with the
matter. But the action of the Legisla-
ture in not adopting the measure has
settled local option discussion tor this
year, at least, and the question of license
or no license still rests with the courts.
AFTER ONE of the longest and most
spirited contests that has occurred for q
long time Governor Fielder finally set
tied the question of who should be
Prosecutor Of the Pleas for this county
by appointing Jonathan H. Kelsey, OF
Pemberton. The Governor has not
made any new friends or strengthened
his party in this county by this ACTON,
because it had been stated that Mr. KEEL
sey was his first and only choice, yet, in
spite of this condition, the Governor al
lowed other candidates to hang on the
ragged edge for weeks and listened to
delegations of their friends, handing out
the hope that their particular candidate
might be successful. Governor Fieldet
is said to have remarked that this ap-
pointment had caused him more annoy
anance than any that he had to make
yet if it was true, as appears to be the
fact, that Mr.. Kelsey was his first
choice, he could easily have removed al
worry on his part and relieved the feel
ings Of the others. Whether the Cover
nor has made the best selection within
his grasp. whether the Office will be KEEP
up to the high standard maintained by
Prosecutors who have stepped aside fol
new men, is question that time
will determine and advance criticism
should be withheld. The new Prose.
cutor has been member of the bar since
1904 and has been constant attendant
at court. and has a thorough knowledge
of the practice of all branches of the Law
so there would not seem to be any reason
to fear DETECTION from the lack of know
ledge.