CCHEN'S CACKLE.

NZ Truth, Issue 99, 11 May 1907, Page 4

CCHEN'S CACKLE.

Palmerston North is not noted forever having done anything m particular, but at the last Mayoral Election it seemed to wake up, and the result was that Palmerston North got what it badly wanted— a brand new Mayor, and one who is alive to the requirements of the town, and who, being a citizen, witn all its interests centered m that town, could be depended i.oon- to do everything mortal can do to further ihe well-being of the ratepayers. Consequently, out went Cohen. He was relegated back to the dull humdrum, of private life, where it is to be hoped he will remain for ever after. This Cohen person is an egotistical coot, who could not allow the occasion of Mr. Essex, the new Mayor," to pass by, without chucking out his chest, and heaving off some dreary drivel about the good work he had done as Mayor during his two-year term. And m the face of it all, it is indeed curious to note how cheerful and emphatic were Palmerstonites m letting Cohen know what they thought of him, and his administration by putting iiim a lone; way behind his rival at the poll.' Cohen, notwithstandin<>- the fact that he was so badly bumped out on his pink ear, ventured -to oremark that : "He had no doubt that his oo n two years' association with borou?h affairs, even with ail its f aui Is, would live long 'to the credit of himself and the council, and he felt that m the hands of the V- resent Mayor the high traditions so far maintained would be equally well maintained to the everlasting glory aud satisfaction of 4he residents and to the prosperity of. this rising town." It is hardly possible to imagine __ more egotistical chunk of cheek than this.. It shows Conky Cohen to be an ass, a conceited coot, and a vainglorious noodle, who fails to take a beating Mke a man. Moreover, he seis himself forwards as a sort of superior cuss, as he subsequently requontly remarked at a little . .gathering of Municipal employees, at which he was presented with aome "alight token of -esteem" that his lot for many years past had placed him "m command of his fellows." Cohen's cheek is imnerturbable, a;nd it is just apparent that Palmerston North pave him hia qdietus right m the nick of time.