The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-08
WOMEN b|G FACTOR
 IN N. Y. ELECTION
Result of MayoraIity Contest Today Is DoubtfuI-Both
 Sides Claim Victory
By Aasoclntcsl Prees

New York. November 7.--Canny caution ciung tonight to the tongues of political prophets on the eve of New York's 1921 municipal election, for all candidates were watching warily the way in which Father Knickerbocker's daughters sho i'd cast their ballots on the morrow for the mayor they had helped choose.
 The managers of Mayor Hylan, Tammanys candidate for reelection, and the political advisor of Henry r. curran, president of the borough of Manhattan, who heads the coalition ticket, were equally profuse in pre- dictions of victory, both sides admit ting that with 447,015 women enter ing the ring much depended on this silt mt vote
 Neither Hylan nor Curran, conceded to be the leading aspirants for may orally honors, apparently thought his position sufficiently secure :o warrant a holiday on the day before the ballots were cast, and each con- tinued his campaign clamorings to the zero hour.
 Meanwhile sinister note was sounded today by Judge Talley of general sessions. himself candidate for reelection, who directed two new grand juries to put aside all other business in order to deal promptly with violations of the election laws.
 Last year in this country" ne de- clared. the manner in which the count for certain officers was made was scandal and disgrace. In some sections of the city inspectors de- serted their posts. In others they were exhausted before the canvass was completed. and in some districts messengers were sent out scurrying in the middle of the night to pick up strangers and straggi-rs to count the vote, and in all ways made Is possi- ble to nullify the expressed will of the people by fraudulent and inn proper count of the yote."
 Judge Talley suggested that school teachers be pressed into service to count ballots instead of utilizing persons from the highways and by ways" even if the count had to be postponed until the day after elec- ton.
 Entered in the mayoralty field with Hylan and Curran are Magis- trate Jacob Pankens socialist; JerJms D. Hunt. farmer-labor; George K. Kinds. prohibitions; John P. Quihn socialist-iabor; Joseph b. Miller, sim gle tax; Benjamin Gitlow, workers league tcommunist).
 IHe board or election of1iclalS scratched Gitlow, because he now is serving term in Sing Sing for crim- inal anarchy with Harry Wini:sky, his running mate for president of the board of aldermen. His supporters. however. are planning to write his name into the ticket.
 Women are running for a number of officcs-including Mrs Rose Pas- tor Stokes. who. under the comnun- ist banner. Is seeking the presidency of the borough of Manhattan-but i.the event which might be termed the "women's special" is the contest tor register.
 Campaign managers for both demo- cratic and republican coalition forces tonight claimed the victory tomorrow for their mayorality candidates by about the same pluralities.
 John J. Lyons. manager of the coalition campaign committed. claimed the voters would elect Cur ran by plurality of l5o.o00 or more i Frederick A. Wallis. chairman of l the Hylan league campaign commit l tee, predicted that Mayor Hylan would carry the city by more than l l6O,000 votes. Mayor Hylan's plu- rality in 1917 was 157,35S.
 | Socialist leaders predicted the elec- \ ton of f2 socialists to the assembly and I2 to the board of aldermen. The ! socialist vote would total more than 1 25O,0OO, they asserted.