Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-21
c. 0. P. BETRAYED
GERMAN ALLIANCE,
SAYS PRESIDENT
Chairman Dalrymple Issues a
Statement in Reply to
Charges Against Party.

the German-American Central Alliance
in their solemn promise to introduce a
home rule bill was, the opinion ex-
pressed by George Grimme, it's presi-
dent, in his quarterly report before that
body at its session in the Turn Hall,
upper William street, yesterday after
noon. In the report, which was unani-
mously adopted, there was praise for
Major Carl Lentz, former chairman of
the county committee. who nae al
ways kept his word with the people"
and the present chairman was referred
to as "a second Colby, a man with two
tongues"
Grimme, which received the full con-
currence of the alliance, vas that Gov
ernor Fort was actuated by his hatred
of the Germans and their liberal ideas
in ousting Major Lentz from the State
Tax Board, while attention was also
called to the alleged fact that Governor
Fort had refused to reappoint Colonel
Ernest C. Stahl, of Trenton, on the COM
mission of the Home for Disabled Sol
diers at Vineland for the same reason.
wohlfarth's Course.
Nearly every liberal German vote in
the State is controlled by the alliance,
which is wholly independent in politics,
pledged only to legislation ~consonant
with its ideas of personal liberty.
Tells of Broken Pledge.
Before the last election President
Grimme, Noah Gutter and Gustave
Wolber had a conference with Chair
man Dalrymple and the eleven AS
| sembly candidates. The candidates
answered in the affirmative when three
questions prepared by the alliance were
put to them. Chairman Dalrymple. ac-
| cording to the statement of the three,
said that the candidates were sincere
in their promise and would keep it.
| The questions were:
Are you against any prohibition
measure in excise matters?"
Are you willing to support a home
rule bill, especially more liberal excise
laws?"
Are you willing to introduce such a
bil?"
Before these questions had been an
severed in the affirmative by all the
eleven candidates, it had been reported
that two of them had openly declared
that they were for local option, and the
alliance decided to support one of its w
members, George Hermann, who was
a Democratic candidate for the Assem-
bly,. After the conference with the Re-
publican candidates and after receiving
| their promise. the members of the alli-
ance thought it unfair to officially han
die the distribution of Hermann past
ers against n one of the Republican
| candidates who a all promised to do
| what Mr.. Hermann stood for.
President Grimme declared yesterday
| afternoon that the alliance acted fairly
and squarely, and left it optional with
their members which one of the candi-
dates they would vote for.
"The home rule bill prepared by the
alliance was handed to Chairman Dali
rymple some time ago." said President
| Grimme, land We were told that he
would look it over and let us know
what could be done with it. After wait
ing for about six weeks, we called upon
Mr.. Dalrymple, and he told us in a
way that he was under one higher up.
and that for that reason the introduce
ton of our bill depended upon others.
When his attention was called to
these charges. Chairman Dalrymple die
tated this statement:
my attention has been called to the
article appearing in the STAR. 1 may
| decide to answer the matter in detail
later on, but at the present time I do
not feel that I care to make any ex-
tended statement, except to say that !
do not believe any member of the Essex
4 ,,Ax,f-@I .fthAn 1Afa-o
or after election to introduc m bill in
to the Legislature before reading it and
without knowing its provisions. Nc
such promise was ever made in my
presence, and. from h l know of the
gentlemen who compose the Essex dele
CATION, ] am sure no such promise was
ever made"
"Assemblyman Emil Wohlfarth. who
is one of those who gave us the promise
before election and who in a way prom
Used to introduce the bill by request
later refused to do this. Mr.. Wohl-
farth is a German. and he never forgets
that fact during a campaign"
Noah Gutter. chairman of the legisla-
tive committee. explained that up to the
present time no answe about the home
rule bill had been received from Mr..
Dalrymple. and that lei asked about
it he had said that the bill would have
to get the consent of the Republican
State Committee to be introduced. Mr..
Gutter said hat it later had been given
to Assemblyman Wohlfarth to be intro
duced with the remark "by request
in case Mr.. Wohlfarth should not like
the bill personally.
after Mr.. Wohlfarth had carried he
bill around in his pocket for some
weeks" Mr.. Gutter continued, h sent
1t back to me. with a letter telling me
that he would like TO have a talk with
me about it as soon as he could come 20
the city Hail." He added that that
talk had not vet taken place.
Following are the delegates elected
for the State convention to be held
April 8 in Hoboken, n of whose OBJ
jects is to renew the fight along the
same lines: George Grimme, Oscar
Milford, Noah Gutter, Anton F. Mueller,
George Hermann, Charles Eytel, F.