Palisadian., 1923-09-28

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the Primary Election something tor
which to feel proud. AS for kenney,
he won the nomination he sought ana
received a creditable number of Demo-
cratic yites. As for Marini, he was
beaten by no extraordinarily large
margin and he carried the town, hav-
ing SS8 total votes as compared with
Kenney's TIL.
But for the 153 votes that Kerwein
polled in Palisade he would not have
received the Republican nomination
for Councilman in Fort Lee. rms fact
is significant inasmuch as 1t shows
clearly that Palisade holds the balance
of power in the borough OF Fort Lee,
and her solid vote for or against any
candidate will invariably either elect
or defeat him. This being true, 1t Is
most important that every citizen OF
this section Of the borough interest
themselves in the local government
and those running it throughout the
entire year and not alone at election
time when many must depend simply
on someone else's word as to the 'capa-
bilities of the candidates.
Grantwood is no doubt right in in
sisting that no matter what arrange
ment is made for better postal service
in the lower end of the borough she
shall not be deprived of the con-
veniences she now enjoys. 1t is pos
sible for the three Post Offices below
to combine and get the same service
that Grantwood does and it is not es-
sential that Grantwood join in the con-
solidation at all. In the event that
Grantwood did consolidate with the
other Post Offices it is only possible
and not at all probable that the cen
tral Post Office would be located in
that end of the borough, for in consid-
ering location the department has no
regard for the amount of business that
they realize from any particular sec
tion but base their decision upon a
geographical center which under the
proposed plan would be Cliffside.
Immediately after the attorney for
the School Board of Cliffside Park
withdrew his motion to have the writ
of certiorari withdrawn the Board held
a meeting and at this meeting Presi-
dent Velsey ventured the suggestion
that time could be saved by confess
ing Judgment on the writ and calling
a new election He characterized the
suggestion as being "a hard pill to
swallow" but stated he was willing to
do SO if the rest of the Board were
for the sake of the children who would
necessarily suffer. The other mem
bers present, not quite willing to ac-
cept the suggestion as offered, decided
on a compromise which asked that the
Mayor withdraw the writ upon a gen
tleman's agreement to call a new cleo
ton for the new school but to pro-
ceed with the heating plant. The
Mayors attorney refused the offer and
it was decided definitely to fight the
writ At the last regular meeting OF
the Board Mr.. Everett offered a reso-
luton to rescind the election that was
contested and call a new one to speed
matters along. An adjourned meet
ing was held to discuss the advisable
ity of so doing, and again he offered
the resolution but it was not seconded,
hence lost, and the fight on the writ
continues. If the fight was to be drop
ped, after the motion for dismissal
of the writ had been withdrawn was
the time to do it. 1t is proper at this
time for the Board to await the deci-
sion of the court, accept the decision
and abide by it.