Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-06
MAY ASK F|ELDER'S
Adm HUDSONFIGHT
Party Men Declare Kinkead
Must Be HobbIed to Re-
store Harmony.

JERSEY CITY, Oct. 6.-Ructions of
q rollicking nature continue to fea-
ture operations in the Democratic
camp in Hudson county, with Jersey
City and Congressman Eugene f.
Kinlkead as the storm centres. So
tense is the situation here, so bitter
the feeling, that, it is said, Gov
ernor Fielder may be appealed to to
hobble Kinkead and so corral him
that Democrats can be allowed to re-
main united and consistently help the
full Democratic ticket on election
day.
Whether Kinkead has been assigned
to manage the campaign in New
Jersey or North" Jersey, put it any
way you please, or whether he is ar
rogating authority, it is pointed out
that he is making a pretty mess of
the whole business. A prolonged
stay at his country home in Forest
Port, N. Y, has been suggested as a
panacea. A return to Washington. to
attend to sworn duties there is sug-
gested by some, but to quit Jersey
City for Jersey City's welfare, at all
events.
The Republicans over here are en-
joying the situation and hoping that
Kinkead will remain and continue
the strife and add to Democratic dis
cord.
Everybody in Hudson County is
laughing at the ridiculous exhibition
the Congressman made of himself in
this city Friday night when he as
sumed the leadership of the Wittpenn
faction of the party and tried to tell
the Board of City Commissioners
their business. AS a member of the
State committee it should be Kin
kead's business to try and promote
harmony in the party ranks, but in
stead of this. for selfish reasons, he
is causing discord.
His one desire is to have his friend,
Surrogate John p. Egan, made county
leader and to accomplish this he
would split the party in twain if
needs be. This accounts for his alliance
with former Mayor Wittpenn, the
understanding being that II Kinkead
helps the Wittpenn force obtain con-
troll of the party machinery they will
be content to recognize Egan as the
leader.
If it were not for the presence of
Kinkead at the clubhouse of the Hud-
son County Democratic Club Friday
night there would not have been any
disorder, it is asserted. Kinkead
made all the trouble and incidentally
lost many friends by his arbitrary
conduct. 1t was fortunate that there
was not a m Getting of the committee,
as serious trouble would surely have
resulted
Commissioner Frank Hague, reply
ing to Kinkead's criticism of himself,
has issued this statement:
"Surely the police cannot be blamed
for doing their duty. Captain Cody
did perfectly right in assigning po-
licemen to the clubhouse when re-
uuested to do SO by Mr.. Edelstein,
who was the authorized representa-
tive of the club. Edelstein, under the
circumstances, had as much right to
ask for and receive police protection
if he had reason to. believe that the
clubs property was in danger as any
other citizen had if he believed his
property was to be destroyed All
this talk of conspiracy, coming from
Kinkead, whose conduct for some
time past has made him the laughing
stock of the State. is buncombe 1t
is as ridiculous as Is Kinkead himself.
There is no politics in the police
department, no matter what certain
politicians may, say. ! pride myself
on, the fact that the department is
more efficient today than it has been
during the ten years last past. AT no
time in that period could Mr.. Edel-
stein or any other citizen have gone
to a police captain and received pro-
lection under circumstances similar
to those tonight without the matter
having been referred to the political
heads of the department.
ut is the duty of police captains
to prevent riot and the destruction of
property in their precincts, and in
view of the statement of Mr.. Edel-
stein of anticipated trouble Captain
Cody showed good judgment In send
ing a sufficient detail to the club
house. This fact was confirmed by
the ,unseemly action of some of those
who gathered in the vicinity of the
clubhouse.
AZ don't care what Kinlsead says.
Nobody does. Instead of mixing up
in fractional politics he ought to be
in Washington looking after the in
terests of his constituents. 1 regret
that one or two of my colleagues on
the Board of City Commissioners took
him seriously and permitted him to
make stump speech to the disgust
of citizens who were there to trans
act official business. | am sorry
was not present when he made his
false and ridiculous charges. The po-
lice department of Jersey City is out
of politics through my efforts and I
defy Kinkead or any other man to
prove the contrary"