Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06

Inc SplTltcu tIucc-COIiCICu SohoSoo
for the County Clerkship in Bergen
county developed some exciting
incidents, the latest of these being
the forging of the name OF w. +.
Hannemann, of Ridgefield Park, to a
communication which was printed in
The Evening Record, of Hackensack,
on Friday evening last seeking to
throw discredit on the honesty OF
George Van Buskirk, the Democratic
candidate, regarding the filing of his
statement of primary election ex-
penses.
The matter became exciting on
Saturday morning when Mr.. Hanne-
mann called at this Office with let
ter for publication denying that ne
signed the article which appeared in
the Friday issue, or that he had ever
seen or had any knowledge of it. To
his inquiry regarding the signature
the editor replied that on Friday
County Clerk Charles F. Thompson,
the Progressive-Roosevelt candidate
who dumped" the Democratic party
after his defeat in the primaries by
Van Buskirk, came to the office with
an original and a duplicate of the
published letter, stating that as he
desired to retain the original, the
signature attached to which he de-
clared to be that of Mr.. Hannemann
he had brought the duplicate for the
use of the newspaper after an ex-
animation of the two to establish the
fact that they were the same III
every particular. His assurances or
that point were accepted by the edi
tor and the letter published.
Upon hearing this Mr.. Hanneman
denounced the action of the County
Clerk and Immediately called tina
person on the telephone. The con
versation which ensued was rather
animated, the County Clerk seeking
to convince Mr.. Hannemann that HI
use of his name had previously beer
given by him, and Mr.. Hannemanl
very stoutly and most vehemently
denying the allegation. Failing t.
convince Mr.. Hannemann the Count.
Clerk sought to influence that gentle
man to "let him get by" with it, ant
not to desert him at this time a.
practically everyone else had done
Mr.. Hannemann absolutely refused t.
do so stating that he did not propos
to be made "goat" of by the Count.
Clerk or anyone else, and that no
only would the letter be published
but that he would at once take actiol
which would serve as warning t.
others not to play the same politica
game.
This letter incident is a fair sam
pie of the kind of political warfar
to which Mr.. Van Buskirk has bee
subjected during the entire campaig
After the defeat of Thompson at tn
primaries on September %, ever
cause, including Senator Hennessy
friend who had espoused hi
Surrogate Sibbald, Sheriff Heath
Judge Seufert, Prosecutor Huckin an
a score of others pleaded with hir
to accept the decision of his part
voters and support the candidacy o
Van Buskirk.
Since that time, aided by agitato
by the name of Anderson, the Count
Clerk has assailed Van Buskirk il
about every manner known to tn
"dirty" politician with the result tina
the present campaign will go dow
in the history of Bergen county a
perhaps the most vindictive eve
fought. All of this has had the eff
feet only of embittering the voter
against those who are resorting t
such mean tactics. 1t seemed a fey
weeks ago that the race for the Coun
ty Clerkship would be pretty eve
three-cornered contest.
One phase of the forging OF MI
Hannemann's name which is worry
ing Mr.. Thompson and those VIII
would regret to see any real harm
come to him is the fact this news
paper whose editor he thus impose
upon every opportunity to abuse thl
publication of the letter is in a posi-
ton to make Mr.. Thompson pay dear
ly for his deception by the provision
of a law recently enacted to protec
newspapers from just such practices
AS Mr.. Thompson has taken occasion
upon every opportunity to abue thi
newspaper, as we'll as personally al
those who are connected with it IL
any way, it is not beyond the rang
of possibility that the owners ma.
decide to make the County Clerl
step to lively air before the matte!
is finally settled.-Haskenca Record