Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-05-01
DOWN NECK'S"
POLITICAL FIGHT
ENDS IN DRAW
Raymond Forces Hold Trenches
Against Attacks of Dal-
rynpIe Cohorts.
.RAYMOND-SCHMIDT CLUB
STILL RETAINS TITLE
But Those Seeking a Change in
Name Confident of Ulti-
mate Victory.

AHe iTSI DdItle III the local political
war was fought last night in the Iron
bound section. Official reports from
the front conflict, the Mayor Ray
mond forces claiming a repulse of the
army of Alfred N. Dalrymple, while
the latter declare that the Raymond
forces retreated and left them in pos
session of the field. Uncensored dis
patches from war correspondents on
the scene, however, agree that the
mayors armies won at least tenn
porary victory, that they were not
driven from their trenches.
Neither Gear" Raymond nor
Kaiser Dalrymple, as they were re-
spectively termed by facetious on
lockers, was on hand at the engage
ment In the Eastern theatre of war,
in Republican circles, but lieutenants
of each were on the firing lines with
picked troops. The Dalrymple forces
had for their objective the annexation
of the Raymond Schmidt Republican
Club, of the Ironbound district-the
Alsace-Lorraine at present, in local
politicS-but when the smoke of battle
had lifted the Raymond-Schmidt or
ganization was intact and under the
same government as before.
Bridenbach Closed Meeting.
The battle, as forecasted by the Eve
ming Star, was fought at Hauesler's
Hall, where Hamburg place and
Ferry street flow together. Frederick
G. Breidenbach, president of the Po-
lice Commission, and also president
of the Raymond Schmidt club, was in
command of the Raymond forces
when the fight started. General Brei-
denbach saved the day for the Ray
mond men, after a bitter attack by
the former, by declaring the meeting
adjourned and marching off the field
with his followers, leaving the in
vaders too dazed to take any further
action
While the battle lasted the fighting
was hot and furious. Motions" t"
threats and Charges formed the
| principal ammunition, but at one
| time hand hand clashes were i'm
minent, and only the retreat of the
| Raymond army averted serious dam
| age to both sides. The Battlefield
was covered with sawdust, probably
| in readiness for bloodshed but it was
a needless precaution.
Former Alderman Anthony Reitz
opened the bomi'ardment for the in
vading DaIrymple forces by moving
that President Breidenbach's place be
! declared vacant. Immediately both
sides were up in arms A lull came
when ReitZ was asked to explain the
attack on Mr.. Breindenbach.
Could Exercise Undue Influence.
Like a lawyer in a will case he de-
clared that the place should be va
Gated because it's occupant, as presi-
dent of the Police Commission, ex-
erted an undue influence over the
members. In a moment another en-
gagement was in progress and half
of the rival armies were active par
ticipants.
DR.. George r. Corrigan, an active
leader in the Fifth ward, took a hand
and tried to bring about a truce. He
declared that Mr. Breidenbach had
done the best he could under the cir
cumstances and should be retained
in the chair, and he didn't see the
necessity for removing him. The con-
troversy was the best thing that
could happen for the club, he stated,
as 1t brought out it's full strength to
the meeting and put lots of pep"
into it.
Another Raymond lieutenant as
serted in positive terms that the
president of the club could not be re-
moved, because he had been elected
for a term Of one year in January.
There's no constitution or bylaws
to the association" roared the in
vaders. 1--WE can change the officers
any time we want to. Let's have
vote on the motion"
The motion was put and the ayes
and noes were so evenly balanced
that the chairman called for a rising
vote. Before the result could be de-
terrnined DIR. Corrigan offered an
amendment to the motion to the ef-
feet that the association had the ut
most confidence in its president and
officers. The amendment was second
ed and the ayes and noes were again
vociferously beloved forth.
Reitx Demands n Vote.
Reitz again threw down the gauge
of battle and yelled for a vote on the
original motion to depose the presi-
dent. Striding up and down the floor
he proclaimed that as long as there
was no constitution or bylaws the
club could change it's officers at any
time. President Breidenbach asked
Reitz to take the chair while he took
the floor.
Mr.. Breidenbech said 1t was a great
surprise to him that the meeting had
developed as it did.
"I don't know the meaning of It,"
he said. "I've read I'm the newspapers
that the Raymond-Schmidt Club was
about to reorganize under q different
name, but l didn't think there was
anything to 1T. Tonight I see there
Is a little feeling among certain gen.
tlemen in this section because I was
selected by the city administration as
police commissioner.
'I worked hard for the election of
Mayor Raymond and Mr.. Reitz
worked hard toward the same end and
we gave the mayor big boost down
here. We tried to make this organi-
zation more than political one and
we were sneered at as joke. Well.
we were no joke. and we disregardcd
the ward chairman Despite our
leaders the Fifth ward went for Ray
mond.
when we had the banner-raising
the leaders began to come in, Asn-
man, of the Tenth ward, and Miller,
of the Twelfth. came into the aSSO-