The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
Democratic Pow-Wow.

~ WIN Tue reality JnaJ SOmeJDlf
g must be done to awaken interest in
re sleeping cause and with the delusic
7, that old Burlington county is in sue
y a disrupted state so far as the Repu
r licans are concerned, the Democra
g came to the conclusion that the tin
l. was Thursday evening, and the plat
Mount Holly, to hold the annual Je
;, fersonian banquet. 1t was a goo
e gathering both as to numbers and Ell
: vance that it was to be a meeting
n ORTHODOX" Democrats but there wei
i all sorts present. The requisite to gal
t admission was $3.50 per plate, and tina
: sum was easily obtained and PSI PEI
I sons were fed.
! 1t is an open secret that the Demo
: Gratis OF this county have been far apar
in the past but it takes good feed t
bring men together and those who hal
openly condemned each other, polite
ally, personally and otherwise, held
perfect love feast and enjoyed the fat
ted calf. James Mercer Davis, chair
man of the Burlington County Demo
cratic executive committee, opened thu
speechmaking part of the programme
by extending the freedom of the town
to all present. He saw occasion fol
great rejoicing when SO many Demo
Gratis had gathered to cement theil
common interests. James was of the
opinion that something greater than
human power had decreed that so great
an agency as the Democratic party
should be at the head of national af-
fairs Certainly James has not for
gotten that despite the frantic appeal
of the chief executive of the country
with foreign residence, that the
people give him Democratic Congress
to do his bidding, the Republicans
have been returned TO power. Some
thing greater than human power" was
not alluded TO in this connection. OF
course we cannot tell all that the tai
ented speaker gave utterance to, but
you may bet your pennies that he did
not see anything but extraordinary
good in the Democratic party and he
melted out his praise without stint.
Davis is born orator and he has often
been heard in court making much out
of what was apparently desperate
case and coming out winner, so there
was nothing surprising in the line of
talk he put out on Thursday evening.
Having spun himself out Mr.. Davis
gave Dick Hughes chance. Dick
was to be the POSTMASTER, but it was
late when his turn came and as the
speaker who preceded him had stolen
much of his thunder Dick had to be
| content with making very brief adj
dress.
Then came the big guns. Senator
Edwards, of Hudson county, who hopes
to be the next Governor of New Jersey,
was greeted with great applause. His
opponent, Congressman Scully, was
not present, so Edwards got all of The
warm greeting that was waiting for
any body who happened to get up. He
congratulated those present that the
committee had been able to get $50
members of its great party" together
to show what interest there is in the
affairs of the nation. He referred to
the fact that he would have opposition
from Congressman Scully, but he
pledged himself to support the success
full candidate and aid in putting the
Democratic party back in power in this
state With commendable modesty
he briefly referred to his occupancy of
the office of state comptroller when he
changed Republican deficit of over a
million dollars to Democratic surplus
of nearly two millions, adding that
everybody was so familiar with his
"enviable record" in the comptroller s
office that it was not necessary for him
to refer to it.
Former Congressman James Baker
spoke in generalities. He apparently
did not have any 'enviable record" to
refer to, so he spoke in glowing terms
of the Democratic party ana the bril-
liant prospect of victory next fall. He
promised that Hudson county would
give 35, 900 majority for the Democratic
candidate for Governor. He said he
began his political career under Judge
Charles G. Black, who was the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor in 1904
That was not very good year to begin
''career" as the Democratic candi-
date was defeated by over 1000 ma
jority and Hudson county only gave
him 1854 majority. Since that time
the majority in that county has not
reached $1,000, even at the time there
was such a upheaval for Woodrow Viii.
son, and in 1916, the majority in that
Democratic stronghold of Hudson
county was cut down to 1870. So that
Mr.. Baker will have to start new
'career" if he gets up to $4,000.
Then came Judge Robert S. Hubs
peth, of Hudson, familiarly known as
"Bob". He saw silver lining in the
clouds but he did not reach the 35, 00(
limit. He spoke well of Senator Ed
wards and Congressman Scully, who
he described as 100 per cent Americans
but he very carefully RETAINED from
expressing preference for either one.
The last speaker was Sheriff Elme
f. Geran, of Monmouth county. HI
is one of the fiery sort of speakers whc
can hold hold an audience with word
even if they can be dissected after
wards. He wound up his talk will
great praise of President Wilson VIII,
he described as the only man abou
whose acts the remark "well done
could be made. This was rather toug
on the fellow who had an ''enviabl
record" as comptroller and he who ha
started career" which had so pre-
crossed as to confidently predict $500
majority from Hudson, and when Gle
an finished with his remarkable stat'
ment it seemed about time for th
meeting to close and an adjournmer
was taken.
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