Palisadian., 1923-10-19
CORKER PROMISES COMMISSION
With LOWER TAXES, N0NP ARTISAN
ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Candidate for Mayor, Who Says Commission Gov
ernment Will Bring Welcome Change Over Present
System, and That His Plan Is Worthy of a Trial

Samuel J. Corker, councilman of the
Borough of Fort Lee, makes a pub
licity announcement in this issue of
The Palisadian. He is the Republic
an candidate for mayor.
Mr.. Corker is we'll known and well
liked in the borough and is man OF
strong convictions and ability as
business man. His proposal carries
with 1t the idea of putting commits
sion government up to the people
and promises that if elected at the
coming election he will circulate the
petition under the laws of New Jer-
sey calling for an election of three
commissioners in place of the present
system of mayor and aldermen.
The substantial reasons in Mr..
Corker's announcement are of such
a nature as to command the atten-
ton of any man or woman voter, re-
gardless of party affiliation. Indeed,
commission government is not in any
sense partisan. AS a system it is
based on the fact that no man can be
a candidate for office under that sys-
tenn AS A PARTY MAN.
Mr.. Corkers announcement carries
with it much food for thought, the
principal thing being that If commits
sion carries it will at least be
change from system which has run
down at the heel and is now anti
quated. The man who says there is
nothing new under the sun in these
progressive days is in error. At any
rate, if the thinking people will ana
lyze what Mr.. Corker proposes they
will see in it an opportunity to find
their way out of the great burder OF
HEAVY TAXES, which have been
mounting sky-high for several years.
Furthermore, the opposition ticket
cannot promise single thing in the
lowering of taxes. They are crew
of professional politicians who have
run Fort Lee for long term of years
in their own way and who are now
asking you to let them continue to do
So According to a present official OF
the administration, a man of highest
standing and who has himself been
long in office, things are at this time
so badly mixed that there is no tell
want to go for the truth on anything.
But let's get away from personali-
ties The thing needed is to do lit
tie thinking for ourselves. The pussy
footing Republican friends of the
present system are already going the
rounds urging the election of the Ed
ward A. White ticket-the Democrat
ic ticket. He has enlisted all the Re-
publicans in his behalf-and if not
that, they have gone in for him
through prejudice of Mr.. Corker-a
prejudice unwarranted. Just what is
the matter with Mr.. Corker? He was
supported by the very cream of the
borough six years ago when he was
a commission candidate against Mr..
White, and it would have required
only change of thirteen votes to
have elected him. If he was worthy
of that close a choice then, he is
worthy today, only more so in fact
David Arthur Carson, one of the high
est minded citizens of Palisade, man
of sound principle and culture, was
with Mr. Corker in that campaign and
gave him as fine a reputation for in
tegrity and ability as any man ever
got. George Burdett of Fort Lee, an
other able man, tried to elect him, as
did many other leading men of the
borough. The tongue of wicked SIAN
der is busy at this time discrediting
a good man in Corker, and they have
not the slightest right to do so.
1t will pay any right-thinking man
to give heed to what Mr.. Corker says.
1t is not an attask upon any one, but
plain, straightforward statement of
what he proposes in behalf of the peo
pie, and in an honest effort to estab
lish more stable government on a
business basis, as well as righteous
endeavor to LOWER TAXES, and at
the same time give adequate service
to the people with honest government