The New York herald., 1921-08-06
POLITICIANS JOCKEY
ON BOROUGH TICKETS
Both Fusion and Tammany
Watching Each Other to
Gain Advantage.
BIG MEN DODGE OFFERS
Olcott and Elsberg Balk at
District ACKNOWLEDGING
Thinks of Whitman.
GERMANS DEMAND PLACE
Haskell, Bennett and La Guar
dia Unagreed, Each Want
ing Mayoralty Place.
GERMANS DEMAND PLACE

N148 dIOQId, D0l really dCCOiliGllcI1lllE
very little in the way of perfectine
their primary states. Each side is
waiting to see what the other is going
70 do. The Tammany executive com
mittee was to have met early in the
Rveek to finish the ticket. but the meet
Eng was postponed until Monday. Thes
khe Republican County Committee
which was to have prepared its ticket
pm Thursday, postponed action until
Tuesday. Each side had scouts out
Srying to find out what the enemy was
doing. AS this was known, whatever
progress was made was kept secret.
Charles F. Murphy is still permitting
.aspirants to play around- for the Presi-
xency of the Board of Aldermen, al
Though there seems to be little chance
xhat Henry Smith will be taken down
FROM that place. Dock Commissioner
Murray Hulburt is the most active
Aspirant, and his friends say he has
Deputy Comptroller Smith groggy
However, it is more likely that the
commissioner will land as the candi-
date for the Presidency of the Borough
of Manhattan, thus displacing Alder
tnan William T. Collins, who had hoped
TO get that nomination.
Borough President Henry II. Curran,
Republican-coaltion candidate for the
Mayoralty nomination. conferred with
Samuel S. Koenig, Charles L. Heydt and
Collin Fl. woodward at the Republican
Club over the Manhattan borough and
New York county slate. At the same
time Alfred c. Coke, Jr., head OF the
Manhattan group in the coalition COM
1nittee, considered the same matter at
the Bar Association. SO far as could
be learned no conclusion was reached
in either conference.
Manhattan Borough President.
IL Michael Friedsam win consent to
run for Borough President he win be
indorsed without further parley. No
other names appeared in the discus
sion yesterday except those Of Ernest F.
Eilert and Clarence II. Fay, who as
Commissioner OF Public Works and act
ing Borough President under Curran
has had valuable experience In the
office.
OF equal Importance. although in quite
different way. Is the nomination for
District Attorney. The Republicans are
anxious to get big man, one who can
NJ X Olcott and former Senator
Nathaniel A. Elsberg have both declined
TO be considered. Mr.. Koeng. county
leader, was inquiring yesterday as to
how the nomination Of former Governor
Charles S. Whitman to his old post OF
prosecuting officer would be taken.
Emil Fuchs and John kirkland Clark
are still the most talked Of possibilities.
however. Mr.. Fuchs had wanted a
nomination for the Court OF General
Sessions. but this aspiration has been
frowned upon.
one OF the decisions reached by the
Bronx county leaders at a three hour
conference at the National Republican
Club was that the candidate for Borough
President should be an independent
Democrat. John V. Sheridan, former
Tammany Senator, is still seeking office
on the coalition ticket, but il is scarcely
likely that he will be named for Board
of Estimate place Harold I. knoeppei,
independent Democrat, has been PACED
for the nomination for District Attor-
ney and Major Daniel r. Sullivan is to
run for County Clerk.
The report that Judge Reuben L.
Haskell +. H. La Guardia, President
of the Board Of Aldermen. and Will
lam NJ. Bennett, the three Independent
candidates for the Republican Mayor
atty nomination, would get together on
one city ticket continued TO be spread
yesterday
only Death Can Stop Bennett.
"Oniy death or stroke of paralysis
will take me out OF my campaign for
this nomination. declared Bennett
The running mates on his ticket will oe
a secret until the petitions arc filed
or 32,0o0 votes cast in the Republican
primary in Manhattan last year Bennett
expects 10 poll 10000.
The fact that very little gossip Is
heard about the Tammany nomination
for District Attorney is taken TO mean
that Joab III. Benton, the present first
assistant, is slated 10 run In place OF
District Attorney Edward Swami.
Now II has leaked out that the Re-
publicans are going to run Miss Helen
varick Boswell for Register. the Demo-
Gratis are seriously thinking Of running
woman for that office. That means
that James A. Donegan. the present
Register. will have to be shifted To
County Clerk. An ordinary Tammany
district leader might be sidetracked in
an emergency. but not Donegan. for he
IS n friend of William Randolph Hearst
"rf woman for Register. then what
woman" was the question being asked
Mt Tammany Hall last night I'm.
nrediately some one suggested that
either Miss Elisabeth Marbury or Miss
julia Sanders might add weight to the
ticket.
The coalition committee of the execn.
tive committee Of the Republican party
in Richmond county indoraed unanl.
1nously last night the fusion city ticise
and decided upon fusion for county
Offices. The resolution indorsing Curran
Lockwood and Giiroy was presented b,
George Cromwell formerly Borough
President and formerly Senator.
Mr.. Cromwell was the unanimou,
choice Of the committee for Borough
President. although he was not forma 4,
designated After discussion OF can.
didatcs for member OF Assembly, Sheriff
and three Aldermen. IL was decided 20 pu
all formal designations over until mex
Monday night There seems little douh,
that Mr.. Cromwell Will head the ticket
lie was RIchmonds first Borough Presi.
dent. having been elected IN 1899 and
serving Continuously sixteen years.