The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-21
Big FIGHT ON FOR
M'ANENY'S PLACE
Republicans Start In Anew to
Try and Win Alder
manic Board.
TAMMANY NEEDS THE JOB

News OF the Forthcoming resignation
Of the A~ldermanic President. George
McAneny. caused the Democratic and
Republican captains in all the oroughs
to spur their workers yesterday 10
greater effort in the fight for control oil
Test promises to swamp most OF the
others before election day.
Not only would the election OF a DEM
ocratic board Civ Tammany the APP
pofntmemt of a new vice-chairman. who
would be acting President until u
1. 1917, but 1t would give the Fourteenth
street organization a sudden and Inn
portapt boost in the Board of Estimate.
The President OF the Aldermen has three
votes in that board. At present the only
Democratic members are Borough Pres
ident Calvin Van Name of Richmond
and Maurice Connolly of Queens. each
OF whom has one vote. Assuming that
they would take their stand with n Dem
ocratic President OF the Aldermen. the
Democrats would muster five votes. As
there are sixteen votes in all, the Mitchell
administration would still have a good
majority. But IL must be
that there are many important matters
which require twelve votes for passage.
The Democrats. with their five. could
hol up such matters at will.
NcAneny for 1917 IL Talk.
Politicians found IL hard yesterday to
believe that Mr.. McAneny. In taking up
newspaper management, means to re-
move himself from public life beyond
recall. Hardened cynics. in fact. were
cheerfully predicting that he would bob
up AS the candidate OF harmonized
Demo either for Governor next
year or Mayor in 1917. They went so
far as to wonder II Mr.. McAneny wasn't
quitting the Mitchell administration while
his sky was blue in order to secure a
new takeoff for political ascent.
Such talk irritatcd MIR. McAneny and
those In his confidence. When he was
old of rumors that he had thought II
wise to get out OF an administration
which was being criticised for stand
ardlzing salaries and financial policy he
said sharply:
That is almost enough to induce me
to remain. TIL sinking ship idea is
preposterous. l Would stand by II there ex-
listed such a situation. The fact is that
such an attractive proposition has been
offered to me that / cannot decline TO
accept IT. The step has been conten-
plated for some time. and there is abso.
lutely no political reason tor 1t.
Fusion Controls Hoard.
Replying to a query as to whether or
not he intended to retire permanently
from public life, he said: Naturally"
Among those best informed politically
IL is not believed that Nj. McAneny
would consider running for Mayor in
1917. 1t is wei! understood that II
Judge Swami is elected District Attor-
rey he is likely TO be Taminany's can.
didate for Mayor at the next election.
In the present Board OF Aldermen
there are forty-one fusionists and thirty
two Democrats. II the Democrats can
win five additional districts they will
nave a majority, They fully expect TO
do this, and the Republicans are not
very hopeful. Anti-Tammany fusion is
not nearly as complete this year as It
was two Years ago The Progressives
and Republicans failed 10 get together
in many districts.
II the present vice-chairman OF the Al
dermen. Henry II. Curran. Is reelected
reelected v~ice-chairman II the Rcpubli-
cans control the board. and will thus
become President McAneny's acting sue
cessor for one year. II the majority of
the Aldermen are Democrats the post
will undoubtedly go to Frank Bowling,
now the minority leader.