New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-14
Tammany Issues
Call for Primaries;
Ticket Is in Doubt
County Committee Acts
With Mayoralty Candidate
Still To Be Selected

With the Tammany candidate for
Mayor still to be selected, the Demo-
cratic County Committee met at Tam
many Hall yesterday and issued the
call for the primary election to be
held on September 10. The nominal
ing committee Of the Democratic
Fusion Committee Of 10 held a closed
session last night at its headquarters,
so East Forty-second Street, for final
roundup of candidates. The commit
tee will report to the full Committee
of 10 tonight, and the Tammany
slate may then be announced
The fact that the Business Mems
League yesterday selected County
Judge John F. Hylan as its candidate
for Mayor and urged his Endorsement
by the Tammany- committee
brought his name to the front again as
a likely Tammany candidate.
Tammany Considered Hylan
The league is Democratic organi-
cation working in sympathy with the
larger Tammany committee. Judge
Hylan also has received some favora-
bic consideration at Tammany Hall.
The league recently picked Preston p.
Lynn, business manager for John Wan
amaker, as its Msyoralty candidate,
but Mr.. Lynn declined to accept the
nomination.
The Mayoralty candidacy was thor
oughly discussed by Charles +. Murphy
and the other Tammany leaders who
attended the meeting Of the county
committee. II had been expected that
Murphy would eventually pass the
word to the Tammany-Fusion commit
tee as to whom they should nominate
and let them go through the motions.
The matter was so unsettled yesterday
however. that the Tammany boss was
said to be inclined TO actually leave
the decision to the full Democratic
Fusion Committee.
At the close Of the executive meeting
of the nominating committee last night
il was said that twenty proposed can
didates for Mayor had been discussed,
and that the final selection had been
reduced 10 one Of four William
R. Hearst, Judge John F. Hylan, Will
lam B. Ellison and Thomas w.
Churchill. The nominating committee
will meet again this afternoon at I
o'clock. and report back to the full
committee tonight. County Clerk
William F. Schneider said after last
nights meeting that he expected the
city ticket would be completed tonight.
The Tammany call for the primary
election discloses the fact that the
Murphy organization will elect the
members Of the new county committee
with the new apportionment OF As
semblv districts as the unit, instead Of
aldermanic districts. This provides for
only twenty-three Assembly districts,
as against thirty-one under the old
order.
County Membership Increased
Most of the old Tammany district
leaders are up for reelection, but in
several Of the new districts two or
three of them will be thrown together
and share the leadership. The only
districts in which new leaders will be
elected are the 18th, 2lst and 23d,
where the candidates are: William
Allen. Edward b. Holahsn and John
Mara, respectively.
Because Of the increased Democratic
vote cast for Governor at the last cleo
ton, the membership Of the county
committee will be increased from 5000
to 8,eOS. Each election district in the
Assembly districts is entitled to a
member on the county committee for
every fifteen votes cast in the district
for Governor at the last election.