The sun., 1918-08-02
TWO WOMEN ENTER
RACE FOR OFFICES
Republicans Best0w Empty
Honors on Mrs. Karse, and
Miss Cohen.
SLATE MAKERS WORKING
Big Congress Fight in 21st
Overwhelmingly to
Back Donovan.

II AZ least two women are TO run In the
Republican primaries here for nomina-
ton to public office. Mrs. Sadie karst
will make the run for the nomination for
Congress in the Twenty-second district.
which is partially In New York county
and partially In The Bronx. Incidentally
the district is Overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic, with n Socialist vote nearly as
large as the Republican.
Another empty honor will go to Miss
Jennie Cohen. to whom has been allotted
the pleasure OF bearing the Republican
standard in the Assembly fight in the
First district, New York. Republicans in
this district are as scarce as Jumps OF
sugar in a restaurant that obeys the
rules OF the Food Administration.
There IL to be a fine fight for the
nomination for Congress In the Twenty
first district At present petitions are
being circulated on behalf OF six diffei-
ent aspirauts. including John \. Bodies.
who was defeated at the special election
last spring Max S. Grifenhagen, former
Sheriff Martin C. Ansorge. A. B. Hum
pTfeys, Reverdy c. Ransome, the negro
who made fight for the nomination
against Mr. Bolles in the spring, and DR..
Charles Hayes.
dIirnd1y ftdil mas lnhliy ueClueu "
indorse Representative jerome +. Dono-
van for denomination in this district.
As has been announced the Republi-
. cans will indorse the candidate named
for Congress by the Democrats In the
Twelfth district and have Endorsed Rep
resentative Christopher d. Sullivan
Democrat. for denomination in the Thir
teenth The remainder Of the Republi-
can Congress slate. with the exception
of the Fifteenth and Eighteenth dis
tricts. where designations have not been
made as yet, is: Sixteenth. Thomas
Rock labor man and former warden OF
Ludlow Street Jail: Seventeenth. Fred
erick C. Tanner; Nineteenth, Represen-
tative Walter NJ. Chandler; Twentieth
| Representative Isaac Siegel.
The Republicans have Endorsed Sena'
| tor Bernard Downing, the Democratic
| candidate for denomination. In the Four
teenth district The Socialist vote is sc
heavy here that the Senator expects a
hard fight even with the help OF the
| Republicans.
In the Twentieth Senate district there
| Is a contest for the nomination between
Assemblyman Harold G. Mitchell who
| is backed by Moses NJ Mckee. leader Of
! the Twentv-frst Assembly district. anc
Ward V. Tolbert the president OF tn,
Republican club in the Twenty-third As
sembly district
| Designations for the Senate wher,
there Is no fight are: Twelfth. Michae
r. Matteo; Sixteenth, Joseph Fabian
Seventeenth. Assemblyman Schuyler NJ
| Meyer: Eighteenth, Senator Albert OF
finger: Nineteenth. William Duggan
| In addition TO Miss Cohen the follow
| ing Republican designations have beer
! made for nomination to the Assembly
| Sixth district. Solomon tllman: Sevent n
! Asse mblyman Ahram Ellenbogen Elev.
enth. Assemblyman William .. Amos
| Twelfth, oscar \. Witte; Thirteenth
! Carroll Brewster. Fifteenth. Joseph
| Ste!nberg. former Progressive Assembly.
! man; Sixteenth. Max Lazarus Tuen.
tieth, Henry J. Cushen; Twenty-frst
! Lyman Pouker. former Assemblyman
/ Twenty-thrd. George y. Jesse.
| John Goode has been designated 70,
the nomination for the Municipal Court
In the Fourth district
The Republican organization. in Queens
has made the following designations:
Congress, Second DstriCt-Charle.
Hantusch OF Ridgewood
+, County clerk-Mrs David Rodger oil
| Eichmond Hi
Saeriff-Peter Campbell. Long Islant
! CITY
! State Senate, Second District dwi,
! C.. Morsch Third district. David Oggins
Assembly - First district. Franz
! Nareck Second district. Charles Kos
! ter; Fourth district. Frank Hopkins
! Fifth district. Joseph Cass sixth dis
! tr!ct. Edward McFarlane.
! In Richmond the Democrats have in
dorsed Francis L. Leaman for the Sen
nate nomination in the Twenty-thir,
district Thomas +. Curley for IN,
Assembly in the First District an,
/ Henry \. Sesselberg for Assembly il
the Second district. They also hav
designated Alderman William X. Walls.
! for sheriff