The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-02-09
Political Notes.

senate Euge is SAID 10 nave q Dill
preparation for presenting to the Leg
lature seeking to take Bass River tow
ship away from Burlington county a
adding it to Atlantic county. The
will probably be some strong ,objectio
to this move, as there are those in a
lantic who will not want the new ter
tory and some in Burlington who w
object to being set off. By the time Il
courts have settled the litigation tn
has been in progress the last week
two over a road in Bass River townsh
the Board of Freeholders of this count
may be very willing to aid in the pr
posed set off.
Nothing definite in the postmaste
contest in this town, although it is re
ported that it has narrowed down t,
two men, one of whom has been prom
inently mentioned, the other being il
the position of a clark horse" bur
generally conceded to be worthy O
consideration owing to faithful ser
vices to the Democratic party.
Any one who thinks Dick Hughes
has lost his grip at Trenton has g
chance to change their opinion. Gov
ernor Fielder, on Friday, named James
j. Gallagher coroner to take the place
of Herman Bisbing, who has removed
from the county, and who resigned his
position. Gallagher is a b~rother-in-
law of Richard.
Local option is just now attracting
much attention and the bill introduced
by Senator Gaunt has created consid-
cradle discussion. A great change
has come over the people of this state
on this question and many who have
heretofore been against it now favor
its adoption. The Burlington county
members of the Legislature have not
expressed their intention On the vote
when the matter is presented for de-
cision, but if it was left to the people
of the county there is great probable
ity that local option would be adopted.
A story was put in circulation last
week that former Governor Stokes
was to be one of a company to pur-
chase the Newark Star and convert it
from a Democratic to a Republican or
gan. Governor Stokes denies this,
saying he has neither the time nor the
money to put into the enterprise. That
he has not the time will be admitted
by all who know how busy he is, but
there would not be much trouble over
the money part if he should determine
to take part in the project. The story
that he wants the paper for a personal
organ is also ~nonsensical, for Mr..
Stokes is not in a position to buy a
paper for a personal organ as he can
get all the support he wants from
papers already established.
The New Hope News pays the fol-
lowing glowing tribute to DR.. R. B.
Glasgow, editor of the Burlington Gaz-
cite:
"Dr. Robert B. Glasgow, editor of
the Burlington Gazette, and for a
number of years owner of The New
Hope News, has sent a bill to his Con-
gresham for $25, 900, for services rem
dered the Democratic party in Bur-
lington county in the past twenty-five
years, offering to take the local post
mastership in place of a receipted bill.
"Dr. Glasgow has no moral right to
waste his superior talents on a trifiing
$4,000 a year postmastership, even
though he is fully capable of filing the
office. AS a stroke Of genius in Sc
curing national fame, his bill for $685.
900 was a masterpiece. Even in our
w limited sphere, we have seer it
commented upon in no less than fifty
papers. AS an advertising expert, DIR.
Glasgow could secure the whole $25,-
600 in a year or SO. if he but chose to
enter the circus business or retail adj
vertising line. Plenty of Democratic
editors land particularly late in No
vember, 1916) can be secured in half
dozen lots at $1,000 per year for the
lot, but real genius is always cheap at
any price.
Take the advice of a well-wishing
friend, Doc and direct your talents
and energies in lines where they will
be more appreciated than in the Demo-
cratic national headquarters"
Assemblyman Peacock has succeeded
in getting his bill through the House
providing for a vote on a constitutional
amendment to allow women to vote.
The bill is said to have a good chance to
get through the Senate by more than
one majority.
When the new Prosecutor of the Pleas
takes his Office he will find applications
for appointment as detective for this
This will not be a move to dis
place Ellis HI. Parker but will be an en-
deavor to have an additional detective as
is allowable under the law. Isaac Reeves,
of Hainesport; F. Carlton Dalton, of
Mount Holly; and Walter Moore, of
Moorestown, have been named in con-
with this appointment, but
there is said to be a clark horse'' in
Bordentown, who will go to the front
if anything definite happens. In view
of the present state of the county's
finances and the fact that there is con
siderable dissatisfaction over the PROB
able raise in the county tax rate next
year it is hardly probable that another
officer will be appointed.
The action Of Senator White in voting
with the Democrats, last week, has at
tracted attention in many quarters and
he has received many newspaper notices.
His action has been especially lauded by
the Democratic press and more than one
half the letter in yesterdays Philadel-
phia Record is devoted to the subject.
The Burlington Enterprise, of Saturday,
had a column article p%urporting to be
from the lips of Senator White in which
he declares the entire matter is a
tempest in a teapot, a nine days won
der that will be forgotten III a week"
The latter statement is not exactly so,
for the incident will not sink out OF
sight so soon. Those who have watched
the Senator and his independent actions
will be likely to keep this affair in mind
and give him all the credit that is due
him for his determination to go against
peanut politics. and not be led by the
nose. There did not seem to be any
need for a lengthy explanation by the
Senator, as there had not been much, i
any, public criticism of his act. He say
he has received letters from many O
Newark's best citizens applauding hi!
action. The concluding sentence of th.
explanation seems to cover the entire
ground. 1t is this: ''There is no reason
for the other ten members of the Senat,
to get the 'glooms' because of my vott
the other day, no is there any grount
for the Democrats to be overly elated a
any prospect that | am going to be will
them on every measure they put up
! They have some that are just as bad a
the Newark proposition, and if the
come up l will vote against them as
did against the Newark bill. Any mat
ter that is for the good of the people c
my county or for the good of the peopl
of the state as a whole will receive m.