Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
FACT|ONAL STRIFE
MARKS ELECTION
OF WILSON LEAGUE
Fight Wages About the Selec-
tiOn of Executive Com
mitteeman.

fractional differences, dissatisfac-
ton with some of the men who have
been most active in the work of the
league and personal fights cropped
out at the annual meeting of the
Woodrow Wilson League, OF Essex
County, at Turnbull Auditorium, in
Market street, last night.
After four hours of heated discuss
sion, indiscriminate repartee not
pent up by parliamentary procedure,
the officers of the league for the en-
suing year were selected.
The fight over the selection of the
executive committeeman was the
hottest one and the discussion had
not gone very far before 1t was ap-
parent that the object of the ma
jority was the elimination of Ed
mond A. Whittier, of East Orange;
Redmond r. Herman, of Bloomfield;
Simon P. Northrup, of this city. and
others who were satirica11y referred
to as members of the "old guard"
The battle began at the very out
set, when Michael j. Tansey offered
a motion to amend the bylaws so
that the twenty-five members of the
executive committee be elected from
the. floor. hitherto nine of the
twenty-five had been appointed by
the president. Whittier was one OF
the appointed members last year
Mr.. Tansey's motion was amended
by William A. Kirk, of East Orange,
so that not more than two members
should be from any one ward in the
city of Newark, and not more than
three from any municipality outside
of Newark. 1t was evident from the
talk of members of the East Orange
delegation, led by Mr.. Kirk and
Playground Commissioner John G.
Lyon. that they were going to make
strenuous effort to oust Whittier.
Seek Adjournment.
The latter's little coterie tried hard
but futilly to substitute other reso-
lutio1s, and to have President Armi-
tage rule Mr.. Tansey's motion out of
order Seeing they We're beaten in
adjournment, Mr.. Whittier and Mr..
Herman, of Bloomfield. taking the
lead in this respect.
After considerable discussion pro
and con, in which Whittier was re-
ferred to "as q man who could not
be elected constable in his home
town of East Orange" Mr.. Tansey's
motion was put and carried by a
vote of 50 to 12
The election of the officers went
along smoothly enough, but when
nominations We're called for eXecu-
tive committeeman the scrimmage
was on again. John l.. Cox, of
Montclair a member of the County
Election Board, was nominated as a
member of the executive committee
to represent that town, and was
unanimously elected.
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this juncture and nominated Mr.
Kirk and Ernest Gsell, from that
city, amid ripple of applause. Whit
tier was on his feet in an instant,
nominating THAT stalwart Progress
sive Democrat, Mayor Julian A.
Gregory, and former Assemblyman
and present County Tax Commits
sioner William p. Macksey"
Mr.. Lyon, who is an appointee of
Mayor Gregory on the Playground
Commission in East Orange, declared
that the mayor had requested him to
withdraw his name if 1t were ad-
vanced for executive committeeman.
Whittier said he had had a talk
with the mayor Monday night and
that the latter had made no men
tion of his disinclination to serve.
His very name would add strength
W TIC iCdE uCt w HillltT utCidi GU.
Mr.. Lyon still insisted that he had
Mayor Gregory's authority to with
draw his name, and there was then
some more discussion as to how the
members of the committee should be
elected. 1t was finally decided TO call
for nominations from the floor and
vote on the entire committee. Whit
tier, Northrup and Herman were all
nominated but were beaten.
The Dalloting resulted in the selec-
ton of Mayor Gregory, Mr.. Kirk and
Mr. Gsell as the members from East
Orange, Macksey and Whittier being
defeated The latter received but
eight votes. The others selected were
Adam j. Rossbach, Bernard W. Ter
linde. John f. Sinnott, Joseph A. Con-
molly, Cornelius O'Donoghue, Michael
p Roche, James +. McGrath, Martin
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