The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-10-03

} HE NEWS said he might just as wei
: stick to his engine. That statement
repeated here with emphasis. Charlie
} A. Rigg will be the next Surrogate 0
Burlington county and he will get
large number of Democratic votes. TIL,
people recognize in him a mar
thoroughly acquainted with the bust
ness of the Office and know that he car
take charge of affairs without having
to be given special instructions.
The News is in a very comfortable
position just now. 1t is in a position
to enter the ensuing campaign with a
heartiness that is not .feigned and is
without any regrets. The candidates
chosen by the Republican party are
gentlemen who are entitled to the sup
port of voters of Republican faith and
those Of independent ideas will not &c
amiss to cast their ballots for the
names that appear at the head of one
of the columns of this paper. We are
not in a position to regret any part
taken before the primary election.
Personal preferences then have given
away now to the decision of the ma
iority of Republican voters and we be-
lieye that sentiment prevails through
out Burlington county.
One Of the pleasing features of the
campaign which ended on Tuesday
is that there is an absence of hard feel
ing, and those most enthusiastic for
Colgate have given assurance of their
ardent support of the entire ticket in
November. This is particularly the
case in Mount Holly. The hardest
fight against Senator Edge was proba-
bly, right in this town, and it was sue
cessful SO far as getting majority for
Senator Colgate was concerned. But
those who were for the latter gentle
man have come out and announced
that they are Republicans. The fact
that they did not get the man of their
choice is as disappointing as it would
have been to those on the opposite side
had the result been different. All will
unite now and try to secure the election
of the choice of the majority.
Anonymous communications go to
the waste basket, but here is one that
is worthy of publication. Without
date it reads: well, Kingdom, your
man Edge won in the county and in
the state, but you do not think you
had anything to do with it, do you !?
If you do, get that out of your sys-
tenn" There the missiye ends with
out signature. In answer it may be
said we agree with our unknown friend,
and do not claim to have lent any
strength to the winning candidate. On
the contrary we think it may be truth
fully said that the paper entitled to
credit for the result in this county is
the Mirror, whose abuse of Senator
Edge did not hurt the latter in the
least. County clerk Knight, who has
canvassed the county during the entire
campaign, has said that Edge would
get over 500 plurality. The figures
show how nearly correct he was.
The turning down of James NJ
Smith, of Newark, by President Will
son, when the former wanted to be
United States Senator, is still fresh in
memory. Wilson was charged with in
gratitude for going against the man
who did more toward making him
Governor and thus possible President
than any other man in the party. But
Mr.. Wilson favored Farmer Jim"
MARITIME and he was elected. But Mar
tine did not feel compelled to ac-
quiesce in every move suggested by
the President and showed an independ-
ence that did not suit the chief execu
tive and it was decided that there must
be change and the Attorney General
of the State-John w. Wescott-was
trotted out to administer a severe re-
buke to the Senator who did not bend
the knee when he was requested. But
the plan did not work. Instead o.
MARITIME being rebuked the snub was
on the other side. Wescott was defeat
ed by majority that was so large a,
to leave no doubt as to it's significance
Reeve Stewart, Democratic candidate
for Surrogate, and some of his backer
are now vigorously exclaiming that h'
did not know anything about the at
tempt to have him appointed in tn
place made vacant by the death @
Surrogate Huff. If this is the cas-
Stewart may well ask to be "delivere
from his friends Exceptions hav
also been taken to the published state
ment that certain Democrats were a
work on this project before the RI
s lpublicans put their finger in the pie
This is nonsense as the matter had il
reality been considered while JOSEF
Huff was lying at the point of death
AS we said last week, it was one of th
dirtiest tricks ever played in polite
s and it is no wonder that all concerne
in the transaction wish to wash the
hands. Stewart may not have been i
IS the deal but he will have to suffer fl
the acts of his hackers. He will loi
, the votes of many men who will nj
stand for anything of such contemp
, ible nature.
J. After many reports pro and con,
D has finally been decided that Senat
g Walter E. Edge, of Atlantic City,
q the choice of the Republicans of tn
= = state for the position Of GoyernC
Of This is very pleasing to many, di
r appointing to others, but that is {
L ways the case in contest where the
= has been interest shown as in the cal
paign lust closed. Senator Edge al
o his friends know that he has a fight
3, hand but he has shown that he is
III successful campaigner and he has VIZ
40 his fight in the face of the strong,
opposition ever put up against can
u date. So far as Senator Colgate "
~ concerned the campaign was conduct
- in gentlemanly manner and the
an ter has announced his intention
supporting the successful man. T.
'se was the attitude taken by both can
!, dates when they toured the sta
~, n They promised to support whoe
ue won, but some of the friends of Sci
ne tor Colgate, with more hatred til
SCI discretion, used the most despica
means to defeat Senator Edge. j
'e !. how far that kind of work and the