The New York herald., 1921-10-09
ADDRESS, Sing SING
/ BALLOTS WILLREAD
Socialists Now in Prison File
Petitions for Place on
City Ticket.
NO LAW TO STOP THEM
Effort to Be Made to Block Eff
frOntery of Workers League
Candidates.
NO LAW TO STOP THEM

The effrontery shown by the Left
Wing Socialists in naming city ticket
for the coming campaign, two members
OF which are serving sentences for GRIM
fnal anarchy, has been emphasized by the
fact that the petitions filed for them
boldly give their residence as 'Sing Sing
Prison. Ossining. N. "
An attempt will be made by the Board
Of Elections tomorrow to find some
ground on which TO strike out these
names, to the end that the ballot may not
bear the names of convicts grouped with
citizens running for public office. The
fact that, as many election experts con-
strue the law. 1t will be impossible to
prevent making a joke of the ballot in
this way Is likely to result in an amend
ment to the election law TO prevent SIM
liar occurrences in the future.
The Left Wingers for the purpose of
the campaign have organized what they
call the Workers League. their emblem
being a sickle and a hammer.
The printed petitions filed for the
nomination of their Independent city
ticket describes the nominees as follows:
Name OF canddate-Benjam jamin Gltlow. Pub
lie office-Mayor. c. N. Y. Place OF resi-
dence-sing Sing Prison. Place of business
Name of candidate-Edward Lindgren. Pub
He office-Comptroller. C. n. Y. Place of.
residence-21G2 East Twenty seventh street,
Brooklyn. n. Y. Place of business-25 West
Twenty-fifth street.
Name of candidate-Harry Winitsky, Pub
lie offce-President Board of Aldermen.
Place OF resicence-Sing Sihg Prison, Os-
sining. n. y. Place Of business
Gitlow was convicted OF criminal an
archy in New York county and SEN
NV Trc ETah
IL, 1920, to serve from five to ten years
IN States prison. on September "a this
man was transferred to Auburn. RE
was business manager of The Revolu-
tionary Age, which published the prop
aganda of the Communist Party. adj
vccating the overthrow of the Govern
ment.
Winitsky, who was secretary of the
Communist Party. was sentenced by
Justice Weeks for a similar term
March 29.1s20. fIe too, had been con-
victed of criminal anarchy and was
sent TO Sing Sing. Two years ago he
ran for Alderman.
When the petitions of the Workers
League, proclaiming the residence OF
two OF their candidates as Sing Sing
came to the notice OF John r. Voorhis.
president of the Board of Elections, he
expressed the hope that some way could
be found OF keeping their names off
the ballot
"It certainly is travesty on our in
etitutions. II 1t is necessary to print
the names of such men on the ballot.
II Is only part and parcel OF their de-
fiance OF our form OF government"
''There is no way these names can
be kept off the ballot under the law
a. 1t now stands" said Leonard ober-
meier. former Deputy Acknowledgement.
81 called attention to this some years
rgo, and suggested that there be an
amendment 10 the law. This latest ex-
ample should make such an amendment
an assured fact"
Mr.. Obermeier explained that the only
thing covering such a case is in the
Public Officers Act which says that no
person shall be capable Of holding pub
lie Office unless at the time when he IS
elected he shall be a citizen OF the
United States and resident Of the sub
division for which he has been elected.
Attention was called to the fact that
Eugene V. Debs. serving time In Atlanta
Prison for violation of the espionage
law, ran for President in 1920. and un-
der our form of ballot his name was
printed at the top of the list of electors
chosen for him.
1t was pointed out that the use of
Sing Sing was deliberate inasmuch as
the courts have ruled that a man sem
fenced to jail retains his residence dur
ing the service of his term
The Workers League has nominated
Independently candidates for Borough
President Charles Brewer In Brooklyn.
Rose Pastor Stokes In Manhattan and
Jacob w. Hartman in The Bronx. Mrs
Stokes was sentenced In Kansas to serve
ten years in prison on conviction OF
obstructing the draft The sentence was
later overruled. In February, 1920, she