The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-27

AGAINST LENTz.
Assemblyman Mungle Will
Not Sign the Petition for
Appointment as
Prosecutor.
EssEX's DELEGATION NOT UNANIMOUS
The Two Men Meet in a Res
taurant and Have a
Wordy Row.
ESSEX'S DELEGATION NOT UNANIMOUS
Especial to ..rhc Jersey city News.vl


In the Essex Assembly delegation, on the
question of Endorsement of Major Carl
Lentz, for the office of Prosecutor of the
Pleas of Essex county, to succeed Elyin
w. Crane, has caused considerable gossip
among the men who frequent the State
House.
When the Essex men waited on Cover
nor Voorhees, to urge Major Lentz's ap-
pointment last Tuesday afternoon it was
remarked that one of the eleven men was
absent. The petition handed in by Assem-
blyman Guenther, on behalf of the Essex
men, contained but ten names. The
missing signature was hat of Assembly,
man William Mungle, representing the
Eighth, Eleventh and Fifteenth Ward
district of Newark.
Z 1t was whispered about that Mr.. Mum
gle had fatty refused to register his
name in support of the Major, and that
he had resisted the efforts of his coli
leagues from Essex, who had used all of
their powers of persuasion to bring him
into line.
When the Essex leaders decided early
on Tuesday that it would be "a graceful
thing for them to visit the Governor and
urge his appointment. Mr.. Guenther, as
the chairman of the delegation, invited
Mr.. Mungle to attend with the others.
Mr.. Mungle declined to take part in the
effort, and when urged to do so, replied
that he could not see his way clear to
that, as there was in the race for the
office of Prosecutor a man from the
Eighth Ward, Francis J. Swayze, whom
he felt he should look after.
TH- E..-I -
to the chairman of his delegation that
he wanted to consult with some of his
constituents in regard to- Mr.. Swayze's
chances before taking any action.
"All right, then" is the way Mr.. Guen-
Their is quoted as replying, eff you don't
mind Til lay the matter before the Ma
jor in hat light"
Mr.. Mungle had no objections, so the
Major was informed of his attitude and
asked if he would advise the delegation
to see the Governor without Mr.. Mungle.
Major Lentz laid that they should do
as they saw fit, and as the general SEN
timent seemed to be in favor of imme-
date action the ten members, Messrs.
Guenther, Weseman, Klein, kreitler,
Brandenburgh, Clark, Deleot, Dex-
heimer, Jones and Billiard, marched in
to the Executive Chambers, where Mr..
Guenther presented the petition bearing
the ten names and stated the wishes OF
himself and colleagues.
Are they all here?' asked the Gov
ernor.
mo, sir, there is one short, Mr.
Mungle," answered the spokesman. tBur
you are more than likely to have hin
in here within twenty-four hours to pu-
his name in with the Others
The Governor listened to all that thu
Essex people had to say about the Major
and the men withdrew after hearing the
Executive say that he would consider tn,
matter.
Whatever hope there might have beer
in Mr.. Guenther's statement to the Gov
ernor as to the speedy conversion, of MI
Mungle was destroyed by the events o
the next morning.
When the Assemblymen came togethe
in the chamber for the session of yester
day the Major. filed with gratitude TO
the support and Endorsement of the mel
from Essex. made his way to their desks
where he thanked them for their kin
ness. MI. Mungle, not having signed tn
Lentz petition or having accompanied hi
colleagues in their visit to the Executiv,
Chamber, did not come in for any of tn
Majors hanks or expressions of graft
tude.
Soon after the Majors grateful visi
Mr.. Mungle mentioned to some of hi
colleagues that he babe the Major GOO,
morning and that the chairman of tn
County Committee had ignored the salu
tation.
The Assemblyman evidently felt some
what hurt by the slight. and regarde,
1t as an indication that the Major wa
incensed against him for his action II
sdeclining to go with the others to see tn
Governor in his behalf.
Mr.. Guenther and others tried I
smooth the matter over. and the Majo
is reported as having assured some o
the men that he had not heard Mr.. Nun
gle's salutation.
The confusion became more confounde
late in the afternoon when the Major an
Mr.. Mungle met in Hildebrecht's cafe, O.
Hanover street. where both had gone 70
lunch.
Folk who were present say that til,
Major started in to take Mr.. Mungle t
task for his action. or rather for his wan
of action. and that there were some warn
words on both Sides. The short discus
sion that followed is stated to hay,
widened the breach. making Mr.. Mungl
all the more ~vengeful and the Major al
the more determined not TO hold out an,
olive branches.
Several Essex politicians nave tried t
pour oil on the troubled waters. but with
out much success. Mr.. Mungie is reporte,
as determined to see the matter through
to a finish. and the statement is mad
that there is one, and maybe two, of hi
colleagues who have taken up the cudgel
in his behalf and who declare fatty tina
they will stand by him to the end.
Meantime the situation is being close
~ watched by the people about the Stat
House. who are awaiting with much in
terest the outcome of the struggle. 1t /
not considered that Mr.. Mungle's atti
tude will stand against the efforts of hi
friends, Sheriff Henry M. Doremus an,
others. who are urging him to meet tn
Major half way, let bygones be bygones
and add his voice and influence to tn
support of the Major.
Those same mutual friends are said +
be hopeful of p~ersuading the Major to re
tract all or anything that he may hav
said to MI. Mungle and to explain to tn
irate Assemblyman that his alleged Sigh