Connecticut western news., 1914-04-09
ULLMAN AFTER RORABACK.

Leader Make Politicians T ak.
 A sensation was caused in political circles Thursday night, following meet ing of the board of governors of the New Haven Progressive Club, when it was learned that Delmer E. Croft and Prem tice W. Chase had been asked to resign as members of the organization. and n letter written by George A. Romans. of Danbury, was made public, charging that the plan for the meeting of republi- cans and progressives in New Haven started in New York, and that Colonel Isaac M. Ullman and others of that city were back of 1t.
 The vote to force Mir. Croft and MT. Chase out of the New Haven Progressive Club read Because of acts public and private, inimical to the interests of the progressive party, Delmer E, Croft and Prentice W. Chase are requested to resign from the New Haven Progressive Olub." The president of the club, after reading the letter written by George A. Romans. authorized the publication of it's contents. The tex5of MT. Romans's letter fol- lows:
 "On the night of January 2l I receiv- ed telephone message from Mr. Gutzon Borglum inviting me to lunch with him in New York city the next day. I met MT. Borgum in his studio and he told me that Croft had invited Stiles Judson. l Colonel Isaac NJ. Gilman and Prentice | w. Chase 10 meet him to discuss the political situation iu Connecticut. MT. Borglua said to me that he preferred not to meet them alone. and therefore invited me to join hun. MT. Borglum and decided to sit tight and let the others do the talking, and this program we carried out to their great mortifica- tion and annoyance.
 "Dr. Croft appeared much disappoiDt- ed because Stiles Judson did not show up, aud was evidently chagrined because 1 uneXpectedlv came on tue scene. MT. 1 Ullman did most of the talking and the conclusion that arrived at was that he wanted to get the support of d sufficient mum Der of progressiyes to enable him to smash the Roraback machine and build up machine of his own. Chase was 1 strong to have Brahdegee return to the l Uhited States Senate and Croft intimat- ed that Lake was the man who should ' he elected next governor in Connecticut. I think they had hopes to get Borglum and myself to arrange for future larger meeting of progresSives and republicans, but seeing our attitude they left the mabter of future meetings almost entirely ] with Croft.
 'd latter told Croft that any meeting in regard to the progressive party should be among pro9ressives only in order that | fo ch nrylh ha xvif lo fr1l knowledge and consent of the progress sive Party as whole.
 George A. Romans"
 Col. Ullman later made the following statement to the Journal. Courier: "The statement that I am out of politics is true I am out of politics. have no idea of coming into politics again. It is true that I took luncheon with three or four gentlemen in New York at thelr invitstion and the luncheon was served in the open dining room of the Hotel Belmont. The lunch and the talk which followed and preceded it took less than an hour
 " "Atthat time impressed on the gen. tlemen who were there that I was en- t1rely out Of politics and not interested in any way. shape or manner in it ex- cept ss any citizen should be interested in what is for the best interests of his | state.
 "There have been two other meetings held since that luncheon. I have not | been in the city on either date and neither have been in communication with the meeting or with those who were at It."