New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-14
Livingston Forces Patching
Up Differences With
Mayors Backers
Tentative Slate Picked
Candidate for Queens Presi-
dent Only One Not De-
cided Upon

ne ldel DOllllCdl piOHS tANFfNN
from under the Cropsey Mayoralty
boom yesterday. The day was filled
with Fusion conferences, at which the
boom for the Brooklyn justice was
kicked into the discard. His principal
supporters, including Jacob A. Liv-
ingston. Republican leader Of Kings,
who fsthered the Cropsey movement
and State Controller Eugene NJ. Travis,
deserted him Justice Cropsey still re-
Trained from stating what he intended
TO do, but he is expected to withdraw
and announce that he will not oppose
Mayor Mitchell in the Republican pri-
mgrics.
The Livingston forces patched up
their differences with the Calder
Kracke faction in the Kings Republi-
can organization yesterday A confer
ence was arranged by ex-Judge Jacob
A. Bremen, hitherto an ardent Crop
sey supporter, which was attended by
Senator William VI. Calder, Commits
sioner +. J. H. Kracke and Mr.. Liv-
ingston. II was arranged that the Flu
sionists would indorse Louis NJ. Swa-
LtA. LIVINGSTON : NdIuIudbts AOA olAtA III
Of Kings County, and in turn Llv-
ingston would support John T. Raffer-
ty, the Calder-Fusion candidate for
Register in Brooklyn. II was a fifty
fifty arrangement on the two county
Offices most disputed.
Travis Turns to Mitchell
II may be that the Fusionists will
divide local honors on the ticket with
the Livington faction in regard 70 other
county Offices when the Fusion ticket
is completed. Mr.. Livingston did not
declare himself for Mayor Mitchell, but
il is not considered at all likely that if
Justice Cropsey should decide now to
20 into the primaries he could hope for
the support of Livingston and the
Kings Republican organization.
The second blow to the Cropsey boom
was struck by State Controller Travis.
who came out fatty for Fusion and
Mitchell The Controller issued a state
ment following r conference with Sena-
tor Calder, which took place subse
cuent TO the Calder-Livingston confer
cnce. The Fusion leaders always con-
tended that Controller Travis had been
the real backbone of the Cropsey move
ment.
Hitherto, have steadily declined
to give my choice for Mayor in the
coming election" said the Controller.
Conditions are such now. however,
that | am convinced that il is my duty
as citizen and official of New York
to state that ] shall support the entire
Fusion ticket headed by Mayor Mitchell
To do otherwise would. in my opinion,
mean to aid in the election of the Tam
many ticket, to which | am bitterly OPP
posed
A third Jolt struck the Cropsey bal
loon when Richmond County, which has
been strongly anti Mitchell and a SYM
pathetic Cropsey field, gave strong en-
couragement 10 the Mitchell cause.
George Scofeld, chairman of the Re
publican County Committee of Rich
mond. after a meeting of the members
Of his executive committee, declared
that he and the Republicans of Rich
mond were for Mitchell and fusion.
Slate Decided Upon
Leaders of the fusion committee Of
1917 also held important conferences
during the day. William Hamlin
Childs, chairman Of the fusion execu-
tive committees; Samuel s. Koenig,
chairman of the Republican County
Committee, and Fire Commissioner
Robert Adamson, the Fusion candidate
for President Of the Board of Alder
men, conferred with Mayor Mitchell at
City Hall in regard to the other places
on the city and county ticket. A ten
tative slate was decided upon. which
may be subject to one or two changes.
The slate as it now stands follows:
Mayor-John Purroy Mitchell.
Controller William A. Prendergast.
President Of the Board of Aldermen
Robert Adamson.
Borough President, Manhattan-Mar-
Gus VI. Marks.
Borough President, Brooklyn-Lewis
". Pounds.
Borough President, The Bronx
Thomas W. white.
Borough President, Queens Maurice
T.. Connolly or Robert w. Higbie.
Borough President, Richmond Frank
s. Cannon.
Sheriff, Manhattan-John J. Lyons.
District Attorney William l.. RAN
som.
County Clerk Edward NJ. Morgan,
former Postmaster.
Register-Timothy Healy or John J.
Hopper, the present Register.
Justice Samuel II. Ordway, sitting by
appointment in the Supreme Court,
viii be Endorsed for election this fall.
William J. Kelly will be nominated by
the Democrats for the Supreme Court
IN Kings and Endorsed by the Repub-
licans. County Judge Lewis l.. Faw-
cett, Republican, will be nominated by
the Republicans and Endorsed by the
Democrats for the other vacancy on the
Brooklyn Supreme Court bench. Leon
ard y. Saber will be the Fusion candi-
date for Supreme Court Justice in
Queens.
City Court Nominees
In the City Court the Fusion nomi-
nees will be: y. IS. b. Brown. former
Alderman: Samuel Strausburger, now
sitting; AdjUtaEt General Louis ".
Stotesbury, Leonard NJ Wallstein,
Commissioner OF Accounts; Joseph Z.
Trucsdale, secretary Of the City Democ-
rscy, and Henry X Davis, Of The
Bronx.
The nominating committee Of the
Fusion committee was 20 have reported
on candidates 20 the meeting Of the
full committee at the Hotel Manhattan
last night. About a hundred members
appeared for the scheduled meeting. II
was announced by William Hamlin
Childs that the nominating committee
VAS not yet ready % report, and an
adjournment was taken until tonight.
The committee had been wrangling all
afternoon over the situation in Queens,
q was said, and no decision was
reached az % whether Borough Prcsi-
dent Connolly would be Endorsed or
Nr Higbic selected