The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17
A DEMOCRATIC RIOT
Democratic Chairman oil New
Jersey has Members run
out of Hall
Menher~ Finally Rally ard IS-F
Chairman and O<faew h n~Siar~sa
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10 the Baltimore sun. says:
Chairman James r Sugsn;. who.
Is an evil moment. publicly character
lied Governor Wilson rs : liar and
an migrate A. Jersey shore road
house. met his Waterloo to-day and
the ofioe OF chairman OF the New
Jersey State Executive Committee ia
declared vacant
Accompanied by = band o. bench
men, he caused eueh = riot that the
police were called In and the hotel
and visitors a. the fiurried Coleman
House were thrown into state OF
violent panic.
"Nugents strong-arm men opened
the battle when Jambes G. Kraft, OF
Camden, presented a proxy from ".
II. Davis, one OF the committeeman.
Nugent, after calling the meeting 10
order, declared the proxy was no good
and ordered his strong-arm men from
Essex 10 reject Kraft from the room.
Kraft was seized by the nape OF
his neck and hurried out into the
corridor. The proxy held closed in
nhis fist, the committeeman was
showed toward the hotel entrance.
"'Wnl nobody help me?" he cried.
"A strong arm at his back said:
4 am helping you all can
Kraft disappeared after he was
released from the Essex body-guard
but before he ran down the steps he
threw down the proxy for Mr.. Davis.
1t was caught up by one OF the anti
Nugent members of the committee.
who returned to the meeting room
and afterward moved that the proxy
be recognized.
The Nugent forces slammed the
door and there was loud talk inside.
Kraft meantime shulked around the
outside corridor and, watching his
chance when the door was opened,
shot inside the committee room.
When the gentlemen whose en-
tire frankness Of speech had caused
all the trouble saw the man with a
proxy once more in his seat there was
an explosion. The door opened with
a jerk and the Essex body-guard was
forced to the front in a second at
tack. Kraft went down under the
storm.
HE ran out of the hotel while a
dozen members of the committee fol-
lowed, and, without waiting on the
order Of his going, disappeared.
'The hotel corridor meantime had
filled with a crowd of shouting and
very angry men, who were mauled
about and some of them became sc
frightened at the fierce appearance
Of the Essex County body-guard that
they said their lives were in danger
and a call was sent out for the police
The Police Respond.
I'm a few minutes half a dozen
policemen responded to the call. They
deployed in front of the meeting room
and scattered the crowd. Two stood
guard at the door and the others
looked after Mr.. Nugent's strong
men.
Behind the door history was max
ing itself for Nugent. He spoke tc
his conferees in a well-modulated
voice and told of his services to the
party in Camden County; how he had
unearthed ballot frauds down there
and reduced a Republican majorit,
of 1000 to 800; how he had rolled
up big Democratic vote in Atlantic
County, and many other acts fol
which the committee ought to fee
grateful and the party ought to give
him praise.
"Nugent's address fell on dull and
irresponsible cas-. Turning to Charles
H. Gallagher, Of Mercer, his only sup.
porter at the meeting, Nugent, his
face white with anger, said Come
we will CO. The two then retired
and the meeting seemed to be with.
out a quorum. While the committee
men We're looking about in suspense
George c. Lowe, of Ocean, put his
head through the door and said
Good afternoon
! "The appearance of Lowe was like
the coming of the Prussians at Wa.