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

Inc candidates. for office have tn
right TO designate what they want o.
J the tickets as their platform TIL
only aspirant in this county to max
such designation is Captain Doctor J
Boone Wintersteen, of Moorestown
who wants to be State Senator on thu
Republican side. His pla torn i,
For the soldier, good roads, econ
omy."
The zone" system of trolley fares
will probably be an issue in the COM
ing campaign for Governor. There has
been much said on this subject and in
some places the system, which will
greatly increase fares. has been severe
ly denounced. Yet there is a general
opinion that the zone system is the
only proper way in which to conduct
the trolieys. The difficulty appears to
be in the adjustment of the fares.
The Riverside Press SAYS: Howard
Russ, now a membersof the Board of
Freeholders and formerly member of
the Small Board when they tried that
method of county government for the
nrst time, has announced his candi-
dacy for the new small board which is
again to come into Vogue MIR. Russ is
too we'll known to his neighbors in
this his home town to need any eulogy
in these columns. Is the last para
graph meant to be complimentary or
is it sarcasm?
Thomas G. Shreve will be the Dem
ocratic candidate for State Senator. as
ne does not have any opposition for
the nomination. Mr.. Shreve is we'll
known farmer of Pemberton township
and has served very acceptabIy in
township offices. He was member
of the original county Board of Taxa
ton in this county and his knowledge
of farm property and his general fund
of information made him valuable
member of the Board AS fact, Tom
is too good man to stand up and be
knocked down.
There will be a lively primary cleo
ton when the friends of James Mercer
Davis and Richard P. Hughes try to
have their choice elected to member
ship on the party County Committee.
Davis is showing so much strength
that it has spurred the other side to de-
termined efforts to have their man
succeed. But from reports that come
in from various sections of the county
Dick Hughes sun appears to be set
ting and after the primary he will
have all the time he needs to attend to
his duties as an army detective.
Senator Edwards, in recent state
ment, came out strong with desire
for Jerseymen for Jersey offices. He
thinks there are sufficient number of
good men and women in this state to
fill all the offices to be given out.
There are number of people who
agree with him, but President Wilson,
when Governor, and who is said to be
backing Senator Edwards, did no
hold to that idea when he went to In |
diana to get man to fill position
which pays $4,000 year.
When THE News printed an item |
referring to using secret societies and |
churches for electioneering purposes it |
knew it was hitting on the society end,
but it did not have an idea that the |
shaft was going so near the mark at
home on the church part. But it |
seems that one man whose zeal out |
loes his discretion had been asking a |
man to circulate two petitions, and,
incidentally, of course, asked the man
what church he attended. When told |
The jealous worker said: "Just the
hing, you can get lots of signers in |
hat church"
An effort is being made to work up a
good boom for Governor Runyon in
this county and for that purpose salt
constituted agent called little gath
ering' to devise ways and means for
the matter. Possibly there
we're dozen people on hand and it
was finally decided to have Governor
Runyon tour the county on the 18th of
this smonth. In his desire to have
perfect harmony" the organizer un-
bent to the extent of inviting to the
meeting some of those whom he had
been abusing and accusing of being
members of the hog combine. With
out any feeling against Governor Run
yon these ''combiners" declined to
have the ring put in their nose by one
whose bristles stick out all over,