The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-11

WHILE the Republicans appear t.
have few difficulties in the way of
nomination for United States Senator
he Democrats are not so harmonious.
Present indications are that Governoi
Edge will be the. Republican nomine,
and the only objection that has been
heard thus far is the fact that he will
be Governor and Senator at the same
time-an objection which he says he
is prepared to put aside satisfactorily
and legally. The Democrats, on the
other hand, are not entirely harmon
ious and there are indications that all
is not smooth in camp. One dispatch
says that President Wilson is likely 10
come to New Jersey and take hano
In the campaign and get some enthu-
siasm in the Democratic ranks Judge
Haight, Of the United States District
Court, is reported to be the choice OF
the administration for the berth. But
this move is not sanctioned by many
OF the real leaders in this state. Con-
gresham Scully, who has always beer
looked upon as one OF the ablest ad-
visers in his party, thinks it would bt
better to call a conference of party
managers than to let one or two men
settle the affair and then force the
Democratic party swallow the pill Or,
pared for them. The Congressman has
issued q statement in which he saws:
Zone or two men did see Joe Tumult,
at his Office and one or two at his
home, but two or three men, holding
appointive Offices, and with no man.
date from the people, can hardly decide
ON who is to be either the 'Administra-
ton candidate or the candidate of th,
great Democratic party" Congress
man Scully has named several mel
who can lay claim to be representative
Democrats, but none OF them wer,
invited to the conference" which
settled upon Judge Haight. Th.
Congressman does not mince words in
his reference to this matter. He saws
the people OF New Jersey will not vote
for Democratic candidate nominated
by undemocratic methods, chosen by
q little coterie of men in whom somt
of the people OF the state have no CONT
dence. II New Jersey is now RepuL.
lican state he asserts it is because of |
little private, carefully -camoufiaged |
conferences. A dispatch in the
Philadelphia Ledger, on the situation,
calls attention to the fact that Demo-
cratic enthusiasm has been checked by /
the apportioning Of good appointment 8 |
to almost anywhere except New Jersey.
A Democratic leader is reported 10 /
have said that President Wilson, to ali /
lntents and purposes, had cut loose
[fom Jersey after Jersey had worke,
very hard to get him the nomination.
in the Baltimore convention and that
most OF his Woodworking friends had
been forgotten. This is not the first
lime this assertion has been made, as
The many friends OF former Senator
James NJ smith can testify. Many
siaim 70 see the tine hand OF JOE
rumulty in this latest move and if he
Iaould happen to be the prime mov.rI
{ will not lend to the popularity OF the
Iaggestion as Joseph Is not as big
man in New Jersey AS he is in Wash
ngton. The Democrats are pinninl
heir faith on getting the United States
on the possibility of greai
among Republican,
'ser the efforts of Governor Edge to z,
higher, but il they do not haye any
hing. stronger than that to rely upoI.
heir hope will be very forlorn one.