New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-25
Non.Partisans Organizing
in City for Mitchell
and Party
Murphy's million"
Amuses Opponents
Business Mems League
Aids in Drive in
Present Regime

opinion of the Fusion campaign man
ayers. is the effective organizations OF
independent voters which are rapidly
crvstallzing. Outside of the drive IN
the Republican organization, which is
beginning to loom large for Mr.
Mitchell. the silent vote" throughout
the city is organizing.
Based on the first sign Of the un-
usual interest Of the independents in
the campaign, seen in the large regis
tration, the Mitchell managers have been
devoting unceasing lsbors to rounding
Nd this vote in every Assembly dis
trict of the city. New committees I'M
der the Mitchell League have been form
ing every day, and yesterday saw the
first meeting Of the Mitchell Personal
Campaign Committee at the Hotel Man
haitian.
This committee is composed Of indie
pendents from every walk Of life. Com
prehensive plans were made for direct
personal work during the remainder Of
the campaign.
In every election district small nom
partisan groups are being formed TO
find out the preference Of every man
in the district as far as possible aud to
talk TO as many men as possible per-
sonally. Independent groups are also
pushing the campaign in labor circles
under the leadership of Timothy Healy
and George 7. Mcclure. vice-president
Of the State Federation Of Labor. La
Dor men are particularly worked up
over the attempts 20 discredit the Gary
schools by calling them a capitalistic
scheme directed against the working
man.
Business League Aiding Drive
The Mitchell League Of Greater New
York, an organization chiefly of bust
ness and professional men. is aiding in
the drive for the independent voter.
This committee has formed sub-com
mittees made up of men representing
nearly every profession and business in
the city, who are doing personal work
among the men in their particular lines.
at is an uprising of the individual"
said Emory r. BuckneI, general cam
paign manager. "The average citizen
has been thinking the situation over
quietly, until now he is no longer quiet
about it, He is telling his friends what
he thinks of the idea of having for
Mayor a man with a past like Hylan's.
They decide 10 do something about it.
The result is that they begin getting
together in little groups and then form
ing committees and joining the Mitchell
League or some such Independent or
ganization or else coming here TO head
quarters organized and ready to help.
The independents are coming IN IN this
way by the thousands"
The statement of Charles F. Murphy
that Henry Morgenthau and other ac-
tive Mitchell campaign workers had
raised a fund of 100000 caused
amusement among the leaders at the
Mitchell Fusion headquarters yesterday.
They declared that if Mr.. Murphy knew
of any such fund they wished he would
"lead them TO it," Mr.. Morgenthau.
William Hamlin Childs, chairman of
the executive committee of the Fusion
Committee of 1917; Mr.. Buckner and
Sam Lewisohn, treasurer of the Fusion
Committee. all emphatically denied any
knowledge of such generous fund.
Murphy Estimate Too Large
Treasurer Lewisohn said that he had
received about $500 subscriptions
ranging from 81 to 500, but couldn't
tell lust what the total amount was
Mr. Childs declared that he didn't know
lust how much had been raised, but
that il was mot nearly as much as was
needed"
Mayor Mitchell was pleased yesterday
TO hear that Mr.. Murphy had taken
the "muzzle' from Judge Hylan, the
Tammany candidate, and given him per
mission "to talk 10 the public The
Mayor was hopeful that the public soon
would learn the answers to the ques,
tions which have remained unanswered
by Judge Hylan for three weeks me
Tammany candidates answers would
be awaited with great deal of inter
est. the Mayor said.
Fearful. however. that Judge Hylan
might not answer all the questions that
the Mayor and others had asked him
the Mayor Yesterday undertook to sug-
gest what some Of his answers might
be. particularly in regard to what APP
pontments to the heads of the various
city departments the Tammany candi-
date might make If elected.
IF elected. who will be Judge Hy-
lan's Police Commissioner" asked the
Mayor. "Will il be Edgar A. Whitney
who has placed Judge Hylan under obli-
cations by coming forward with an Aft
davit in Judge Hylan's defence
Whitney stands out in the present cam
paiCn as man who knows what a
Murphy police force ought to be. He IS
the man who confessed to Justice
Jerome that he was a go-between fol-
Wardman Glennon, of the Deyery po-
lice force. and notified Glennon when.
ever the Parkhurst Society intended &c
raid gambling joint or a disorderly
house which was under the protection
Of the police.
Asks About Chamberlain
"Who will be Judge Hylan's City
Chamberlain? VIII il be Charles +
Turner, who has made the other aft
davit in Judge Hylan's behalf in reply
10 The Worlds exposures? Mr.
Turner has enjoyed Judge Hylan's con
fdencc. lie shared Judge Hylan's Office
at 1923 Gates Avenue. He was vice
president Of the Black Diamond Auto
mobile Company when Judge Hylan was
director. lie has admitted that he took
5000 from jail bird Goslin 20 escape
from the jurisdiction after Goslin had
used him as a dummy in one Of Goslin's
nefarious schCs'es.
"Who will be Judge Hylan's Corpo'
ration Counsel? Will it be jeremiah
nIearv. unon whom Judge Hylan IS