The sun., 1918-08-01
TAMMANY PICKS
MEN FOR TICKET
Bowling, Wagner and Lydon
Chosen for Places on Su-
prcme Court Bench.
SELECTS CONGRESS SLATE
Riordan, Sullivan and Smith
Among Those Favored by
Executive Committee.

At Tammany Hall last night the Dem
ocratic executive committee met to make
the designations for the various Offices
to be filled at the coming election. The
| Official stamp was placed on the slate
for Supreme Court, First district. already
agreed on in private conference. 1t Is
Justice Victor ]. Bowling. who has been
Endorsed by the Republicans for renomi-
nation: Senator Robert F. Wagner and
Richard =. Lydor.
The Congress slate is: Eleventh dis
| trict, Representative Daniel r Riordan :
! Twelfth. open: Thirteenth. Representa-
tive Christopher d. Sullivan: Four
teenth. Representative F. II. La Guardia
Republican. indorsed) Fifteenth. Rep
resentative Peter ]. Dooling: Sixteenth.
Representative Thomas F. Smith: Sew
enteenth. Herbert c. PelL Eighteenth
and Nineteenth. open; Twentieth, Rep
| resentative Isaac Siegel (Republican, In
| dorsed) Twenty-frst, open.
A surprising development was that the
| organization did not indorse Representa-
| tive Jerome F. Donovan for renomna-
ton in the Twenty-first. 1t Is normally
a Republican district, although lost at
the special election In the spring because
Of division in the local Republican
| ranks
No reason was assigned for the fall.
ure to indorse Mr.. Donovan other than
that "all the voters in the district had
\ not been heard from" II was reported
that an attempt was being made to eff
| feet fusion. by which the Democrats
would indorse the Republican candidate
In this district in return for an indorse-
ment for their candidate in another dis
trict.
| Slate for state senate.
The State Senate slate as far as 1t
was completed last night is: Twelfth
district, Senator james ]. Walker; Thir-
tenth, Senator John j. Boylan: Four
teenth Senator Bernard Downing: Six
teenth. Senator James A. Foley; Seven
teenth. julius Miller: Nineteenth. Sem
ator f. J. Bowling. The Fifteenth.
Eighteenth and Twentieth are open.
1t is understood that friends in wash
ington secured the selection of Mr.. Ly-
don for the Supreme Court in spite of
the fact that ordinarily that place would
have gone to The Bronx. He is n me-
tive OF New York city and is a member
Of the firm of Hill, Lockwood. Redfeld &
Lydon. 35 Nassau street. Mr.. Lydon is
so years old and is a member OF the
Metropolitan Club. the New York Ath-
letic Club, the Osceola Club. the Tam
many organization of the Fifteenth As
sembly district and the New York County
Bar Association.
John H. McCooey. Democratic leader
| In Kings. who insisted upon leaving OF
the Congress slate there Representative
Joseph V. Flynn Of the Third district be-
cause of his poor record of attendance
in the House. Is being severely criticised
for his selection of Francis p. Bent &c
succeed Flynn. Bent Is friend OF
Mayor Hylan and was at one time a
promoter OF mining securities.
| MacCrate to Enter Primaries.
John MacCrate. who expects to get the
Republican nomination in the district
wrote 10 Mr.. McCooye yesterday saying
he would enter the Democratic pri-
maries.
Il fear" he said. you have played
directly into the hands OF the Socialist:
in selecting your candidate for Con
gress. l am reliably Informed that nc
single member of your executive com
mittee wished the man selected upor
whom you have placed your approval
The Socialists have named Assembly
! man Joseph A. Whitehorn as their can
didate for Congress in the Third dis
trict.
The Democrats in Kings yesterda,
designated William r. Vause for tn,
Senate in the Eighth district and formel
Senator Loring NJ. Black for the Senate
In the SIXTH district.