Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-15
MR., KENNEY WAS NOT ELIMINATED.
KESAYS LETTER TO PAL|SADIAN.
AND BACKS HIMSELF IN Statement
Cliffside Park, N. J.,
Oct. IL, 1921,

OcI. IL, 13Zl,
Editor of The Palisadian:
Dear Sir--In the last issue of your
paper you stated in substance that
had been contestant in the Republic
an primary and had lost that contest.
That is scarcely so. You are probably
aware that before the primary election
1 filed petition of nomination as an
Independent candidate. That very act
precluded me from making any real
contest in the primary.
AS the voters know, my name did
not appear upon the Republican ballot.
In fact, my name did not appear on
any ballot.
OF course any voter had the right
and privilege to paste in or write my
name on the ballot of any party. A
great many took advantage of this, as
the result of the primary showed. The
Republican candidate whose name APP
peared upon the ballot did not receive
great many more votes than / did,
and his name appeared upon the tickle.
to great advantage. My total compile
mentary vote was close to 500 and was
about 200 votes in excess of the other
candidate whose name did not appear
upon either ballot While l did not
receive the nomination of either party,
yet my total vote far exceeded that of
one of the candidates and approached
the vote of the candidate whose name
appeared upon the Republican ballot.
An analysis of the statistical vote APP
pearing in your paper will verify this.
A great many voters did not avail
themselves of the privilege of primary
voting. 1t appears that some thou
sand or more registered votes were
not cast. 1t can hardly be said there
fore that the primary is any criterion
of the general election.
AS an Independent candidate my
campaign officially began following
the primary. Rather than being elimi-
mated by the primary, the large COM
plimentary vote that l received indi-
Gates that my candidacy is favored in
many quarters and that / can hardly
be the ''veritable stranger" that am
said to be. / have been q resident of
the borough for almost six years, and,
while am not native of the borough,
none of the other candidates can claim
nativity here. l believe, however, that
| length of residence will not be the
controlling factor in the election; if
| that were to be the standard then
there could never be a real contest.
! l am in the campaign upon my mer-
it's. Between now and Election Day
shall use every effort to make known
to the voters of the borough the prin-
ciples of my platform. If only the
voters will give thorough considera-
ton to the merits of my cause shall
be wholly satisfied, regardless of the
outcome.
And 1 fully believe that the voters
will cast their votes only after care
full and thorough consideration of the
candidates and their principles.
What motive can prompt my at
tempted elimination at this time?
What interest will be served by my
elimination? Why is it necessary to
eliminate me? Why take the privi-
lege of consideration of any candidate
from the enrolled voters of the bOr-
ough? Why should voters be told
whom they want or whom they do not
want? Is not that matter for the
voters themselves? Isn't it the facts
that the voters want, not conclusions?
! / am sure that you do not intend to
be unfair to any one. 1t seems, how
ever, that an erroneous impression has
arisen from a reading of your columns.
I would therefore appreciate your
publication of this letter. Your fair
ness, know, will prompt you to do so.
Thanking you for any courtesy you
may extend, very truly yours,
EDWARD A. KENNEY.