The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-09-08
DANzICER CLUB
IN HOT Water
j e wis h R Republicans
Wrought Up Over Dis
closure of Alleged Plot
Greenstein, Shapiro and &C.
duldig In Battle Royal
When Executive Board
Meets.

Attorneys Henry Gresnstein, Charles
HI. Shapiro and Abe S. Geduldig, all
members of the Lincoln Republican
club-formerly the Danziger Republi-
can club-and all members of the exc
cutive board of that organization,
figured in a three cornered row at the
last meeting Of the executive board
in Geduldig's office in the Newfield
building, and from the scattering YER
sions that have leaked out about the
scrap it is believed to have threat
ened for time to disrupt the organi-
zation
The Danziger club sets itself up as
representative organization of Jew
ish Republican voters. 1t has had a
rather stormy career, for many times
when it appeared to be prospecting,
and it's leading members seemed on
the verge of receiving plums from
the Republicans whom they had help
ed put into office, the club was for
gotten. Still the Danziger crowd has
proved faithful and it took much
credit to itself when Henry Green
stein landed the job of liquor prose-
cutor.
1t was over the office of liquor
prosecutor that the row of the other
night arose. Greenstein accused
Shapiro of having secretly urged Abe
Geduldig to get Greensten's job away
from him. John T. King was sup
posed to be in on the deal, and to
have arranged everything for Abe to
step right into Henry's shoes. Abe
went in to pay his respects to the
county commissioners, and Henry
heard of 1t. Henry didn't land him
self, but he didn't help Abe's candi-
dacy any and a little later Arthur
Comley was appoi-.ted.
Greenstein nursed as a particular
grievance the story that came to him
that Shapiro told the powers that
of the Jewish Republicans and didn't
have their support, whereas Abe
Geduldig was in favor with them.
Though not one of the older lawyers
of these parts, Henry is considerably
the senior of Geduldig and when he
met the latter, whom he regards as
mere fledgling, he berated Geduldig
fiercely. Geduldig lodged and laid
the blame for the alleged plot to GUST
Greenstein upon Shapiro.
Greenstein tackled Shapiro at the
meeting Thursday night. The con-
versation was 50 fervid. that even the
brick walls of the Newfield building
were taxed to Withstand the strain.
Cur, ''backbiter', liar, and other
changed, according to report, with
Greenstein ready to resort to physical
force Shapiro pleading for harmony,
for the good of the organization, and
Geduldig running to cover.
Geduldig is said to have been prop
erly chastened, and to have humbly
apo1ogfzed to Greenstein for the part
he took in the scheme, after blaming
Shapiro for getting him into the deal.
Shapiro had no apologies to make for
his part, and Greenstein accused them
both in unmistakabqe terms of resort
ing to methods that he roundly con-
demned in their efforts to have him
ousted from the office Of prosecutor.
Greenstein succeeded in having the
board put through a resolution pro-
hibiting any member from represent
ing himself to speak with the author
ity of the board Or Of the club with
out first securing a vote to that eff
feet, this action being taken with a
view to preventing any member from
declaring that the club stands for any
policy which may not meet with
unanimous favor
Another meeting of the club is
scheduled for next Thursday night.
Fireworks are expected.