The Mount Holly news., 1916-09-19
Political Notes.


IS your pocket to hand over to a color
e man to work for Colgate and only gi
ic him $25.
. Things are to take change in IL
: county. A trinity" is to be forme
L composed of now is, "has beer
- and one other who will accept the pre-
fered honor. The third man has n
y yet been discovered. The induceme
being held out is that 1--WE are to co
troll politics in this county hereaft
and whenever anybody wants an
: thing he must come to us, for we a
going to be it. ;" Several gentleme
have been approached to make tt
third member of the trinity" bl
they cannot see where a third ma
will have any show in the affair as h
will surely be minority member.
1t was expected that Senator Bora
would speak in Moorestown, but tn
school authorities did not feel lik
allowing the use of the auditorium 70
the meeting for fear Of infantiIe paraly
sis being carried into the building
Ihat meeting was called off, but as tn,
schools will not open until October i
has been arranged to let the meeting
De held in the auditorium with Senator
Weeks as the speaker. The schoo
authorities will fumigate the building
after the meeting. They seem to have
different idea from that of the North.
ampton Board of Health which claims
that 1t is not of much value to fumi.
gate large buildings.
Ihere was a meeting on West Wash
lngton street, Saturday night, under
the auspices of the Citizens League,
a street parade headed by a fife and
drum corps preceded the meet
ing, which, was presided over by
Charles Jackson. The principal speak
er was Joseph M. Thompson, of New
Egypt, whose theme was Colgate.
whom Joseph lauded to the skies. One
or two gentlemen who were going to
speak in behalf Of Senator Edge were
told their services would not be reouir
ed. Rev. w. E. Zimmerman spoke
but as he was not expected to say any,
thing favorable to Edge he took Abra-
ham Lincoln as his subject.
In an interview on the situation in
Atlantic county, former Assemblyman
Richards said: isn't it funny that
Colgate could not get Republican to
manage his campaign in Atlantic
county? Riddle has always been a
Democrat. He ardently supported
Wilson for President, speaking with
him on the same platform. And he
has lately said he would support Witt
penn for Governor after the primary.
In the recent Atlantic City election in
which Riddle was defeated two-thirds
OF his votes came from the Democrats.
James r. Nugent, who is now manag-
ing the Democratic State campaign.
came to Atlantic City and whipped
Democrats into line for Riddle. AS far
as Senator Colgate is concerned, it
looks as if the Republican nomination
for Governor is bipartisan affair with
Riddle and Nugent trying to dictate
the nominee. Colgate cannot be ig-
norant of Riddles political reputation
and by uniting with him, he cannot
escape the responsibility of endorsing
the Riddle brand of politics. When
Harvey Thomas began his famous fight
TO reform in Atlantic City. he pointed
out that one of the chief public sores
was Riddle. He denounced Riddles
character and political methods"
Next Tuesday will be the day on
which the Republican voters will select
a candidate for Governor. That the
for United States Senator
will come from North Jersey is certain,
and that would seem to be enough to
apportion to that section. The argu-
ment that we must go to North Jersey
for our candidates is the most fallacious
that ever was offered and is only used
by those who have weak case that
must be bolstered up. This county
has never found it absolutely necessary
to go to the large townships to get a
Joseph b. Fleetwood was
chosen Sheriff from township that
cast less than 200 Republican votes in
a Presidential election; William A.
Townsend, candidate for Sheriff from
Mansfield, that gave little over 200
votes for the Republican ticket, and a
plurality of less than 40s Charles R.
Fenton, to the same office from Spring
field that gave plurality of two to the
ticket and cast but 17S Republican
votes. These figures are not from the
time the gentlemen named ran but
were in a Presidential year when a
large vote was cast and the totals
they gave were fraction of the 1872
votes cast in the county. William w.
Worrell, was elected County Clerk
from the township of Evesham, which,
in the year he was chosen, gave the
Republican candidate for Assembly
200 votes and majority of Sc, the total
Republican vote in the county being
about 1000. Levi French, came to the
County Clerks Office from Bass River,
a Democratic township whose total
vote has never exceeded 800, and Wat
son T. Sooy went to the same Office
from township that did not at the
last election reach the 200 mark. And
so we might go on and recall instance
after instance where candidates have
been taken from townships that have
cast very small percentage of the total
vote. 1t was the men who were con
sidered, not whether they came from
big township. If this idea that ths
large counties of Essex and Hudson
must always furnish the candidate is t
hold why not apply the same argu
ment to other offices and declare tina
nobody must attempt to get a nomina
ton unless he halls from one of tn
large townships? But why DISCUSS thi
phase of the subject? Those who ar
urging the nomination of Colgate be
cause he is from a large county ar
only throwing dust to blind those VIII
l'might see the light if left alone. Their
is nothing to it. South Jersey is jus
as much of a factor as North Jersey
and it has been shown more than one
that without the help and votes c
South Jersey the result would hav
been disastrous to the Republical
} party.
New Minister at CroSSwickS