Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-28
CHAIRMAN WILL
NAME WILSON AS
COMMITTEEMAN
Failure to Break Sixteenth Ward
Deadlock Means Appointment
by q. o. P. Leader.

Chairman Alfred N. Dalrymple, Of
the Essex County Republican Commit
tee. at the regular January meeting
tonight will settle the deadlock fight
Tor the craftsmanship of the Sixteenth
ward executive committee by appoint
ing to hat position former Assembly,
M Samuel f.. Wilson, who was op-
posed so vigorously by former Assem-
blyman Edward E.. Gnichtel. The
county committee chairman is per-
mitted to fill the place under section =
of article 3 of the constitution which
provides that if a ward committees,
within fifteen days after the second
Friday IN January, fails to elect, the
vacancy shall be filled that way. The
appointee holds until the committee, by
majority vote, elects its owh executive.
1t was a hot meeting held at 699
Bergen street. In fact it was IA near
riot. The lie was passed. and
only the unruffied demeanor of
Frank e. Davenport, temporary
chairman. Gained the storm. The
vote. stood six to six. Assistant Prose-
cutor Frederick r.. Lehlbach offered
to withdraw mis- candidate, Gnichtel.
providing Wilson's name be also with
drawn. Gnichtel consented, but Wilson
was not present, n George Freyberg-
er. of the Seventh district, Wilson's
home. declared that Mr.. Davenport
could speak for the Wilsonites. He did
SO, and insisted that Wilson should be
reelected. There was another roll-call
and more p~yrotechnics.
Davenport ~eulogized Wilson and
added:
"a candidate for freebooter went to
him and told him he wanted the place.
Mr.. Wilson told him that the free
holdership belonged to that candidates
end of the ward and that If the dis
trict leaders there would get together
and agree upon a man he would be
acceptable to the rest of the ward"
Hardly had he ceased speaking when
Harry p. George, of the fifth district,
was on his feet. his voice trembling
with anger.
you said something about me when
you spoke of the freeholdership," said
Mr.. George. 81 went to Wilson ab5ut
that and 1t was I who made the sug-
gestion that the second, third. fourth
and fifth districts get together and
agree upon a candidate. SO far as
Wilson was concerned, Reuben Odell
would be freebooter now, He never
suggested that there be any such con-
ference of the district leaders and l
had to get him to consent"
Davenport repeated his first state
ment and insisted that Wilson would
bear him out. Wilson wasn't there to
speak for himself.
well, it is not So" declared George.
Davenport said it was George repeated
his accusation that the statement was
false and reiterated it again and
again.
Then the question of the assistant
Assembly journal clerkship crept into
tie controversy. Without mentioning
names at first and in rather an in
volved way, Davenport told of the or
ignal contest over legislative places and
OF Charles Troxler's being told that
he could have a position if he would
not oppose the friends of Mr.. Davenport
and would come in and make II pos
sible to organize the ward"
Another rollcall showed the tie I'M
broken and then Mr.. Lehlbach en-
tered the arena again. He said:
"Inasmuch as our offers looking to-
ward harmony are met with the an
swer that the chairman must be Wilson
or nobody. and as we have heard from
the presiding officer himself of an offer
of a job for a vote, I move that we adj
%journ."
This brought on a further argument
as to whether the offer of a position