New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-22
Mayor Gains Strength
Daily, Asserts Sulzer
Independent Voters Be-
lieved To Be Turning to
Fusion Candidate

personalities. lie would greatly prefer
\. said. 10 discuss only those issues
which had TO do with the record OF his
administration. with the accomplish
,n.nts Of the Police, Fire, Health and
ether departments in the last four
years.
sBu. more important than clean
streets" said he, "more essential IMAM
an honest police force, is the dignity
and honor Of New York City
Had Mr.. Murphy nominated a re-
.p.ctable candidate" the Mayor said;
had Mr.. Hearst kept his seditious
hand ou. Of the political situation the
people Of this city would have been
spared the campaign Of personalities
which has now been inflicted upon IT,
~ have made. and | shall make, no
s,stemen. concerning Judge Hylan
which is not amply sustained by the
evidence, but it is clear to every think
ing man that the evidence already IN
the possession Of the public proves that
the election Of Judge Hylan to the
once of Mayor would create an intol-
CRADLE situation.
Judge Hylaa has confessed over his
own signature his part in the Black
Diamond venture. lie has admitted
over his own signature that statements
y. swore 10 in an affidavit some years
AGO were false. The only men VINO
have come forward thus far to vouch
for Judge Hylan's character have been
shown by police records to be sWiho-
lers and the associates OF s"lhuiers'
And Judge Swami, who no" piuRges
in az Murphy's command 10 defeno
Judge Hylan. has admitted IN pubic
speech. and in spite OF Judge hyIsn
denial. that Judge Hylan did know Al
fred r. Goslin. the jailbird and conn
d,rce man. whose checks Judge Hylan
recs;ved and cashed while he was a
candidate for judgeship.
sulzer Challenges Hylan
plain Bill" Sulzer, who has clam
bor.d aboard the Mitchell band wagon
IN his war on Tammany, said last night
that the Mayor was gaining every
day" And he added:
aMr. Hylan is losing every day, and
will come in, when the votes are
counted as poor third, with Bennett,
like the queens yacht, nowhere.
"The mayoralty fight Is resolving
itself into a contest between Mayor
Mitchell and Mr.. Hillquit There is no
doubt the Socialist candidate is going
70 poll a tremendous vote. Every ex-
pcrienced political observer can read
the signs as clearly as ! read them
The former Governor is spelling for
p debate with Judge Hylan, Mr.. hillqut
or Mr. Bennett.
William @. Thompson, former coun-
sci for Eugene V. Debs and arbitrator
for the garment workers in many OF
their most important labor difficulties
in the last seven years. came out yes
tcrday with a strong plea for the re-
election of Mayor Mitchell.
Though a warm personal friend OF
Morris Hillquit, Mr.. Thompson de-
clares the Socialist candidate is un-
patriotic and unfit TO be Mayor. And
a. for Hylan, he assumes that no
worker or workers friend would vote
for "this associate Of the clothing man
ufacturers." Mr.. Thompson is one OF
those who says patriotism is the bie
issue in the municipal campaign.
Mr.. Thompson's Position
lie described his position politically
as follows:
"In this campaign | feel it the duty
of every American citizen interested
in the welfare of the country to vote
for Mayor Mitchell. | say this. not be
cause of any personal friendship fo'
Mayor Mitchell, for / have never met
the man. ! believe he has been 8
capable, clean and efficient chief ex
ecutive, and from that standpoint is
entitled TO the respect and support OF
the people of this city.
81 have no personal antipathy to
any Of the other candidates; in fact
for Morris Hillquit l have only the
kindest personal regard and sincere
admiration. But am against him foi
Mayor Of New York for the reason
that, at the beginning OF the war. he
was pro- German, and is unpatriotic a.
the present time. The interests Of
our country and civilization must rise
supreme above personal friendship.
Mayor Mitchell Patriotic
On the contrary. Mayor Mitchell hat
from the beginning definitely, clearly
and with unHinching patriotism stood
squsrely behind our own country. bu'
has been in sympathy with the strug
gle of civilization against the military
sutocracy of Central Europe
This is not a local election. II j.
national in its Importance and in II,
Significance. Mr. Hillquit himself ha'
clearly defined the issue peace or war
He has stated that this election gives
the people OF the City of New Yorl
their opportunity TO repudiate the
country and 10 declare themselves foi
a general and immediate peace. which
is all that Germany asks.
II am assuming that no person WHIT
favors the workers cause. and Ger
family no worker. would indorse tn
candidacy Of Judge Hylan, who by hi
hobnobbing and afiliation with the OF
fcials of the Cloak Manufacturers As
ISOLATION has shown where he stsnd
on the labor question. II is clear tina
these men are banded together for sh'
.purpose Of furnishing Mayor Mltche
for the support he gave TO the gar
ment workers in the 1916 strike.
Calls Mayor Friend Of Labor
1T seems clear 20 ME after view
Of Mayor Mitchels public life, that NJ
has been consistently favorable anC
friendly to labor; that ne has recog
nized the right Of the workers TO ad
vance themselves Therefore, as be
tween Mayor Mitchell and Mr. Hillquit
as far as labor is concerned. there i:
little if any choice. but 80 far as the
country is concerned it is the duty OF
every man who believes in our institu-
,ions and civilization and in humanity
and IN democracy 20 vote for Mayor