New Britain herald., 1921-08-30
WILL JUMP HURDLES IN NEW YORK RACE
RepubiCan-COaHtion Men Find
 Candidates in Way

New York, Aug 3O.-Three hurdles are in the pathway of the Republican, Coalition organization in the race for the New York city mayoralty nomina- ton on September 13-Major F. H. La Guardia, president of the board of ald- ermen; former State Senator w. NJ
 Bennett of Brooklyn, and Judge Reu- ben l.. Haskell of Brooklyn
 The Republicans and Coalitionists, who recently unanimously agreed upon Major Henry H. Curran, president of the Borough of Manhattan, as their candidate, are confident he will sur mount each barrier and that when the race is over there will be complete har- mony in the quadrennial attempt to | twist the tail of the Tammany tiger. Linked with Curran, are State Sena- ! tor Charles c. Lockwood of Brooklyn l candidate for comptroller and Vincent | Gllroy, candidate for the presidency of | the board of aldermen. Lockwood was a strong contender for the designation l for mayor, but withdrew in favor of l Curran at the eleventh hour. Gilroy's l uncle was a Tammany mayor of New ! York
 | Major La Guardia, a former repre- l sentative in congress, who served with | the Italian air forces in the great war | a regular" Republican, has kicked 1 over the traces and announced his op- | position to the state government inter | fering with city affairs. Former Senator l Bennett was the man who upset Repub- 1 lican-Fusion plans four years ago, | when he won an unexpected victory l over the late Mayor John Purroy 1 Mitchell in the primaries. Judge flask | ell was elected to the Kings County | bench on ''wet'' platform in a spec | tacular campaign two years ago.
 Efforts were recently made by Major La Guardia to fuse himself, Bennett
 and Haskell into one ticket, but the er- | fort failed, when Bennett filed a com plete ticket All three express confid- ence they will obtain the nomination. II Tammany Hall has named Mayor
 John F. Hylan as a candidate to suc-
 ceed himself and no opposition has ap-
 peared. The Republican-C Coalition
 forces have directed some of their fire
 on Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
 head. and scored him for his method of
 selecting a ticket.
 l 'The time has arrived,'' said Gilroy
 the RepublicanCoalitio candidate fol
 president of the board of aldermen, in q
 recent address, Ito throttle Murphy s
 sinister influence and get rid of an ar rogant boss who can reach in his vest
 pocket and fish out list to be foiSted
 on the voters as a Democratic ticket T Some dissatisfaction appeared in Tammany hall when Murphy announce ed his designation on the ticket. Elf
 forts have been made to organize ar
 antiTammany ticket to give a place to | minor officials who were left off Mur.
 phys slate for various reasons. The
 investigation of the legislative commit tee. headed by Senator Schuyler M
 Meyer, into Mayor Hylan's administra-
 tion, coming in the heat of the pre-
 primary campaign has aroused intense
 interest. The mayor, who appeared d: |, the first witness at open hearings, gave
 what the committee called, evaSivt
 answers when questioned on the city's | finances. The committee sought gen
 orally to prove that the city had ex ceeded the debt limit prescribed b! ' state law and that the executive admin | istration was marked by iEcompetency | The mayor made categorical denials O 1 | the charges
 If The committee will probably contnu its open inquiry for several weeks.