The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-09-12
Political Notes.

q candidate for member of the TOWNSHIP
e committee. He will not have an
e opposition for the nomination. Ea
l. has served in the committee an
: knows the duties. He made yer
+ acceptable member and performed hi
: duties satisfactorily.
James T. Royle will be renominate
by the Republicans for member Of tn
township committee, as there did no
appear to be any one in the party VIII
1 cared to enter into the contest. So tn
{ fight will be between two men VIII
have each served one term and the,
will both stand on their. official records
The first gun of the campaign ha
been fired.in Maine yesterday and it ha
been heard all over the country. Th,
Democrats do not like the sound. TIT
state went Republican and the result
showed that the Progressives turned il
and aided the Republicans to regain
control of the state officials. Maine
elected a Democratic Governor two
years ago and Wilson carried the state
in 1912. United States Senator John.
son who, in addition to being very
popular man, made his campaign on
Wilson issues and was defeated.
The following petitions have been
filed by candidates in Northampton
township: Township committee, S.
Earl Assay, Democrat; James T. Royle,
Republican. Clerk, JoknG. Let's, D.;
Herbert S. Killie, r. Assessor, Martin
H. Girven, r. Constable, Henry y
Worrell, r. Justices of the Peace,
Henry H. Savage, D.; Herman He'll
bron, B. O. Herbert and Charles r.
Morrison, all Republicans, Surveyors
of highways, William ]. Clark and
William H. Frake, R. Both parties
have candidates in all of the districts
for county committeeman.
There was an open air meeting at
the fountain Wednesday evening. 1t
had not been advertised except as a
man in an automobile went down
High street making the announce
ment through megaphone. Con-
|sequently there were not more than
twenty-five people on hand to listen to
the speakers. The first to talk was
former Mayor Pagan, of Jersey City,
who told of the virtues of George L.
Record, who is after the nomination
for Governor as Republican, Local
Option, Home Rule" candidate Mayor
Pagan spoke highly of Mr.. Record,
telling what he had done for the bene-
fit of the people as against the corpora
tions and of what he will do when he
gets to be governor. The second
speaker was Judge Blauvelt, of Jersey
City, who spoke against time until
Mr.. Record, who was addressing a |
meeting at Burlington, should arrive.
When the latter got here rain had
begun to fall but Mr.. Record was able |
to blow his own trumpet to the best of |
his ability which is not small. He |
certainly is able to tell about matters |
in the different parties as he has been |
connected with each one. A few doors |
from the fountain a crowd of boys
were serenadinga newly-married couple |
and the noise they made was about |
the only enthusiasm that was visible.
The Philadelphia Inquirer sent a |
staff correspondent to interview Sena-
tor Walter E. Edge, and the result was
a column article showing the views of |
the candidate for Governor on many |
subjects. In addition to the story the |
Inquirer gave the subject a leading
editorial which we give as follows:
New Jersey will this month select |
it's candidates for Governor. The two
leading ones in the Republican party
are Senators Walter E. Edge and Aus
ten Colgate. The Democratic standard
bearer will, in all probability, be H.,
Otto Wittpenn.
ITO defeat Mr.. Wittpenn the Repub-
licans will need the strongest candi-
date they can put in the field. But
there is something of greater signifi-
canoe to the country at large in this
election in New Jersey. When a Gov
srnor for New Jersey is being chosen
votes will also be cast for President
Of the United States. And the timber
Of the man the Republicans select as
their candidate will undoubtedly in
auence many votes in the national
election.
This thought should be faced by
New jerseys voters when it comes to
choosing candidate. They have an
opportunity to obtain one who could,
undoubtedly, carry the party to vic
tory in the fall. He is Senator Edge.
By reason of his long service in various
he is known throughout the
State and recognized as an efficient
business man, whose talents spent in
the interest of the Commonwealth
have done so much for 1t. In latter
years he has DEVOTED himself to law.
and has great deal of con-
structive legislation to his credit, some
of the best of recent statutes now on
the books having been introduced and
by him.
''Of Mr.. Colgate, on the other hand,
little is known. He has been in the |
Senate for some time. but shows sur
prising lack of knowledge of the States |
needs and takes but little interest in |
He is not the man to de-
feat H. o. Wittpenn in the general
election. But the party has the man
who can. His name is Edge"
The Trenton 7ymeS.says:
'All is not serene in. the camp OF the
Austen Colgate faction in Mercer
County. The first whisper of discon-
tent was heard some weeks ago. That
was when Hervey Studdiford Moore
hung sign from his Office window de-
signaling the spot as the local head
quarters of Colgate in his campaign to
land the Republican Gubernatorial
nomination. So much fuss was kick
ed up about the matter that Nelson B.
Gaskill, former Assistant Attorney
General, and, incidentally, staunch
supporter Of Colgate, hauled down the
sign and assured Moore that the Col
gate headquarters could only be found
in the rooms of the Austen Colgate Re-
publican Club in the Wilkinson Build
ing.
1.-THE Colgate Club members were