The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-09-02
Political Nntes

D per. Ile OtOeT animal mas the no
q cholera.
Keep it up, Charley. We would nc
stop you for the world. The more 20
D spout the better for those you oppose
Unhappy Kingdom" says tn
young lady across the way Al
wrong. Never happier than when
given assurance that the shafts hav
penetrated toughened skin
Every newspaper sends out more o
less complimentary copies, but TIL
NEWS has never mailed one of tina
kind for two or three years and ther
sued the recipient for the subscription
price.
Andrew ]. Boswell, formerly O
Mount Holly. and now living at Ocean
i City, where he is the city solicitor
has filed his petition for the Republic
can nomination OF Member of Assem-
bly, from Cape May county.
In long eulogistic editorial the
Mirror tells of the many good qualities
of William H. Reeves, something that
nobody will dispute. But it would
have been better if the editor in his
zeal to hit the hog combine" had not
dragged Mr.. Reeves name into the
article, Having done SO and, by the
candidates own admission, in the
presence of witnesses, having done Mr.
Reeves great harm it was up to the
editor to try and undo his error.
In an effort to get an organization
for Governor Runyon with the idea Of
touHng the county and seeing the
voters, the editor of the Mirror conde-
scended to request several people who
he has denounced and abused to join
him in the affair. Some of them,
adhering to the Runyon ranks, refuse
to get in line under the thumb of the
young lady across the way" who.
while denouncing the hog combine"
and the ''chief hog" wants to get his
snout in the trough and after he has
succeeded, wants to be able to stand
back and say Il did it. l brought
'em around"
1t is hardly the thing to visit the
sins of the fathers upon the children,
but Governor Runyon is to be pitied
for the condition of things owing to
the advocacy:of his cause by at least
one person in this county, possibly
not selected by the candidate, but who
rather forced himself into the can
vass in order to get square with some
body. No matter how we feel on this
matter, candor compels the admission
that Bugbee stock has increased ma
terially since the mud vent broke out
over the street. Up to that time it
looked as If Governor Runvon would
make strong fight in this county At
the present writing. reports from vari-
Gus sections show that Mr.. Bugbee
will be the winner.
No, maybe he didn't say it," and
maybe there was not any direct refer
ence to "Rube Ross and the crew
which he poses as controlling" as
hogs, but the inference was there Just
the same. If the memory of the
colored voters is SO vivid as to what
happened a few years ago it may be
that it will be just as fresh few weeks
from now. Perhaps we may have
made some remark such as the mud
Singer quotes, although in the same
breath he says maybe he didn't, 4"
and the latter remark is probably
nearer the truth or he never would
have admitted it, but we never came
out in public print and called colored
men hogs and members of the hog
combine. That is matter of record.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
heads an article "A nasty line of poll
tics" and then says:
"The deliberate use of either frater-
nal or religious society, and especially
Of any organization or body from which
u CuuICu fOtc may D6 QIhW0, Is one
of the peculiarly illegitimate and often
sive acts Of politics on a low scale.
There are many societies and orders OF
one kind or another in Philadelphia
for benevolent, or philanthropic, or re-
ligious purposes as we'll as numerous
churches of various creeds; and, right
fully conducted, they should be wholly
free Of politics or electioneering. Any
politician or set of politicians, who
disregards the spirit of this sound
American principle, and attempts to
work societies or churches for their
vote as if it were campaign COM
modify to be delivered by bargainers
or hucksters in politics. introduces
things of discord and discredit into
useful fraternal bodies and into relig-
ion. The level headed and honorable
men in all such organizations and con
gregations will use their influence
promptly in repudiating these miser-
able schemes OF mischief and intrigue
Either the secret society vote, or the
church vote, whether it may lbe Pro.
testant or Catholic, should be an
odiOus term in our politics, and men
who engage in that sort of campaign
ing or manipulation are deserving of
public scorn as creators of some Of the
nastiest kind of irritations and dis
ssnsions that can be fomented among
their fellow citizens"