The sun., 1917-08-15
Brooklyn Jurist Said to Be
Determined to Punish
Old Supporters.
WILL NOT BE A "GOAT"
Combination Slate Dumped
as Result of Political
Development.
CONNOLLY BOWLED OUT
Attitude of Comptroller Travis
Gives the Fusionists Ad-
ditional Anxiety.
CONNOLLY B0wLED OUT

Just when the Mitchell fusion leaders.
with the help OF Gov. Whitman, Senator
Calder and State Comptroller Eugene NJ
Travis. thought they had put the quietus
on the Cropsey boom in Brooklyn, the
: fusion leaders. in session last night at
the Hotel Manhattan, where they COM
pleted the county tickets. except Brook
En, heard that Justice Cropsey. OUT
raged because Comptroller Travis and
Jacob A. Livingston. his two main SUD-
porters, had thrown him over In consid-
Grafton for Brooklyn patronage, Intended
TO enter the primaries in opposition to
Mayor Mitchell.
The report was backed I'D later by
an absolute statement from Jacob A.
Livingston. Republican leader OF Brook
lyn. that the Brooklyn jurist would run
The overwhelming opinion. supported
by the fact that Mr.. Livingston on Mon
day had buried the hatchet with the
Calder-Kracke forces and agreed to split
the Kings county ticket on ifty-fifty
basis provided Justice Cropsey did not
run. was that Justice Cropsey had taken
the bit In his teeth and decided TO punish
his Brooklyn Republican supporters by
going into the primaries whether they
liked Il or not. Mr.. Livingston's state
ment that Justice Cropsey would run
was taken as an indication that Mr.
Livingston. having been the main sup
port OF the Justice in the preliminary
working up of the boom. had to follow
the Justice now in order to save his
own face and his leadership
Combination Ticket Dumped.
The tentative distribution OF offices on
the Fusion ticket agreed on by the CAL
der-Kracke forces and the Livingston
Travis combination on Monday. contin-
gent upon the elimination of Justice
Cropsey, which placed Lewis NJ. Swasey
on the ticket as Sheriff of Kings and
John T. Rafferty,, Livingston man. for
Register. was dumped in the waste
basket last night by the Fusionists, and
II Justice Cropsey runs a new slate
will be formed.
Justice Cropsey in Brooklyn last
night absolutely refused to depart from
his attitude of silence, although 1t was
said he would make a statement to-day.
The situation, however, was explained
by one who has been in touch with the
Cropsey matter continually, last night as
follows:
Mr. Livingston and his followers, In
Guiding perhaps Mr.. Travis, saw In the
early days of the campaign a chance
TO utilize Mr.. Cropsey as q means of
securing from the Fusion leaders fair
share of the offices and patronage OF
Kings by threatening to run the Justice
In the primaries. In other words. they
srabbed hold OF a bears tail, and after
they had secured what they wanted
from the Fusion committee and agreed
to drop Mr.. Cropsey, they found they
could not let 60
Justice Cropsey, acting like a dog in
the mapger, was keenly aroused by
the disposition OF Mr.. Livingston and
MIR. Travis to sidetrack him and de-
,iJed, apparently, to play their own
game and enter the primaries despite
them.
Mr.. Livingston, In this position. is
positively unable to go through with
his agreement with the fusion leaders
and must hang on to Cropsey."
Travis's Attitude.
Just what attitude Comptroller Travis
will take in the event Justice Cropsey
does enter the primaries is puzzling. On
Monday, after a long conference with
Senator Calder during which the differ
ences OF the various Republican factions
in Brooklyn were patched up and a de-
cision reached to drop Cropsey. Mr..
Travis came out unqualtnedly for the
Mitchell ticket. With his principal leader,
Livingston, forced to support Cropsey
In the event he runs Mr.. Travis 10 placed
between two fires.
Mr.. Livingston's statement issued late
yesterday was as follows:
~ am for Cropsey. believe he will
enter the primaries. II he runs against
Mitchell in the Republican primaries he
will carry the greater city. We will
then have the fusion ticket and the
Mitchell ticket win be the third ticket In
the field"
Mr. Livingston and Jacob Brenner.
Commissioner OF Jurors, and a strong
Travis man. both insisted last night
that the agreement OF the county
offices agreed upon by Senator Calder
and the Livingston forces had nothing
whatever 10 do with the Mayoralty
situation. But this Is secuted In poll
teal circles. as II is not considered pos
sible Senator Calder would have agreed
TO any peace pact with his former poll
tieal foes unless II contemplated the
elimination Of Justice Cropsey and left
a clear field for the Mitchell ticket in
the primaries.
Connolly Thrown over.
The Fusion Committee on Nomina-
tlons, headed by George w. wickersham,
at the Hotel Manhattan last night. COM
pleted the balance OF the Fusion ticket
and In doing so threw over Maurice Con-
molly. Democratic President of Queens,
In favor OF Robert w. Higbie. who was
supported by the Queens members OF the
rusion Committee and insisted upon by
Queens. The committee further decided
on the denomination or John ]. Hopper
Tor Register. against whom bitter oppo-
sition had been entered by some MEM
bers Of the Fusion Committee. John J.
Lyons. Republican leader OF the Thirty
hrst Assembly district. was agreed upon
Us the Fusion candidate for Sherint. and