New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
SUCCESSOR TO GRADY
Socialists Oppose Tammany ir
Special Election To-day.
J. A. FOLEY VS.. J. A. WALL
Murphy's Candidate Resigns HIS
Seat in Assembly to Make
the Race.

The Socialist emblem will head the only
column in opposition TO Tammany's oiack
star at the special election in the 18th
Senate District to-day. at which a success
sor to the late senator Thomas f. Grady
will be chosen. John A. Wall, the Socialist
candidate. is a cousin of District Attorney
Whitman. The regular Tammany nominee
| is James A. Foley who has been the AS
semblyman from the 18th Assembly Dis
trict since 1907 He was known as Muir
phv's Assemblyman." credited with being
the personaI representative OF the boss OF
Tammany Hall.
Tammany has had things easy In that
district that Foley's supporters have been
making practically no campaign At ALL The
Socialists, on the other hand, have been
working overtime in an effort to land the
toga for Wall AS there is no Republican
candidate before the voters Wall hopes to
poll most of the Republican vote, but even
with that Foley's election is practically as
sured. Tammany believes. The Socialists
are also counting upon the fact that the
district has a great many voters who lost
city Jobs in the Department Of street
] Cleaning after the recent strike.
To-day's election was ordered by Gov
ernor Dix to ill the seat Of the late Senator
Grady.
julius Gurber. the "organizer' OF the So
clalist party for New York County, en-
deavored yesterday afternoon to get the
| Countess Of Warwick, who is a Socialist to
| Join in on the last night Of Wallis cam
paign, but found that her speaking con-
| tracts forbade her taking any extra
work Of that kind.
The Socialist party designations filed
with the Board OF Elections on which TO
make UP the primary ballot for use on
March 26 do not contain the names OF any
delegates to the national convention OF
that party. according 10 Mr.. Gurber. who
explained that the new primary election
law did not require them to put their ma
tional convention delegates on the primary
ballot, because the Socialist party method
is to have the national delegates for each
state named by the state convention.
The state convention will probably be
held in New York City about the middle OF
April" Mr.. Gurber said yesterday. "and our
rule is that there shall be one delegate from
each Assembly district in the state to the
state convention. These delegates elect the
national convention delegates, Of which
New York State has twenty-three."
Mr. Gurber said that the enrolled vote OF
the Socialist party in New York County
was approximately 10000 and that the
marty now had organizations In every As
sembly district.
"Our designations for the primary cleo
tion include. besides the state convention
delegate from each Assembly district, the
district and county committee designations,
and SO far as We know there is not dis
trict contest in this county, Mr.. Gurbcr
explained.
CURRIERS' title of "orGanizer" Is the So
cialist synonyme for what is practically
county chairman. The party's hcadquar-
ters are at No. 239 Fast sith street. and
from that office the Socialist orators from
all over the county have been sent down
into the 18th Senate District TO help Com
rade'', Wall in his campaign against Foley
The Socialists. like the other parties, will
hold a second state convention in the fall.
at which they will put ticket In the field
for the Governorship and other state Of
fees as we'll as Congress candidates Their
April state convention will do nothing save
select the national convention delegates and
draw up the srate platform.