Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-12
DINWIDDIE TO
QUIT THE CLUB
Again Resigns As Governor
of the Raritan Roosevelt
Club of HietuChen.
HIS THIRD ATTEMPT
Some differences Involving
Mark @. PrentIss Under the
Suriaca Outcome Awaited
Special 10 the EVENING NEWS.

Special TO the EVENING NEWS.
Metuchen, Dec. 12:-Yesterday
and today the one hundred and thirty
odd members of the Raritan Roose
welt Club have been receiving stereo-
typed letters from the New York
Office of William Dinwiddie, chair
man of the Middlesex County Execu
tive Committee and the president of
the RaTitan Roosevelt Club. The
letter, which is signed William Din
widdie, per "S,' sets forth that MIR.
Dinwlddie, on account of his health
and other activities in connection
with the Progressive movement, ten
dered his resignation as member of
the board Of governors of the Rari-
tan Roosevelt Club to take effect at
the next regular meeting. This Is
the third time that Mr.. Dinwiddie
has rendered his resignation as q
member OF the board, which means
the bylaws provide that the presi-
dent or chairman must be q member
of the board Of governors.
The first two efforts of Mr.. Din
widdie to resign were made by his
rendering his resignation to the
BOARD of governors once preceding
election and once after. The rea-
sons for both of the former attempts
to resign we're given on account of
the ,Frentiss episode. The break
which resulted between Dinwiddie
and Mark Osmand Prentiss which oc-
Cured over the withdrawal Of Prem
tiss from the race for congress in the
third district ON the Progressive
ticket has caused considerable fric-
ton. At the last meeting Of the
board Of governors Mr.. Dinwiddie
put it up squarely to the governors
that either he or Prentiss would have
to resign. The majority of the board
of governors refused to take the
resignation of Dinwiddie and it was
stated if Dinwiddie persisted in re-
signing the majority of the board
would resign with him.
1t is understood that seven of the
governors constituted themselves
committee for the purpose of calling
on Mr.. Prentiss and asking him to
resign. Prentiss, in the absence Of
any specific reason for his resigna-
ton, declined to resign and said be
desire of the majority of the club
members that he should resign. It
is stated that outside of the board of
governors, Prentiss has very strong
following and now that Mr.. Dinwid-
die has rendered what is considered
his final resignation, local Progress.
sives are wondering If the majority
of the governors will follow their
many times expressed intention of
resigning with the president.
A reporter ascertained from Mr..
Prentiss today that he positively
would not resign. One other mem
Der Of the board was seen and he also
says that he sees no reason for re-
signing.
Whether Mr.. Dinwiddie intends to
resign as chairman of the county
committee is not known. An effort
to reach him at his Office in New
York and at his home in Metuchen
ELECTED the information that he was
out of town.
When the agitation Of the Prem
tiss withdrawal was at its height it
is said that the county chairman Of
fered a written letter of resignation
as county chairman to the State
Executive Committee. Mr.. Prentiss
is authority for the statement that
when this letter of resignation was
offered the state committee that then
and not until then he withdrew from
the race for congress. Prentiss says
that he thought 1t for the best inter-
ests of the Progressive party that he
sacrifice his own interest by resign
Ing from the congress nomination
and continuing the valuable services
of Mr.. Dinwiddie as county chair
man.
There Is much more back Of this
controversy than has appeared on
the surface and 1t Is said that the
future of the Progressive party in
Middlesex county rests a great deal
with that which is not but may be-
come public at the next meeting of
the Roosevelt Club.