New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
State Senators
Vote to Wipe Out
German Alliance
Robinson Bill to Repeal
Charter Here Passed in
Upper Branch
Assembly Acts To-day
Weismann Hopes Speaker
Sweet Will Hold
Measure Up
Assembly Acts To-day
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ALBANY. April 9.-The Senate to-
day passed the bill of Senator Theodore
douglas Robinson TO repeal the charter
OF the German American Alliance Of
New York State.
has blll defines the states poiicy
win respect to this and ALI similar or
sahlzatlors,' said Senator Henry NJ.
sage, speaking for the measure. There
Is no question OF the loyalty of the
great majority of our German born
G!tizens, out we nave no place in the
oHlted states for any organizations
cher than those truly and wholly
american, and the enactment of this
bill into law is New York States
method OF making that fact plain to the
people Of the United States.o
The Dill will go to the Assembly to-
morrow, where Assemblyman SCHUYLER
vi. Meyer, who Is sponsoring the meas
ure III the lower house. will move it's
passage.
But Henry Wcssmann, president of
.he e Herman-Amerlcan Alliance, and his
friends have not given up their fight
10 beat the bill. All their persuas live
power IS now being used on Thaddeus
I. Sweet, Speaker Of the Assembly.
Up TO this morning, when Wcis,nann
and his associates read The Tribune.
they had assumed that their plan to
cnange the name Of the alliance to that
OF he American Alliance would meet
win the approval of the Senate lead
efs' where they expected 10 Kill the
W.. o. A meetlng at the Ter Erck
Hotcl last night Weismann informed
his associates IN the German Amer
can Alliance shat all was going we'll
ald that Senator Robinson's bill would
oe defeated.
Here IS report of the meeting. as
givrn out IN a typewriter statement
~ Weismann:
AZ q meeting of the board Of d.
receors OF the Gelman-American Ali
ance of the State OF New York held at
the Ten Eyck Hotel, Albany. on April
.. AZ p. m, the following were pres
ent:
Henry Weismann. president. Brook
iyh; William Llebermann, chairman of
the executive committee, BROOKLYN.
Herman Koch third vice-president eSn's
queens: Henry Pfeitfcr, secretary. New
YORK; Joseph knott, treasurer. Utica;
Joseph Birkmeyer, financial secretar,
Troy; iienr% 7. Haas. New YORK; Rob
ert A. Patchke. Troy; David Miller.
,Schenectady; William Grandprc. Al
bany; William F. Otto, Rochester: 10
seph H2as, SYRACUSE; Hans Jurgen
sen, Queens; T. +. c. Haas. Amster-
darn and John hreisel. Amsterdam.
llAam Liebermann reported the
understanding arrived at between the
Legislative committee and the Senate
committee. composed Of Senators
brown, sage and Robinson, and Of
Tered the following resolutions:
Il The name shall be .Ame,jcan AL
lance Of the State of New York
- Thc objects Of thn
are: 10 uphold the principles Of rec
dom. equality, personal liberty, justice
and humanity. upon which our govern
ment Of the United States of America
IS fcunded; TO promote social inter
course; to secure an exchange Of views
upon subjects OF interest; to secure
good government; to support whatever
makes for the common welfare Of our
nation, state. city and locality, where
we reside; TO oppose whatever is hos
tic thereto,,' and TO insure the abso-
lutc unity Of the American people in
the defence OF the country; to be Sc
cured among others by the following
means-lt shall be composed Of socie-
ties, clubs, committees and individual
members regardless of race, stock or
descent and its delegates must be
American citizens: the Americanization
of Immigrants through school facili-
ties, furnished by the state; the nat
urailzatlon OF those qualified, with a
view 20 encourage, rather than i'm
pede. applications for citizenship: lib
cral immigration laws, excluding those
only who are morally unfit; the repeal
Of such sumptuary laws as are anti
ouated and unnecessarily interfere
with personal liberty and opposition to
the new measure along similar lines:
national universal military service for
so long as the European nations fail to
disarm; evening courses in our schools
on American history and civics for
adults, which must be attended by
those who would apply for citizenship.
This resolution was unanimously
adopted and will be submitted to the
branch organizations of the German
american Alliance Of the State of New
York for ratification.
committee and President Weismann
were authorized to take such legal
steps to efrecruate the change of name
and purposes of the organization"
There is no need Of an American ALI
ance,' said Senator Sage. We are
Americans or we are not. The Ger
American Alliance must be abol-
lshed
Then the alliance drafted the fol-
rowing lctVer 10 Majority Leader
Brown:
"We beg to advise you that at a
meeting OF the board Of directors Of
the German Anne rican Alliance held in
Albany last night resolutions were
adopted to discontinue the German
American Alliance of the State of New
York.
Your attention is respectfully called
to this action, as, in our opinion, it
renders 1t unnecessary 10 pass any
legislation TO dissolve the charter of
This organization.
"Thc membership has unqualfiedly y
committed itself to support whatever
makes for the common welfare of our
ration, state, city and locality where
we reside. and to oppose whatever is
hostile thereto, and to insure the alb
solutc unity of the American people
in the defence Of this country.
ON accordance with this principle. If
in the opinion of the Legislature any
action would serve to put at ease the
minds of our people and contribute to
the unity of the American nation in this
crisis, such action would be entirely
agreeable.
I'VE viii thank you to call this letter
to the attention of the Senate
The nnme OF the president OF the al
lance, Weismann. was not appended
70 the letter. Wclsmann LEFT the capi-
tai hurriedly and vent back to Brook
len lnartrr II ia hig nSSociateS IN t,.,.