The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-31
G. 0. P. TO FIGHT
FOR MORAN'S POST
Republicans Confident They
Can Elect Aldermanic Pres
ident This Fall.
MAYoRALTY FOR VICTOR
'Hylan Unlikely to Be Renom-
mated, but May Run as
Hearst Independent.

with . candidate Of proper calibre they
can elect this fall President Of the
Board Of Aldermen to succeed Robert J.
<Mcrsn. the Tammany incumbent Of that
Once Within a short time they will
BE- getting together to map out plans for
the tall campaign. which for many rea-
sons seems likely TO DO the most i'm
portant this city has ever seen in IN
on year.
In q sense the future OF the Republi-
can organisation in this city is involved
in the coming election. II It succeeds in
breaking into the Hylan-Tammany
Board Of Estimate the man who occu.
the schemes Of that combination should
develop into first class Mayoralty tim
Der. With ability and energy and
shrewdness he should make a record
that would make him the undisputed
candidate for Mayor OF the anti-Tam-
many good government element In the
community.
Tiger Through With Hylan.
Il is pretty generally conceded that
Mayor HylAn will not be renominAted
by Tammany Hall. Those familiar with
his mental processes are predicting that
II he 10 turned down for denomination
he will do as Mayor william J. Gaynor
did, announce his Independent candi-
daoy. That he expects to have the
backing of William Randolph Hearst in
suoh a contingency Is not too much OF
an assumption In the opinion OF those
who have watched the way in which he
has been playing up to the editor
since he went to the City Hall. That
Mr.. Hearst would find in a campaign to
defeat the Tammany candidate for
Mayor the chance he II seeking to pun
ish Charles r. Murphy for turning him
down for the Gubernatorial nomination
last fall Is an easy deduction for those
who follow the plays on the political
chess board.
With Hylan and Hearst fighting the
Tammany candidate the man who car
ries the Republican banner. backed as
he would be by the elements In the COM
smunity that have always opposed the
Tammany idea and the Hearst influence
in municipal Ike, would have a most
exoellent chance OF landing in the City
Hall This is the reason that particular
Significance and Importance attach to
the selection Of an anti-Tammany can
didate for the Board OF Aldermen this
fan
True. this 10 o Democratic city, but
the revulsion Of feeling against the ad-
ministration that Tammany forced upon
II in the last municipal election is
counted upon to swing all the independ-
ents into line with q movement to put
into the Board Of Estimate an anti
Tammany, anti-Hylan man.
Many of the influential Republican
leaders do not believe the organization
should be a party to starting any fusion
movement Of the old time variety. They
hold that it should 70 ahead and name
q man Of the highest type, OF preemi-
nsnt ability. and then invite all advo-
cates Of good government to join In
elscting him for the best interests OF
the city. Others are Of the opinion that
II would be wiser to consult with indie
pendent organizations before tho selec-
ton Of a candidate. IT is known that
some prominent independents. men who
have been interested In civic matters in
past years. are carefully considering the
problems presented this fall. II is not
unlikely that there will be a conference
to consider what attitude may be taken
by independents to assist in the partial
redemption of the city government from
the Hylan-Tammany domination.
Although. a. already indicated, there
has been no meeting of minds on the
part of the Republican leaders, there ha s
been a great deal of informal discussion
as 70 possibilities for tho nomination.
Among those figuring In these discus
sions have been:
Col William Hayward. lawyer, COM
mander Of the old Fifteenth Infantry,
the negro regiment that made a name
for itself in France, former Public Ser
vice Commissioner and one time secre-
tary of the Republican National Com
mittee.
Lieut-Col Theodore Roosevelt
banker, chip of the old block" aggres-
sive. fearless fighter. who served gal
lantiy in France and who has indicated
his intention to enter politics and dc
what he can in the public service.
Major Henry H Curran. lawyer, Po-
lice Court Magistrate. who has a splen-
did record as a member of the Seventy.
seventh Division. former chairman OF
the Finance Committee of the best Board
Of Aldermen New York city ever had"
McCook Seems Eligible.
Major Philip J. McCook. who served
with distinction with the army, lawyer
former director of Mayor Mitchell:
Committee on National Defence and for
a short time director OF the draft In
New York city.
Major F. II. La Guardia, lawyer, Rep
resentative in Congress. who served as
an American aviator in connection with
the allied military movements In Italy.
Tt Is conceded that a military record
OF distinction. such as all these men pos
sess. would be no inconsiderable asset In
any political hght they might make.
In addition TO the men already men,
tioped fhara has hAAn oil 90 bn l.
ability Of Frederick C. Tanner, lawyer
and former chairman of the Republican
State Committee, and OF Charles G.
Lockwood. Senator from Brooklyn, who
has made an enviable record In the
Legislature ana won the gratitude OF
twenty thousand school teachers by put
ting through the teachers salary in.
crease bills He has also won further
laurels by his handling of the legislative
committee that 10 at present engage In
an investigation OF rent profiteerine.
Col. Hayward has made a fiat decla-
ration to those who have urged him to
become q candidate for the nomination
that he could not be persuaded under
any circumstances to enter a race for
sny political once. He has decided to
devote himself to the practice Of law.
Friends OF Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt, men
on whose advice he relies In matters 20.
ntical, have urged him not to run for
the Presidency OF tho Board of Alder
men. or for that matter for any political
once this fall. He has been one of the
prime movers In tho organization OF the
American Legion. formed to gather the
men who served In the war as a poten.
tial influence for good in the nation
This Is an entirely non-partisan orga nj.
sation and the great desire Is to keep II