The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
TUESDAY. JULY 4 1916
FOR PRESIDENT
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
OF NEW YORK
FOR vlCE-PRESlDENT
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS
OF INDIANA
Political Notes.

mittee has endorsed the candidacy of
Senator Walter E. Edge for Governor.
Newton Morton. Republican, OF Flor
ence, and Joseph r. Sisom, Democrat,
Of Mount Holly, have been reappointed
members Of the Burlington County
Board Of Elections.
Charles A. Rigg has announced his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
zion for Surrogate. Mr.. Rigg was former
deputy Surrogate and is perfectly IA
miliar with all the details of the Office.
Former President Roosevelt has
spoken, wisely and emphatically. He
is for Charles E. Hughes, the Repuhli-
can candidate for President, and he has
advised all of his Progressive friends to
take the same course, and the majority
Of them are doing as he suggests. Will
liam Finn, of Pennsylvania, member
Of the Progressive National Committee,
has announced his allegiance to MI.
Hughes.
The refusal Of the Senate to confirm
Richard p. Hughes as State Prison
Keeper ought not to bother that official
any. II the next Governor is Demo-
crat, as Dick confidently expects, he
will be appointed for full term of five
years and that will give him an extra
year, and 1.-THE next Governor is a Re-
publican he will have one year, SO he
does not appear to be much out.
II the Edge forces are SO much worried
and are becoming more SO daily, and the
Colgate strength has grown so rapidly
and is still creeping upwards and there
really seems nothing left but to count
the ballots, why is much time, space and
printers ink used in trying to convince
people of what 10, in the minds OF some,
an assured fact? OF course it makes a
difference how you look at the situation.
II you are SO prejudiced or have such
personal feeling that you cannot see but
one side of the subject that is one way.
If you look the situation over carefully
and in an unbiased manner, that is
another way. One thing seems certain
and that is that either Senator Edge or
Senator Colgate will be the Republican
nominee, and another thing equally
certain is that THE News will give its
heartiest support to either gentleman.
The State Senate was called in special
session Tuesday. The reason given for
this extra getting together was to take
action upon some appointments Cover
nor Fielder had made as members OF the
Commission on Insane. These names
had to be acted upon in order that ad-
ditional accommodations may be pro-
vided for the insane asylums which are
overcrowded. Governor Fielder tried to
play some politics by sending in the
names Of Richard p. Hughes as State
Prison Keeper and George C. Low to be
Common Pleas Judge in Ocean county.
The Senators did not take kindly to
this proposition as they had supposed
3 they had been called for the single pur-
pose Of the asylum appointments, SO
they refused to confirm Hughes and Low
When the Governor found the men
would not be confirmed he Withdrew the
nominations and that gives him the
chance to reappoint them subject to con-
firmation by the next session of the
Legislature.
A testimonial dinner by Tren
ton Republicans to Senator Walter E.
Edge, OF Atlantic City, was given Tues
day evening at Trenton. 1t was attended
by 125 guests. The speakers were Sena-
tor Edge, ex-Assemblyman Fred Rees, of
Trenton; Republican County Chairman
James Mulhuran, Marvin A. Riley and
Republican State Chairman Bugbee, of
Trenton. Senator Edge spoke on the
value of the party and the need Of a
Republican administration for the State.
He told of the great results that the
party had accomplished while in power
and what the Democrats had done. He
referred to the 100000 Democratic
4 deficit and of Republican economy. He
told how the new law providing the
budget system for the state acts in merg-
ing departments and central purchas-
ing bureau, is saving the State 5000, 900
yearly. Senator Edge urged enlistment
for Republicanism upon young men.
He struck the patriotic note by saying
that all who could should enlist for the
colors at this critical period Chairman
Riley recited the doings OF the Republi
cans at the National Convention
Party support was pledged to Senator
Edge by the diners.