The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
Political Nntes

County Clerk Harry L. Knight has
filed his petition to be candidate to the
Chicago National Convention as dele
gate from the Second Congressional Dis
trict of this state.
Despite the predictions Of the Monday
prophet in the Philadelphia Record,
who was absolutely sure that the Repub-
licans could not get enough votes to
override Fielder's vetoes it is fact that
out Of forty bills that had the blue pen
Gil run through them, twenty-one were
carried through.
James Mercer Davis, of Mount Holly,
and William Vandergrift, of Burlington,
are said to be aspirants for the position
of member of the Democratic State
Committee from this county. 1t has
also been reported that Alfred 1. Davis,
director of the board of freeholders, is
willing to be candidate if his friends
insist.
With the adjournment OF the Legs
lature both political parties are trying to
show the net results of the work done by
that body. One of the prominent Re-
publican members issued a statement
to which exceptions were taken by our
Governor, who apparently is piqued be-
cause he was not able to control eVerV-
thing. He came out with q letter in
which he showed the defects of the Re-
publicans in great shape, giving evil
dence that the sting of passing bills
over his vetoes had entered deep beneath
his sensitive skin. Sunny Jim; how
we pity him."
Every known artifice was employed
4 10 An1 nd for hn IL he
| final weeks of the Legislature. Cover.
nor Fielder played politics to the limit
| in needless vetoing of bills that were
lmeritorious. His only object could
have been to cause all the trouble posi-
| BILE and prevent the session being short
one as would have been the case had he
exercised his right of veto the same as il
there had been Democratic majority
However, in the end, the Governor will
accomplish nothing except the sacrific
ing of portion of the dignity that be
longs to the high position with which
he has been honored and which he has
used as politician rather than as 6
statesman. And the people have the
satisfaction of knowing that his term o
office will not be much longer.
A statement has gone forth tina
there is a movement throughout tn,
4 state to have the Edge candidacy en-
Idorsed by groups of Republican county
organizations" which leads our neigh
Dor of the Mirror to remark that it il
Measuring to note that Burlington
county is ommitted from the list o
counties mentioned" and that the omis
sion suggests that the Republican
county committee of Burlington count,
will not so far overstep the politica
prophecies as to endorse any candidac!
for elective Office, this year, before tn
primaries Now is it certain that tn
! endorsement of any candidate will b
an ''overstepping of the political pre-
prieties?" We are not sOs sure that
!, will be. If this candidate hailed from
this county there might be some objeC
Z ton to endorsement such as is mention
. ed, but under the circumstances we car
not see any more improperly in tn
n county committee lending their voice i
!. the matter than for newspaper to sho'
it's ''partisanship". The Mirror appa
lently thinks that Senator Colgate is I'll
. proper man, while THE NEWS is of IL
IOpinion that Senator Edge is far mo
v preferable. The interest shown by u
n per Jersey for anything or anybody on
side of the limits of Essex county h;
% never been of such distinctness as
i. dazzle the vision. But, suppose Il
Y. county committee does endorse. If,
IS is suggested, the voters will do as tn
y please about acting under that endori
n ment it will be of little effect, possih
no more so than will be the efforts Of t
:. two papers to show who, in their es
e. nation. should be the Republican nor
nee for Governor.