New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-15
Committee Splits on Choice for
Sheriff, but Republicans
Get 1t Finally.
KINGS PROGRESSIVES BOLT
"Disgraceful Scramble" to
Grab All Offices" Leads Party
to Go 1t Alone and Ask
No Favors.

The principal struggle was over the
question whether the Republicans or the
Pro,ressives should get the Sheriff in this
county. The Republicans won, in spite
%. n threat to bolt by the Progressives.
The judiciary ticket follows:
supreme Court. First Department-Jus-
tice Eugene A. Philbin. to succeed him
self. BENJAMIN y CardozO Independent
Democrat 20 succeed Justice Barlow S.
Weeks
General Sessions-Charles c.. Mott. jr.
RepublicanI. 10 succeed Judge Thomas
r. O'suuivan. Judge William II. Wad-
hams ,Repuh'icaul. 10 succeed Judge
Warren W. Foster.
CITY Court Judge-William l. Ransom
Progressive 70 I'LL an additional place
created by the legislature.
County Judges in kings-Judge Nor
man :. Dixie Republican,, TO succeed
himself. Lewis l. Fawcett Republican,.
10 succeed himself.
The New York County ticket:
County Cierk-Wilham +. Schneider
Independeut Democrat. renominated.
Register-John J. Hopper Gndepend-
erce League. 10 succeed Max :. Grifen-
hagen.
Sherif-Max 5. Grifenhagen CRepub-
licanl. 70 succeed julius Hamburger.
Cororers-Herman Hellenstein and
Israel L. Feinberg 1Repdblicansl. TO
succeed themselves. Or. 2. .. Riordan
independence League. 70 succeed James
=. Winterbottom. and Timothy F. Healy
Progressive. TO succeed Herman W.
Hcltzhauser.
The Bronx County ticket:
Borough resident--Douglas Mathew
son. now Deputy Controller CRep).
District Attorney. Channon Press
DemJ.
County Clerk-Jacob Shongut Prog.
ReEister-Thomas ". Whittle (Rep).
Sherift-Charles / Flick Gndepend-
ence League.
Surrogate-W. II Willard (Prog).
County Judge-Henry K. Davis
Prog.
Coroners-Abram J. Herbst CRep)
and Joseph Goetzel CProg).
No decision was reached on a candidate
to succeed Surrogate Herbert B. Ketcham,
Democrat i'm Kings County.
The judiciary committee OF the Fusion
lists expects 10 report at a meeting 20 be
held on Monday the nominees 10 succeed
Municipal Court Justices a. 2. ". Sea-
man. in the 5th District. and Leon ]. San
ders. in the % District, both in Manhat-
tan.
The subcommittee on judiciary. which
reported the foregoing ticket. consisted OF
e.. c.. Birmingham. Philip J. McCook'
William II. Hotchkiss. Darwin r. James
ir. and William J. Schiefelin.
There was the hottest kind Of scrap
over the Sheriff. but finally the majority
Of the committee decided that the Re
publican organization was entitled 70 H.
and the Progressives had 10 be SATISFIED
with one Coroner. in addition 70 the City
Court nomination that they had received
earlier.
Fairly in the evening John J. knewltz'
chairman OF the Republican County COM
rnittee in The Bronx. and Eugene J. NC
Guire. president Of the Jefersonian Dem
oc-acv. the anti-Tammany Democrats OF
The Bronx. appeared at the request OF
Joseph NJ. Price chairman OF the exec
,,tive committee, 20 talk over The Bronx
situation.
They have formed 2 close corporation
with August ]. schwarzler. the Pro-
gressive county chairman. and Arthur
;.oggv. Independence League chairman IN
The Bronx, 70 control the nominations
there. Price asked Knewitz and Mcclure
70 suggest some names for the ofhces
there. The reply was that nothing could
he done until Borough President Miller.
-enorinated by the fusionists. declined
that Office. as he had threatened.
Unless you keep your hands entirely
of the local Bronx ticket" declared
KneHitz. I'VE will repudiate any slate you
may name. and may 20 further and bolt
fusion altogether
c. G. Birmingham. Henry MoskoVitz
and Norman Hapgood argued IN turn
Win The Bronx men, but the latter stood
pat.
The Independent organization headed
by Mcclure did not receive single noml-
nation Mathewson and Whittle. named
by the Republicans. are not in favor with
the Knewitz-Ten Eyck faction OF the
Republicans. who are in power In the
Bronx. As this faction has Joined hands
with the Mcclure forces il may he that
they VIII not consent 70 accept the ~
sion slate. However the Progressive
and independence League have received
such liberal treatment that they may de-
eide 10 pull out Of the Knewitz-Ten Eyck
combine.
I, is also hoped that the liberal way In
which the Progressiyes were treated IN
The Bronx might help 70 smooth over
their disappointment in Manhattan.
The corridor Of the fifth floor of the
Fifth Avenue Building. where the meet
ing was held. was filed until late ct
pigbt with representatives of the various
organizations. who rushed every member
~ the committee coming out Of the con-
ference TO get scraps Of information
The general fusion committee has given
the executive committee power 10 name
,be local tickets so the action last night
was final.
The subcommittee viii meet the
Queens fusionists this morning and re-
mort to the executive committee on Mon
dav night. Consideration OF the Brooklyn
situation was also put over until that
time.
Robert W. Higbie. OF Jamaica, Repuo-
ucan nominated by the fusion committee
for Borough President Of Queens. was
turned down at a conference OF the fusiDn
forces in that borough last night l.. Z.
/. Smith. an independent Democrat or
Long Island City. received forty-eight OF
the eighty votes. Higbie got nine ana the
others went 10 Rupert b. Thomas
The conference was made up OF twenty