New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-29
C0LBY'S DEMAND REFUSED
LENTz WON'T BE MOVED.
Majors Committee Says It's Salts
fed scith the Major.

Major Lent. who has forced himself through
bis office of chairman Of the Essex County Re-
publican Committee, into the management Of
the campaign for Senator af Everett Colby
yesterday threw sop TO the Colby advocates
/ in a resolution refusing 10 comply with Mr.
Colby's suggestion Of resignation. The resolu-
ton was adopted by Major Lentz's executive
committee in Newark. MI Colby on wednes-
day addressed Major Lentz in an open letter.
and squarely demanded his retirement from the
management of the campaign. He did this on
the ground that the campaign was TO be con-
Quoted on principles which the major had OPP
posed in the primaries and TO which the major
could not now give his support without placing
himself IN anomalous position. Mr. Colby
pointed out also, that the major had taken in
the primaries what might be construed with
out 4 far stretch of imagination into a personal
antagOuism TO him.
The major in his reply through the resolution
of his committee gives all candidates the Office
of advisory members of the campaign commit
tee Just what effect this will have on
the actual running Of the campaign is yet to
be seen. It goes. Of course, without saying
that the majors committee neither by word
nor inference. binds itself to carry out the
suggestions of the advisory members The
status Of the advisory members is not pointed
out. beyond the statement that they are TO be
Informed whenever q meeting is to be held.
The resolution follows:
Resolved. That it is the sense of this commit
tee that this campaign shall be conducted ny
this committee under its present ofncers. Al
the same time We desire to extend n all candl-
dates the fullest opportunity to 1drnilaTlIe
themselves with all the details Of the campaign
and to be in a position to give ADVICE ana De
freely consulted. To that end we hereby eject
all the candidates on the county ana cry
tickets advisory and consulting members of this
committee, and direct the secretary. whenever
q. meeting of this committee Is called, to noJlry
them TO be present.
We deem it advisable that a regular meeting
Of this committee be held ar least once week
during the campaign
We approve the suggestion made by tne
chairman Of the County Committee that M.
Gardner Colby be appointed a member OF the
finance committee
Yesterdays meeting was called as soon as
Major Lentz received a copy of Colby's letter
and had conferred with members of the regular
County Committee Nothing was done at the
conference except the making or Suggestions
which indicates that an amicable settlement
would be made satisfactory TO both the nominee
for State Senator and the county CHAIRMAN
The executive committee in its call for the spe-
CiaI meeting announced that II was Tor the pu4-
pose of acting on the Colby letter. 49,
Major Lentz his supporters say, realizes Lhe-t
friction in the party at this time might result
seriously and with his regulars he went TO the
meeting determined upon meeting the Co-oS
men half way , ,,.i
Mr. Colby with Alderman William r Martin,
q COIbv candidate for the Assembly, and tranh
H Souuer. candidate for Sheriff on the Cory
ticket was present when Major Lentz sounoeo
his gayeI and called the meeting 70 order ne
explained the object Of the special call anu ~ En-
over briefly what was contained in the Colby
letter The resolution was then oHered oy VIZ
hur A Watt counsel for the regular county
committee, and was unanimously adopted