Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-18
RAYMOND TELLS
!. HIS PRINCIPLES
IN PARTY FIGHT
Renews Attack on Opposition,
but Declares Loyalty, Win
{ or Lose, at Primary.

After rciterating his declaration
thai the "Antf-Dal' movement was
1urely and simply a primary fight
within the ranks of the local Re
publican organization, Mayor
Thomas L. Raymond last night out
lined to his followers the principles
for which the contest was being
waged His address was delivered
before the members of the Raymond
ties executive committee at their
headquarters in the Lawyers build
Ing. and consisted chiefly in a bit
ter personal attack upon the party
leadership and political ethics of
County Counsel Alfred N. Dalrymple.
Mayor Raymond was insistent that
victory or defeat on primary day
would not impair his loyalty to the
Republican ticket in the general cleo
tion, and he made it evident that
this is the spirit which animates his
followrs as we'll
Tt is us to the people to make this
night successful one" declared the
mayor I'VE appeal to the voters of
Essex county to see to it that the
management of their affairs shall be
left with them and not handed over
to a party boss. If they don't sup
port us 1t will be because our Op-
ponents have succeeded in befogging
the real issue
IN M Of his i1-aH n AGAINST
the domination of the existing Re
publican machine "by the adroit
tools of an invisible bipartisan boss
rule the speaker accused County
Counsel Dalrymple with having
sheld up legislation meant TO bene-
1t Newark for selfish reasons.
Lots of Applause.
About seventy-five members of the
Raymondite organization, including
a goodly proportion of municipal Of
Zee holders who are appointees of the
mayor, were present and applauded
Che latter vigorously. Thomas Gold
ingay acted as chairman and made
The announcement that next Tuesday
pight the candidates named on the
tAnti -Dal" ticket would deliver brief
speeches of acceptance and would
outline the platform upon which they
sought the suffrage of their fellow
citizens. He then introduced Mayor
Raymond as 1.-THE man who licked
the boss last year"
The mayor lost no time in getting
down to the pith of his address.
when I took Office" he said, IT
was amazed at the opportunity which
that office presented to work in the
interest of the people. 1t would have
been a very easy task for me to be
mayor had I been willing to be tho
mere outward symbol. of an invisible
government. I would have had to
light far less than I have been forced
10 do under existing conditions. If
/ had been content to be the rubber
stamp for Mr.. Dalrymple / could
have taken my ease. However, did
not pesire that sort of ease.
''L.ast winter Mr.. Dalrymple was
tlisgruntled with me because he had
found out that he did not own Tom
Raymond. When he made that dis
covery what did he do? He went
down to Trenton to WELD his infiu-
ence to prevent the city of Newark
from getting needed legislation,
which would permit me to fulfill GER
tain pledges which / had made to the
people"
John Contrell, jr., also made an ad-
dress, in the course of which he an
bounced that he would be an inde-
pendent Republican candidate for the
office of register. He asked the sup
port of the members of the Raymond
tie organization, and declared that he
was not the candidate of the mo
Boss League" people. He said that
he had visited the league to invite
the individual support of Its men,
bers. as he was then doing In the
case of the "Anti-Dals."
Contreli Is Out.
Henry II. Fryling, one of the AS
sembly candidates on the Raymond
ticket declared that his chief ambi-
ton in the event of his success in
the primaries and In the general cleo
,tion was not so much to obtain legis-
lation as to prevent 1t. He explained
this statement by saying that at
every session of the Legislature there
are many ill-advised and unsound
laws enacted. He declared that he
was in favor of legislation which
would give to Newark and other cities
of the first class in the State adequate
and untrammelled home rule
Joseph Juliano pledged his support
Ito the ticket despite the fact that he
had been denied place in the list of
Assembly candidates. William ].
Wakefield. jr., candidate for free
holder, who resigned as an Assembly
candidate on the mo Boss League"
ticket In order to accept the nomina-
tlon of the Raymondites, also spoke,
as did Pasquale Scarano, John jacket,
jr., and Henry Grossman, Assembly
candidates.
When County Counsel Alfred n
Dalrymple was seen this afternoon In
his office in the County Court House
he smilingly admitted that he hat
read the attack of the mayor, but
had no comment to make upon 1t.
Speaking for myself" he said, "a
have no desire to engage In PERSONAL.
}ties, and l am sure that the regular
Republican organization Of ESSEX
county has no desire to wage thai
sort of campaign. Mayor Raymond
has said all of these things before
and ought to have his lesson by hear
now. There is no reason why should
tengage in any controversy or acri'
kmonious debate with him"