The sun., 1919-10-23
POLITICIANS AGOG
4 over KELLY MOVE
Much Speculation Over Effect
II His Name Is Kept Off
vi Ballot.
To;ARGUE MOTION TODAY
Major Declares Liberty Party
+ will Go On, Regardless
be of Court Ruling.

Discussing with great interest yesterday
the epossibility that the name OF Major
Micnaei A. Kelly candidate OF the LIB
ertyl party for President Of the Board OF
Aldermen, would be taken of the ballot
for lack Of signatures on his petition.
Republicans were denouncing II az a last
minute attempt, on the part OF Tammany
TO edt rid OF real menace to their
ticket The Democrats countered by as
sertint that the Republicans must have
been responsible for the motion to en-
Join the Board Of Elections from print
ing Rnlly's name on the ballots. because
of thu fact that Theodore Baylor. coun-
eel In the action, is the partner Of Will
lam NJ Bennett, the Republican who has
repeatedly been a contender for nomina-
tions In the Republican primaries
Justice Giegerich in the Supreme
Court postponed argument on the motion
until fo-day.
my movement will 60 on" declared
Majsr Kelly, regardless Of whether
they take my name of the ticket or
not
There were s,4s1 signatures on the
petitions filed by the Kelly managers.
They were obtained in good faith. they
say, by scores Of volunteers in the cause
of the Liberty party. At their head
quarters yesterday they were checking
UP to see what merit there might be
IN the allegations of their opponents. II
was alleged that STA of the persons sign
ing the petition failed to. register, that
slxty-seven failed to give their proper
residence, that fifteen were detectives
because OF faulty oaths, that one name
was erased and another name was that
Of a nonresident, making total of 6bs
alleged defective names. The election
law requires 5000 signatures. which
leave the petition lacking 1877 signatures.
See Effort TO XIII Party.
'This Is a move OF the Democratic
organization to kill the Liberty party"
said Major Kelly. "a party Of which
Tammany Is much afraid. But they
can't kill this movement II will con-
tinue no matter what they are able to
do with my petition"
'Tammany Hall seems to want to win
this election in the courts" said Repre-
sentative F. H. La Guardia. the Re
publican candidate for President of the
Board of Aldermen. "They are afraid
of the verdict Of the people. A few
days ago Tammany Hall threw out
Curtis the labor candidate. He holds
a State Job and did not peep. His
petition was obtained by men who had
great experience in political matters.
They closed their eyes to. defects. 1t
was foreordained that 1t should be
thrown out "r
Now they are seeking to get Major
Kelly of the ballot because he Is con-
ducting an aggressive campaign against
Tammany Hall 1 knew that Tammany
Hall was getting worried. Il have told
my audiences that before the week was
over I would have them groggy.
'yThey hope that in getting Kelly on
the ballot they will get some of his
vote. They are wrong. I am surevthat
Major Kelly Is in this fight in good
faith and will see It through"
The vote. that Kelly might have taken
away from the Tammany ticket was
variously estimated yesterday at from
10000 to 100,0 900, consisting largely Of
Irish and German-Americans. Each
Kelly vote would have meant half vote
for La Guardia. Some OF the Republi-
cans felt last night that out of resent
ment to Tammany for forcing their
leader out OF the fight many of these
voters would support the Republican
candidates as a protest. To what extent
this will be true Is, Of course. merely a
conjecture.
Henry n. Curran, Republican candi-
date for President of the Borough OF
Manhattan. opened headquarters yes-
terday on the ground floor OF the Hotel
Navarro, at Seventh avenue and Thirty
eighth street A campaign committee
Of 500 IL headed by Charles D. Hilles,
former chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee and president Of the
National Republican Club. Thomas
Rock IL secretary and Charles l.. Bern
heimer of 120 Franklin street is treas
urer. John ]. Lyons Republican leader
OF the Nineteenth Assembly district. is
20 be Major Curran's campaign man
ager. The officers OF women's nom
partisan committee will be announced
in few days
Says Courts Are Clean.
Discussing yesterday the report on
"Justice and the Poor" made public by
Carnegie Foundation. In which 1t was
concluded that the poor often fail to
get justice. Major Philip ]. McCook.
Republican candidate for Supreme Court
Justice. said:
IT am convinced that the conclusions
reached are substantially correct and
for the reasons given. II was due to
an early realization OK thsss conditions
In the courts that I connected myself
with the legal aid society nineteen years
ago and served as its attorney for a
time
corruption Of court officials and
Judges has disappeared in New York
When was on the East Side twenty
years ago II was still present. There
remains the human equation of the
Judge. There are drawbacks to the poor
mans litigation and to counteract these
conditions the Judge must see that ali
the facts are brought out. To do this
Il may be necessary for him TO help a
stumbling youns advocate or deal gently
with an ignorant or stagestruck witness.
The Republican county committee has
arranged the following meetings:
October 24-10S West Third street.
October 26-Broadway and 187u
street
October 2s-2o1 East Eighty-eixtr
street; Turn Hall, Eighty-ffth street
and Lexington avenue: Mother Zior
Church. 1853 West 13eth street.
October 30-Lenox Assembly Rooms
2b6 Second avenue; outdoor melting
Broadway and 137th street.
October 3i-Paoihc Hail. 26s Eas
Broadway; Bohemia National Hall. 82l
East Seventy-third street; Palace Ca
sino Madison avenue and 135th street.
November l. Commonwealth Hall
172S Amsterdam avenue; school house
Forty-second street and Third avenue
BELGIAN DEBT $500, ,OO0, 900.