New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Swasey, Livingston. M,
for Sheriff; Raff.r,v
for Register
Democrats Complai,
Too Many Republican. +,
Say; Two Judse,hip.
to End Protest

With Justice James C. crOU,., ~
maintaining his sphinxlike a,,i,pi. W
terday as TO whether he would 80,
the Republican primaries ag,j,,v
Mitchell, the Fusion Committ,. :, ~.
decided to go ahead and design, \,
Fusion ticket in Kings whi,h
agreed upon Monday between J,,s
Livingston, Republican county 49,.
and the Mitchel-Fusion ls,s.,
Brooklyn. The Fusion Commits,
jOurned Tuesday night without ,.,''
ering the Kings County ticket
The committee designated L.,,,
Swasey for Sheriff, a eandiS,,.
ceded to Livingston, and John ~
ferty for Register. The latter a e
ator William NJ. Callers e,,HA,
Swasey and Rafferty, are both RAJ.
lican organization men. and ths, 81.
ton met with strong oppOsitO, N,
the Brooklyn independent D.u.n.
on the Fusion Committee. Som, A..
Independent Democrats charged 4,
the committee was trying 10 ,s,,
Republican partisan movsmen, MA.
the name of fusion" They obi,s,,i,
what they termed a straigh, a.v.g
can ticket in Brooklyn. AsaSsae
independents, however, the desgn,te,
for the two places on the su,,.,
Court bench in Kings were len a.
yesterday, and it is expected thr :
Democrats will get both Of these In,
to-day when the executive csnr-.
meets to complete the rest OF h, Az,
tickets.
Not Worried Over Cropsg
1t developed yesterday that III, ~.
ponement of consideration Of th,L,n
County ticket Monday night NJ
prompted more because Of III, s,,,
tion OF the Independent Dsrzns
than BY any fear as to what lsr,
Cropsey might or might not Do \,
Fusion leaders asserted that her us
not worrying over the CrOpay ug
William Hamlin Childs, chsirrr
the executive committee. declare;
the meeting that one Of the essi a
culties which had confronlsd he 7. |
sion Committee was the nswrss
started months ago and csisIJ ~
tered to put a straight hissHu
ticket in the field. That difficulty. y
said, had now been overcome
Livingston's reiterated super
Cropsey would not affect the ,igi,a
they said. As the father Of t., 0r
sey boom, the Brooklyn lssc6 e.
do nothing else than % continue 30
clare for Cropsey as long. as tnsn .
a chance Of the latter running
with Mr.. Livingston satisfied, ai1k
tanning the recognition he wan'a
the designation OF Mr.. swassI
Sheriff, the steam was all out -
Cropsey engine" it was declared
"Who cares now whether w. ~
sey runs" asked one Fusion az
when Controller Travis declare
Mitchell and Fusion he took ava
Cropsey support from seven A'e.
districts. The Calder-hraeke 10,
controls practically fourteen oihds
sembly districts. That is, tNsil
out of the twenty-seyen dAuN,
Brooklyn, which would leave w
ingston his own district snc ~
one other where he could eI.n
material personal influence. Au
sey go in and see how many wa'
can get
.. Independents claim ne@'
The executive committee
Fusion Committee held a lons ~
Yesterday prior TO the meeting
full committee 20 hear the eon7t
and consider the demands Of .a'
pendent Democrats in Kings ~"
mittee had hoped 70 keep lM
feeling against the lndorsem.,
Swasey and Rafferty, from CON-"
the surface, but it loomed "
submarine periscope in the iS'"
ing at the Hotel Manhattan
a. ". Eastman. head o. -.
Democracy of Brooklyn "& T ~
rumpus as soon as George M.,s
ersham, chairman Of the n le -,
committee, had presented we
OF the Brooklyn candidates .,.s
"This is not Fusion COMMIT "a
far as Kings is concerned, BED
Eastman. This is straigh' = Is
can ticket, and the resuiip $50
among factions in the 81
party to settle their own perr,-,sr
ferences. We left the "
party because We we're oppose =, . /
tain actions on the part o; ni p,.1
ers. Borough President rS 20. al
factionsl Republican OF 'hs s,kf