Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-05-12
Palisade Mass Meeting
Continued from page H.

up popped the little drum major OF
the clique, Larry Sager, who opposed
the motion on the ground that it re-
Elected upon the administration. "Suf-
fering Moses!" exclaimed Mr.. Logan,
will they never understand that this
meeting is not here to reflect on
anybody" The remark, however,
was not uttered loud enough to he
heard.
Anyhow, the meeting very clearly
evidenced desire for more police,
and w. H. jackson arose and asked
that Patsy Hartnet be kept on the
job after Mr.. Logan had stated
Policeman Hartnett's own views of
the necessity and value of a day
light man. Keep him on the job"
said Mr.. Jackson, "he is the right
man to hold on"
w. ]. Foeppel spoke of his recent
the comical manner in which he re-
lated how the burglar had kicked in
the cellar window, crawled in and
out again, broke front porch win
dow, ransacked the house, then car
ried off an iron safe in full view of
the neighbors.
d. A. Carson in response to Mayor
Whites expressed disgust over the
criticisms Of his administration, said
he had been IN the capacity of coun-
Gilman himself for several years and
knew what it meant to be criticised.
Don't be thin-skinned, Mr.. Mayor"
he said, ION account of criticism.
Look for it and expect it. It is bound
to come. But what ! want for my
big tax bill is police protection and
we ought to have it." Mr.. Carson's
home had been entered and his wife
given a terrific shock by meeting the
burglar almost face to face in the
house.
The Mayor read the article in the
"Palisadian" of April %, headed
"Reign of Terror in Palisade," and
characterized it as an outrage. He
did not refer to Vincent Kelly's
speech at the first mass meeting in
which the silvcr-tongued but whining
orator had declared openly, II know
that conditions are intolerable,"
meaning that the village was infest-
ed with burglars. Some wondered
"Palisadian" or Mr.. Kelly"
MdyOI WulIS dlSo IcdQ CIlc all
sadian" editorial in the same issue,
the keynote Of which was more
police and less politics" There
wasn't much left Of Editor Logan or
his newspaper but tatters, and the
Mayor got out Of his system all of
the venom and bile that had accumu-
lated these three and half years.
Mr.. Carson remarked at one time in
the course of the evening that this
was not a time for worrying over
criticism, but he wanted to get down
to the subject and the object for
which the meeting was called. But
still the Mayor hammered the editor.
When he was through hammering;
when he had boiled over and run
down at the sides, and closed by say
ing that he felt that the meeting was
called "in bitterness" Mr.. Logan
arose from the rear seat in.he hall
and advanced to the front Syhere he
faced the audience PALISADES very
best people and in cool, collected
manner read his views on the situa-
ton. His remarks are reproduced be-
low, not for any other purpose than
to show how he met the attacks of
the Mayor. His remarks were sew
eral times. applauded, and he was
given the closest attention, even by
his friends, Messrs. Tams, Kelly and
Sager on the front seats. Mr.. Kelly
ridiculed Mr.. Logan's statement with
loud laughter that he and Mr.. Tams
had gone to the former meeting to
break it up. That was one of the few
times Mr.. Kelly had ever laughed in
public. Mr.. Logan's speech follows:
MIR. Logan's Speech
''Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men of Palisade: l feel that having
been largely the cause of this gather
ing that some form of explanation is
due the public more than has already
been stated by me. At the meeting
last week / was severely criticized
for calling the meeting in the first
place, without asking the adminstra-
ton down, but / undertook at that
time to give assurances that no
thought had entered my mind of being
discourteous in the slightest degree.
l can only repeat here what l said
then. But so far as this is concerned,
I might say that on Saturday before
the last meeting l asked Mr.. Schall
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name in calling the meeting, but he
sat down upon me so sharply that l
had to pass him up. He is the repre-
sentative of the administration in
Palisade. I speak of this because
there seems to be an impression that
my work was done in secret, which
is not only foolish, but wholly wrong.
l began my telephone calls on Sat-
urday night, and finished them on
Sunday. On Monday the copy for
the little dodger went to the printer
and on Monday night I paid Alcide
Pinard dollar bill for putting one
in each house in Palisade This is
the same method pursued here for
many years. Now, if this method
was what was so impolitely alluded
to as "sneaking the circulars around"
/ am guilty as charged, but do not
think the people of Palisade will UNI
dertake to bear out such SANDER as
this remark made at the last meeting
indicated.
81 want TO say further that / have
great faith in fair play. All my life
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