The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-05
Political Notes

n Under the opinion given out by Go
1t erDor Runyon, in compliance with ii
n law on the subject, Major Edward /
n Stone, of Burlington, and Captain ,
e Frank Long, of Mount Holly, al
slated for membership on the Count
:, Board of Elections. Whether Maic
# Stone will accept is not known. II
e issued a statement, last week, in whic
: he said: 81 feel that am not fitte
!. to be solon, and it is my belief tina
e any service man who tries, because c
: his war record, to be elected to an offic
e for which he has not the qualifications
: makes regretable mistake. We di,
not go into the war to win persona
: political preferment."
! The statement of Major Stone is sen
sible and right to the point. Withou
deprecating the services of the mer
who fought for this country and TO
the defeat of Germany it cannot b,
Edenied that there were many who
entered the army against their viii
and others went in to escape some
thing or with the hope of further adj
Ivancement. We have in mind the
case of two men from this county who
are under indictment and who begged
to be sent into service that they might
escape punishment. But the indict-
ment still holds good. There were not
many of this class but there were
some.
William H. Absalom has decided
to become candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for county clerk.
There is not the slightest doubt that
he will be able to get the nomination.
The election will be another story. Alb
SALON. was defeated in 1914 by Harry L.
Knight by majority of S89. Since
that time he has been to war but he is
not going to run on the returned SOL
der" platform.
DR.. Wintersteen, who is seeking the
Republican nomination for state sena.
tor, was in town, last week, looking
over the field. The doctor is pushing
his candidacy with great fervor and in
addition to seeing the voters he has set
forth his merits for the office in letters.
the following being sample: 'My
dear sir: AS you are aware l recently
returned from Over There after six
months hard work at the front in
France. l have finally been persuad-
ed to enter the contest this Fall for
Judge Wells unexpired term in the
State Senate. But as 1 am being de-
tanned in service l cannot give much
attention to my campaign since all
my available time must be given to
my army duties and what my country
wants Of me must be my first duty
always. So this is the time for the
real friends of us soldiers to make good.
Lest we forget it may interest you
to learn that have lived and practiced
medicine in Moorestown for sixteen
years; that have been president of the
Burlington County Medical Society
two terms; member of legislative COM
mittee of the State Medical Society ~
years; permanent delegate to the State
Society eight years, Master Moores-
town Lodge No. 1873, F. & A. NJ, Q919) |
District Deputy Grand Master F. & A. |
M, for Burlington county; director B. |
& L.; President Moorestown Field
Club; member executive committee for |
New Jersey of the American Legion, a
very powerful organization of World |
War veterans just formed-am now |
chairman of the new Post |
here-and that 1 volunteered for nv |
country in April, 1917, at very great |
sacrifice-I left wife and two child |
still doing my duty. Do you
think that record Of this character |
iustifies you in believing that L would |
serve this county intelligently and |
wisely? Do you believe that, with |
such a record, l could afford to be
other than an honest, efficient, wide
awake representative in the Senate |
Don't you agree that, other things |
being equal, any man who is good |
enough to fight for his country is. COM |
petent to represent his county any
where haven't word to say against |
my opponents, for do not believe in |
knocking and | will not resort to I'M
fair political tactics. However, they |
are all lawyers, as has been the case,
since 1897, with one exception. The |
record for legislation in that period is
not remarkable for brilliancy nor free
dom from legal defects. Isn't it time
for new deal? There were 5000 men
from the county who risked all when
they we're called to the colors. Their
interests are mine and yours and they
are in this fight to get square deal. /
am for them. / am also for good roads
and rigid economy in state affairs and
these are the issues on which / have
right to expect your support.
Cordially yours
]. Boone Wintersteen,
Capt. U. S. A. "
Discussion of the above letter is not
for us but there is one point on which
Captain Wintersteen should be set
straight. He says there have not been
anything but lawyers in the State Sen
ate since 1897, with one exception. He
is wrong there. DR.. Parry was Senator
for the term ending 1897 He was sue
ceeded by Howard E. Packer, a Bur
lington merchant, and the next Sena-
cor from the same city was a banker
Then came two lawyers and they were
succeeded by Griffith w. Lewis, Bur-
hngton manufacturer. The next two
Senators were lawyers. So that in the
period named by DIR. Wintersteen we
have had eight Senators, four of whom
were lawyers or not lawyers, as you
please.
1t was said at the beginning of this
paragraph that DR.. Wintersteen's let
ter would not be discussed, but there is
one part of it that seems to demand at
tention. 1t is not likely that the doc
tor deliberately misstated anything
but he made mistake in saying he is
member of the executive committee