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PALI SAD IAN
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•Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
—As You Like It.
VOL. XVII. NO. 23 PALISADE, N. J., JULY 4, 1924 PRICE 4 CENTS
JULY 4, CHILDREN'S DAY, IS ALL SET
FOR HAPPY TIME, WITH DIG PARADE,
BASEBALL GAME AND FIREWORKS
The Nation’s Natal Day in Palisade Will Not Lack in Pa
triotic Purpose and Spirit of the Occasion.
While there is not much more
■“news” to add about the July 4 cele
bration in Palisade, there is a worthy
item to add about the program at the
school. The speakers who will be on
hand to make five or six minute talks
are:
Cornelius Doremus, Ridgewood.
J. E. Barry, New York.
W’m. Mackaye, Coytesville.
Seymour N. Sears, Grantwood.
Rev. Lloyd Leach, Grantwood.
Prof. Rautesntrausch, Palisade.
Charles W. B. Lane, Palisade.
The invocation will be by Rev.
Charles Hunter, Palisade.
There will be several black bombs
fired at the public school at 10:30
a. m., at which hour the parade will
start in Bluff road from the East of
Palisade avenue. All automobiles
will be welcomed. The children are
all expected to be on hand promptly,
and each will be given a flag to carry
along the line of march.
If it is possible to secure a band,
music will be had for at least the
parade. This, however, is uncertain,
as band music at present is as high
as a mountain.
The ball game on the play grounds
starts at 3 o’clock p. m.
The refreshments will be ample,
and everybody will get ice cream at
the fireworks display.
Lieutenant James
Carroll Weds Miss
Langton in N. Y. C.
The iashionable church of the
Notre Dame at One Hundred and
Thirteenth street and Morningside
avenue in New York City was the
' "scene of a military wedding of great
local interest on Monday last when
the beautiful and accomplished Miss
Mary Elizabeth Langton of New York
City became the bride of the dashing
Lieutenant James Carroll of Ander
son avenue, Grantwood.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, John Langton,
was attended by Wadine Sinclair of
Forest Hills.
The groom was attended by his
brother, Thomas R. Carroll.
Lieutenant Carroll is a graduate of
West Point and was stationed with
the Army of Occupation on the Ruhr
for several years. He has been ap
pointed by the United States Govern
ment to study radio at Yale Univer
sity for the coming year. Only one
other man in the United States has
received this honor.
The couple will tour the New Eng
land States and will settle down in
New Haven about August 1.
Some of the guests at the wedding
were Mr. and Mrs. James Carroll,
Catherine and Nicholas Carroll, Cap
tain and Mrs. Covert, Captain Und
kridz, Lieutenant Frank Gil of Camp
Vale, Ann Louise Moore, John Kealy,
John Shea of New York City, Mr. and
Mrs. K. Lierman, Mrs. M. Riley,
Nicholas Mohoney, Muriel O’Riley,
Mrs. James Mahoney, all of Grant
wood, Catherine Kelly of New York
City.
Memorial Plans
Well Under Way
At its meeting on Tuesday evening
in the Borough Hall, the Cliffside
Park Memorial Committee had its
usual representation of members and
inspected the large photographs of
the proposed memorial.
Various plans were suggested for
bringing the matter before the pub
lic for prompt responses and the
chairman, Mr. Sammis, appointed a
committee of those who will be in
town, to act as the subscription com
mittee, Mr. Nutt, Mr. Stetka, Mrs.
Finucane and the chairman.
This committee held a meeting on
Tuesday evening and laid plans for a
short, effective campaign. With a
prompt response from the citizens of
the borough the order can be given
for the monument and at last Cliff
side Park can take her place among
the towns which have done honor to
their boys who fought for them and
made the supreme sacrifice as well as
to those wh<4 returned to their homes,
for the monument will stand for both.
Forest May Robbed
Of Personal Things
The Palisade avenue office of Harry
D. Schall was entered and robbed on
the night of June 29.
The thieves gained entrance hy
prying open a window in the rear with
a furnace shaker. •
All the stuff stolen was the prop
erty of Forest May, one of Mr.
Schall’s business associates, and the
articles reported missing are two
shirts, a suitcase, some toilet articles,
two suits, pair of trousers, a camera
and a bathing suit.
CLOSTER WOMAN HAS
STRANGE ADVENTURE
WITH JUDGE AND COURT
Real Estate Woman, Mrs. Schulz,
Talks Plainly to Judge Mat
tocks, Is Arrested After Per
sonal Encounter, Is Tried and
Jailed Without Bail—Apparent
Miscarriage of Justice.
The Republican last week referred
to an incident in Closter which has
since been more fully given to the
public, and the more is learned about
it the greater the discredit to all con
cerned. The plain facts, as now de
veloped, seem to be that for a long
time there has been antagonism be
tween Judge Mattocks and Mrs. Eliza
beth C. Schulz, a woman who has
been active in real estate transac
tions. Local papers heretofore print
ed stories about the office of Mrs.
Schulz being daubed with paint and
K. K. K. crosses burned on her prem
ises, all for the purpose of annoying
her and presumably of driving her out
of the Community.
Last week this situation was ag
gravated by the burning of another
cross on the Schulz premises, when
the woman became enraged, visited
the home of Judge Mattocks and the
two “had it out.” Mrs. Schulz de
clares that the judge struck her, more
than once, and she retaliated, the af
fair, seemingly assuming a cat-claw
ing or scratch-as-scratch-can bout,
with no visible scratches; she also
says the judge seized her by her
clothing, and pulled her about, the in
cident terminating when Mrs. Mat
tocks, who was near by in an automo
bile, told her husband to “let the
woman be.” The story of Mrs.
Schulz, who is not a woman of fierce
mien, but of undoubted, excitable tem
perament, was quite graphic and cir
cumstantial. As to any irascibility,
the story of Mrs. Schulz's treatment'
is warrant for a broad deviation from
pleasantry and placidity of conduct.
On the part of Judge Mattocks, he
has denied making a physical assault
upon Mrs. Schulz. But each party has
sworn out a warrant before Justice of
the Peace Johnson, of Hackensack,
charging the other with assault and
battery.
Aside from this, Mrs. Schulz was
arrested on a charge of disorderly
conduct, made by a neighbor, who
charged her with calling him, his wife
and son, "kikes.” For this Mrs.
Schulz was placed on trial before Re
corder Vossler. She denied making
the remark. The complainants were
represented by Counselor Edward
West, of Hackensack. Mrs. Schulz
was without counsel, and postpone
ment of the case was not granted to
get counsel or bail; she was tried,
convicted and sentenced to fifteen
days in jail, and was taken forthwith
to the prison. It has been stated in
a county paper that Counselor West,
as sentence was pronounced, handed
to the recorder a commitment with
a remark to the effect that “all you
have to do is fill in the number of
uays.
After her imprisonment, Mrs.
Schulz employed Harry Feder, a Pas
saic lawyer, who secured from Judge
William M. Seufert, of the Court of
Common Pleas, an order directing Re
Torder Vossler, of Closter, to bring
before him all the papers of complaint
and other record in the case for re
view. The petition on which this or
der was issued claims that the words
said to have been used by Mrs. Schulz
do not constitute a violation of the. act
mentioned. Counselor Feder and Mrs.
Schulz jointly went on a bail bond
of $250 and she was released Monday
evening.
Public sentiment, based largely
upon newspaper accounts of the af
fray, is generally to the effect that
Mrs. Schulz was the subject of an
unwarranted and unfair and illegal
proceeding—in common terms, that
she was '“given a raw deal."
The woman has a husband, but he
does not appear to cut a figure in the
case.—Hackensack Republican.
The Ladies’ Aid of the Grantwood
Congregational Church held a special
meeting at' the home of Mrs. Charles
Leeger, of Lawton avenue, Monday
afternoon, to ratify the program sub
mitted by the executive committee
for the coming year. Delicious re
freshments were served by the
hostess after the meeting.
INTIMATE HISTORY
OF THE PALISADES
TOLD BY PALISADIAN
Interesting Recital of Early Set
tlement of This Immediate
Section—Early Settler Had
Ranch and Forty Slaves.
It has been the endeavor of those
interested in preserving the his
torical record of Bergen County to
publish now-and-then a history under
the title of A History of Bergen
County, but legends ,and facts are so
jumbled up, that there is lost in the
shuffle a very interesting link in the
chain of events which connects the
political and social history of this
section, with the chief actors in the
great tragedy in the history of Eng
land attending 'the passing of Oliver
Cromwell, King Charles II and the
reign of William and Mary.
The unhappy condition of affairs in
England in the times of King Charles
1st caused many men of prominence
in England to seek lands to dwell in
that would offer greater freedom po
litically and religiously; and it is
quite true that the great Cromwell
and the greater Hampden had both
engaged passage for America, when
a sudden change in politics caused
them, to abandon the trip.
About this time, there came into
notice a protege of King Charles 1st,
a man by the name of Edward Hyde
(Lord Clarendon) whose stable char
acter, based on his great virtue and
integrity as a politician, caused him
to rise to such prominence later on
as to win him a position never sur
passed by any English statesman.
He was the shining star of the reign
of the unhappy King Charles II and
as the grandfather of Mary Hyde and
Anne Hyde he lived to see them both
become Queens of England, and the
last of the reigning Stuarts.
me uromweinan government ot
Hngland caused many royalists to
leave that land for safer localities.
Sir Henry Hyde seeking a place of
exile in Scotland, and among a num
ber of wealthy Englishmen who lo
cated in Barbadoes, W. I. was a John
Berry, of Staffordshire. After the
English had taken from the Dutch the
latter’s possessions in America, the
Cartarets (Sir Geo and his brother
Philip) promptly undertook the de
velopment of the lands in what they
named New Jersey, the latter being
divided into two provinces i.e. East
Jersey and West Jersey. John Berry
took up three extensive grants, in
1668 two of them covering all the
lands on the Palisades extending from
the Hudson River to Overpeck Creek
at Ridgefield northward to above
Englewood (a small piece of this ter
ritory—about 2,000 acres was a grant
made later to Samuel Edsall a son
in-law of John Berry, at the locality
known at present as Leonia) the
lands above Englewood being under
grants to Sir George Cartaret.
A change in the affairs of King
Charles made it necessary for the
Cartarets to return to England for
a few years, and the Governor, Philip
Cartaret, was considerably perplexed
as to . whom to leave here as his
Deputy. The council being composed
of Berry, Edsall, Parker, Kingsland
and Sanford. The choice fell to John
Berry, whose appointment as Deputy
Governor was presented by his friend
Lord Clarendon (Henry Hyde) to
King Charles for approval, which
was confirmed and returned with per
sonal letters from the King and his
chancellor which letters may be seen
to this day in good state of preserva
tion in the records at the British Mu
seum, London.
John Berry operated an extensive
ranch in 1696 on the west slope of
the Palisades, a record historically
being noted of a stone house and
headquarters for 40 slaves, but the
official residence of this pioneer was
at Boiling Springs now known as
East Rutherford, where his son John
Berry Jr., lived and afterwards his
descendants down to the present day;
the old homestead only recently fall
ing down from gradual decay.
The descendants of John Berry, liv
ing at present on the Palisades are
the Edsalls of Leonia, Mrs. E. B.
Conkright of Ridgefield and Mrs. L.
B. Wickware of Palisades.
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Cliffside Pair
Wed on Sun. Last
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A very pretty wedding was cele
brated on Sunday at 4 o’clock in St.
John’s Church, Walker street and An
derson avenue, when Mias Julia Ta
basco, of 214 Park terrace, became the
bride of Joseph Daley, of 238 Palisade
avenue. Following^.the' ceremony a
receptiort was held at the home of the
bride’s parents. They will spend their
honeymoon in the Catskills and upon
their return will reside at Thirty-third
street, Woodcliff.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of Cliffside Park Saving Society
was held Tuesday evening at the
home of Mr. George Nagel, 291 John
street.
Falling Lumber
Kills Lad of Eleven
James Collins, Jr., 11 years old,
son of James Collins of Grantwood,
was killed about eight o’clock on
Wednesday night when a pile of
lumber fell on him at the Grant
wood Lumber Company yard on
Anderson avenue.
Mr. Collins is employed at the
yard as a night watch'man and the
boy was playing around the yard
when the sad accident happened.
He was rushed to the office of Dr.
Charles Littwin on Warren avenue
in Palisade where he was pro
nounced dead upon arrival.
The boy was taken to McNally’s
morgue in Fort Lee.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to the Collins family.
Palisade P. M.
Retires After Long
And Earnest Service
On July 1 Mrs. Bertha A. Ulrich, for
merly Bertha Grabosky, who has been
postmistress of Palisade for about five
years, retired from office, after a form
of service largely to her credit and
to the benefit of the community. Dur
ing the time when the post office was
in the old Stabel store, later Wolpert’s,
Miss Grabosky had many trials in
managing the office, owing to the few
blocks distance from the Palisade
Junction where the mails were carried
and delivered for Palisade. There
came times when it was next to im
possible to get the pouches carried
to and from the Junction, and Bertha
MRS. BERTHA A. ULRICH
was always there with the pep and
vim, going herself when it was im
possible to get any one else to do the
job. Of course, this was not often
necessary, but it is mentioned here
to prove that she was always a will
ing and attentive servant of the pub
lic. She early established office hours
that were trying and long, opening
the office at seven, closing at seven
in the evening. The community of
Palisade is under many obligations to
the retiring postmistress, and it will
be a long time before any one gives
better service. Bertha won the re
spect and esteem of the people of
Palisade because she was faithful
to her trust, and beyond this no one
need go. Her many friends here wish
her- all happiness.
She has been connected with the
post office about ten years, but was at
first Mr. Stabel’s assistant. She was
acting postmaster for a year and one
half and served about three years
after receiving the permanent ap
pointment.
Winners of the
Events at Picnic
The annual Sunday School picnic
of the Union Sunday School of Pali
sade was held at Interstate Park on
Saturday last. Practically all of the
scholars and teachers were on hand,
as well as many of the parents to en
joy the day.
Following is the list of the day’s
events and the names of the winners;
Boys’ sack race: first John Morri
son, second Otis Valentine; girls'
sack race: first Evelyn Lunn, second
Irene Unger; boys’ shoe race: first
Freddy Oman, second Arthur Voss;
mens’ shoe race: first Mr. Paulson,
second Mr. Cory; egg race for young 1
girls: first Lillian Lunn; egg racb fori
women: first Mrs. Daniel Valentine;
aotatoe race: first Virginia Oman and
\rlane Drake; horse and rider race:
Gtis Valentine and Mr. Mapes; fifty
fa I'd dash, for boys under nine: first,
Lynwood Clark; for girls under nine,
irst, Irene Unger; for boys and girls
between nine and twelve years, Net
:hen Unger and Peter Kirby; fifty
fard dash for women, Mrs. George
Cory; fifty yard dash for men, Rev.
Ulan Hunter: cracker-eating-whistl
ng contest for boys: first, Thorwald
Lunn, for girls, first Marion Howard;
monkey race, first, Theodore Nasely;
-eiay race: Peter Kirby and Sammy
Rosenthal.
The events were closed with a tug
pf-war in which boys and men took
part. When the whistle blew, Mr.
Vfape’s side had pulled the team of
George Cory out of position. At dif
3 BROOKLYN BOYS
HAVE TYPHOID FEVER
FROM HILLTOP WATER
Contract Disease After Drinking
From What They Thought' Was
a “Mountain Stream.”
Three boys of Brooklyn are lying
on sick beds today suffering from se
vere cases of typhoid fever which
was contracted after they took a hike
along the Palisades last week and
drank what they considered was
water from a “mountain stream” len
der the first wooden bridge on the
foot path that leads from Edgewater
up the Palisades to the Park.
The pipes that feed the pool in the
amusement park run along this spot
and almost parallel with the pipes
is an open stream that flows from
the top of the hill into Edgewater.
1 he reporter climbed the Palisades
yesterday afternoon in an attempt to
find the source of the “mountain
stream” and discovered it near the
little stone bridge at the top of the
hill, where, about twenty feet in back
of Wolpert’s stand (at the bend in
Route No. 10), is an open pipe from
which none to clean water flows con
stantly. The pipe apparently is an
outlet from the swimming pool, for it
continues back from the opening
about thirty feet and makes a bend
under the stone bridge into the part
of the swimming pool where the ma
chines and pumps are located. The
water once flowed through a pipe to
the other side of the bridge and then
through an open ditch; but was later
continued through the pipe for the
above-mentioned thirty feet. Part of
the pipe is above ground and is en
cased in wood, while about thirty feet
is in the ground approximately two
and one-half feet and the excavation
is filled in chiefly with rubbish.
There are hundreds of places along
the course of the waterfall where the
water collects in miniature pools, some
of which are very stagnant and full
of fungi.
The boys who contracted the dread
disease following the drinking of this
water are being attended by Dr. R.
Burton-Opitz of Palisade, who got the
story of the hike from them. Dr.
Burton-Opitz has reported the matter
to the State Board of Health.
A' bad condition exists here and the
proper authorities should act at once
to see to it that it is taken care of
in the interest of public health.
Regarding the
Fireworks Stand
A number of people in Palisade !
have voiced their objection to the
Fireworks stand located on Palisade
avenue and the following will clear
up some misunderstandings in regard
to it.
Fort Lee has no ordinance pro
hibiting the sale of fireworks in the
borough. It was practically decided
that such an ordinance would, be
passed this year but in response to a
plea from the local merchants who
had purchased their stock several
months in advance the ordinance was
not passed but will be in time to stop
the sale next year.
Last year the Klein brothers sold
fireworks from the Public Service
waiting room at the Junction which
was the cause, of much complaint on
the part of the townspeople.
It was decided by the local au
thorities that inasmuch as they were
powerless this year to prevent the
sale of fireworks entirely it would
be far better to have the Klein stand
located on Palisade avenue where it
is than at the Junction as hereto
fore.
Big Ball Game on
Sun. in Fairview
—
Manager La Mar J. Vieau will pit |
his Grantwood A. C. ball tossers !
against the Phil Schumacker Asso- i
ciation nine of Union Hill at Flet- |
cher’s Field, Fairview, Sunday after
noon. The visitors are a classy club
and should furnish stiff opposition
for the homesters.
The nines were scheduled to play
earlier in the season but Jupe
Pluvius caused the game to be called
off. A large crowd turned out de
spite the threatening skies that day
and the largest crowd of the season
is expected out tomorrow.
Last Sunday the A. C. came out at
the short end of a 15—10 count with
the All-Collegiates, of Passaic county
the winners. The home nine expects
to make up for the defeat in handing
the Union Hill club a real trimming
tomorrow afternoon.
Town Club
The Town Club held a meeting on
Friday evening. The ladies of the
club anticipate having a picnic at
Coney Island on July 8, spending the
day there, and the whole club are
planning to have an outing some time
in August.
DUNCAN M’CLAVE HAS CONGRESS BEE
IS HINTED BY HACKENSACK RECORD
IN QUIZZING ON RANDOLPH KINS
Record Reporter Puts Up Some Sharp Questions to Mr.
McClave Who Returned Mr. Perkins’ Petition Un
answered—Perkins in Dignified Stand, McClave Non
Committal on Candidacy.
BLUFF ROAD TO BE
MADE A ONE WAY ST.
IN NEAR FUTURE
Definite Action Taken to Put Wa
ter Main in 17th St.; Other Im
promevents for Palisade.
At the meeting of the Fort Lee
Mayor and Council on Wednesday
night the street committee recom
mended that Bluff road in Palisade
be made a one-way street for east
bound traffic only, and the Council as
a whole, approving of the suggestion,
ordered an ordinance making the nec
essary provisions to be drawn up, and
it will be ready for first reading at
the next meeting and will no doubt
go through without a hitch.
Definite action was taken on the!
plan to put a six-inch water main in
Seventeenth street, West Palisade, in
the form of an ordinance which was
introduced providing for an appro
priation of SI,500 to do the work, the
greater part of which will be as
sessed against the property benefited.
Another ordinance was instroduced
providing for the grading and macad
amizing of Buckingham road in West
Palisade, also one for concrete side
walks, curbs and gutters on this
same street.
Councilman Kerwein reported that
the corner of Dorincourt road and
Abbott boulevard, in Palisade, was
always in a bad condition after a
rainstorm, and recommended that a
catch basin or something to take
care of the drainage be placed there.
Councilman Cook reported stagnant
water on Second street in Coytes
ville, and he also advised immediate
repair of the sewer running through
Edgewater.
A letter from the Board of Free
holders stated that the matters re
ferred to them by the borough had |
been brought to the attention of the j
County Commissioner of Roads. The!
borough had written to them asking |
for a traffic signal at the intersection!
of Route No. 10 and Anderson ave-;
nue, also a catch basin on the north- j
west corner of Anderson and Colum-1
bia avenues.
A petition with thirty-one signa-1
tures asked for the extension of
Westview place in Coytesville, and the 1
matter will be given further consid-1
eration at the next meeting of the j
council.
The assessment on Central road in!
Fort Lee was considered unfair by j
the council and it w as reduced 20 j
per cent.
Councilman Carney urged the erec-!
tion of tw’o public toilets in the;
Coytesville Park, and said they should j
be provided at once. Captain Aikens
brought up the subject of the care of
the toilets; if erected, and said it j
would require the services of one j
man at least, and perhaps a man and'
a woman. Upon the advice of Mayor!
White the matter will be taken up in
the immediate future by the commit
tee as a whole.
Bill Ryan asked that something defi
nite be done about the petition for j
the Washington avenue sidewalks,!
and the Mayor said the matter was j
left in the hands of the two council-!
men from Coytesville (Cook and Car-!
ney), and he asked that they have a!
report ready for the next meeting.
Fred Stoeckel reported the fact
that the rope on the flagpole in the j
Coytesville Park had been destroyed \
and asked that it be replaced by the!
Fourth of July. Captain Aikens said j
that the pole was dangerous. The i
Mayor referred the matter for atten-1
tion to the park commisisoner.
Sister of Rev.
Hunter Dies
Announcement of the death of his
sister on Thursday evening, July 1, at
Riverside, Cal., has been received by
Rev. Allan Hunter, pastor of the
Union Church of Palisade.
His sister, Miss Irene Hunter, had
been in delicate health for several
years, and. while her death was not
unexpected, it was, nevertheless, as
a shock to Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, and
the sympathy of the entire community
goes out to them in their bereave
ment.
Three Cliffside girls—the Misses
Loretta Moore, Anna Nielsen and
Mary Coppoletta—recently graduated
from the Newark Normal School.
Is Duncan B. McCIave, chairman of
the Bergen County Republican Com
mittee, and residing in Cliffside Park,
to be an opponent of Congressman
Randolph Perkins, of Woodcliff Lake,
at the coming primary election in
September?
That’s the only refreshing morsel
that has bobbed up for discussion
among Bergen County politicians in
several weeks, and from now on the
air will be full of rumors and more
rumors.
* Returned Without Comment
It so happened that one of the pe
titions of Congressman Perkins,
which sets forth his candidacy for re
nomination, reached the office of
Chairman McCIave—a most natural
consequence. But McCIave promptly
returned the petition to the sender
without comment.
Congressman Perkins or his secre
tary, former Surrogate E. L. D. Hes
ter, may get this petition in the mail
today and then the Congressman may
be expected to say something real
pertinent on the seeming unusual ac
tion on the part of the county chair
man in returning the petition, as he
says, “without comment.”
“Are you a candidate for Congress?”
Mr. McCIave was asked this morning
by an Evening Record representative.
Won’t Commit Himself
l am not in a position to maae
any statement at this time,” replied
the chairman.
"Don’t you think that Congressman
Perkins will conclude that upon re
ceipt of his petition sent you that
you are to be either a candidate for
that office or that you are not in sym
pathy with his candidacy?”
‘‘I don’t -know what he may con
clude, but I will be interested to
know what he has to say on the mat
ter,” offered McClave. “As a matter
of fact he should have made a move
months ago.”
“What do you mean by making a
move; do you mean he should have
announced his intention long before
this?” the chairman was asked.
“No, not that. The Congressman
Will understand what I mean.”
“Have you conferred with any of
the county leaders yet?” asked the
writer.
“No, I haven’t even mentioned the
matter, and my only action in the
premises was in returning Congress
man Perkins’s petition.”
“Do you think as county chairman
that was the proper thing to do with
the petition of any candidate?’’
May Explain Later
“I will have more to say on that
point later on,” concluded Chairman
McClave, who it will be recalled was
a delegate to the National Republi
can Convention and served as secre
tary to the New Jersey delegation.
When Congressman Perkins was
asked today in his law office at Jer
sey City if he had received “a re
turned petition without comment”
from County Chairman McClave, he
said:
"No, I have not yet received the
petition which Mr. McClave an
nounces he has returned to me, and
until such time as I do receive it I
must refrain from making comment.
Inasmuch that Mr. McClave has vol
unteered such a statement to the
press I might say that his conduct in
that particular was at least a bit un
seeming.”
i was m comerence wiin .senator
W. B. Mackay on Monday but nothing
was said about the Congressional sit
uation and evidently the Senator was
unaware ot McClave’s attitude to
ward me.”
News to Senator Mackay
Senator Mackay said to the writer
today nothing had even been hinted
to him thus far as to the candidacy
of Chairman McClave for the Con
gressional nomination. *
It is recalled that the late Major
S. Wood McClave, who was the father
of County Chairman McClave and
Ross P. McClave, the county engineer,
was a candidate for Congress on the
Republican ticket in this district on
several occasions. He was given the
nomination once and was beaten.
—Hackensack Record.