New-York tribune., 1913-07-25
.FUS|ON|STS TO PICK
THEIR TICKET SOON
Committee on Candidates Will
Make Its Report Of OeIib.
erations Tuesday.
HEARST'S STAND A FACTOR
City Economy League Brings
Names of Loeb and Four
Others Forward as De-
sirable Nominees.

Sll n Ult llOLulUteS.
/ II was stated last night that the com.
inittee on candidates of the fusion coIn.
inittee intenied 20 make It's report 10 the
executive committee or Tuesday night Az
:he latter body has been kept closely ir
/ touch with the probable outcome OF tho
/ dclioerati1ns OF the committee on candI-
dates. !, is hoped that II Will be able a
take its vote the same night that II re-
celves the report m" general cnrrfattee
will be called to consider the report of the
executive committee. according 10 present
plans. on Thursday night 4 member ot
the committee saH lest night they hoped
TO he able Ia announce their ticket for the
Board of Fstifnate b. Friday morning. "a
II Is anticipated that the meeting OF the
general committee will he prolonged hy
a night to a finish between the supporters
Of District Attorney " iunan sni nf por-
ough Presid mt McAneny
AZ stated in The Tribune Yesterday. 1
majority OF the members of the commit
tee on candidates have expressed a pref
-reuce TO- McAncny. 1t is asserted that
McAneny leads hy about the same ratio
IN the executive ""mm'tt"e II 4. the ..ey-
eral belief. however. that IN the more
r"Y s-ntitiye yercrsl "oT"l!tte@ Whit
man his a majority.
Advo"at-s - McArcny p2r7el yesterday
to consider carefully what hia nomination
D" IN" fusioniS,s might mean.
They we're told that perfect fusion could
not possibly he attained for McAneny. and
that his nomination 10y the fusionist5
would make a third ticket certain. The
editorial declaration of william Randolph.
Hearst against McAneny VAS read with
considerable interest Those who were
close 10 Hearst declared that II McAneuy
should he nominated he would seek to get
the Republicans to name Whitman. with
the assurance of the Hearst and Inde-
pendence League support. n for any rca-
son this could not be- arranged II was
said that John ]. Hopper would he nom
mated for Mayor los the Independence
League solely for the purpose of bringing
about the defeat Of McAn"ny.
Tn. fusion executive committee spent
I'VE hours last nixht going over plat
form II VAS drafted by a special COM
mitt-e after carefully considering the
platform put forth hy the Progressives
and a similar document drawn W hy a
committee representing the Republican
organization. II was said that while the
fusion platform would he a progressive
document II would avoid going 20 cS-
tr~mes that would h" likely to antagonlze
MANY peoyl" who are expected 10 lena
supuort 10 the fusion ticket.
Writing 10 the fusion committee lat
uight. the city Economy League. through
it, president william ". Chesebrough.
suggested the names "f several men rev
resentlns the type 81 men f"r the once
or M-ynr required To- effect AN economical
and practically efficient business admin
lstratiou ~ the city.s affairs Th' names
suggested we're those ~ John Ciahin.
Darwin T. Kingsley. llenry Evans, Will
fam Loeb. lr. and r. II. Out.-nrdg'. Il
was raid that none ~ the men had been
APPROACHED tn see whether he would A.
ccpt "a nomination for Mayor.
II IA. stated ~ tho opinion ~ ~" *
ecutive committee of the league. after
advising extensively with the members ~
the orrarlLatlon. mat II Ma douhu IL
whether ANY member ~ the present
board of Estimate would secure the cor
dial support ~ the leagues constituents
AZ candidate FOR Mayor. The lsagu"
STATE. It's opinion that its indors"ment
would mean at least l"p"o votes 10 any
candidate fnr ofiice this fan.
Frank T.. Polk. Francis ". RIrd and
JOHN J. Hopper ~ the Independence
League and John q. '"wan. ~ the
Cleveland Democracy. who recently OBJ
ta.u-d from Collector JoAn Purroy
Mitchell the promise that he would con-
slider a nomination for Mayor from any
other than a Tanmany source, appeared
before tho fusion committee In the after
noon 20 urge the claims OF their candi-
date. Mr.. Polk asserted that Mr. Mitchell
was the only man who could fuse all the
anti-Tammany elements, and asserted
that he was 10000 votes stronger than
any other man who had been mentioned
for the nomination.
sixty new members Of the McAneny
general committee were announced last
night Including Arthur Won Briesen.
Jacob A. Ris Robert Underwood John
son. General Horatio g. King and Clln-
ton T.. Rossiter
At meeting OF the Mayor Gaynor fu-
zion and nominating committee +. a.
Ringler was elected vce-president. An
Herman Ridder as chairman. and
finance committee. headed by Henry
Clews