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Under all ordinary oondltlons we

do not ballere In the leclalaUee dopartment of the rorernmect, either natk«a»l or State, encroaching upon the rtfhta of the EzecaUve. neither do we bell ere In the letrUOatlre branch attemptln* to coerce or dictate to the Executive when they happen to be of differing political taltha. for In the rapid ahlfUn* of our Ataerlcan political life "chicken*

quickly come home to rooat.* If Gorernor SU*er wlahed to ap-

point hta secretary a* a Public Utility

Oommlealoner. and Mr. Pearce

! qualified for the Job. we cannot eee —' that the Republican Senate had any Subscription price, tl-M per Tear., ^ ^ t jj e Qorwnor shorn he In the name for the position. But ■■rtnae lop the olher hajd. In this parUcular ^ __ a we cannot but feel that the Goraty, era or exhibited bad taste and showed tne rest wow- «• juu i e appreciation of alfinal ability . and especial fitness for s difficult position when he declined to send In the name of Judpe Osborne to succeed himself as head of the State

Public Utilities Commission. Oo»

eraor SUser cannot eren raise the plea of politics to Justify his course, for Jud<e Osborne Is of his own political family, and furthermore, as the position is really a Judicial one, politics should not enter Into the se-

lection at all.

Ospe May county folks will recall with pleasure the eminent fairness shown by Jude* Osborne lest fall In the hearin** of the railroad schedule case In which they war* so deeply Interested and heartily wish for his

DEFEHDEHCY

/urn DEHHUUEHCY

Burdette Lewis, head of the '*•- partment of Institutions and Apendee of the State of New Jersey, which department is now under the fire of Senator Bricht, of this county, told the club women of Haddonfield that If the people of New Jersey realised the enormous cost of dependency and delinquency they would make a desperate effort to correct the d^mnin*

This Is not a new tocsin. The earns alarm baa been sounded every year lor the past ten years or more to our knowledge snd the cos* has been rcspondlndy rlsln*. Not only has the cost to the Bute for up-keep of these Institutions been on the in-

HOT FOR OK- ; VAT TURK

Having In mind a continuation of

^sm,‘ but the State has been de- the Federal aid road policy, there Is

To an unprejudiced observer, this psrtdul&r caw It looks much like the pot calling the kettle black as between the Governor and Senate.

prived of the earning power

of the

now before Oongreae. the Dowell bill, passed by the House and reconanenled by the Senate committee, which would authorise the appropriation of $75,000,000 for each of the two yean of 19SC-19S?. the money to be spent In conjunction with the several States for the production of better highways. During 1914, 9,900 miles of Federal aid roads were completed at a coat of $171,544,500. The roads under construction will cost approximately $$95,000,000 of which the

_ e at tta ■ouree. Shutting down Federal government will pay $176, appropriations U merely scratching 500.000. the surface; it Is aaristg at the spigot Folks It. the email communltlee and wasting at the bang. Instead such as ours fall often to grasp the of Invechlag clone against the cost significance of acts like these; yet the l*clslato.-« they have a real bearing on communlof their energies ij development and prosperity. There

inmates, which would more than equal the cost of their upkeep. When these two sums are added tb*y make

np a staggering total.

We are not going to defend Mr. Lewis’ department. The co*4s may be excessive, this tan he proven by an honest and rigid Investigation. The main ooint Is why do not the Intelligent. the thinking people of New Jersey rise In their power and make

a '‘desperate effort'

ml of oonuno.- aenpe.

drastic laws to raw* the source of the evil, the Executive should approve them, and the courts should uphold them. If not unconstitutional. There are scores of couples married in teti State every year that have no right to marry. There are •cores of couples cohabiting In this State contrary to the law* of God

are two sides to the road quest on. In small towns while good roads have been welcomed by the average man. In some places local merchants have suffered from their construction. The complaint is that good roads enable the wife of the tanner to shop In the nearest big city. It should be remembered, however, that the road that takes people out of the v.Uagr

That Doubtfql Age

This Is on* of the rotten ph of our political life, this badgering of officials, and It Is time that It should be brought to an snd T*ndemon has a splendid opportunity to nld in the good work and should not hesitate to

so. whatever the results.

TO DLflOVX

HLW) WATERWAY Sea Isle City U vitally Interested In a bill now before the LagWatore for deepening the Inland waterway from Atlantic City to Grassy Sound. The value of this waterway for small craft has not been fully realised nor utilised, as It will be in future, snd for this reason the deepening of the channel, for which the bill appropriates $150,000. is a step In the direction of making practicable the icy already spent on this waterway. In the years to coma this Inland course will play an Important part In the development of the coo tiguous territory, both aa a drainage canal and as a means of nmrigaUou to settlers along Its course.

DRIVES on the taxpayer never em to end. One of the latest Is a bill to pension county detectives after twenty years of service and the widows of detectives who died after five years continuous service, similar bill to this for the benefit of one man was Introduced at the last on of the Legislature. As the measure dose uot Include third-class couhtiee. Cape May need not worry.

i who *»o»id be kicked up., also brings them Into the village.

s of both rexes

t should wv .'-'dor restraint. Thi Is the evil that ne is to be desperately tackled and thro' tied and all tbe clap-trap about Infringing on personal liberty should be thrown to the wind*. The personal llbertv of no Individual Is superior to the welfare of the community. The highest right of any State and the supreme duty of any State Is to protect itself. Senator Williams, of Psasalc, has Just Introduced a bill In the Senate providing for the sterilisation of Individuals afflicted with chronic Insanity or feeble-mlndedneee.

While undoubtedly some traders ht.ve suffered from the competitive appeal of the city plus the good road, the answer of course Is obvious—better merchandising, snd better and mere advertising. Trade need not leave the small town; as a fact the email town with Its lower labor cost snd lower overhead can give the city merctAnta quite a run for their money. If the merchants adjust themselves to the changed conditions they can draw as much trade from the cities as the dtiee take from

them. If cot more.

The world’s advance cannot

This Is not the first time allmlar stemmed, but the world's tradeMnen measures have been utrodue**' in the 1 can at least keep step. Legislature. The trouble Is »hey get — no further, or if they do. the personal FEHUERSOH SHOULD liberty cry U raised *nd they go for pnQTYnpy ttto vwwrp naught. What Is wanted is such lews Fil0i,UCE 315 PH00F cn the statute books and then their Walter J. Fenderaon, the Cape May enforcement for the safety of the City ex-Tax Collector, who was areommunlty and the relief of the tax rested last week Insists that he has payer. | been made the "goaf' for other

~~ iPeople and that before he will serve

THE last word from Nome »c!ra-; a Jail sentence he will divulge the dieting the earlier report from Fair names of well-known residents whose beaks, that Balto, the leader of the bad checks were the cause of

dog team wfldeh computed the last trouble,

lap of the record-breaking race to get Divulging these names will not dlpbtharta aati-loglae to stricken save Fenderaon from the effects of Nome, will be ballad with plaasure his malfexsnce In office If his pr by every lover of heroes. Balto and tutors wish to push the case against hit teammslM. who responded ao; him. but if his charge has a good glut .tusl)'to the urging of their drtv- foundation, he owes it to himself, er, arc entitled to aa much praiae as j hit relatives and the community to the man wbo fared death In that make the facts public blinding blltsani that he might bring Fenderaon Is not the first official relief U> that atrirken community.! who brnt been put In a bole by soShould any of them die as a result called friends—political and otherof the trip they will be entlted to a j wise, usually political—who demandmonument. j ed the payment of political debts at | the expense of the community and the WITH another sentence of five tc: character of the official, ten yean given him by Judge Smath-1 It la easy to say that an official en. of the Atlantic Count/ Court, should have backbone sufficient to and which ought to have been twice, resist all such demands. So he as much, Anthony J. Bullock now > should, but many, yea ti.e majority. k.'Ows that the way of the trans-' do not, but manage somehow to pull grantor is hard But he ought to be out of the difficulties wothout ex-

thankful be totaprd with bis lile. pos'.Te.

Editorial Views

Consider This Pam* Cape May Star and Wave: In Philadelphia lives a parrot. This pat - rot U an immigrant to the dty. and was formerly a resident of Clementon. a suburb of Camden. All day long. If the reports that aeh here are true, tbs parrot shrieks "Hurrah for Clementon." a Bay." Beet In the World.” This parrot Is not a partiettiarly smart bird, but he Is smart enougn to boost hi* hesne town, snd that beats some of the owls who roost In Cape May. Enforcing Anto Laws Trenton Times; The prompt arrest. conviction and sentencing to a term in Jail of a MorrisvlIU man who drove so automobile while he was under the Influence of Intoxicating liquors, shows what can be done in such cases when there is strict enforcement of the law. There should be no discrimination between residents and non-residents, be*ween offenders who are able ar<*. willing to employ counsel and those who cannot afford to pa/ for protection. Drunken drivers are a menace. Jeracy’i Water Supply Camden Poet-Telegram; At least the future of New Jersey's water supply has been sealed tentatively by the signing of the tri-8tato treaty, apportioning the upper waters of the Delaware between New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. A two-year discussion by the Joint commission has resulted la a plan Involvinr the conservation of the flow of the river by the erection of great dams In Its upper reaches with an estimated yearly expenditure of $5,000,000 for 100 yean, and the Insured dally delivery of a billion gallons of water to each of the three signatories—a supply equal to the total amount New York city receives from Its Croton. Kenlsco. Ashokan and Schoharie system combined. Election Laws—A Farce Atlantic City Press: One thousand amendments to the New Jersey eler ttou law have been made In the last five years One hundred and twenty-five proposed amendments are before the 'resent legislature Each one of theta is repreaentiil as aimed "to cure a technical defect and straighten out uncertain pro

what the law Is ao lostg as are made with sash rapidity Perhaps tbs chief trouble Is aut so much with the elec (tea law aa It Is with tbs courts sad the officers whose duty it Is to coneeieattOMly far snd fully satisfied they could be obtained under the statutes as printed, have been sorely disappointed at the apparent lack of co-operation from Judicial and administrative officers At any rata, it is amusing to aa how. those who cannot draw up a

govern little elect loos In New Jersey are ever ready to ooademn the constitution and to point out where the fathers. In the creation of

takas thirteen voting against thv child to kill the nto

rat die Tktxtol rough their leglsUturaa. nr to an advisory way through refer* * have declared themselves ua< to Dakar with the OoastltaUoa for the mke of providing a uniform ttonal standard of child freedom.

for the anti-propaganda. Thirteen States are willing to ace Industry profit by the work of exploited . American boys and girts

to a machine through I

of sunshine when they should be with their books or at play. Radios Help Goal Men ■ucester Democrat: Householdera complain that they are fining more coal this wlnler than ever before, aad rises a radio tan and explains that cress In former yuan people iked the Ana at 9 o'clock, now they alt up ualil 11 and listen to the radio. Two hours more heat each

day accounts for f

Bed Beak Register: The aallosal _ > re re meat is amply capable of *aforctag prohifaftisa, far thto Job is

as drafting and drilling young men Inexpert eared la war. The claim “ a mads that It is ImpoaMhlo __ •to prohibition. This Is Hbaling Uselefiam. He Is no wankUng. The law sould he enforced If one-half as

a yroeecuting

Haas* Eaerjy Heeded

chlnery. ships, trucks and locomctivee are worth nothing unless they are vitalised by human energy. Evsry owner of capital comes to realise that the discovery and developmaat of men competent to manage business enterpiism Is the most difficult Job of saL Finding capital Is simple compared to finding men competent to direct capital. Capital literally pours Into the lap of the man wbo establishes an unblemished reputation for honestly respectable and certain

1986 AuU Tap Orange and white have bran cboecn as the colors to be used on 1915 automobile license plalm for New Jersey. according to Motor Vehicle Commissioner William L. Dill The tags will have white numerals on a h** kg round About .00.090 pairs of plates will b* required for automobiles next year said Mr. Dill ’ 1

WUUr (watching his mother using a vibrator) "Gra. ma. your face nust be awful dirty to have to use a vacuum cleaner on It."

.. * tore to harbor IdaL they're easy to defend—-when we set to taskin' Aggers on the value of a friend.—hut. the sum of ary

Coubt. UU you nap yur crop of

Facts Is—we find that friendship cornea In several different grads*, when we meet the mixed varieties that's common to the trades; If you try to curb erpmuim when yer love is runnln' short.— well, there's nothin' cbemper'n friendship—when you price the

But. the everiaatln' artikie that's traded In our arts. Is the on*T kind of friendship that's s balm far human hearts.—In fact, the stuff is priceless—In results that correspond, from Devotion'e faithful cellar, where we bottle It

Musings of the Office Cat

Nobody has started a drive pat 9or moonshine.

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anarsrsrisic

Trying To Save OW

Bamegat Light

Mayor T. Jay France, of Baraagat Oty. is making strenuous efforts to save old Ba oegst Light, which the Federal Government has decided to abandon, the Department of Commerce declining to recommend the appropriation ef timated by army en gineera a* neee nary for the preservation of the point of beach upon which this old landmark stands. Mayor r.ance has taken the matter, up with Governor SUser and asked Us smtstance. Among other things UmMayor says In his letter to toe •'Oondltlons at the point of bench J^here the lighthouse elands have been gradually Improving for the pant year or more aad If this oonUnoas. nature herself may preserve 2^ r ^?? , H llCh L bat * 40 “<* «»lnk wC'Should depend entirely upon na"WhUv oue hesitates to run count•r to the Judgment of toe army enxl"^to. It is the natural optiioum ^vnry skilled observer at BnraLw

to complete^ true.

... * HI yon not, therefore, take on this .natter through toe appropriate

^ **a pEIE. ™,*SKT. U " Sens'or Mathis, of Oceancountr has Introduced a bUl toth* appropriating $75,000 to msks nrad ed repairs *o save this old light.

Yes, nature certain Is i Did you ever see a pair of t wouldn't fit?

Our out-of-door rights aregraAaally narrowing to right of way aad* right of wait. Just think of the things that mud to doM if we could pat oar

It Is sasy for natioas to bp fi toe hard ps~Via to get the plike <

A lot of us think we are because we pretend to he a the sins of others.

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Aa Almanac Worth Having (From the Wildwood Sun-Tribune) An Almanac and Manual of Usetul Information for 1915 Iseura h. our esteemed contemporary toTcnSZ May County Timm Sea uu r!.-j-t .h.t iu tKTtaSLS',, 01 .?*? There U food for thoSht ram.-aii of HUH, known f^WiuTh ^ ,^ for each month, and brat of ^7. ‘.T w^Ltr ta^aSaJS predictions. The uft~ charmingly informs the rrade, « w bat kind of sunshine or storm' to. o, „ 3«» iTcSSS; fo b*n. regardless of the (loTw-/ m, “‘ • observers and forec^u lu The ^g: Trib y« copy he* * pi** the office reference library TIDE TABLE FOR FEBRUARY

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