Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
HAGUE'S FRIENDS
DENY ACCUSATION
Declare That Wittpenn's State
ments Were Made Merely to
Discredit His Opponent.


Assemblyman Walter l.. McDermott
has Joined with Louis Finke. Philip
Tumulty, jr., Alexander Clements,
Gustav Klingenstein and President
John Sheehan, of the Board of Po-
lice Commissioners, in denying state
ments prompted by Mayor Wittpenn
that they had been promised sup
port at the primaries Tuesday by
Frank Hague. The purpose Of these
statements was to discredit Hague
with the voters. Instead of finding
fault with Hague the men mentioned
are supporting his candidacy. Each
denies that he had any promise of
support from Hague.
On the other hand, the many trends
of Finke. sheehan and Klingensteir.
who have been loyal supporters of
the Mayor, are criticising the Witt
penn organization for its failure to
give them support. Had Finke and
Sheehan been given assistance by the
Mayor both would have won. This
is evident from the vote they received
without organization support of any
kind
The big vote Hague received has
caused alarm in the Wittpenn camp.
Mayor Wittpenn and his followers
were confident of their ability to pre-
vent Hague's nomination. Their fall
ure to do so has set them thinking,
and they are resorting to all sorts Of
tactics to lessen his popularity. They
fear that he may lead the ticket at
the election June 10. This would be
disastrous to the Wittpenn Guber-
material boom, and word has already
been given that every effort must be
made to keep down the Hague vote,
even though Wittpenn candidates
suffer thereby.
Made a Commendable Record.
AS member of the Street and
Water Board Hague has made rec
ord that has commended him to the
people. For year or more he has
been a thorn in the side of the
Mayor. having on several occasions
exposed his connection with corpora
tions.
Hague Is one of the leaders in the
fight against Wittpennism and his
victory at the election would practi-
eally mean the Mayors downfall.
This is why Hague is to be singled
out for attack.
Prominent business men who APP
prove Hague's public record are COM
Ing to his assistance. Many Repub-
licans, as we'll as practically all the
anti Wittpenn Democrats in the city,
will stand by Hague. They will also
throw their support to James Ferris
and George Il. Brensinger, the two
other anti wittpenn Democrats. who
were nominated at the primaries.
Commissioner Hague today issued
this statement:
1.-The attack on me is an attempt
by the mouthpiece of those politically
opposed to me to get some of my
friends disgruntled and hurt my cleo
ton June 10. The primary returns
from the Second Ward speak for
themselves. Walter McDermotti got
more votes in the Second Ward.
where 1 live, than in any other ward
in Jersey City. His total was 55S.
Compare that with the vote of Oh
WELL who although previously an OPP
ponent of the Mayor, was at the last
moment put on the Wittpenn ticket
in an attempt to defeat me, or, at
least, offset my strength in the Sec
ond Ward. He has lived and been
active politically In the Second Ward
all his life, but even at that he was
able to get only ninety-eight votes
mo.e in that ward than McDermott
niyelPs total was 651 Edelstein got
1898 votes, practically 400, in the Sec
ond Ward, which is his third highest
ward. In his own ward, the Ninth,
h.. received $780, Brensinger got AL
Votes in the Second Ward, which was
one of his highest wards.
wfttpenn's Focns Attack on Him.
IAN examination of the returns
shows that I ran well in all the
wards. 1t is only natural that l got
a higher vote in the Second Ward
and in other wards than some of my
friends Against no other candidate
did the Wittpenn administration and
its allies make such a dead set to
beat, and the big opposition in Jer-
sey City to the Mayor and his follow
ers conferred its vote on me to pre-
vent the machine from carrying out
its desires to kill me off to satisfy its
own revenge. The statement that |
have been accused of disloyalty by
some of my friends is a falsehood,
manufactured out of whole cloth. 1t
is only made to get them sore on
me, but 1t won't work. They know
that worked hard for them and they
are ON to all the curves of those
who are trying to arouse them against
me.
"Those who are trying to injure
me said that Walter McDermott and
/ had quarrel in the city clerks
Office while the returns were being
received Such quarrel never hap
pened. 1t was further said that Wal
ter called me a liar. He never did
SO. There has been no break what
ever in our friendship and there will
be none.
sThere will probably be more state
ments of similar brand made with
out truth and in an attempt TO injure
me politically"