The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-09-26
Political Notes.

" Having discovered that the Dem
Gratis don't like what he is saving. M
Hughes doubtless is convinced tbs
he is on the right track.
What has become of the old-fasb.o,
N ed man who used to say of Presiden
Wilson, "Ye-os, he does make mi,
takes, but believe he's sincere"
If the PROJECTORS of the Hcrol
thought they were the possessors of tn
Only Democratic paper in this connt,
IL had that idea badly shattered las
week.
The least that may be said of Pres.
n dent Wilson is that he has been ripht
half the time, for he has been on bott
}. sides of almost all important cues
tions.
The "holier than thou" business
has been worked to the limit this cam.
paign. Newspapers supporting Edge
were either influenced because of adj
vertising or else they were Democratic
organs wanting Edge nominated SO
that he could easily be beaten. There
was but one really honest paper in the
entire state. To find out which one il
was look at the puzzle pictures,
Tne President gets up carly DURING
the hot spell, and there are some who
think he may have to continue the
practice until November if that man
Hughes continues to be so undigni.
fied.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Il President Wilson were. really
earnest in telling the suffrage women
Il come to fight for you," he would
have put suffrage measure through
Congress by the same stop-watch
method that he used to force the rail
way wage increase bill through.
Charles r. Morrison is one of the
candidates for justice of the peace in
Northampton township on the Repub
lican ticket. The other two candidates
are Benjamin o. Herbert and Herman
Hebron. There are two to be elected.
This is the only contest for local Office.
What Josepiffleous Daniels the
well-known nautical militarist. can't
understand is why men should waste
time Plattsburging at sea when thew
might just as we'll learn how to be.
come sailors in three lessons in anv
good. reliable correspondence school |
The Moorestown Republican club
has completed its organization and is
now in the field for active and effective
work for the Republican party. The
officers are: President, Joseph Kaighn;
secretary, Arthur w. Luce; treasurer
Morris B. Comfort. A large list of vice
presidents follows: +. Wallis Arm
strong, Joshua E. Borton, Alfred H.
Burr, Irving A. Collins, John f. Oar
nell, Joseph H. GaskilI, Elwood Girls
com, Eugene III. Hill, John c. Hop
kins, Heulings Lippincott, Albert c.
Middleton, John H. Perkins. David
Roberts, William H. Roberts, Samuel
K. Robbins, DIR. Joseph Stokes, Will
lam w. Stokes.
Joseph S. Frelinghusen, candidate
for the Republican nomination for
United States Senator, visited the In
gersoll Band Drill Works in Warren
county, last week. There is a strict
rule against any one going through
these works, but Mr.. FrelinghuysenI
said he was sent there by Mr.. Saunders,
president of the company. The latter
is Democrat, Lying at North Plain
field. He is chairman of the Business
Mems Democratic committee, which is
for President Wilson's
speech at Shadow Lawn" in the near
future. Invitation for this function
are being sent out by Mr.. Saunders.
1t would seem that the Democratic
friends of Mr.. Frelinghuysen are quite
anxious to see him in the United States
Senate.
One of the meanest tricks that has
been attempted was tried to be pulled
off last week. While the dead body of
Surrogate Huff was lying at rest three
or four Democrats of this county tried
to have a successor appointed and sug-
gested the name of Rec Stewart, who
is now the only canu ate for the
Democratic nomination. There was
two-fold desire to have this appoint
ment made. 1t was thought it would
give Stewart some precedence in his
fight and then the pay that would be
received would aid the Democratic cam
paign fund. But some Republicans
took hand in the matter. They felt
that it would have been common
decency to have waited until the dead
man had been laid to rest but as the
issue was forced they decided that the
proper thing was to give the place to
John M. Huff, who has been the
Deputy Surrogate for FIVE years and
who has had charge of the office dur
ing his brothers illness. That he, as
the sole male survivor of his brother,
and the man who had been in the
Office so long should be the appointee
was thought to be absolutely just and
proper. But the men who were push
ing the claims of the other fellow had
no idea of justice or anything of that
sort; political prestige was what they
were after regardless of decency or
any other consideration. Richard p.
Hughes, as member of the State Demo
cratic committee, was very active in
the matter, but he found that it was
rather difficult thing to get Repub-
lican Governor to do his bidding. !
Governor Fielder is away and Senator |
Gauntt, of Gloucester, is acting Cover |
nor. He said he would appoint a |
Democrat and when the situation was
fully explained to him he did not lose
any time in signing commission for
John M. Huff for the unexpired term.
About half hour after this announce
ment was received in Mount Holly a
telephone message came that Mr..
Hughes had withdrawn his objections
to John NJ. Huff, but the sender Of the
message was informed that the APP
peintment had been made before Rich
ard had time to get in on the ground
floor. Reeve Stewart, in whose behalf
such strenuous efforts had been made,
gave out the statement that he would
not have accepted the position under
the circumstances, but this statement
did not appear to have been made
lpublic until it was known that John