The daily sentinel., 1910-03-24

protest. But one fine day Mayor
Reeder came upon him when he, (the
marshaD, was in such a condition
that he could not keep on the side
walk. Mayor Reeder promptly re-
lieved him of his star. The mayor's
actions were generally commended.
During this ''inharmony' on the
Palisade board of trustees the boot
Logging element grew very active in
plying their business and vet no steps
were taken to stop them, although
the entire membership of the board
were cognizant Of the conditions. The
big four had taken the power and
control from the mayor but the big
four was passive.
During his term of office Mayor
Reeder declared publicly that while
he had never before lived in a COM
muntty where there were no saloons.
he had come honestly to the conclu-
sion that Palisade was better off
without them. Up to within a day or
two of the recent convention Mayor
Reeder declared positively that he
had no desire to be candidate again
and asked that some one else be
agreed upon and the better element
OF the town get together. stand to-
Sether and select one ticket
"A committee was appointed by rep
resentatiye citizens and an effort
made to get the old imaginary lines
out of the way, but the very first
demand made by the Peoples Party"
adherents, the party that called ev-
erybody who would not support its
losing ticket last spring wet" was
that Mayor Reeder get down and
they.the Peoples Party" controlling
the big four" on the town board.
made up of three hold-overs and the
lone man they elected last spring, be
allowed to name the head of the
ticket. When he heard of these de-
mands Mr.. Reeder stoutly refused to
concede anything of that kind, de-
clarlnS that he mad been grossly mis-
represented, that his ticket had won
at the last spring election and he
would not accede to the arbitrary de-
mands.,
FINALLY an agreement was reached
that the name of the ticket that had
been successful at the last two spring
elections be changed from Citizens
Ticket" to Business Mems Ticket"
The convention was called but there
could be no agreement on a nomina-
ton for mayor and the compromise
deal fell through. A ticket composed
of some of Palisades best known and
most representative business men was
named at the convention and the
ticket was put upon a platform that
declared emphatically that bootleg
glng would be abolished and the sa-
looms kept out of town. The old
Peoples Ticket" element got busy
and when nominations for mayor
were called for, put up candidate
OF their own. However, this candi-
date and this element were badly
outvoted in the convention and the
strong, representative ticket, headed
by Mayor Reeder was named.
The element opposing Mayor Reed
er now announce that they propose
to use every effort in their power to
defeat Mayor Reeder and hence the
Peoples Ticket" was placed in the
tleld and this element is making a
hard fight TO defeat Reeder and the
Business Mems Ticket" yet this
opposing element claims to be the
simon pure" temperance element
and Mayor Reeder and his associates
are out and out anti-saloon men, on
an anti-saloon platform and with a
record of trying to keep Palisade
dry and free from bootlegging dur
ing Mayor Reeder's administration
but which efforts were largely block
ed by the Peoples Party "big four
on the board of trustees which pre-
ferred to remain inactive. Consist
ency, oh. consistency,
1t is reported on highest authority
that the most prominent leader of the
elemant opposing Mayor Reeder has
emphatically declared that he has a
personal grievance against Mayor
Reeder and will see that Reeder