The sun., 1917-09-21
Mayor Surprised At Charge.

Mayor Mitchell whom he arrived At
City Hail following the conference over
the result with Luther h. Little, Robert
8. Binkered, william Hamlin Childs.
Comptroller Prendergast and others at
the Union League Club was asked II he
was surprised at the Bennett vote.
II am surprised to sec 80 strong .
feeling Of parteanship." responded the
Mayor. 'but I feel, now that the pri-
maries are over and those who voted in
II have made 4 decision. the ticket will
have the full support Of the Republican
organization"
Mayor Mitchell wa frankly surprised
when informed that Mr.. Bennett had
mitted in the primaries and that q re-
count would be asked for.
II am surprised at his charge Of
fraud" said the Mayor. but II he wants
a recount he should have II. II a rec III u
shows that Mr.. Bennett got the votes
| then ne is the nominee OF the Repubii-
cans for Mayor. II there WAS . fraud
II ought to be corrected no matter whom
1t runs against"
Were you surprised at the large vote
pclled by Mr.. Bsnnett?" he was next
| asked.
That may be answered yes and no.
There was a primary campaign that We
| made no answer to. didn't suppose
that II would deceive as many people
or probably we would have made reply
| to It,"
Rshuke Also to Murphy.
But while the Mitchel-Bennett vote
undoubtedly showed that there 10 con-
siderable disaffection against Mayor
Mitchell in the Republican organization
| the Democrats also suffered several hard
| shocks in the three big contests against
the regular organization leaders. The
vote of Thomas E. Rush against John
v. McAvoy for the Supreme Court nomi-
nation IN the First judicial District was
an indication that there are thousanda
| 4 enrolled Democrats who are opposed
to Charles F. Murphy and his method
| of running Tammany Hall. The vote
showed that Rush received approx
mately $4,000 votes In Manhattan and
The Bronx as compared with about
| .5.uO0 polled by McAvoy.
Then again tho Coler- -Riegelmann
| fight in Brooklyn showed there Is q
| serious split In the Democratic organiza-
! ton OF that borough. Although R;egei-
mann. the McCooey candidate for Bor-
| ough President, won his victory VA
closely contested, Coler receiving only
about 1900 votes less than Riegelmann.
| e. Connolly and Martin Mayer for the
Borough Presidency was . very distinct
surprise to the organisation leaders
Connolly expected to carry the borough
by at least three to one, but his plurality
over Mayer was a bare 1900. This again
reve aled the disaffection of the regular
organisation Democrats with the presen'
leaders.
Thomas z. Rush made the following
la. Saf~
Apparently 10000 votes were cast
out Of total enrolment Of $4,000. %
that approximately only 20 per cent. Of
| the enrolled Democrats Of Manhattan
and The Bronx were sufficiently inter
ested to vote. Assuming that this 81
Der cent. WAS An expression Of the tan
etble machine vote with Mr.. Murphy's
! leadership the sole issue. II II evident
that the iatter's control OF the party ID
limited TO but ~ per cent. Of the actual
party enrolment.
hRht against the machine can readily
be understood when We appreciate thai
the machine has a trained campaign
candidate in every polling place ant
| four election officers. The total result
however, only shows that the time In moi
yet ripe. but may be soon. for the con
scientious objectors in Tommany Hail.
| Corrigan Takes Hope.
Magistrate Joseph E. Corrigan. who Il
running Independently for the Distric
Attorneyship In Manhattan. sees in th'
primary results An indication that tn,
voters Of the city are tired Of boss rule
He said:
The primary results prove beyont
the shadow Of a doubt that at the com
ing election the voters Of New Yorl
county will give definite expression o
their determination to take the Distric
Attorneys onioe out Of politics and plac
in that once . man pledged to no part!
and responsible only to the people ant
his own conscience"
william r. Schneider. New Yorl
County Clerk and chairman OF the Tam
many Democratic Fusion Committee o
li7o. was considerably enthused by tn
primary vote.
"Judse Hylan will beat Mitcnel 70
Mayor by 10000. judging by the feel
ing against the Mayor among Republi
cans as demonstrated at yesterdays pri
maries," said Mr.. Schneider. Tho vot
to my mind is unmistakably vote o
protest against the Mitchell administra
ton, its land scandals and Its complet
surrender to the influences Of the Rock
efeller- Wall Street element"
Tho Democratic Committee will begi
its campaign to-day with the notidca
tion Of Judge Hylan. Charles L. Craft
candidate for Comptroller. and Alfre
Y. Smith, candidate for President Of tn
Board of Aldermen. The ceremony wi
be held in the offices OF the Democrat
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