New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-06-27
Strauss Picked
For City Ticket
To Boost Hylan
Organizations Want Senator
TO Head AIdermer's Slate;
Need High Glass Mem for
Mayors Running Mates
May Draft Chas. Donohue
KNOTS Friends Groom Him
as Candidate for Craig's
Place if Comptroller Quits

Senator Nathan Straus jr, whol car
ried the Fifteenth Senatorial District
\ Republican stronghold, last fall, /,
the. choice of the Democratic organi
cations Of the five boroughs for Presi
dent of the Board of Aldermen.
THE selection of Senator Straus
whose personal popularity elected him
TO seat in the Legislature. was sale
TO have been determined after con,
ference az which it was decided THAT
IN view of the insistence of the Hearst
Snfuence in the party that Mayor Hy-
Ian be renominated his running mates
would have to be of the highest type
available.
Straus. who made record as a de.
batter in the Senate, will in all prob
ability make the race for the nomina.
tion, according to a close friend of his
yesterday. If he does he will be unop-
posed. as with the organization strength
behind him his nomination would be
assured.
I, Counting on Women's Vote
\ The Democratic leaders, in agreeing
Upon Straus, took into consideration the
fact of his active connection with his
fathers philanthropies, as we'll as his
own, would make him a strong vote
father, Senator Straus has also estab-
lished pasteurized milk stations for the
Children of the poor.
Il The Tammany slate is far from set
tied, and it will not be agreed upon I'M
til some time in August. But it is GER
tain that in addition to Senator Stratus
smother Democratic member of the
Legislature, Charles d. Donohue, the
minority floor leader, will be drafted to
Strengthen the local ticket this fall.
n Just what place he will be given has
not yet been decided, although there
has been considerable talk of having
him run for Sheriff in New York
County to succeed David H. Knott, or
for President of the Borough of Man
haitian.
s Sheriff Knott is being groomed by
his friends for the nomination of
Comptroller, as it is generally under
stood that Comptroller Craig will re-
tire from the field unless he can sue
seed in displacing Hylan for renomina-
ton, in which event he would enter
the primaries, provided TammanyBld
not call upon Ex-Governor Alfred E.
Smith to run at the head of the ticket.
There are several Tammany district
leaders openly aspiring for the nomi-
nation for Sheriff, but if any of them
Is selected the place in ali probability
will go to John V. Coggey, who has been
Under Sheriff for the last four years.
Tammany Wants Hylan Eliminated
Tammany would like to see Mayor
Hylan eliminated from the race. A
few months ago this was regarded as
accomplished, the Mayor having con-
sented to be candidate for the Su-
preme Court in Brooklyn, but this plan
was upset by William Randolph Hearst,
who saw in it an attempt to nominate
AL Smith for Mayor.
Friends of Al in Tammany are fear
full that if Hylan should be renomi-
mated and reelected it might mean the
beginning of successful drive on the
part of Hearst to eliminate from poll
tics Smith, who is regarded as the
logical successor to Charles F. Murphy
as leader of Tammany Hall
That this is Hearst's ambition is an
open secret, as he has never forgiven
Smiths attack upon him in Carnegie
Hall when Smith was Governor, when
the latter reviewed Hearst's war record
and charged that he was loyal to no
one, not even to his own country.
During the last gubernatorial cam
paign Hearst did not give his support
sosGovernor Smith until the last hour.
when whatever influence he had proved
neglglple SO far as Smith was con-
cerned.
gTammany is clinging to the hope that
hyian will be driven from public life
ny the exposures which the Joint Legis-
latlve Investigating Committee will
make of his administration. 1t is COM
monty reported that some of Hylan's
cfonies in the administration will be
shown to have been guilty of corrup-
ton in Office before the investigation
Is well under way, and it is hoped by
i'ammany that the scandals will be