Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-03
AN INSULT"
SAY HEBREWS
OF CIRCULAR
Third Warders Holly Denounce
Attempt to Incite Race and
Religious Bigotry.

An anonymous circular, calculated
to incite race and religious prejudice,
and which was plainly in the interest
of Thomas L. Raymond, Republican
mayoralty candidate, and Ralph B.
Schmidt, Republican candidate for
sheriff. was quietly distributed
through the Third ward last night.
1t was printed in yiddish and,
translated, reads as follows:
every intelligent Jew must take 1t
into consideration, and take an ex-
ample of the persecution of the Jew,
what the well-known Jew, Ernest
Nathan, city Mayor of Rome, Italy.
was suffering through the Pope of
the Catholic church. Now that you
have the opportunity, vote against
Haussling and Bracken."
The circular called forth a storm of
Indignation. 1t was not long after
the first of the leaflets had made its
appearance on the streets when the
Democratic headquarters at SO Bar
clay street were besieged by angry
voters.
The paper on which the appeal to
the voters was printed bore no union
label nor could 1t be learned in what
shop it was printed.
1T is an insult to our intelligence
declared a prominent Third ward
Hebrew to an Evening Star reporter
today. Are we Hebrews to be con-
si6ered so deficient mentally that
some night-prowling 'tricksters' think
that we can be so easily deluded. l
say night-prowling tricksters advis
eddy, for they came like thieves in
the night and threw these circulars
in our doorways and then ran skulk-
,er11 ir Of
Hebrews and we know it. It is a
political scheme of Republican 20
litical schemers who think our peo-
pie are an ignorant set. / am a Re-
publican, and l heard that something
was going to be pulled off in the
Third ward in the interest of Thomas
Raymond and against Mayor Hauss-
ling. / imagined that it was to be
something legitimate, but here comes
this scurilous, narrow circular. / will
vote for Mayor Haussling after that.
In fact, l voted for him a few min
utes ago, and my sons are going to
vote for him.
paid by the Anti-Catholic Society.
the circular says. Well, who or what
is the Anti-Catholic Society? 1t prob
ably doesn't exist. 1t is cheap trick
and a discredit to those who framed
1t up. The Republicans were to have
a big meeting here last night. and IL
was said that a well-known Hebrew
was to preside That would have
been the proper thing to have done.
The meeting was abandoned. and in
stead we have this indecent thing
pulled off.
"In all seriousness, l would ask
why a Hebrew should be unfriendly
to a Catholic? There is no reason
and that Mayor Nathan matter has
no bearing on Newark or upon us.
Why didn't this anti-Catholic So
eiety or league pick out the Germans,
the Irish or Italians in something
like this? Why the Jews?
What would the Germans, Irish
or Italians think if they were used
as tools and playtoys?
"How about the Catholics running
on the Republican ticket? They dare
not hit at them.
Come to think of it the Republi-
cans have not given us a single rep
resentative on their city or county
ticket, except the aldermanic candi-
date in the Third ward. Why?
They want our votes and they are
playing us for cattle. But it won't
work. ] repeat that this outrage
won't work. Was the idea borrowed
from New York or out west? 1t has
no place in Newark.
Look at the Democratic ticket.
You will find a number of Jews on 1t
and for important offices, too, NOT
just an alderman named to suit
a locality. You will also find other
nationalitles represented. No bigotry
in that I can tell you. But the Re-
publicans are willing to make us the
goats. 1t is an insult to all Jews.
that measly circular, and Third ward
Jews. as well as Jews in other wards
of the city, will resent it at the polls
today.
This attempt to sever social and
business relations with any class or
creed is un-American. It is unfair.
1t is an injustice to all and particu-
larly to us.
I'VE are confident that this
nefarious trick is not the work of
Hebrews"