The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-17
.CURRAN NAMED FOR
BOROUGH PRESIDENT
Former Gov. Whitman and DR..
Butler Predict Victory for G.
0. p. Over Tammany.
WORKERS ENTHUSIASTIC
Nominee Promises to Get "Be-
hind Doors" and Work for
Peoples Interests.

Nominated by the Republican organi-
cation for President Of the Borough Of
Manhattan last night, Henry H. Curran.
who was majority leader Of the best
Board OF Aldermen New York city ever
had" jumped enthusiastically into the
fight.
There Is not better fight In town
to-day" he said. acknowledging his Sc
lection by the Republican County Com
mlttee, sitting as a borough committee
in Bryant Hall. This Is the issue: Tho
Board of Estimate is to-day an alright
Tammany close corporation Behind
closed doors they run the city govern
ment and spend three hundred millions
of dollars of the rent payers money every
year We, the people, demand voice in
the doings of the board. We assert the
right to do our own governing And we
want two men in there who are not in
the Tammany ring, who will do our bid
ding apd not that of the boss"
Former Gov. Charles s. Whitman and
Nicholas Murray Butler. president OF
Columbia University, both members of
the committee, praised the Republican
ticket highly and declared that good
hard work would bring it in victor
over Tammany.
Referring to the tight that Curran
made against great odds to clean up the
Police Department through an Alder
manic investigation in the Gaynor adj
minlstration, the former Governor said :
Nobody knows better than I that this
man has in him the stuff that We have
reason to be proud of. When we have
given him we have given the best we
have"
Praising the entire ticket, Mr.. Whit
man predicted victory and asserted that
New York was going to stand by the
Republican party, by its past, by its
present, and confident of it's future.
I'VE have a ticket that could not be
improved" declared President Butler
when Samuel s. Koenig, the presiding
officer. saw him in the back of the room
and had him escorted to the platform
I'VE have simple issue this year.
he said. lone that pertains solely to
good government and good housekeeping
Coupled with that we have presented
an issue by the craftsmanship of Mr.
Murphy in his tampering with the
judiciary. Whenever we have had q
straight issue of this kind, unconfused
with other issues of State and nation
We have beaten Tammany Hall three
| times out of four.
Il seem to remember that Whet Mr
Hylan was running for Mayor of New
York he did not like a budget of ovel
| $500, 100000. He promised there SHOULD
be no such budget II his able and ex
| perienced hand should be placed at tn,
= helm. Now we are to have a budge
of more than $500, 00O, 900. We are no
enough in the habit of comparing per
| formances with promises.
IF the voters would analyze the higl
cost of living they would see that tn,
easiest cure for it would ba.to elect al
| experienced and honest city administra
ton. One of the great reasons for TIL
increased cost of living is the extrava
gance and waste of the city of New
York and in the Government at Wash
| ington."
The enthusiasm displayed indicate,
that the Republican workers are thor
oughly aroused.
Mr.. Curran was placed in nomination
| by Alderman William f.. Quinn and sec
onded by Miss Helen Varick Boswell
| former Alderman Igstsedter and others
| In a letter Representative F. II. Ii
! Guardia, who was busy campaigning fol
the presidency of the Board of Alder
men in another part of the city sen
letter in which he expressed great sat
isfaction over the nomination of Mr.
Curran. There is no possible way WI
can lose this year. he said
Mr.. Curran in his speech OF accep