The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-08-22
polit;caI Notes

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that. But Mr.. Hughes has got under it
skin.-New York Post.
The Trenton correspondent of tn
Philadelphia Record, in his weekly let
ter, predicts the nomination of Attorne,
General Wescott, and as Bacon seems t
be on the inside Of the secret ideas of tn
State and National committees, he ha
possibly been given the tip of how Il
write his letters.
An Atlantic county paper has spoken
in flattering terms of former Senate
White, in connection with the nomina
ton for Congress on the Republican
ticket, but Mr.. Whites organ says h,
will not be candidate for any office
adding, somewhat significantly, tn,
words this year" 1t is well.
! A correspondent of an exchange, who
says he lost two relatives on the Lusi
tania and was himself ruined financially
in Mexico, replying to Senator Lewis
explanation that the Presidents "too
proud to fight" is an English translation
of the Latin phrase, beginning with
mon dimicare," remarked that in his
opinion the Presidents real obsession is
mon caridam," which while it may be
hog Latin, is pretty fair horse sense.
In an attempt to show that South
Jersey does not have any show against
North Jersey candidate allusion has
been made to the fact that General E.
Burd Grubb was defeated for Governor
by Hudson county man, but no note
was made of the scandal that attended
that defeat and the subsequent dis
closures that the ballot boxes of Hudson
county were stuffed almost beyond their
capacity, showing that General Grubb
had been elected but was cheated out of
the Office, and that as result Of the in
vestigation several of Hudson county's
citizens spent a portion of their lives in
the state prison.
Some things come high but we must
have them. An Edge advocate in this
county has been offered $50 if he will
see something whereby he can change
his mind Another man is said to have
been given $40 as a retainer. with a
weekly fee, just to stand on the street
corners and talk Colgate. The position
of state prison keeper, now held by Dick
Hughes, is reported to have been prom
iood fhraa man 70 COlOofo 10 oloofod Ono
earnest advocate of the latter, who
could not support Senator Wells in the
primary because it might hurt his bust
ness with the liquor dealers seems to be
assured that it is all right to work for
Colgate.
Senator Walter f. Edge, candidate for
Governor, is issuing from his headquar-
tiers pamphlet which he considers de-
serves to be called unique among mil
lions Of campaign documents in the po-
litical history of New Jersey. He terms
it unique because it tells what others
think Of the candidate, instead Of what
he thinks of himself 1t is an eight
page pamphlet bearing the title: "A
Boost from Every County in the State
Not Press Agency Inspirations, but the
Unbiased Views of New Jersey Editors"
1t contains 70 different editorials appear
ing in newspapers of New Jersey, New
York and Philadelphia, all compliment
ary of the Senator's Gubernatorial can
didacy. Newspapers in each of the
twenty-one counties of the state are
quoted in this editorial comment. Edi
torials are reprinted verbatim from
thirty seven New Jersey newspapers,
two Philadelphia newspapers, and one
New York magazine.
There has been so much said about the
necessity OF taking a candidate for Office
from the upper part of the state where it
is reported all the votes lie that it is In
teresting to note what South Jersey has
done in years gone by Taking the
figures from the legislative manual it
will be seen that nine South Jersey
counties, including Mercer, have fur
nished about 80 per cent. of the Repub-
lican vote in Gubernatorial campaigns,
with the exception of the time that
former Governor Stokes was elected, but
in that year South jerseys pluralities
were over half those given Stokes in the
entire state. Camden county gave
Stokes 1906 plurality, while Hudson
gave its own candidate, Judge Charles
Black, 1854. When former Governor
Fort ran South Jersey again did its
share and cast Sc, 234 of the 1874, 513 total
ballots. And again Camden county
came to the front with 6,555 plurality
while Hudson gave Katzenbach 6,449
and Essex, the county that must be reco-
nized because it does SO well, went back
on it's own candidate to the tune of 291
Democratic plurality. And even when
Fielder, hailing from Hudson county,
walked away with the election, South
Jersey polled AZ, $50 of the 140, 298 cast by
the Republicans. So it will be seen that
South Jersey has always been on hand
with it's good votes and il it had not
been for this section j. franklin Fort
would have been showed under with his
own county going against him.
The New Jersey Manufacturers and
Business Mems League" is the name
assumed by the men who met at the
Robert Treat hotel, Newark, last month,
to organize for the purpose Of increasing
the number OF business men in Congress
and at the initial meeting approved the
candidacy OF Franklin Murphy for the
United States Senate. The league has
greatly increased it's membership since
it was formed and its members are tax
ing an active interest in the Senatorial
and various Congressional district con-
tests. Letters are being sent to manu.
facturers, merchants and other business
men all over the state, and those who
are in sympathy with the movement are
asked to sign enrolment blanks which
are enclosed. Peter Campbell, treasurer
Of the Nairn Linoleum Company, who
was chosen as chairman, has appointed
an advisory committee of the following
representative men: Charles s. Boyer, Of
B. F. Boyer Co., Camden; Richard Dem
leigh, of Hay Foundry and Iron Works.
Newark; John w. Helms, of the Aeolian
Co., Crawford; Albert c. Middleton, of
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden;
Levi Weingarten, of Weingarten Bros,
Newark; Eugene Merz, of Heller & Merz