New-York tribune., 1920-08-18
Senator Abeles'
Dry Vote Halts
Bronx Fusion
Democrats Refuse to Stand
for His denomination
Because He Voted With
Walters for Amendment
Socialists Likely to Win
Will Probably Reseat the
Ousted Assemblymen and
May Get a Sena nator


The vote more than year ago of
Senator Peter Abeles, of the Bronx,
for the ratification of the Eighteenth
Amendment, is what blocked the plan
in the Bronx yesterday to bring about
q fusion of the Republicans and Demo
Gratis against the Socialists, Orr and
De Witt, who were expelled from the AS
sembly last winter at the instigation
of Speaker Sweet
Not only Orr and De Witt, in the
Bronx, but Claessens and Waldman, of
Manhattan, and Solomon, OF Brooklyn,
comprising the five expelled members,
all stand a good chance Of reelection,
and Ill the Bronx, on account of the
disagreement yesterday, the Socialists
stand to win q Senator.
Stood by Walters
Two years ago the Republicans and
Democrats united in the nomination of
Senator Peter Abeles. who was elected
without serious opposition. When the
battle for he ratification of the Eigh-
teenth Amendment took place Senator
J. Henry Walters, the Republican lead
er of the Senate, discovered that if he
voted for the ratification the closeness
of the vote would indicate that his vote
alone swung the decision. Senator
Abeles, Senator Walters's personal
friend, said that he would stand with
him for ratification, and he did.
This incident was raked up against
Senator Abeles yesterday, when the
final conference took place between the
Republican and Democratic leaders
looking to fusion against Orr and De-
Witt. Tax Commissioner Arthur Muir
ply, the Democratic leader, said that
Bronx Democrats never would stand
for the denomination of Abeles. Rich
ard W Lawrence, the Republican lead
er, declared that the Republican organ
ization would not permit the turning
down of Abeles
fusion vote for Abeles was 1859, as
against IA 1868 for Esther Friedman, So
cialist. With three candidates in the
field, the Socialist say they will elect
their candidate
Many Petitions Filed
In Kings County large number Of
candidates were busy yesterday on
their petitions. The Judiciary stu
alton was much mixed by the failure
Of the big parties to name some of the
retiring justices. In many of the Con-
gress, Senate and Assembly districts,
where the Republican and Democratic
organization leaders had designated
for an Office, an independent aspirant
also entered the race and the filings
of the petitions continued clear up to
midnight.
ExMayor Ardolph L. Kline is the
choice of the Republican organization
for Congress in the / fifth District. Sem
ators Lockwood and Burlingame were
both redesignated by the organization.
Where it seemed impossible to unite
on q single candidate the leaders in
most instances kept hands off, with the
result that the primaries this year will
be the liveliest seen in a decade.
There will be no fusion" nomination
of the Democrats and the Republicans
lyn, to beat Charles Solomon, the
ousted Socialist Assemblyman from
that district. This announcement was
made last night by William j. Power,
brother of United States Marshal James
Power, Democratic leader of the dis
trict. There had been predictions re-
Gently that the two larger parties
would "fuse" to beat Solomon at the
special election, but the leaders now
take the view that prominent Demo
crat or Republican has as good a
CHaHce lot elecJlOn as the SOClallSt
and will make the race at the special
election on September 16 a three
cornered one
The Designations
The designations Of the big parties
for Congress, Senate and Assembly fol-
low:
FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS
New York County RepubIican)
11th-Wiibur =. Wakeman. Richmond and
New York counties.
12th-Henry NJ. Coldfogle (fusion. renom-
inatiOn).
13th-Christophe D. Sullivan (fusion, re-
nOmination).
14th-Nathan D. Perlman (fusion). for un-
expired term of T. H. La Guardla
16th-Thomas ]. Ryan.
16th-Warren S. Fisher.
17th-Ogden J. Mills.
Isth--Henry j. O'Connor.
1eth-Walter NJ. Chandler
20th-Jsaac Siegel (fusion, renomination)
2lst-Martin c. Ansorge.
New York County (Republican)
FOR MEMBER OF STATE SENATE
l2tis-Jacob Shapiro
l3th-William II. Brady.
l4th--Bernard Downing (fusion).
15th-Albert Ottinger.
16th--Thomas Malice.
17th-Willidm ". Pellet (fusion, contest).
17th-Schuylc. AIyer (fusion. contest)
1Sth-Louis \. Mendelsohn.
19th--WNlia!n Durgan.
20th-Ward '. Tolbert.
NEW YORK. COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Tor Member of Assembly
1st-Henry C. Parke.
2d-Nlax Weiner
Sd-Willam Restie.
4th--samuei Dicksten (fusion renomina-