The Penn's Grove record., 1920-10-29
Vote For Principles
Requires Discretion
National, State and Local Issues
Involved In The Election

portunity and resources to follow the
trend and complication of civic issues in
Nation, State and municipality. They
are complicated greatly because of the
combinations of National, State and
municipal elections.
Voters have received sample ballots,
with columns labelled Democratic, Re-
publican, Personal Choice, Single Tax,
Farm Labor, Socialist, Socialist Labor,
Prohibition. To many the names have
no personal significance except party
labels to be voted for on long standing
partisan prejudices made on issues set
tied years ago.
National Issue
The issue is the vote for
Presidential electors who vote for your
choice for President, also a member of
the House of Representatives (Con-
gress) who administer and make laws
on national and ~ernatio issues.
The United States is legally at war
with Germany and has deserted the
Allies because a Senatorial oligarchy
formed a conspiracy to defeat the Peace
Treaty and League of Nations Cove
nant and a Republican Congress voted
to make a separat peace with Ger
many thus deserving the Allies in re-
fusing to back them up to make Ger
many pay the penalties which will take
a generation to do. The United States
co~nfiscated hundreds of millions of
German property, including patents on
dye stuffs. A separate peace with Ger
many means giving back American
property to m The last session
of Congress gave a million dollars back
to a former German istructor in the
University of Pennsylvania.
A vote for Cox-Rooseve1t Electors
and Kramer for Congress means that
the United States will stand by the
Allies in peace as well as in war until
Germany pays the penalty of burglar,
thief and murder.
State Issues
Last year diva l. Edwards was
elected Governor on a platform opposed
to prohibition, but he had other issues
which touched the pocketbook of every
taxpayer in the State. The man well
informed on the U. S. Constitutional
amendment, 18th, which had been
adopted and Z. S.. Supreme Court deci-
sions on the liquor question during the
past thirty years knew that Governor
Edwards wet crusade would amount to
nothing, but it served to catch beer
suckers so he could be elected to
block the Edge Republican scheme to
sbmake every property owner pay for a
bridge and tunnel to be free for automo-
bile riders while the property owners,
big and little, paid the bill. Governor
Edwards, even with a Republican Leg
islature knocked out the Edge free
bridge and tunnel and the voters
will next Tuesday vote on issuing $2o,-
600, 1000 of bonds to build he bridge
and tunnel. Governor Edwards has
kicked out Highway and Public Utility
Commissions for ~incompetency. The
new Democratic platform last year
stated the Commission transacted
most business in star sessions
behind closed doors. We demand that
all meetings of public bodies should be
held in public
Well, the beer and whiskey men flew
to Edwards like flies to the rim of a
moIasses barrel. They thought that
was all there was in it, while the bridge
and tunnel issue was at the bottom to
save all the taxpayers in New Jersey
from a burden which will be paid by
those who use them.
Many dry Democrats knowing the
other things he was to put over voted
for Governor Edwards. But to many
he became a hero On the wet" issue
and some saw visions of the Presidency
for him. A unanimous wet delegation
was sent to the Democratic
ton. After Bryan stormed the conven-
ton and defeated a wet plank, Jim Nu-
gent came home Disguised before the
voting. Those who stayed saw a new
vision. They saw the setting OF the
sun of old @"anti-sumptuary," beyond
the golden gate of the Pacific.
James M. Cox, Democratic candidate
for President, having passed thru the
arid region of the West declared the
Liquor issue as dead (constitutionally)
as slavery"
cisco was manifested at the Democratic
State Convention last month when some
who went as wet, pleaded and voted to
defeat a wet plank in the party plat
form. 1t was defeated.
A sensation was made in Salem poll
tics last week by the publication in the
Salem STANDARD and Jerseyman parts OF
a letter Henry Burt Ware, Democratic
candidate for Senator, wrote to d.. w..
Summerill, Democrat former prosecu-
tor. stating in substance that only wet
men could hold office under his state
administration and he classed all dry
men Republicans. In a letter IN last
weeks Salem Sunbeam Mr.. Ware stands
by the former position and takes the
blame.
Mr.. Ware was an alternate delegate
to the San Francisco Convention, but
failed to get there to see the setting OF
the sun of old ."anti-sumptuary.' He
was at the State Convention but has
not read the latest political signs of
the times.
William Ewart, Democratic candidate
for Assembly, is known by few in this
region. He is the running mate on
legislation with Mr.. Ware.
Collins B. Allen. Republican candidate
for Senator, has held that office for
six years and is leader of his party in
the State Senate. William S. Stiles.
Republican candidate for Assembly, is
a ~well-known old resident in this re-
gion. He was elected last year.. Both
Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Stiles are known as
dry men and opposed to legislation to
make Sunday a Roman Pagan holiday.
Alfred X. Brandriff. Republican can
didate for Sheriff, and William Hannah
Democratic candidate, are well-known
residents of Upper Penns Neck. Both
are creditable men and deserving of
their party's support.
For Councilmen in Penns Grove, the
Democrats have one, Robert w. Kidd.
As Walter Carter, one of the Republi
can candidates, will soon leave the
Borough, the Republicans practically
have one candidate, Alfred Gillison.