Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-21
THE ANT-DAL
MOVEMENT IS
WHITING, IT'S SAID
Divergent Reports as to the
Outcome of Last Nights
Meeting.
MEMBERS RELUCTANT
TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY
May Be No Candidate for Coun-
ty Chairman-Piker Yarn,
Say Others.

There will be no anti -DalrNmple
ticket at the Republican primaries
this fall, at least. That was the gem
eral opinion after a meeting of the
| rebels" as they are termed by the
regulars" in the Lawyers building
last night. In fact. it was said that
the anti-Dalrymple balloon has busted
and the rest of the machine apparatus
has totally collapsed.
1t was a Missouri" affair last
night, the purpose of those back of
the movement being to have all per-
sons interested come forward with
some s1moleons of the realm.
The "show-me" part of the enter
prise failed to materalize, for when
! subscriptions were called for not a
single soul responded. Not even
the promoters attempted to offer a
subscription after the announcement
was made that the other persons
| present did not care to even put up a
red cent in order to make a fight.
Deep gloom settled on the assem-
| blage and everybody acted as If dis
couraged. There was some little talk
ing by various groups and sugges-
toms were made regarding commit
tees, but no one came forward with
the much desired cash. The meeting
broke UP when it became the general
opinion that such things as "pikers''
we're around. Somebody limited at
"pikers'' and then there was a general
move for the doorway without even
waiting for the formal adjournment
action 1t was evident that all hands
had decided to abandon the ship and
take to the boats
AS a result of the futile effort OF the
anti-Dal clan to get together it is
expected that the county machine or
} ganization will have plain sailing at
the primaries. There seemed to be a
general belief that the "antis" could
not show a single thing in the way
of strength, except in the Sixteenth
| ward here.
Former Assembyman Thomas
Goldlngay acted as chairman of the
meeting and promised to bring into
action the heavy artillery of the Pa
triotic League. Somebody interrupted
to know how about the cash. This
gentleman was promptly squelched
for time. Then reports were called
| for and all hands, except one, report
ed progress
This monotony was relieved by the
| Sixteenth ward representatives. who
claimed they could take care of nine
men for the county committee. This
! ray of hope was soon extinBuiShed
when 1t was announced that If the
"anti- Dals" wanted to engage head
/ quarters, somebody should put UP a
donation or two in short order. No
response being made It was taken for
! granted that there would be no head
| quarters this year. 1t had been ar
ranged to hire rooms on the fourth
floor of the Lawyers building. but the
lack of cash sent this plan aglimmer-
ing.
/ Mayor William Little, of North
Caldwell, acted as secretary of the
| meeting He asked for information
| regarding how much was owed for
stationery and stamps that were used
in sending out notices of the meeting.
No reply being received, 1t was taken
for granted that Police Judge II. Ed
ward Wolf who sent out the litera-
! ture would have to foot the bill him
self BY this time the fifteen or more
persons present had broken off into
small groups and were holding vari-
GUS conferences D. themselves. All
hands wanted to talk, but none de-
sired to subscribe, and the feeling
soon spread that ut was all OH,
boys
There was lot of talk about fight
ing il out at the primaries, but this
| talk soon faded. There was one or
two recalcitrants who were sure they
/ vould stick to the bitter end, but
others we're opposed to d0tAR any
thing that might split the party"
This is the latest story told of last
nights meeting and the probable col
lapse of the anti i-Dalrymple move
ment. Not one of those spoken to
this afternoon would admit that there
was any truth in 1t. They laughed
and remarked that it was "pikers'
tale and that 1t was suspected that
"nil1ers" were at the meeting and
would tell some such story.
"The whole trouble amounts TO
this" said one of the anti-Dal men
this afternoon. This movement was
started to fight Dalrymple and Her
bert TAYLOR in the county committee,
the idea being to elect enough county
committee members at the coming
nrimaries to put Harry O'Connell in
the county chairmanship.
"Some people don't seem disposed
70 stick TO first principles or the or
iginal fight, that is for places on the
county committee. They are dragging
y, assenblvmen, freeholders, the
county registry nomination, aldermen
and everything else. Something Is
hound TO give There are a few men
who have their individual ambitions
70 crafty and they are dickering
with all sorts of elements to further
their own ends. We cannot afford to
stand for these things. 1t was even
suggested that We hold off candi-
dates for certain offices at the pri-
n1aries md run them on the petition
plan afterward.
Il will say that the movement, so
far as the county committee part of
II is concerned, has not collapsed. We
are fighting strong for O'Connell, but
II is quite true that money is not
rolling into us, and without funds to
defray legitimate expenses. we can
not count on overwhelming victories.
You will hear from us all right and
at our next meeting"
Efforts to find Harry r. O'ConnelI