The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-03
Press Comments.

The work done by the census emu
merators in some sections OF the state
has been unsatisfactory. Complaint is
heard that their canvass was not COM
plete and that they were careless in the
performance Of their duty.
This does not apply to all enumera-
tors, but to many of them, and it is
beginning to dawn upon those most
deeply interested. that mistake was
made when men for the work were not
qualified by the civil service test.
II this precaution had been taken. the
plans Of the political leaders would have
been upset. Of course. because they
would not have been able to fill the field
with Democratic workers. ~
When the last census was taken
under Republican administration,
upwards of twenty-five per cent. of the
enumerators were Democrats. Men were
selected for the work who were qualified
TO do it. not only by politics, but by
mental competency.
And there was no effort on the part
Of Republican politicians to pull off,
such q trick as that played by Senator
Hennessy. of Bergen county, who asked
the enumerators in that section to secure
Information that would be useful to the
Democratic County Committee.
When Republican in Trenton ap
preached one Of the men at the head Of
the heap with the request that Repub-
lican be appointed enumerator, he was
told that he was wasting his time, be-
cause none but Democrats would be
selected for the work.
II they had done their work satisfac
torily. there would have been no COM
plant. But they didn't-.Stote Gazette.
The road problems of New Jersey grow
more complicated 1t is indispensable
that the State, the counties and the
local governments are spending more
than they can afford, under present con-
ditions OF income to meet demands
which are absolutely imperative, for
better highways. These demands are
not, as so many assert, from the plea
sure-seeking automobiles alone. but
from property-owners on main high
ways. and from business houses deliver
ing goods, and now employing the auto
mobile for trade purposes. There has
been revolution in public road condi-
tons. due to the invention of the auto
mobile, no doubt, but of vital conse-
quence for reasons not at all connected
with joy riding. The heavy cost will
grow greater, but it is we'll to face it now,
and stop building what are merely tenn
porary roads. There should be the best
construction now, instead of constant
mending. Cal.
Ex-senator Ramsay, of Middlesex
county, who introduced the constabul-
airy bill at the last session of the Legis-
iature, thinks the developments in the
Bayonne strike have swept away the
arguments put up by the opponents Of
the bill. 1t was urged last winter that
no state police was needed, since the
militia could be depended upon to pre-
serve the peace when the local police and
sheriff failed to do so; but the militia
cannot act upon its own initiative. and
the county and city authorities are with
out power to order it into active service.
There is general agreement that a
small body Of armed men in uniform |
will prove effective where much larger
force in citizens dress and unnamed will |
fail. This is because of the wholesome
respect that foreigners have been taught
TO entertain for the uniform.
The Governor believes this; SO does
Sheriff Kinkead; and the fact that a
state constabulary is once more being
agitated indicates that the subject will
again be considered by the Legislature