The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
CURRAN AND RIVALS
HOLD JOINT DEBATE
Fusion Man Flags Murphy for
Phone Booth Convention
and Magician Tricks.
BENNETT LAMENTS 1917
Haskell Scores Coalition for
Star Chamber-La Guardia
Assails Governor.
BENNETT LAMENTS 1917

The Republican Mayoralty primary
when all four candidates faced one an
other on the speakers platform of the
First Assembly District Republican Club
of Brooklyn. Henry II. Curran, Presi-
dent of the Borough of Manhattan, de-
signee OF the regular Republican organi-
cation and the Coalitionists. following
TRADE of the independents against the
Republican organization, laid down a
basis of his campaign rather than a
wrangle over party affairs.
Relief from the maladministration and
the INSTRUMENTATION by Murphy phone
booth officials is the thing that the peo-
pie OF New York want, he said, and not
an exposition Of the differences in opin-
ion of Republican candidates about who
gets the designation or nomination.
Judge Reuben l.. Haskell restricted
his debate almost entirely to his views
In favor of the direct primary law and
characterized the experimentation
ticket as west pocket and star chamber
candidates." f. III. La Guardia, Presi-
dent Of the Board of Aldermen. carried
his attacks so TAR as to charge that
Tammany Hall had a hand n the desig-
nation OF Mr.. Curran and then branched
off to give his opinion of Gov. Miller.
Former State Senator William M. Ben
nett restricted himself almost entirely
to the wrongs which he said he endured
in the campaign of 1917.
Meeting a Splendid idea.
Mr.. Curran said that holding a meet
ing at which all Of the candidates could
meet and fight out the campaign face
to face appealed to him as splendid
American idea.
How different this is" Curran said.
from the way things, according to the
newspapers are being conducted by
Charlie Murphy over in Tammany Hall
with his telephone booth conventions and
his switching OF candidates. He re-
minds one of a Coney Island magician
pulling white rabbits from a hat. First
it's Talley then It's Collins, and now I'll
Talley again. l am in favor of good
square fight. Let's have 1t out clearly
and honestly. That's the American way
You meet me In such a fight as that and
promise you that shall abide by the
results of the primaries as a Republi-
can.
MY candidacy comes from the party
leaders of all five boroughs who are OPP
conventions. I did not seek the nomi-
nation, but offered to serve wherever
my party thought / would be most use
full. The Curran-Lockwood- Gilroy ticket
carries the stamp of approval of the
leaders of our party. That is merely
The 100000 voters of
our party will select the nominees In
the primaries.
THAT Is right and proper under the
law and I am in favor with that I
agree with Judge Haskell on the direct
question. ] agree also with
Major La Guardia In his idea about what
should take place In Albany But
neither of these things has anything to
do with the issues OF the present cam
paign. Neither has what Mr.. Bennett
said about the campaign of 1917 any
thing to do with the campaign of 1921.
Drop Albany for New York.
Let US come back from Albany and
let's get back from the ailments of
1917 to the crying needs of 1921. The
time has come to get down to brass
lacks. And brass lacks to-day means
what are we going to do about the
things that the long suffering taxpayers
of this city are suffering from? The
government OF New York city is costing
s1.o00.000 day. and the people are
not getting s1.000.000 worth in re-
turn and thew know n Wa,va mot %