New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22
Chairmen Must Act on
Observation-Disclosures
Busy Guessing.
TWO-DAY EXTENSION
FOR REGISTRATION
Justices. Prosecutor, Sheriff,
Assemblymen and Aldermen
To Be Elected.


chairman must have filed his primary
call, which gives his organization an
official standing in the primaries for
the selection of men for party places
and candidates for the various offices
to be filled at the coming election.
From that day on the political cal
endar for New York City is as follows:
August 26 to September 7 Be-
tween these dates petitions desig-
mating candidates for party position
and party nominations must be filed
with the Board of Elections.
September 1S-Last day for filing dec
lnations of designations.
September 14-New designations to
fill vacancies caused by destinations
must be filed by midnight.
September 28-Primary day for selec-
tion of party committeeman and can
didates. Polls open from to 8 p. NJ.
Organization of committees within
ten days thereafterD
October 4-October Six days regis
tration Monday Saturday. Places
of registration open from $3.50 p. m.
to 10:30 D. M, except that on Satur-
day they open at a. m.
November General Election Day.
Polls open G a. m. to D. M
The Offices to be voted for at this
election in New York County are:
Six justices of the Supreme Court.
One Justice of the City Court.
One District Attorney.
One Sheriff.
Assemblymen and aldermen in each
district.
Congressman to succeed the late Rep
resentativc Joseph A. Goulden. in the
Odd District.
One Municipal Court Justice in the
9Th District to succeed Justice Joseph
B. Fallon, who died recently.
Justices Places Open.
The Supreme Court justices to be
elected are to take the places of John
Proctor Clarke, Republican. whose
term expires; Samuel Greenbaum, in
dependent Democrat, whose term ex-
pires; James A. Blanchard. Repub-
lican, who retires through the aEa
limit; Clarence A. Shearn and James
y. Delehanty, Democrats, appointed
last year by Governor Glynn. and Ed
ward A. Finch. Republican. appointed
by Governor Whitman to succeed JUS
tice John J. Delany. who died recently.
The justices are elected for a term of
fourteen years and get a salary of
Sl7,5O0 year.
The District Attorney is to be elected
to fill the unexpired term Of Governor
Whitman, or for two yearsfrom Janu-
airy /. The salary is $4,000 year.
The Sheriff is to be elected for the
full term of two years. 1t is a fee
Office. worth anywhere from $4,000 to
$50. 900 year.
The party POSITIONS TO be filled are
members of the county committees.
The law provides that there shall be
at least one member from each cleo
tion district and as many more as the
rules of the party shall determine.
Assembly district committees are made
up of the county committeeman from
the district. Other district commit
tees are constituted in a similar man
ner. The leaders of the Assembly dis
tricts are determined by election par
ticipated in by the members of the dis
trict committee.
Under the present direct primary
law all candidates for party nomina-
tons and party positions must be des
ignated by petition only, and no per-
sons or set of persons can use a party
emblem. Party committees have no
right to make designations, although
they may informally indorse certain
candidates for nominations. No party
funds, however, may be used to aid
any candidate for nomination, indie
pendent committees must raise funds
independently.
The petitions must be signed by en-
rolled voters, living within the political
subdivision or unit of representation
for which the nomination is made.
For justices of the Supreme Court, in
GLIDING New York and Bronx counties,
the number of signatures required is
1900 For county Offices the number
is 1000
Rules for Petitions.
A person signing a petition for party
nomination for an Office cannot ign
another petition nominating another
person for the same Office. If a man
signs two petitions the first signature
only prevails.
The law provides that after the pri-
mary election no person elected or
nominated may decline.
For the first time this year there
will he six instead of four days of
registration. Hitherto registration has
taken place on Fridays and Satur-
days of two successive weeks. This
year there will be registration on everv
week day of a single week. Other
amendments to the primary and cleo
ton law affecting this city this year
are: The use as polling places of
schoolhouses and other public build
ings permitted, the election district
made the primary district, the BIZ
partisan election officials made ne
primary officials and the signature law
extended 10 the primary.
Among other things in the election
law this year are the single-headed
State Superintendent of Elections, re.
placing the triple-headed body, and
the elimination Of the provision den
ing a voters residence as ANY place
of stay"
This year for the first time it is a
felony for any election official to will
fully refuse to recognize any duly ac-
credited watcher or challenger or
knowingly to permit any election law
TO be violated. Another new law gives
the Attorney General concurrent Jur-
isdiction. with the district attorneys:
for the prosecution of violations OF
.ho o1actiOn law