New-York tribune., 1917-07-21
Borough President Accepts
denomination After
Threatened Revolt
Municipal Ownership
Plank Is Discussed
Committee Says Platform
Will Expose Plans of
Tammany

The Fusion COMMITTEE OF I0A' S''
terday put it's stamp Of approval upon
the proposed candidates for the city
ticket in the coming election at the
ratification meeting OF the full COM
mittee. at the Hotel Manhattan. Ihe
tbrea+oned revolt of Marcus NJ. Marks
as the candidate for denomination for
BOROUGH President Of Manhattan did
mot materialize, and the ticket went
through with harmonious enthusiasm
MIR. Marks accepted the nomination a
few hours before the committee met.
The ticket approved yesterday IN
cludes the five candidates recommended
by the nominating committee and IN
dorsed by the executive committee
The candidates are;
For Nayor-John Purroy Mitchel'
For Controller-William A. Prender-
gast.
For President of the Board of Alder
men-Robert Adamson.
For President of the Borough OF
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Marks.
For President of the Borough OF
Brooklyn-Lewis H. Pounds.
Whittle Picked in Bronx
The Bronx committee announced
that it had decided upon Thomas W.
Whittle, Park Commissioner OF that
borough. as its candidate Tor Borough
President. His nomination will be ratl-
fed at the next meeting OF the main
committee.
Candidates for Borough President OF
Queens and Richmond have not yet
been proposed. The situation IN queens
is still somewhat uncertain george
Cromwell. former Bon ough President OF
Richmond, is practically certain cf re-
ceiving the nomination Tor that DOT
ough. Nomination for the county ana
judiciary tickets will be considered by
The nominating committee next week
William Hamlin Childs, chairman OF
the executive committee, IN his state
ment TO the Committee OF the Whole
Yesterday declared that each OF the
candidates had personally tod MN
that they would accept II nominated by
The committee, and that they all agreed
10 work unitedly and wholeheartedly
for the ticket. -,
A great mass meeting will be ar
ranged. probably early next month,
when Mayor Mitchell and the other can
didates will deliver speeches of accept
ance. Then the campaign will be on IN
fnll force. Meanwhile the candidates
approved yesterday will be notified by
letter and their letters of acceptance
given publicity.
Out to Expose Tammany Hall.
The Fusion leaders are hard at work
on a campaign platform which they de-
clare will disclose the bunk IN the
proposed Tammany-Hearst platform
There was discussion OF plank on
municipal ownership at yesterday S
meeting which, the leaders pointed out,
would be both constructive and ieasl
BILE. as compared with the ETHEREAL ana
impracticable proposals recently sug-
gested by Tammany Hall.
The Fusion Committee is for munlcl-
nal ownership of all the transit lines
AT the first opportunity the city will
have to take them over. The public
ownership of gas, electricity and other
nublic utilities will be recommended IN
case that good service and fair rates
cannot be obtained under the present
Governmental regulation OF those cor
porations. AS long as the pubic IS
Getting satisfactory service ana rates
from these companies the Fusionist'
wpl noint out the futility of investing
the city's money in them.
The public ownership plank is ex
pected TO point cut the greater imp0r
lance of dealing with the purchase o.
the subways, elevated and surface tran
sit lines first. The Fusionists vii
pledge an administration which vii
nut the city in a financial position e
take over these properties when the
right time arrives.
In the case of the subways this would
be when the recapture clauses in th'
present contracts become operative
The pay-as-you-go policy of the present
administration will be explicitly Sc
forth as a means TO that end
Endorsement from Littleton
Martin w. Littleton, chairman o.
the new City Democracy, in indorsint
the nomination Of Controller Prender
CAST at Yesterdays meeting, referred
TO the present city administration a.
one Of the municipal experts giftet
with enough Imagination 70 rise up anC
meet the requirements Of popular
government" This was q happy dis
tinction. he said. which was seldom
found in the municipal governing body
''ln Mr.. Prendergast as the head o.
the great Finance Department Of the
city" said Mr.. Littleton. Eve have that
and that has been happily joined tC
the services and to the capacity o.
Mitchell as Mayor. Now, why under
80 y
should ask himself the question wha
ne should do in intrusting the custod!
Of the city's affairs for the next foul
years is beyond my judgment 10 ur
derstand.
ut has been said OF this admins
tration that IL loses its temper. Well
thank God, IL has never lost its nerve
II we must choose between an admin
istration which loses its temper and al
administration which loses its nerve
Jet us have an administration with al
occasional outburst of temper.
Freed from Corporate Greed
ave have the conspicuous fact Of
government Of the city risen into IN,
upper air Of free undominated politics
city government which has emarci
pated the great Developments Of tn
city from the corporate assaults 0
stupid, wicked domination Of machine
built for and run for machine pdr
poses.
"We have the opportunity now :,
start them of for the election. VIII
can doubt that New York now, stirre,
as IL never has been before by tn
deeper passions Of patriotism, stirre
As Il never has been before By the cal
Of the country, the call Of the world
of the idealism Of the work, who cal
doubt that our people are going Z
make the world safe for democracy