The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-08-22
BOWLING OUT, MCCALL
May HEAD TICKET
Leaders Draft Him in Long
Night Conference Held
at DelmOnicO's.
HAS NOT ACCEPTED YET
Takes Matter Under Amusement
-Gaynor's Name Proposed
and Rejected.

many nominee Tor Mayor. 1ls piaco ts
likely to be flled by Edward r. Mccall
chairman of the Public Service Com
mission.
Mr.. Mccall has not yet agreed to take
the nomination. His name was agreed
upon ut meeting Of Tammany leaders
at Delmonicos at midnight
Among the leaders who were there were
John IL. McCooey. leader OF Kings
county; Congressman John j. Fitzgerald
OF Brooklyn; Arthur Murphy. leader OF
the new Bronx county organization;
Thomas F. Smith, secretary OF Tammany
Hall; John +. Calvin. Congressman Her
man A. Metz. the probable Tammany cam
didate for Comptroller. and Thomas +.
Foley. leader of the Second Assembly dis
trict. whose strength with the rank and
file OF the organization is scarcely second
to Charles f. Murphy's own.
Charles +. Murphy and his associates
got word from Supreme Court Justice
Dowling earlier In the evening that he
would not make the race Thereupon
they drafted Mr.. Mccall and he has
taken the matter under serious consid-
Grafton.
1t was said on the best authority last
night that there Is no chance as things
stand at present Of the nomination OF
William J. Gaynor at the hands Of Tam
many Hall. He is said to be ''out OF It."
shift Was Sudden.
The shift in the makeup Of the Tam
many ticket was very sudden. Up to
yesterday friends OF Justice Dowling had
supposed that he was willing and ready
to make the race. Early in the afternoon
Charles +. Murphy got word that he was
vaciilating and that he might not take
the place.
Thereupon Mr.. Murphy went to Del
moncos and from that hour Tammany
leaders came and went until virtually
the whole body Of Tammany dignitaries
had told him how they felt on a successor
to Mr.. Dowung. That man was Judge
Mccall.
The final agreement was reached a few
minutes before midnight Philip Dono-
hue. treasurer OF Tammany Hall. was
sent in taxicab to Judge McCalls house
at 1921 West Eighty-sixth stree@. and took
him down to the conference. He reached
there few minutes before II o'clock.
There was no doubt from the moment
he entered the meeting Of leaders that
his name was the one they wanted 10
place at the head OF the ticket. Within
an hour the matter was settled and Judge
Mccall went away to think II over
Judge McCalrs friends have felt for
many weeks that he did not want the
nomination for Mayor They told hin,
that he would be sacrificing his own
prospects-the Democrats have assured
him that he could have the nomination
for Chief Judge Of the Court of Appeals
If he took II. The selection last night
was nothing short of a draft at the hands
of the leaders OF the party.
Judge McCall's Platform.
Judge Mccall. IL he takes the nomina
tion. will make the fight on an issue Of
strict municipal economy. 1t Is under
| stood that the Tammany platform viii
out fusion the fusionists on the point OF
| city saving The leaders feel that thi'
is the real issue in this campaign ant
that they must promise that their admin
! istration will spend nothing except wha
is already contracted for and what Il
| absolutely necessary for new schools an'
! similar pressing municipal improvements
The Sulzer issue Is sure to be used
| against Tammany at every turn in the
State and municipal campaigns. Many
independents feel that Sulzer. whatever
| his derelictions may prove to be. has un
dergone polis!cal execution. TammanS
men said last night that II there is an,
,hn hat nj n IA
Judge Mccall is the one. He has main
tanned his friendship for the Governor
throughout the late disturbances. and
what Sulzer strength remains in New
York next fall is bound to be thrown il
| his favor.
One OF the things that he will con
slider most seriously In the next twenty
four hours IL his ambition to return to
the bench. Ever since he left the Suprem,
Court he has expected that he would b,
returned some time to a judgeship. Th'
people VIII elect Chief Judge OF IL,
Court OF Appeals this fall and Judg,
Mccall has received word that he car
have the Democratic nomination II HI
wants 1t. His friends feel that In tn,
prospect Of Il break In the opposition be
tween the Progressives and the Repub
Leans he would have a chance OF election
Judge Mccall was one of thos
who worked for the nomination OF Jus
tice Bowling. But with definite assur
ances from him last night that he woul'
not take the place there was an Opel
choice for his successor. The wOr'
reached Mr.. Murphy and his adviser
about 10 o'clock that Mr.. Dowling ha
finally decided not to take the place.
Throughout the day suggestions ha
been made at Tammany Hall and else
where that Mayor Gaynor might be tn
man to take Justice Dowling's place 4
case he retired. Thomas T.. Smith. sec
retary OF Tammany Hail. presented hi
case before the Tainnany leaders. but
was decided that IN, Mayor was not tn
man to lead tue r7mmany fight.
1t is understood that his most strenu
Gus opponents were from his ow
Borough Of Brooklyn. John u. McCo0e,
leader OF the Kings county Democrats
has felt keenly the neglect of the Mayor
Mr.. Gsynor has given little patronage I
Brooklyn.
You seem to have forgotten that ther
Cesstsssd ON Second Pags.