The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-03-19

REGARDLESS of the fact that the
item in THE NEWS, last week, counsel
ing holding the party together rather
than using means to disrupt it, wss
stated not to be personal, our neigEoor
Of the Mirror saw something ip it to
come back" on, and the shos appar-
entity pinched him somewhere and
one Of his editorials was directed to
the editor Of THE NEWS. and I'M
like that In this paper, was made de.
eidedly personal. Well, If that is the
sort Of campaign desired, we are ready
to enter into it. The Mirror refers to
the editor of this paper as our ''fulmin-
ating" friend. Possibly there are those
who do not know what that word
means, 20 We will give the dictionary
explanation. 1t is this: Illuminating
laundering, cracking, exploding"
Instead Of answering suggestion thai
seeds Of discord be not sown and that
there should be adherence to the state
msnt that political party is not
personal asset" our neighbor-ws are
sorry We cannot call him friend, but
he is only that when there is some
thing OF advantage to himself to be
gained-comes back and makes per-
sonal attack which Is composed entire
~ upon the statement that we have
tried unsuccessfullY to get an Office.
Well, wherein do We differ from tbs
editor Of the Mirror In this respect?
Only that we have been unsuccessful
while he has grabbed and grasped and
held on tenaciously until forced out,
after raking in thousands of dollars.
30 lot that part Of it go by. Now there
il another word In the dictionary that
may be well used here and it will not
be put In like some Of the reading
notices in the Mirror, In q way to
leave to the imagination who or what
Ii meant but 1t will be applied to the
editor Of 1.-THE only Republican paper
In the county," Charles H. Folwell
The word II "Grasping: Eager to gain
possession Of something covetous !;
rapacious: avaricious; exacting." Now
for few examples. 1t is impossible
to 60 back many years, that would re-
quirs larger space than the subject is
worth. But let's begin less than six
months ago. AS soon as it was decided
that the Board Of Freeholders would be
Republican the editor of the Mirror
sent his agent-we will not call him
his man Friday ito the clerk Of
the Board to get the printing of the
check lists, but he was too late; the
work had been promised = without
solicitation-to another paper. The
Board organized. The editor presented
to the new director the names OF three
persons he desired to have put on the
printing committee. but in some way
the list was lost and an entirely differ
ent committee was named. Then
came the usual resolution to have the
county collectors report printed, and
the Democrats. smarting under the
blackguardism that had been heaped
upon them, offered q substitute that
THE NEWS be named. This, of course,
was out Of the question, for the Repub-
lican caucus had determined on the
Mirror. And werd right here will
tell OF this. A conference was held to
decide who should be supported as
director. 1t had been agreed that
other subjects should not be consid-
cred. but the willy editor had a man
Friday on the job and the subject of
printing the collectors report was TAX
On up and the Mirror was named. and
that settled that question. Later it
was decided TO print the list Of appro-
priations and THE NEWS and the
Herald were selected. This caused the
young mans hair to stand on end and
he approached one member and hauled
him over the Goals for giving it as it
was voted. using the argument that if
1t had not been for the efforts of the
Mirror and its editor there would not
have been Republican majority in
the Board. The fact that a Demo
cratic Board had, in 1916. given the
printing Of the auditors report to
the Mirror did not count. In that year
the Bordsntown Register was named
TO print the auditors report, but the
persistent pulling and hauling on
some OF the Democratic members of
the Board caused that resolution to be
and the work to be given
to the Mirror. There is always a d.
ssctory OF township officials printed
and there was o rush on the part of
our neighbor for that job but it went to
the Medford Office. Then there were
rules adopted. Our ''grasping" friend
was on hand and had prepared a reso.
luton that the rules committee have
The giving out Of the printing, but one
Of the Democratic members was too
quick for him and had a resolution
that it be left in the hands Of the print
Ing committee. That body decided to |
give the work to THE News. Did that
sstsle itS Not by a long sight. The
chairman of the committee was seen. |
wen though it was known that this
,ffics was to have the work and an at.
tempt was made to have the decision |
,hanged. The same old argument was |
nsed: i am Republican; / run q Re-
publican paper and work for the party |
md contribute toward its expenses.
And then when asked il there were
not others doing the same the answer |
vas "Oh. well, 1t is only a small Job. |
anyway" But it is not in county |
work that the ''grasping" element |
'hows itself. There was legal adver-
isement inserted in THE News and |