New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

ticket but who arc prejudiced agains
anything the Mayor stands for becaus
u his alleged neglect of them.
The announcement Friday that tn
rank and file of the Police and Fir
departments were working to defea
Smith was blow that may mean any
where from 10000 to 10000 votes il
the CITY and probably an equal numbe
IN upstate cities. 1t is conceded by tn
Tammany leaders that the eleventh
hour stand taken by the fremen an'
Iatrolmen will make serious inroads OF
the local gubernatorial vote~
The further announcement by Franz
2. Walsh, labor leader, that he woulC
support Dudley Field Malone. candi
date OF the Farmer Labor party fol
Governor. also struck at the heart Of
declared, prior to the Walsh declara
tion. that they would not be surprised
if Malone polled 2500o in Manhattan
and good many more thousand votes
IN the Bronx and Brooklyn. in the sec
tons where the radicals and labor ele
nent are strong. The support of Walsh
undoubtedly will increase mate
rally these local estimates, anc
the majority Of the local Ma
Malone vote will come from, the Demo
Gratis. Malone has shown surpris-
ing eleventh hour strength. and the
total of his vote in the state is expect
ed to exceed 100, 900. The local vote
cast for Senator George +. Thomp-
son, who is unnin2 against Judge
Miller for Governor, is expected to be
negligible compared with the Malone
vote.
Traction Stand Hurts Smith
Governor Smiths recent frank decla-
ration in one Of his campaign speeches
hat municipal ownership is the only
solution of the traction problem also
has emphasized the local necessity, as
IT appears TO certain class Of voters
Of torestalling the possibility Of Tam
many grabbing the transit lines. 1t is
assumed that the Governor Introduced
TINS proposition as a polite thank you
FOR the support of Hearst and the
Mayor.
In tho strictly local contests indi
cations arc that the Republicans viii
gain all along the line. Nearly all the
congressional gains expected from this
state VIII come from New York City
Ogden l.. Mills is expected to win in the
IN Congre sslonal District by at least
10000, and Walter ". Chandlcr's esti-
mated plurality n the 18th District is
900 TO 10000. In the 2lst District
Martin c. Ansorge is opposing Jerome
t. Donovan, Democrat, the present Rep
1esontatlve, and is expected to pull
through. In the 11th District, which
EN- braces Richmond. Wilbur z. Wake
man, Hepu6lcen, IS making hard fight
to unsea1 Daniel j. Riordan. Tammany
CongrcAsman since 1906. and the Re
publican chance look better this wear
than ever before. Nathan d. Perlnlan,
N the 18th District, and Isaac Siegel
IN the goth, are Endorsed by both par
ties
Chairman Lawrence of the Bronx
County Republican Committee predicts
Ehe election Of former Congressm
Benjamin l.. Fairchildin the 24th Dis
;rlct, now held by Democrat. An
othcr Republican scheduled for election
IL Dr. Wilbur J. Murphy, who is run
ning III the 22d, in the Bronx. He S a
newcomer in politics, and has made an
able fght against The Democrats can
didGte. In brooklyn the Republicans
expect to elect Michael J. Hogan. who
- running against James p Maher
Democrat. Hogan was an Independent
candidate for the Republican nominA-
Non in the primaries and wrested it
from Joseph Fontana, the Republican
organization designce, by q vote Of
nearly two and half to one. If the
Republican expectations are fulfilled
men in Manhattan, two in the Bronx
and at least one in Brooklyn.
Koenig Claims Three New Assemblymen
Republican Chairman koenig pre-
diets that gsin Will be made Of at
least three Assembiynen in New York
County. He goes 80 far as to say that
Louis Waldman, in the 8th Assembly
District, and August Claessens, in the
18th, two Of the Socialists ousted from
the Assembly, viii be defeated by the
dates. 1t is generally conceded in po-
litical circles, however, that Waldnan
and Claessens, as we'll as the two
ousted Socialist Assemblymen in the
Bronx and one i'll brooklyn, viii be re
elected. Mr Koenig predicts K at the
Republicans viii win in the eta, 7th,
9Th (fusion), 9th, 10th, l1th, 18th, 10Th,
18th (fusionl, 18th, 10th, 2lst, ED and
23d Assembly districts.
The New York County RepnbNcan
leaders also expect TO elect four State
Senator's. whore they have never had
hut three before. They figure or car
lyinr the 18th Senatorial District,
where Albert Ottinger former Senator
is tine nominee; the 18th, where Schuy-
lcr N. Meyer is running; the 19th, with
William Duggan as the candidate. and
the Goth, where Ward v Tolbert is
atered.
Mr.. Kocnie's claim ttat the res. Of
The county ticket win be elected. which
Includes the judiciary nominees, may
be bit rosey. Five Of the nine can
didates for The Supreme Court have
both the Republican and Democratic
Endorsement. but it IS hardly cApected
that the tour straight Republican can
didates Will All land on the bench.
William +. Burr. Edward ! Nc Gold
rick, District Attorney Swarm and Dis
tlict Attorney Francis Martin, Of the
bronx, the Democratic nominees, have
the advantage of places a. the top of
the column on the ballot, which in it,
self usually means several thousand
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