New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-12
FUSION TO BEAT TAMMAM.


Judge OF the City Court. He Is Deputy
Controller under Controller Prendergas''
and has done valiant work against the
proposed city charter. .,
John J. Hopper Is contractor anu
ra, for Governor on the independence
League ticket year ago
At the meeting Of the Citizens Con
ference. AT the Hotel Manhattan II was
decided 10 extend the activities OF the
conference beyond that of securing the
election Of men to the Assembly VINO
would not favor a charter OF the type
that has lust been killed. and TO nave
them embrace complete fusion
4 resolution was passed for the APP
pointment OF committee ot nine ~
cooperate with other organizations IN
the effort 10 elect ticket in each Dor
ough that this conference can. without
reservation. indorse and recommend 10
the voters Of the city"
The committee was appointed as FOL
lows: julius Henry Cohen. Melvin g.
Palliser. Edward r. Finch. Collin II.
woodward Ernest G.. Gardener. Con-
gresham william y. Calder, Francis c.
Huntington, Henry Moscowitz and Will
lam J. Schieffelin.
Committee to Extend Scope.
In recommending the extension of the
objects Of the conference the committee
on plan and scope reported in part:
Your committee recommends that. in
stead Of combining it's efforts to preventing
at ;hc next Legislature the passage or a
charter such as was considered by the
last, this conference extend it's scope so as
to Join in a complete fusion movement
throughout the city, so far as the Same
may be practicable
The forces that were back Of the charter
were back OF tho Levy election law, de-
signed 10 thWart the efforts of the citizens
to rescue the city from Murphy rule and
now declared unconstitutional by the Court
Of Appeals.
The decision Of the Court Of Appeals is
a victory: II is also a challenge, II is
challenge TO all good citizens, regardless OF
party Affiliations. either within or without
party organizations 10 join together and
utilize he great opportunity preserved by
thi: decision.
Alfred r. Conklin wanted TO know
why the committee in its report had
! spoken Of opposition to Murphy rule, ="
| rather than use the term "Tammany
| advisedly, because there were many
| men who considered themselves good
Tammany men who did want 10 vote
against a ticket put in nomination at
the sole behest Of Murphy.
Would Repeal Levy Law.
J. Aspinwall Hodge suggested that the
platform Of the conference state opposi-
ton To Assemblymen who had voted for
| the Levy bill, az we'll as those who
, favored the proposed charter. He
! thought IL was quite as important to
secure the repeal of the Levy law, even
! in its denatured form, as it was TO pre-
vent the passage of the charter as pro-
posed this year.
William J. Schieffelin, chairman Of the
Citizens Union, who is chairman Of the
| Citizens conference. expressed personal
satisfaction over the proposed fusion
ticket for New York County. II think
that It has a good chance to win this
fall-an even chance" he said. And
from what | hear about the OBJECTIONS
/ from Tammany Hall the ticket has bet
ter than an even chance. If the election
were held to-day / believe the ticket
would win, and it will grow stronger as
| the camapign progresses"
+, Mr. Schieffelin said he did not think
the Citizens Union would nominate the
county ticket by petition and place it
under its own emblem. But IL will APP
pear i'm three columns, the Republican,
the independence League and that Of the
! Democratic League.