Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-08-20
EDW. A. KENNEY DEFINES POSITION,
TELLS HOW HE WAS MADE CANDIDATE,
HOPES TO Be MAYOR OF CL|FFS|DE

LII recent speech, Mr. Kenny, who is
candidate for the mayoralty of Cliff
side Park, said:
In the early summer, when the DO
lltlcal pulse first began to beat. many
OF you came to me with the request
that l enter the next primary contest
as candidate for nomination to the
mayoralty. My answer was that | had
no desire to make such a contest that
l must decline. You then stated that
you would nominate me by petition as
an Independent candidate, and that
you, yourselves, would wage the cam
paign in furtherance of my candidacy.
After your persistent urgings, having
satisfied myself that you were prompt
ed wholly by unselfish motives, | final
ly accepted your support.
1t is now source of much gratifica-
ton that our campaign has gained
wonderful Roadway. You are waging
1t with spirit rarely manifested in
this or any other municipality. Your
earnestness is of the type that makes
for success. Already you have be-
come a potent, vital force Your in
tiuence today is felt throughout the
community.
There are reasons for the favorable
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sincere in your task You are seek
ing not to destroy, but to construct.
You are concerned only in bringing
about an administration that will best
serve the interests of the borough
You have exacted and received mo
promises. You have only the welfare
of yourselves and your fellow citizens
at heart A-s,----
You are for efficiency in office-for
progress and proper development of
our borough-fOr true economy, fair
and reasonable value for the borough's
money rightly spent-for reduction of
our taxes, which have become so bur-
densome = for independence regulated
not by the mind of one person or set
of persons, but by the fruits of the
minds of the community rightly en-
ployed by those in oflice-for equal
justice in the enforcement of the bor-
ough's laws-for service rendered sole
ly in the borough's interest without
fear or favor and with becoming dig
nifty.
My pledge has been made to work I'M
tiringly for the accomplishment of the
principles you have enunciated in this
campaign. With you, am determined
to take up relentlessly the task of con-
summarizing those self-same principles
IT. our borough.
Now, in the conduct of our campaign
we must avoid petty quarrel And we
should remember that a mud sling is
a pOwerlesS weapOn-a symbol of
weakness. AT most, it thrusts only
slime, which does not penetrate. Be
sides, the user must necessarily be-
come Shiny himself - despatched By
his own weapon. We must be above
this. Otherwise, we would be I'M
worthy of our cause.
Recently, there appeared in one of
our local paper an article concocted not
by the reportorial staff of the paper,
but by an imprudent young man whose
activities scarcely commend themselves
to the approval of his fellow citizens.
An embryonic lawyer himself, his vi
sions of his own designed future must
have vanished with the advent of our
growing strength His self-conceved
plot has so far earned him only con-
slant Gliding upon the public streets.
1t is a truism that gaseous poison
from a disorderly mind has rarely
overcome the fair and public spirited
citizen. We shall have none of it
for our use.
1t is not true that / have sought pO-
litical preferment of any kind-not
even the office which l now hold. 1t
is likewise untrue that / have curried
favor with any particular person or
persons for my own benefit. But you
are aware of all this. And you know
full well that l have favored policies
only when | was thoroughly in SYM
Dathy with them and honestly so.
Your support is the best evidence
of nv conduct in your midst. l shall
cherish it as long as l shall live. My
political fortunes will make no diff
ference. I welcome that support as
I shall welcome any and all support
honestly and unselfishly given in the
borough's interests.
And, now, before our discussion of
matters of the moment, must say
that am deeply grateful for the con-
fidence you have reposed in me-for
all that you have done-tor all that
know you will do.