New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17
Justice Kelly Only Brook
Ign Democrat to Get
Fusion Place
Tammarry Is Forced
To Take Hearst Men
Running Again to Avoid
Break in Government,
Says Mitchell

The tickets for the coming municipal
election were completed yesterday by
both Fusion and Tammany. Leaders OF
the opposing forces will now begin ac-
tive plans for the campaign for the
primary election on September 10. 1t
IA likely there will be several inde-
pendent entries, but the candidates
designated by the Democrats and the
Fusionists are all expected to land on
the ballots
The executive committee of the Flu
sion Committee Of 1917 met yesterday
at Fusion headquarters, 244 Madison
Avenue, and designated the Kings
County judicial candidates and the
Richmond County ticket, all that was
left 10 do to piece out the whole ticket,
with the exception of q few Municipal
Court justiceships.
Despite the continued objections Of
the independent Democrats of Brook
lyn, who protested that they had no
representation on the Kings Fusion
ticket. the committee designated Lean
der Faber, Republican, for the Supreme
Court; Lewis L. Fswcett, Republican,
for County Judge, and William ]. Kelly,
Democrat, for the Supreme Court.
Both the Democrats and the Fusionists
Endorsed Kelly for denomination. The
Kings independent Democrats wanted
Thomas F. Magner, Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel in Brooklyn and Demo-
crat, instead of Fawcett. All the Flu
sion designations now on the Brooklyn
borough and county tickets, with the
exception Of Justice Kelly on the ju-
dietary ticket, are Republicans.
Feared Straight Republican Ticket
William Hamlin Childs. chairman Of
the Fusion executive committee, ex-
planned to the Brooklyn Democrats that
the Fusion ticket in that borough had
to be Republican in order to avert the
placing of a straight Republican ticket
in the field against Mayor Mitchell.
The committee Endorsed the designa-
tons Of the Richmond County Repub-
lican Committee, as follows:
Borough President-Frank S. Gan
non, IT.. Republican.
County Clerk-Thomas F. Brannit,
Republican.
Judge and Surrogate. Harry Tier
nan, Democrat.
The Tammany County Committee
completed its ticket as follows:
Supreme Court Justice-Justice John
V. McAvoy, of the City Court.
. District Attorney-Edward Swami to
succeed himself.
Sheriff-David II. Knott.
County Clerk-William F. Schneider
TO succeed himself.
Register-James A. Donegan, Hearst
man.
On the City Court ticket Tammany
designated for denomination Chief JUS
tce Edward F. O'Dwyer and justices
Peter Schmuck, Alexander Finelite and
John L. Walsh. The two new candi-
dates designated were Abraham G..
Meyer, a Hearst man, and Louis Va
lente.
Forced to Take Hearst Men
In Donegan and Meyer the Tammany
organization again was forced to take
Hearst candidates. Donegan is chair
man of the state committee Of the In
dependence League. Meyer is an As
sistant District Attorney.
Candidates for the thirteen places on
the Municipal Court bench are to be
designated by the district committees
of both parties. Michael F. Blake was
selected yesterday by the Democrats
for denomination in the 4th District,
and Herman NJ. Kirke in place Of Jus
tice William J. Boyhan in that district.
Both parties will also choose a candi-
date for State Senator in the 18th SEN
ate District TO succeed Senator Ogden
/. Mills, who resigned 90 accept a COM
mission in the army.
Members of the Board of Aldermen
several members Of the State Repub-
lican and Democratic committees, TO
I'll vacancies created by the changes in
the boundaries of the Assembly dis
tricts under the new reapportonment,
and all the members Of the New York
County Committee of both parties, are
20 be elected this fall.
In Brooklyn yesterday the Tsmmany
leaders dehed Register Edward T..
OLoughlin, who announced that if they
did not take him he would run indie
pendently for Borough President He
was left OF the Democratic ticket alto
gether.
Kings County Ticket
The ticket designated by the Kings
County Democratic organization was:
Borough President-Edward Riegel-
mann.
Sherif-Daniel J. Griffin.
egister-Richardson Webster.
Supreme Court Justices William j.
Kelly. Edward Lazansky and Richard S.
Newcombe.
A committee OF twenty-five, repre-
senting the East Side Business and
Professional Mems League, called on
Mayor Mitchell yesterday at the City
Hall and presented % him a set Of res
olutions indorsing the Mayors candi-
dacy and reciting the many benefits
which the East Side had received under
the present administration. Arnold
Kohn, vice-president Of the State Bank
headed the committee.
The Mayor said that his sole reason
for entering the campaign again for
the msyoralty, the sole reason that
moved him % accept the Fusion nom
ination, was the admitted necessity for
the continuity Of government in this
time Of crisis.