Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-05-12

not succeed in stalling off action,
because all that meeting was called
for was accomplished. The sole
thought of the gathering and the pur-
pose behind it was merely to get to-
gether and thresh out the burglary
situation, as was stated in the printed
call. The meeting spoke for itself,
and it was, as stated in my noble
contemporary, the Sentinel, safe
and sane" meeting, although if any
outsiders had been around they would
not have thought it very much on
that order part of the time. | really
feel that Palisade does not have to
thank either Mr.. Kelly or Mr.. Tams
for the orderly manner in which the
meeting was conducted, because their
evident intention was to break it up,
if possible, at which they did not
succeed. Those who are afflicted
with calamity bowling and down.
right audacity should learn lesson
from the meeting, because it was a
community expression on a matter OF
great deal of interest to Palisade,
in fact, the deepest, most vital con-
Germ. When man like r. r. Brown
can get up and speak as he did at
that meeting and advocate that we
ask the borough for two additional
police, there is something more than
a mere raising of disturbance in
volved. 1t was a direct thrust at the
motives of many of the best citizens
of Palisade to call last weeks meet
.,,p lxy1cn nf
the sort. 1t was not called by G. T..
Logan, as the Sentinel stated, but by
every man whose name was printed
on the dodger. To state that the
meeting was called by me alone is an
open falsehood, and the man who
wrote it knows it. 1t was entirely
within the rights Of everybody, and
the fact that we had nearly seventy
five people present is proof of the
fact that it was not only proper
kind of meeting, but very good one
at that. 1t was meeting in behalf
of Palisade and Palisades interests,
and the personal safety of the women
and the children, and our homes as
well. / have no thought at this time
of saying one single word of dis
courtesy or displeasure at the adj
ministration. They are carving their
own fortune, and l wish them we'll.
The only thing that insist upon is
that we have more police. / think
everybody in Palisade has this feel
ing.
II feel that the moral effect of that
meeting and this meeting is absolute.
We were told that work was already
being done looking towards doing
away with the burglar. Nobody had
been told, and only the select few
were in on the deal. If they had only
let the public know in nice way,
perhaps the first meeting would not
have been necessary. But since it
did take place it is seen that it was
not only necessary, but essential.
The meeting brought out many other
things, of greater or less Importance.
1t let the public know many facts it
did not know before, as for instance
the employment of New York detec-
tive for a period of several weeks.
But it did not bring out another in
teresting fact about the detective.
AS long as he was here, there were
no more burglaries. When. he went
back to New York, the burglar came
back and began all over again, TAX
ing no less than five cracks in one
week.
"Now, if they do not give us regu-
lar, permanent police, one additional
at night, and one additional in the
day, we shall have to furnish them
ourselves by private subscription.
What l mean is that the time has
come that this village must be pro-
tected if it has to take things in it's
own hands. There is no other way
out of it. AS l have said, they told
us that work had already been done.
Nobody knew it except the chosen
few. They were let in. The meeting
brought this out, at least. That's
what we wanted to know. But further
than that, we want more PERMA-
NENT police protection, and we are
going to have it someway, somehow.
If we live in Palisade; if we love our
homes, we are going to protect them.
Call us calamity howlers if you will,
but who should want to alter our
purpose to definitely guard Pail
sade's women and children better
than they have been guarded in the
past? Of what value or relief to
the nerves of our women and children
to have secret work done if they are
not comforted with the assurance
that they are free to go and come as
they please night or day because they
are protected? If our honorable
mayor comes here with anything
short of positive assurance of his
assistance to give us more police day
and night that will not be enough;
let him go back home or stand here
and assure us that we are going to
have them. Thank God, there is still
enough red blood here to guarantee
this right which should be the glad
privilege of those in authority to
extend even without the asking. We
can expect the re-actionaries and
obstructionists who appear to want
things to rock along any old way, to
try and defeat this measure in behalf
of the people of Palisade. But it
must come despite their selfish at
titude."
Others who made brief talks dur
ing the evening were Mrs. S. E.