New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
Fusion on Candidates for
Congress in Four Dis
tricts Agreed To
For Loyal Americans
Old Parties to Seek to Keep
Meyer London and Morris
Hillquit at Home

In order to assure the election of
100 per cent Americans to Congress
from the New York districts, the Re-
publicans and Tammany will unite in
supporting candidates in four of the
Congressional districts where the So
cialists would be likely to elect candi
oates without the fusion of the two
old parties. Tammany will ndorse the
Republican candidates in the 14th and
goth Congressional districts and the
Republicans will support the Tammany
nominees in the 18th and 18th dis
tricts
The decision for fusion was reached
at recent conferences between mem
bers OF the Tammany executive COM
mittee and of the executive committee
of the Republican County Committee
In the 18th District. now represented
in Congress by Meyer London, Social
ist, Tammany will nominate a candi-
date, who probably will be chosen at
the meeting of the Tammany execu-
tive committee at Tammany Hall to-
night. Representative London was
elected from this district in 1916 by
vote of 6,1O3; the Democratic vote was
The district comprises parts of the
4th, I'd, 9th and 18th Assembly dis
tricts. 1t is one of the downtown dis
tricts facing the East River
Sullivan in Thirteenth
In the 18th Congressional District
the Republicans have indorsed Chris
cumbent. Two years ago Mr.. Sullivan
polled 5,114 votes; F. Dostal, Repub
lican, 1886. and Hilda G. Claessens,
Socialist, 1,644. The 18th District
comprises parts of the 1st, 9th and
9Th Assembly districts, and includes
part of the ghetto.
In the 14th Congressional District
the Democrats have indorsed Fiorella
II. La Guardia, Republican. now
ice flying in Italy. Two years ago
La Guardia polled 1872 votes; Michael
F. Farley. Democrat. 6.915, and Will
lam |. Sockheim, Socialist. 1886 The
18th Congressional District comprises
parts of the Sd. 5th. 9Th, 10th and 18th
Assembly districts. 1t is south of
Fourteenth Street and runs from
river to river.
In the goth Congressional District
siegel, the Republican Incumbent;
Two years ago Mr.. Siegcl polled 4,542
votes. He had Endorsements of the
Progressives and Independence League
Morris Hillquit, the Socialist, polled
1929 votes. and Bernard r. Ro-
senblatt, Democrat. 1907. The Goth
Congressional District comprises parts
of the 17th 18th, 10th and goth As
sembly districts. 1t is on the East
and Harlem rivers. reaching to the
centre Of Manhattan and includes
Little Italy.
FOresee Socialists Defeat
1t is believed by both the Repub-
lcan and Democratic managers that
both Meyer London and Morris Hill
quit at home.
1t gives Christopher D. Sullivan an
easy chance in the 18th and Captain
La Guardia equally easy going in the
14th.
In the case of Mr.. Hillquit, the party
leaders have regarded him with sus-
pcion since he refused to buy a
Liberty bond year ago.
Tammany will renominate Repre-
\ sentative Daniel j. Riordan in the 18th
d Congressional District, Tammany
stronghold. Representative Peter J.
Dooling is expected to be returned by
Tammany from the new 18th District
Thomas F. Smith. secretary of Tam
many Hall, was elected to the present
Congress from the old 18th. but under
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eressional districts Mr.. Smith will
change and run this fall from the new
9th District. which is said to have a
normal Democratic plurality of $4,000
votes The new 18th also is strongly
Democratic.
Pell Tammany's Choice
1t was announced yesterday that
Iammany would nominate Herbert c.
Pell for Congress from the 18th
District. in which district Frederick c..
Tanner, former chairman of the Repub-
llcan State Committee, has announced
ms candidacy in the primaries against
George B. Francis, the incumbent
In the 10Th District the Republicans
will .probably renomnate Walter NJ.
Chandler.
In the 21st District there are three
aspirants for the Martin
c. Ansorge, Max S. Grifenhagen and
Alderman John A. Bollcs Mr. Bolles
made the race last spring, in the special
election. and was beaten by jerome F.
Donovan, who will be renominated by
Tammany
In the 14th Senatorial District, on the
East Side. there probably will be a
fusion, but as the Socialists have what
seems to be a plurality of about 1000
against the Democrats and Republicans
combined, there is not much interest in
the nomination in the Democ ratio and
Republican camps