New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
Hot Election Campaign Is
Planned if Wilson
Eyades War
Four Men in the Race
Republicans Count Upon
the Tammany Vote
Being Split

President Wilson's address 20 Con
ercss will determine in large part inc
course Of the special election IN the
18th Congressional District on April
:. 70 iii the vacancy caused by 'he
death Of Michael +. Conry, Democrat
II the message fails to satisfy the
demands Of New York red hot cam
,,,;c,r on the issue Of patriotism VIII
he waged. Plans already have pee"
n AIDE for Republican leaders. such a.
tl;bu Root. Senators William NJ. Calder
and James ". Wadsworth and others
20 speak i'm the district.
The Republican leaders believe they
have the right sort Of militant candi-
date in John Neville Boyle, former AS
sistant United States Attorney VINO
Was nominated at the district conven-
tIon Thursday night. Boyle - I"
trained athlete and good speaker
Despite the fact that Tammany noml-
mated Thomas +. Smith. secretary OF
,he Fourteenth Street organization, me
Republicans feel they can make th4
strongest patriotic appeal to the yot-
crs. particularly if events at Washing.
ton should still warrant the charge OF
"dritting.'
Patriotism the Issue
There are other elements in the 10th
District election which promise to m
tcnsify the patriotic issue. The prop
able entrance in the race of John ID.
Moore. former State Conservation
Commissioner. backed by the Jeremiah
CLeary group. and the announced
candidacy Of Joseph d. Cannon, Social
Isl and pacifst. on ne Socialist ticket,
are expected 20 help rather tnan hurt
the Republican cause. A four-corncred
fight. az least. promises 10 compllcale
matters for Tammany and arouse un-
usual interest in the special election.
The supporters Of Moore expect he
VII appeal to the German-American
voters. who are strong in the 18th ana
14th Assembly Districts, which are IN
the 18TH Congressional District. The
announcement that Moore might be a
candidate was Endorsed by the German
Ncrold" ano other German papers.
Moore's sponsors also believe he Will
cut into the Tammany vote in the 9TH
9TH and 9th Assembly Districts, which
ere almost entirely Irish.
Cannon's Chances Slim
Cannon is an extreme paciist. His
ueme was first suggested by the Amerl-
can Union Against Miitarism. He has
r!ade a circular appeal TO the voters on
IN anti-war Issue. The Cannon argu-
ments. however, are not expected TO get
very FAR, whatever the President or
Congress may determine as to the
ccuntrys status toward Germany.
Should a state Of war be declared II
!. likely the Cannon utterances would
assume reasonable color, if per
sisted in.
Ordinarily the 18th Congressional
District casts about 10000 votes. a
large majority of which are Demo
cratic. Last fall. in the Presidential
election. the total vote in the district
was p So Conry was elected by sew
cral thousand majority. Special cleo
;ions always fall short Of the regular
voting records, and the Republican
leaders believe that less than 10000
voters will participate.
According to the estimate of the
Beard Of Elections yesterday, this spe-
cial election will be unusually costly
&c the taxpayers. Based on the sup
position that only about half of the
regular vote is cast. the board declared
the taxpayers of the city would have
t. pay more than So for each vote cast.
The routine expenses for a special cleo
tion are always higher. The fact that
70 school buildings can be used for
rolling places, as they are on regular
election days, adds materially 20 the