New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-11
Bill Repeating Germ,
Body's Charter VIII ..
Signed by Coverno,
Weismann Called
Tool of the Ka;,..
Tribune Credited With =,
posing Un-American
Conditions
lStaf Correspondence

ALBANY, April 1o.-The Le.;s,..
has now put its seal of disapproyal A.. :,
the German-American Alliance of NJ. VI
York State, and when the Goy.,.' ~
signs the Robinson Meyer bill reue,,;s ill.,
its charter the alliance will !.
more. Yesterday the Senate passed a. y
bill and to-day the Assembly took IL.
action. 1t is known that the Govern.
will sign it.
Schuyler NJ. Meyer, Republican :,
New York, who sponsored the HI, v '.
the lower house, expected ounoss.
from the Socialists, but there was =.
single objection to the passage ~ A,
bill, which went through on rand ,,S
call. w
"1he Tribune" said Assemh,,..
Meyer, deserves credit for putting n,
German-American Alliance of this ,,.,,
out of existence. for, had it not h.,,
for the publication in its column, ),
the un-American charter of the ors.,
ization, the people of the state xov,a
not have known that it was uoss,sl,
that such document, granted bv III.
Supreme Court, and on file here in IL.
Office of the Secretary of State. ,coula
have existed in free America.
Praicac Tho 'Tr;hur.
"Then, too, The Tribune's expose in
the Who's Who Against Amerie,,
series, last Sunday of Henry Weis.
mann, president of the Alliance. as an
ex-anarchist who did time in prison
for his connection with some dynamite
ing outrage Of the Reds. and revealing
him as the eulogizer Of the sinking ot
the Lusitania and the murder of Amer.
leans on the high seas, and its defend.
er on the ground that it was justids.
Bile act Of reprisal, showed the Legis.
lature the type of man it was dealing
with.
Up to that time. many OF our leaders
here regarded him for what he said
he was. But there is only one vay
of judging horse-by his past per.
formances and Weismann's record
was that Of one who ran always undo,
the colors of the Kaiser's stable. And
to their shame. be it said. there wen
others in the clique which directed III
destinies of this pro-German organic.
ton who were active agents of vii
helmstrasse."
Just before the bill came up in ii.
Assembly a telegram was received b,
Senator Theodore Douglas RobinsoA
nephew Of Colonel Roosevelt readin,
as follows:
"Three years ago Weismann va.
chairman of Bryan peace meeting s:
Madison Square Garden. and Weismsnl
made vlllanous speech of condemn.
ton Of eX-Presidcnt Roosevelt 3.
which many Kissed and cried shame;
now he asks your uncle to be honorary
president of his discredited and Dis
credltatle organization. The contempt
bic hypocrite should be interned #
nothing more. Hope the vote is unsh-
lmous by rising vote"
The telegram was signed by Franklin
Brooks, of New York. former Assem-.
blyman. 1t was turned over to Assem-.
blyman Meyer, who used il to advss-
tage.
THE people of the state" said A.
semblyman Meyer. can nov res. a.
sured that with this law on the statu'
books we Will never again have an
hyphenated organizatio ns runnll,
amuck sowing seeds OF disloyaly
our public schools and in our botF
polite. And there is no room in tt'
state for any American sllr
ance, whether it calls itself the Amer
can Alliance or anything else.
The people should remember ta''
the charter of this organization d.
clared it stood for and would hfs
Tor the ESTABLISHING OF educatioa'
associations as centres for Iostens
the German language and litera'ls
the teaching of German in the puaH
schools and the dissemination OF W.
man thought and the promotion
friendly relations between the Unns'
States and the speaking COW
tries. That charter is still in foH'I
and Will be until the Governor. o..
know he will, signs the bill, ns
the enactment OF this law estaDishu
the policy of this state for all uss
with respect TO these un-Amerlcan W
phenated organizations" N
1t is expected that the Governor VII
SIGN he hill in, n, "a A a. plv