The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
lEN1z REVEALS
SECRET HISTORY
OF PARTY FIGHT
Colby, Sommer, Colgate and
Dalrymple Raped by Would
be County Leader.
BRANDS BOOK CHARGES
AS ABSOLUTELY FALSE"
Declares Present Committee
Head Lost Control of Conven-
tion Through Own Stupidity.


Major Carl Lentz, aspIrant for the
Republican County Committee chair
manship, took a section of the public in
to his confidence at Wevers's Colosseum
last night and told them a number of
startling things
In paying his respects to his political
enemies the major apparently did not
permit any influence to restrain his ar
dor, and the gathering was regaled
with several choice bits of biography.
Former Board of Works Commissioner
Frank ]. Book, the majors protagonist
in recent epistolatory duel, came in for
the first grilling, which included char
acterization of his statements as, "un-
qualifiedly untrue" and of himself as
a man whom the major, as chairman of
the county committee, had refused tn
indorse as candidate for surrogate,
after an investigation of his record.
Major Lentz told of the beginning of
the New Idea movement declared that
former Senator Everett Colby was dis
gruntled at not receiving support at a
certain crisis; called former Sheriff
Frank H. Sommer hypocrite, who
had the law changed to obviate the
necessity of his executing prisoner.
but who insisted upon enforcing other
annoying laws as he found them on the
statute book: reviewed County Chair
man Dalrymples record, and declared
that he was charitable in saying merely
that the chairman's conduct of the last
ss..4.. "a s,.4tx fs.1
that Colonel Colgate had been infiu
enced by his associates against replying
toShis--the major's-ehallenge to joint
debate
Former Police Judge Paul w. Roder
introduced tie major and presided at
the meeting. Here is the majors speech
In part:
II staEd here as the candidate of the
y Regular Republican organization Of
I Essex county, and nothing else. /
have learned that there is one other
candidate, at least, he has announced
himself openly as candidate for the
same position. There are rumors.
whether true or untrue I cannot say,
that there is another candidate, but so
far as the public knows from him he
has not as yet said he was. but l will,
during my discourse, give him the ben
eft of the doubt and assume that,
though in the bushes or in the woods.
he is a candidate for the position, and
will endeavor, il | can, to remove
the screen behind which he hides him
self for the purpose of bringing him
before the voters of this county and
to see why or why not he should be
elected.
Book Gets Drubbing.
II traced the rumor to Mr.. Frank j.
Book. / wrote him a letter and stated
In that letter to him that the spread
ing of these rumors by him was an
absolute and unqualified untruth. After
several weeks he had an answer pre-
pared, aEn that answer was published
in tbe~ papers today. [ do not propose
during this campaign to devote any
further attention or time to Mr.. Book,
but | propose to just devote five min
u9es to what it took him a whole week
to get composed and to write. He
states that he has no direct evidence
of such a plot but that he Mas c'r-
cumstantial evidence, and which |
know as a lawyer is better sometimes
than direct evidence to prove oon-
clusion; and then he, or somebody for
him. fills up a man of straw and asks
the NOttIS Oh tHiS County
to accept these statements of his as
basis of fact upon which his conclu-
sions are drawn.
II desire to say to Mr.. - Frank
]. Book. once candidate for sur
rogate, nominee and elected as a
member of the Board of Works, and as
the defeated candidate for Mayor. that
the facts that he states in that letter
published are, with one or two excep-
tions, which l viii state. absolutely and
unqualifiedly untrue, and that Mr.. Book
In stating them has stated an absolute
untruth knowingly and willingly.
what is Mr.. Books purpose in so
strongly injecting himself into this
campaign as a busybody? Five years
ago about today Mr.. Book was a can
didate for the office of surrogate of this
county He came to me and asked me
for my support | investigated Mr..
Book, and from the investigation |
came TO the conclusion that the man
who administered the Office of surrogate
of this county, who took care of the
widows and orphans of our citizens.
had to be, and should be. a man differ
ent from a man like Mr.. Book and l
told Mr. Book So About three years
ago he became a candidate for Board
of Works against my judgment. he
was nominated and elected. His course
as n commissioner you all well know |
and are familiar with. He again, under
the present chairman, became the can
ddate for Mayor. The city went 1lO00
for Taft and Mr.. Book was defeated by
between 5000 and 1000 majority. 1t
would seem that the people of this city
Mace very little faith in the promises
made by Mr.. Book when he was can
didate for Mayor. / supported Mr.. |
Book. I supported him for Board Of
works and supported him for Mayor.
but. gentlemen. I want to tell you one
thing-if my election as chairman of
the county committee has to depend
unon the support of such men as Frank |
7 Rock I say to you eandidly i wou /
rather be defeated than be >iected |
with the help of that class and char
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