Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-17
HUE gel GETS
ENDORSEMENT
Of WARD CLUB
HeiImann, Charging Frame
Up," WithdraWs His Name
from Consideration.

| The candidacy of j. William Huegel
for sheriff on the Republican ticket
received the unanimous Endorsement
Of the Thirteenth Ward Republican
Club last night, but not until charge
that the meeting was framed
up had been made and c. William
Heilmann had withdrawn from the
contest for the Endorsement. Denials
of Heilmann's accusations came from
members of the executive committee
and from Huegel, who is the president
of the club Heilmann is still a can
didate for the shrieVafty, he declared.
About 100 persons We're present at
! the meeting, which was held in Dem
mer's Hall, Seventeenth avenue and
| Eighteenth street. A number of can
| didates for various offices We're pres
| ent besides Ruegel and Heilmann,
who are both members of the club.
Heilmann, when his name was first
mentioned last night as a candidate
for the clubs Endorsement, made a
short speech in which he declared
| he knew that the meeting was called
: te indorse Huegel and would do so
despite what he might say. He said
he had been warned by members of
his family to stay away from the
meeting, that twas a frame up" to
sanction Huegel. but he had disre-
garded the warning to show that he
was not a coward. He then withdrew
his name from before the meeting
Fitterer Makes Appeal.
David Fitterer, secretary of the
club. protested that the meeting was
not a "frame-up" for any one, and
he asked Mr.. Heilmann to remain in
the contest for the Endorsement. Fit
terer went on to praise both Huegel
and Heilmann and wound up by de-
claring that he thought Huegel was
the stronger man, and for that reason
entitled to the Endorsement.
/ 'I'n be perfectly frank with you,
began Heilmann, replying to FIT
terer's request to permit his name TO
remain. This is not a regular club
meeting, and you know it. The roll
of members hasn't been called, and"
He was interrupted by the chairmak
Maurice H. Welsh who asserted ne
Thought the roll-call had been made
| in the regular order of business. Sew
eral others joined in the discussion OF
the roll-call until finally it was stated
by the chair that the roll-call was
not in the order of business.
!
what he thought of club endorsements.
| at is not considered proper for the
county committee to indOrSe candl-
dates and surely it is the same thlng
| if the different ward committees do
the indorsing. It's just as improper,
| he declared Your action here to-
night will not have the slightest erect
| on my candidacy for the shrieNalty
nomination. | have been a candidate.
| TO nd will he
a candidate until the polls close on
primary day. If | am not the sue
cessful man, | will turn in and help
| elect whoever is the choice of the
/ partv. and if | am successful, / expect
the same support from the others.
Mr.. Heilmann then took occasion to
| deny the rumor that he had failed IN
! a contest with Mr.. Huegel to secure
! the Endorsement of the Thirteenth
| ward executive committee He had
not known that there was to be an
| Endorsement by the executive com
mittee he said, and for that reason
| he was not in the race for the COM
n1ittee's approval. Mr.. Fitterer and
| Charles Demmer. of the executive
committee. answered Mr.. Heilmann's
| implied criticism of the executive
committee by declaring that Huegel
was the unanimous choice of the COM
mittee, and that everything was done
properly at the meeting, which was
held recently.
RejOined by Huegel
eThis meeting tonight is not
packed one" said Mr.. Huegel.
Everyone is free to vote as he
pIeases. for Mr.. Heilman or for me. I
am ready and willing to take my
chances with my neighbors, and to
stand or fall as they decree. If
candidate cannot have his case acted
upon by his own ward, then, in the
name of goodness, to what tribunal
should he appeal for consideration?
Mr. Huegel, after his Endorsement,
thanked the members and pledged
himself to work for the election of all
candidates on the Republican ticket.
.Huegel was placed in nomination
for Endorsement by Henry Kneller. of
the Ninth district. Joseph Walker. of
the Tenth district, nominated He'll
mann. and later withdrew his name
AT the executive committee meeting,
at which Huegel was originally in
| dorsed, it was explained that eleven
of the fourteen mem Ders were present
All had been personally notified.
Those absenting themselves We're:
John Flammer, Theodore Hampton
and Benjamin Lacey.
Other Endorsements.
1 The following Endorsements We're
also made:
John Il. Murray, il, Board of
Works; David C. B'itterer for alder
man, Daniel L. Gaven for surrogate,
Louis Pfeifer for Board of Works,
land Freeholders Lacombe, Harrison
and Mattia for reelection.
| Fred Seaman moved that Charles
G. Linnenkohl of the Fourteenth