Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-10
LENTZ AND WACK
CLASH OVER THE
NAME OF MOSES
Major Attempts to criticise Ex-
ecutiVe of the Committee
of 100.
ALSO RAPs WAcK ABOUT
DANA GIFT BUST STORY
Lively Encounter When Fete
Official Is Taken to Task
for Appointment.

Major Carl Lentz, the former county
Republican leader, clashed verbally
with Henry Wellington Wack. execu-
tive advisor TO the Committee of One
Hundred, today. 1t is said that the
incident was very interesting, and
that the feathers of both parties were
considerably ruffled. as a result of the
encounter which happened at the
offices of the Committee of One Hun
dred, in the Kinney building.
The trouble is said to have been
due to an objection that Major Lentz
made u the appointment this week
of Lieutenant W. ]. Moses, Z. S. NJ,
retired, as an advisory member of the
parades and decorations committee
of the general celebration committee.
Il is claimed that Mr.. Lentz had the
impression that Mr. Waek put
through the appointment of the for
mer naval officer who is now in
+ charge of a recruiting agency.
According to one story Mr.. Lentz,
after appearing at the offices of the
committee, said to Mr.. Wack:
What business have you to make
that appointment"
The remarks that followed were red
hot and it is said Mr.. Lentz also
criticised the reported intention OF
Mr.. Wack to present to the city a
bust Of John Cotton Dana, librarian
at the Free Public Library.
Mr.. Wack gave out the following
statement:
Major Lentz appeared at this office
today very much excited and de-
manded to know by what authority
Lieutenant Moses had been or would
be appointed me parades and dec
orations con &c. | informed him
that on the recommendation of the
executive and finance committee Gov
ernor Murphy proposed to appoint
him to do what he could in aid of
that committees work.
sThereupon, Major Lentz COM
planned he had not been consulted
| and informed him no meeting of his
I committee had been held and there
| had been no opportunity for anyone
to consult him.
| HE was rather mixed up in his
fstatement To me concerning the ap-
poIntment and evidently confounded
| the action of the executive and finance
committee with that Of the parades
and decorations committee, which
had not met.
/ Il told him that in due time the lat-
ter committee would receive notice of
Lieutenant Moses appointment and
that If any objection should be made
thereto the matter could be settled
with Chairman. Murphy of the gen.
eral committee. This seemed to en-
/, rage him more and more. He seemed
to confuse the report in the papers
also, with the account of the meet
| ing of the executive committee when
! lieutenant Moses was appointed. and
told him to get his knowledge of the
occurrence here.
meantime General Breintnall.
chairman of the committee, who was
standing by during part of the time,
had made no objection to the ap-
pointment of Lieutenant Moses"
The first intimation of the contro-
versy came from Major Lentz. who
said Mr.. Waek said the papers had
/ printed lies" Mr.. Wack stated that
i Major Lentz had summoned him out
to see him, and Major Lentz's state
ment was that Mr.. Wack had sum
moned him into his office.
1--WE have Major William II. Cam
i field, of the First Regiment. National
! Guard, as our grand marshal. said
: Major Isentz. I'VE appointed him last
summer There can be no assistants
/ appointed to Major Camfield unless
We revoke our resolution. which was
! that he should have the appointing
of all assistants.
Il don't object to Lieutenant Moses.
| don't know the gentleman. But I
think the appointment should have
come through our committee" said
Major Lentz.
The major said that during the con-
versation he had drawn Mr.. Wack' q
attention to an account printed yes
! terday in which John Cotton Dana
was said to have called Mr.. Wack' S
project to place bust of the museum
director in public building joke,
/ Mr. Wack said then, the major re-
ported, that the newspapers print lies.
A meeting cf the special committee
on the parades and decorations bud
get was held Immediately after the
: conversation. Both Major Lentz and
I Mr.. wack sat in at it, but, according
| to the statements of both at its close,
| the conversation was not continued
during its course. The meeting was
executive.
The meeting of the special commit
! tee was attended by former Governor
: Franklin Murphy, General r. Heber
Breintnall. John Cotton Dana and
Major Lentz.
Cut from Appropriations.
Decoration schemes, calling for ex-
penditures of from $27, ,657 to SIPS. 1893.
were considered and rejected. and II
! was finally decided to recommend that
from $4,000 to $4,000 be expended for
street decorations for the anniversary
celebration next year. All the plans
submitted were along the general
lines of the $1,000 prize decorations
scheme, submitted by Architect Jor-
dan Green.
| These decisions were not final. They
! are, Mr.. Wack explained in telling OF
the events of the meeting, merely IN
the nature of recommendations. \
meeting of the parades and decora-
tions committee at which definite ac-
/ ton will likely be taken will be called
for early next week.
Mr.. Wack stated that he had been
notified that DIR. Hamilton w. Mabie
Is i'll in Philadelphia and will be I'M
able to serve as a judge in the prize
poem contest.
Two subscriptions were received
today, Newton -Humphreville Co, $25
and John Neubauer, S..