New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Ellison and Hamilton :.
vored as Lost Candida,
Against Mitchell
May Turn to Hears
Democratic Fusion Meet, ?.
night to Consider CITY
Ticket

The Tammsny leaders wer, a
with new hope yesterday tia. ~
lost candidate" for Mayor wou,I
found by the end of this week n
Murphy led some of his friends :.
lieve that the Tammany slate wopu
completed by that time.
Strange as it appeared to sonc o,a
sachems, the two men who be,d.s
list of eligibles with the Murph, :
prevail yesterday were William p p,
son, former Corporation Counsel =.
Henry Dc Witt Hamilton, former !.
Jutant general under Sulzer.
The Murphy crowd, however val,
not go further than the day At h,.'
Tie possibility still remains tbs, a..
one of the score of others meptio,.,
will be the favored one befor. A
books close.
hdiHiiton IN Hospital
II made no difference to the T.,
many Hamiltonian boosters tina, e.,
eral Hamilton was struck by an ,,,,
mobile on the same day last week N,
his boom was launched, and now Il,
in the New York Hospital with A h,,,
On leg. They declared that he wo,,
be out in time to make an aggr.sr,
campaign if "the Lightning sh..y
strike him"
A call was issued yesterday by Hrr
+. Chittick, chairman Of the nomi,,
ing committee Of the Democratic 3.
sion Committee Of 10, for meeti,, 4
this committee at headquarters to.nm
row night TO consider the city ties
Mr.. Chittick evidently had the Mur.,
tip from Tammany Hall. as he ,s
held out the hope that the slate wo,i
be completed this week.
The names of Hamilton and ElEv,
as probabilities" with Lewis Nun
Judge John f. Hyland. Of Brooklyn. an
John g. Calvin, member of the Boa
OF Water Commissioners, added ,
possibilities, were i'm the forecsr 4,
some of the Democratic Fusion Co.
mlttee members. While the nam, !
W. K. Hearst has not been hoard !,
Iammany lips recently. the poItia
WlseacreS who looked over yesteyB,J
list still saw chance for Tammanv
fail back on Mayor Mitchers bitter
political enemy.
Inc platform committee Of the De-
ocratlc Fusion Committee will ma
early tonight and put the final toueLs
on the Tammany platform. Il will J
submitted for ratification to the IN.
committee at meeting later in a,
evening. It's understood that the ma.
form will closely follow the prop6gi
for planks made some time ago by d,
iammany County Committee, with pg
haps some amendment and moderate
OF the municipal ownership plank.
Moss Suggests Hearst for MAYO,
Frank Moss, former Assistant Dis
trlct Attorney under Governor WI.
man, who helped to elect Judge Swan
the Tammany candidate for the ofa
by running on an independent tieh,
issued statement yesterday attaeh,,
the Mitchell administration and ,vE
costing Mr.. Hearst or Judge CropsJ
as the strongest candidates in ehsg
party to run against the Mayor.
"A Republican ticket headed b
Cropsey,' said Mr.. Moss. "or a Dezt
cratic ticket headed by Hearst. or s,J
one OF a half dozen whose names an
being discussed, would furnish Il,
ground upon which the people wosl.
gather for a great popular victory
A JOINT committee representing y,
Republican organization and the iris.
pendent Democrats Of The ! nx -G
yesterday and suggested the iollovy
candidates for borough offices: BIZ.
ough President, Park Commissiog
Thomas W. white; Sheriff, Eugen,
Mcclure; District Attorney, T. Cha
non Press; County Clerk, Patriek !
Mcmahon; Registrar, Bernard H. Han
Edward F. Doyle, president Of ts
Board of Elections, yesterday fixed p',
mary day for Wednesday, SeptembG
10. Party designations for public o1a
and for party positions must be fle
with the Board of Elections not earle
than August l and not later than A.
gust 81.