The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-08-15

lpalgn committee hoaQQuarterS.
OF all the desperate eleventh-h
Iefforts to revive the memory of tn
lCofgate candidacy. the most ridicu
lOus is the absurd claim being wide
lily circulated that the candidate TO
lGovernor must come from Esse
County, in order to secure the larg
Essex and Hudson County Republi
lean vote on election day.
AS enthusiastic Essex Republi
icans, we emphatically resent sucl
fan aspersion on the party loyalty
and feel that the true condition a
existing in Essex County should b.
spread broadcast without delay.
| When the Essex Colgate hacker
attempt to make it appear to thu
State that he has solid party be
hind him in Essex, it is untrue Sew
eral thousand Essex Republican
have already either signed petition
favoring the nomination of Senate
Edge, or indicated in other way
1their intention of supporting hin
and right in the Essex County Com
mittee where Senator Colgate wa
endorsed months ago, the undercur
rent for Senator Edge is well known
and understood, and has been grow
ing stronger since the campaign op
ened.
These are days when records ,anC
previous service will count with thu
voters, rather than sectionalism
1t must be fattering to Senator
Colgate to have this big county ples
advanced as practically the sole rea
son why he should receive the Re
publican nomination. Not a wore
about his qualifications for the of
flee, his service to his party or any
program if nominated; just the ar
|bitrary and crude argument of sec
|tional division.
Would it not be better for the
Colgate boosters to tell us wherein
their candidate has a better claim
or a better record than Senator
Edge Why not tell us who put
through the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Act, Regulation of Factory con-
ditions, and a dozen other acts to
promote social justice, or the Econo-
my measures, the Central Purchas-
ing Bureau, the State Budget Sys-
TEN, or who has made the question
of business administration the
chief and original issue of the State
campaign ?
Why these things have become
the very articles of faith of the Re
publican party and every one oil
them originated with Senator Edge.
Comet Tell us what Colgate has
done to advance the progress of the
party he would lead
! One of the striking testimonials
of Senator Edges fitness for guber-
latorial responsibilities is the fact
that practically all of his colleagues
in the Senate who have watched his
activities for years are earnestly ad-
vocating his candidacy.
Referring further to the argument
dvanced that the candidate must
,ome from Essex or otherwise charg-
ing Essex Republicans of contem-
plated treachery, is it to be inferred
hat should Ex-Governor Murphy be
nominated for United States Sena-
Tor that he would not be competent
to assure Essex County's ''undiluted
'oyalty'' for the entire Republican
ticket. 1t occurs to us If there is
really anything in the geographical
argument at all, then Senator Col
gate should follow in the footsteps
Of former Governor Stokes and re-
tire for the sake of harmony Both
of the senatorial candidates, ex-Gov-
ernor Murphy and ex-senator Ere
inghuysen, come from North Jersey
and should, therefore, be balanced
by candidate for Governor from
South Jersey. No, Senator Colgate
cannot logically set up the sectional
argument as the reason why he
should be nominated.
Some Cold Facts
Now let us pour a few cold facts
upon the heated imaginations of
Senator Colgate's advisers. Is Es-
sex County alone responsible for re-
cent Republican victories Last
year New Jersey was Republican on
the Legislative ticket by $4,000 ma
iority. A look at the returns would
show that the counties south of. Mer-
eer and Ocean, inclusive, furnished
Just $4,000 of this majority, and the
in North Jersey furnished
)nly IL, 1000. Essex County is seven
lines as big in population as Allan
lie County, but it only furnished
200 more majority 1t is two and
times as big as Passaic and
ret it only produced 5000 more ma
ority. 1t is three and one-half
ines as big as Camden and only
rave 1000 more majority In fact
he three counties of Passaic, Cam
len and Atlantic furnished $4,000
4 the Republican majority against
5000 in Essex. And all three of
hese counties, by the way, are SOL
for Senator Edge
Then this big county contention
5 not substantiated by past events.
he last three Republican Governors
5ere Stokes, Murphy and Fort Muir
by and Fort coming from Essex re-
eived 1900 and 5000 majority,
while Stokes from
outh Jersey received $4,000 major
-y. Certainly that does not prove
hat only candidate from Essex
an be elected. Why it is not ever |
rue on the Democratic side. because |
wilson from Mercer County received |
bigger majority in Hudson County |
han Fielder did. That disposes OF
he contention that Hudson would /
land by local candidate regardless
his pOlIlcS.
If the Colgate argument is sound |
his year, II would be likewise in ev-
ry gubernatorial campaign. so long
5 Essex and Hudson remain the /
lost populous sections of New Jer-
~ Consequently, the Republican
lrty would never have a standard
carer who did not chance to live
one or the other OF these coun-
es. We are not that selfish in Es-
* when other sections develop
'oper material.
The question might be asked
it'll effect that II Senator Edge has
aged such a strong campaign for
e nomination, which fact Is uni
'rsally admitted, why is he not Just
capable of waging just as vigor-
IS campaign against the Democrat
nominee after the primaries, and
Iat Is the time candidate must
'pear IN person and not by proxy,
Or fal back on exaggerated mill |
ry responsibilities in a peaceful
ate camp, as plea for support and
excuse for non-appearance before
e voters. Senator Edge, likewise,
ked for military detail, but the
liberties apparently took pains to
e that he did not secure the adj
Intage of officially mingiing with
ousands of militiamen and their
lends while patriotic feeling ran
gh
For Senator Colgate or his friends
aonffnua1lv ack for vponafhv ho