New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
Great Ovation Accorded
Him as He AssaiIs Evils
of Administration; Aids
Busy Throughout City
Help of Leading g g
Authors Pledged
Coalition Candidate AS
serts Vital Home Issues
Only Concern the People


upon New York City since it rode into
power, Borough President Henry H.
Curran yesterday began a vigorous
wind-up of his campaign as the Re-
publicanc coalition designee for the Re-
publican mayoralty nomination in to-
morrow's primary election.
Speaking in the afternoon at the
Park Republican Club, at 477S Third
Avenue, the Bronx, Mr. Curran pre-
scnted comprehensive summary Of the
campaign issues and an Indictment of
current administration evils which OBJ
yiously won the Endorsement of his
| listeners.
Although what he had to say was said
In his usual unrhetorical fashion, his
address was interrupted score of
times by shouts and. cheers Of approba-
ton.
He was cheered for nearly five min
utes when he was brought to the plat
form by the chairman of the meeting,
with the announcements:
Here he is--the next Mayor of New
York."
Supporters Active Throughout City
While Mr.. Curran was beginning the
finishing touches on his pre-primary
throughout the city attending to the
final details of the campaign, by which
they feel sure that when the polls close
to-morrow evening he will have been
named the Republican Mayoralty can
didate by an overwhelming majority.
The confidence felt as to this was
given expression during the day in a
statement made by Mrs. Mary Hatch Will
lard, chairman of the Republican Com
mittee of One Hundred, which, it was
announced, is to open the fall campaign
to-day at meeting in the Hotel Mar
tina Washington. Mrs. Willard said:
I'VE cannot conceive OF any nomina-
tion other than of Henry Curran. Mr..
Curran can help New York out of the
hole into which the Hylan misadmin-
istration has placed it.
Should he fail of election in Novem-
Der, New York would go back twenty
years. But this is unthinkable."
Leading Writers Give Aid
Another leading feature of yester-
days developments was an announce
ment that a number Of New York's
leading writer's, all of them Of un-
questioned standing in the national
field of literature, have banded to-
gether to aid the Curran standard to
victory over Hylanism and Tammany.
Included in their organization are
Julian Street, Wallace Irwin, Louis
Edward S. Van Zile, Kendall Banning,
Oliver Herford, Bruce Barton, Clar-
ence Burlington Kelland, Charles Han
son Towne Stephen FreRch Whitman,
Freeman Tilden, Gerald Stanley Lee,
Henry Sydnor Harrison, Gelett Burgess
and Leroy Scott.
"Mr. Curran is able to distinguish
without effort sinking fund from
floating debt" said one noted author
"Hes his own Duncan. lie would
never, if placed on witness stand,
follow the tenet: Where ignorance is
biz, 'tis folly to be WISE"
can Club speech by touch Of humor
as to why he was speaking from
platform.
~ moved up step SO that | could
see all of you," he said. "On Tuesday
I'm going to move up another one.
And on November s Pm going to take
still a third step upward, so that Ill
get an even better view of every one."
Praise for Running Mates
The Borough President then launched
into praise for John Donahar, Bronx
aldermanic candidate; the candidacy of
Senator Lockwood for Comptroller and
the fitness of Vincent Gilroy for the
presidency of the Board of Aldermen.
Following this he entered calm dis
cussion Of his qualifications for the
Mayors chair, and compared them to
those of his three rival candidates-a
discussion, as he said, with no trace
of roasting or abuse"
"Mr. Haskell" he said, cannot
change the Eighteenth Amendment, and
let US not be fooled by his contention
that he has that powers Senator Ben
nett seems to feel that matters which
passed over the dam four years ago
are more important than the issues of
to-day. Neither has spent five minutes
lCantlnuad on naaa thtasl