Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-04
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stoop and refused To move when or,
dered to do so by the police. Par
of the crowd was telling him to forct
his way into the clubhouse, whilt
Others were calling to the police II
drive him away. Tt looked for E
time as If there would be a riot. Wit
is former police commissioner anC
one of the most ardent of the Witt
penn supporters.
The police hesitated to use force Il
get him off the stoop. but were finally
obliged to put him under arrest. Al
the station house entrance Captain
Cody poured oil on the troubled
waters and Witt was released by this
policeman who had him in charge
Meanwhile Congressman Kinkead haC
made his way TO the stoop of The
clubhouse and was addressing the
crowd when the police hurled bin
into the street.
From the doorway of a saloon OF
the opposite side of the street the
Congressman made a speech, deplor.
ing the police interference, which h,
charged was a conspiracy between
Sheriff Wedin, the president of the
club and Commissioner Franz
Hague, of the public safety depart.
ment.
Statement Disputed.
Friends of Commissioner Hague
disputed Kinkead's statement, but
the latter insisted that what he saic
was true. He claimed that the Witt.
penn faction controlled the situation
and that the police had been sent fol
for that reason to prevent the meet
ing from being held
Members of the ti-Wittpenn fac.
ton shouted back at Kinkead that he
fliI lrY,nr1f wi, he 4a1 Inn
about, and after telling the Witt
penn committee to quietly disperst
and that they would be notified of q
future meeting, the Congressman
jumped into an automobile. He was
told the board of commissioners was
in session in the City Hall. With his
hat in one hand and the other brush
ing back his hair in true statesman.
ship fashion, the Congressman, who
assumes the right to direct Demo
cratic affairs, national, State and
local, interrupted an important ses-
sion attended by Mayor Pagan and
Commissioners Brensinger and Fer
ris, and insisted that the police be
removed from the clubhouse so thai
the meeting of the committee could
be held. He charged a political and
police conspiracy and blamed Com
missioner Hague for the presence OF
the police.
Mayor Pagan and Commissioner
Brensinger were inclined TO have the
police removed, but Commissioner
Ferris said he was not willing to GO
over the head of fellow commits
sioner. and especially as Mr.. Edel-
stein. the recognized representative
of the club. insisted that police pro-
lection was necessary.
Deputy Commissioner of Public
Safety Norton explained that Com
missioner Hague was in New York
on an important police matter and
had nothing to do with the police ar
rangements. He said Edelstein had
personally made the appeal to Cap
tain Cody. This did not satisfy Con-
gresham Kinkead. who persisted in
the statement that Commissioners
Hague was in a conspiracy to use the
police arbitrarily against political op-
ponents.
Ferris Kept on.
Commissioner Ferris. who is a
business man, possessed of sound
Judgment and not mixed up in the
Democratic fractional dispute. was not
convinced that the police should be
removed under the circumstances and
he declined to second the motion OF
Commissioner Brensinger that the
deputy commissioner of public safety
be directed to order the police re-
moved. This ended the discussion
Kinkead returned to the club house
There were few of the committeeman
remaining In the neighborhood, and
when all indications of trouble had
disappeared the police returned to
the City Hall station.
Even had the meeting been held
there would have been serious trou-
BILE. as the Wittpenn members
of the committee would not have al
lowed Kinkead to participate in the
meeting. There is no provision In
the Geran law for proxies at meet
ings of the committee, but the Con-
gresham had declared his intention
of sitting or no law. That
would have been the signal for a
small riot.
In the contest for the chairmanship
of the county committee the two
factions are pretty evenly divided,
though the nti-Wittpennites are in
control of the city committee.
At the meeting Tuesday night Chair
man Witt refused to permit a tenn
porary chairman to be chosen by the
committee. saying he would preside,
whether the committee liked it or not.
This was the cause of the row that
brought the meeting to an abrupt end.
Friends of Governor Fielder are in
dignant over the chickering's of the two
factions and the so-called Fielder
leaders are being held for all the
trouble. 1t is probable that each
faction will hold separate meetings
and form Independent committees.
For two hours prior to the
hour fixed for the meeting, Congress
man Kinkead secured the city, trying
to induce anti Wittpenn members of
the city committee to desert that fac
ton. He met with many rebuffs. Out
of ninety anti Wittpenn members he
succeeded in getting four 10 join the
new -kinkead combination.
Friends of Commissioner Hague
were strong in their condemnation
of Kinkead's efforts to involve him
in the disgraceful scenes enacted.
Hague not only did not attend the
meeting, but had advised all his
friends to stay away when he
of the club.
Newarkers See Row.
Several Newarkers. who CHANGED to
be. over here. seemed to enjoy the
affair hugely.
w e nedTd Oh THIS COulllOlioI, Olie
explained, and concluded to see Kin
kead in action. He has been boasting
of his intention to storm Newark, and
we thought it well to see whether
our entire police force could tame the
shrew or whether il would be neces-
sary to have the militia in readiness.
1t seems from tonight's disgraceful
proceedings, though. that kinkead
will have more than both of his big
hands full handling Hudson county
without bothering with Essex mat
terS.'