New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
Steering Committee of
Anti-Tammany Confer
ence Is Unanimous for
Mayor and Comptroller
Bronx Man w anted
For Third Place
e. C.. Miller Favored If He
Will Accept; Further
Action Is Due To-day

By unanimous vote Of all counties
Ind all organizations represented in
The steering committee of the anti
Fammany conference yesterday morn
;ng at the Hotel Commodore, President
Henry H. Curran, of the Borough of
Manhattan, was pronounced the choice
Of the fusionists for Mayor, and Sem
asor Charles C. Lockwood, of Brooklyn,
in a similar way, was chosen for Comp
troler..
That was as far as the steering COM
nittee got. with its work of agreeing
Spon a city ticket. All-day conferences
Of the leaders failed to produce the
man for the third place on the ticket
president of the Board of Aldermen.
In the Board of Estimate this is an i'm
rortant office, as the one who fills it
has three votes out of the total of six
teen; as many, in fact, as the Mayor or
Comptroller.
Want C. c. Miller for Third Place
Former Borough President Cyrus C..
ably can have the third place on the
lltheJ IL IE VIII NhAS IL. llS Is sup
posed to be at Greensboro, VT, on his
vacation. Richard W. Lawrence, presi-
dent of the Bronx Republican County
Committee, tried in vain to reach him
Yesterday. If he will not accept it, the
choice lies among Vincent Gillroy, Ex-
Senatu.' John V. Sheridan, both of the
Bronx; Henry S. Thompson, former
Commissioner of Water Supply; Joseph
M Pros..aler, the lawyer; Adolph Hup-
fel and James A. Delehanty.
Richard W. Lawrence, the Bronx Re-
publican leader, persuaded the steering
committee that it would be wise to
choose Bronx man for third place
on the ticket, and the Bronx is likely
TO get it.
The lines are all set for a four-cor-
nered battle in the Republican pri-
maries on September Is for the may
orally nomination. Major Curran will
have the backing of the Republican or
Major La Guarda, President of the
Board of Aldermen; former Senator
William NJ. Bennett, of Manhattan, and
County Judge Reuben /. Haskell, of
Brooklyn, who Yesterday made formal
announcement of his determination to
run and said his platform would be a
business administration and the repeal
Of the Yolstead prohibition act.
Judge Haskell makes no concealment
Of the palpable fact that he is out for
the wet enrolled Republican vote in all
the five boroughs. Two years ago he
engaged in somewhat similar battle
ssgainst the Republican organization in
kingS, and beat the organization by
about $4,000 votes The Republican
leaders say that the issue of prohibi-
ten is politically less acute than it
was two years ago, and that Haskell
will not run better than even with
MAJOR La Guardia and former Senator
Seanett. The leaders say that Major
eurraa, with the backing of the organi-
2atlon, ought to get 40 per cent of the
total enrolled vote, leaving so per cent
70 De about equally divided among the
CHER three contenders.
Curran Outlines His Position
Borough President Curran, soon after
oslng told that he had been chosen as
standard bearer, issued the following
statement:
I deeply appreciate the honor that
.he leaders Of my party and the Inde-
pendents and Democrats in the Coali-
.on Committee have conferred upon me
70 recommending to the enrolled voters
.aaS be nominated for the Office of
|ayor OF the City of New York This
5onor carries with it responsibility
The seriousness Of which l understand /
very we'll. There is no field in which
greater service can be given to the
people Of our city to-day than in thar
?, the city's government. The power
mere, for good or evil, as ! know it
rom ten years experience, is SO far
reaching that it affects the. happiness
q every, woman and child, of every
Zone in our city.
II believe the people want Il change
rom the present city administration.
from what know of the incompetence
ana impotence of that administration,
y the face of problems that demand
sae highest order of vision and con-
sTuctive effort, I know that we need a
snange, and need it very much.
My position from the first has been
.sN Mat IN making up the anti-Tammany
.sket should be placed where could
ssefye best. That is my position to-day.
s,aave travelled straight road through
sssse dei!berations, and I never saw
say man lost in q straight road. I am
,s..o ssso that Senator Lockwood stands
wisa me in the contest. His splendid
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