New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
HEARST NAMES SHEARN
Jerome Left off Municipal Ozomer-
ship Ticket.

The Municipal Ownership League which is run
ming William r: Hearst for Mayor completed its
full borough and county ticket last night The
special committee nominations reported unani-
rrously William T. Jerome was left off the ticket.
but this had been foreshadowed Clarence j. Shearn,
who has been Mr.. Hearsts personal counsel in the
legal fights against the gas. ice, coal and other
trusts, was named for District Attorney The full
borough and county ticket named is as follows:
BOROUGH TICKET
For Borough President-TFIoMAs GILLERAN.
For Coroners-MAx STERN, DIR. ALFRED H RIEDEI-
ARTHUR HAGAN and SIMON LEVY.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Justice Supreme Court-sAMUEL sEABURY.
For Judge General Sessons-JOHN PALMIERL
For SheriT-JOSEPH W. CODY
For County Clerh-J FAIRFAX MLAUGHLLN.
District Attorney-CLARENCE j. sHEARN.
For Register-MICHAEL BRAYER.
The decision to leave Jerome off the ticket was
reached only after some debate. 1t urged that
inasmuch both the Republican and the Demo-
cratic organizations had declined TO nominate him
It would be good politics for the Municipal
Ownership League to name him. Against this it
urged that Mr.. Jerome had refused to take a
hand in an nti-Tammany campaign when asked to
do so, and had tried 70 get a Tammany nomination
Il was finally decided that this made his nomina-
The headquarters OF the league in the Hoffman
House were crowded last night by members and
of the executive committee of the Direct Nomina-
non o League VINO was secretary Of the Brookheld
day that he intended organize an independent
Republican committee Of one hundred to crystalline
sentiment for municipal ownership.
Two Hearst men, Joseph w. Cody and John V
Campbell reported that in a straw vote taken by
them 3d-ave. elevated train thirty-six out Of
the forty men had declared their intention TO vote
for Hearst. The two got into political argu-
ment, Campbell pretending to be Mcclellan man
and vote was suggested. to which tie passenger
agreed.
The men at the Hearst headquarters declared
that two Tammany election district CAPTAINS had
secretly offered to work for Hearst One II was
said, has occupied a conspicuous place in Tam
many politics and well known to Taulmany lead
Twenty-Five New-Yorx University Law School
students were reported to have formed a Hearst
Club and to have volunteered TO stump for
Mr.. Hearst. Solomon SVfrin. Abraham NJ Fripty
Ashner SolomowitE and Benjamin Metzer, the
latter candidate for Mayor of Hamilton Fish
Park, named committee by the students
to tell Mr.. Hearst what they wished to do for him
who served in the Assembly with President Roose-
welt, has offered stump for Hearst.
Nominating petitions will be ready to-day at the
Hearst headquarters and in every assembly dis
trict headquarters. with two notares public at
each place to attest the signatures. The petitions
must be filed by midnight Wednesday
II was said by friends of Joseph p. NeTburger,
nominated by both Democrats and Republicans for
the Supreme Court bench that he was yet unde-
cided whether he would accept the Republican nom
nation. II said last night that the judge will
hold council with some OF his friends and be ready
give his reply to the Republican notification COM
mttee when 1t calls this week tell him about his
nomination by the Republican convention on Friday