The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-08-29

John g. Let's, Democrat, who wants his
party nomination for township clerk,
Herbert S. Killie, who would like to be
continued, and will ask to be nominated,
Martin H. Girven, Republican, who will
ask for reelection as assessor; and Mica
jah E. Matlack and T. Lacey Atkins,
candidates for election to the Republican
county committee from their respective
districts.
1t was hoped and was generally under
stood that Assemblyman Roberts was
not to have any opposition for renomin-
alton on the Republican ticket, but we
saw it published in usually very reli-
able journal that Evan F. Benners, of
Moorestown, the original optimist, who
is running for the Assembly nomination
on the Republican ticket this year, was
circulating around the county seat Sat
urday." 1t was thought Benners was
after the nomination for Surrogate, but
he may have changed his mind and
possibly sees more chance to get in on
the other tack; but it is hardly likely
he can have such pipe dream as that.
There has been desperate effort to get
some one to contest with Assemblyman
Roberts this year, and this may be one
OF those moves.
Judge Lippincott and the county
board of elections sat on Thursday and
made up the list of election officers for
the ensuing year. The boards in North
ampton township are composed as fol-
lows: First district-J. Frank Scatter
good and Albertus II. Jackson, Republi-
cans; John d. Rock and Franklin s
Zelley, Democrats. Second district-F.
Shreve Armstrong and James, S. Hume,
R.; j. F. r. Long and Edward Y. Gun
sche, D. Third district-Henry C.
Shinn and James H. Anderson, R.;
Reginald Shannon and 8. Albert Sleeper,
D. Fourth district, Richard P. Brown
and William B. Pearson, R.; s. Earl
Assay and William H. Dobbins, d. Fifth
district-John d. Mason and John j.
Cardwell, r.; Maurice Rowan and F.
Carlton Dalton, d.
Politics makes strange bedfellows and
this has never been more certainly
shown than in the present campaign for
the nomination for Governor. There
are people in this county, and especially
in this town, who have based their OPP
position to Senator Edge because he
halls from Atlantic City, where things
are 80 rotten, you know" But the latest
move on the part of Senator Colgate has
been to go to that terrible seaside resort
and get in touch with the cfowd that is
headed by William Riddle, whose politi
cal and official methods have been such
that even horrible Atlantic City'
could not stand it and turned down Rid
de by a decisive vote. But Colgate
seems to think Riddle is good society
and those who see SO much wickednesl
in Atlantic City and Senator Edge viii
probably applaud to the skies the ALI
ance made between Colgate and the mar
who was turned down because his neigh
bors and those who knew him could no
stand for him any longer.
The annual outing of the Union
County Republican Committee was
held Saturday afternoon at Portapeck,
Monmouth county. The excursionists
were conveyed to the park by special
train which reached the grove at
eleven o'clock. A New England clam
bake was served. The outing was a
diversion from former years when a
boat trip to nearby resort was the
annual event. Many citizens of prom
inence and candidates for office were
in the party. Nathan R. Leavitt, of
Elizabeth, acted as chairman of the
outing committee. Former Governor
Franklin Murphy was unable to at
tend owing to duties in connection
with the two hundred and fftieth an
niversary of the founding of the city
of Newark Hamilton Kean was one
of the most conspicuous figures at the
outing and naturally the United States
Senatorship and the Gubernatorial sit
uation came in for discussion when.
ever group of the leaders got to-
) gether for few minutes chat. II
one of these impromptu discussions
Mr.. Kean was asked what he thought
: of the senatorial race. 81 am in favor
of the election of Franklin Murphy,
was the prompt rejoiner of Mr.. Kean
"He is splendidly equipped for the po
e sition and would make just the repre-
sentative that a state like ours vii
need to look after its interests, in {
e national legislative way, during thu
e next four years. As l see it, the rea
issue of the campaign is protection
e for American citizens abroad and a
= home. And that word protection
d must be construed in it's broades
e sense so as to include not only nationa
d preparedness but the safeguarding o
e American industries so that our PEG
,r pie can be assured of means of max
D ing a comfortable living. Mr.. Muir
It phys long business career, his unusus
d knowledge of practical business mat
lie tiers and his intimate acquaintanc
y with men closely connected with ma
tional affairs, make him an ideal car
TO didate, because if elected, he would nc
ID have to lose year or two familiari,
p ing himself with the office and gain
ing the confidence of his associate
Dr. Mr.. Murphy's services to his countr
to his state, to his city and his fello
f. men entitle him to support in his cal
at didacy for the Senate and believe
" will be elected. His record shows tn
cir he is constructive and it was large
ay through his influence that the sugge
en- ton, emanating from the New Jers
delegation at Chicago, for a COME
if ence with the Progressives, was adoT
re- ed by the Republican National Coz
ais mittee. His attitude in that matt
get shows that he is fully abreast Of t
a times and he would make good Sc
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