New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
l!,llrran Plans
To Speak Daily
Until Primary
Final Week of Campaign
Will See Coalition Candi-
date Active From Morn-
ing Until Late Mt Night
Haskell Is Seen as Rival
Borough Presidents Man
ayers Admit Judge Is the
One They Must Defeat

publican designee for the Mayoralty
nomination, will complete an itinerary
Tor the Borough President of Manhat-
tan which will literally keep him busy
speaking day and night for the last
week of the primary campaign, which
ends week from to-day.
Curran's managers yesterday pre-
liicted not only his victory at the pri-
tnaries, but declared that he will de-
feat Mayor Hylan by an overwhelming
Sote at the general election.
This four-cornered contest for the
Republican Mayoralty nomination has
attracted statewide attention. All
four candidates are united in their
opposition to the Knight-Adler transit
law. and another one of Governor Mil
ler's pet measures, which repealed the
primary law, in so far as it related to
candidates for state Office and the
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
All, save one-F. III. La Guardia-have
been bitter in their attacks on Mayor
Hylan and Hylanism. La Guardia has
been mild in his criticisms of Mayor
Hylan and his administration and his
receiving support from the Hearst
papers.
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County Judge Reuben L. Haskell, of
Brooklyn, who has emphasized the pro-
hibition issue in the campaign and is
openly running on wet platform, has
made sufficient progress with his at
tacks on the dry laws to alarm his ad-
versaries. Curran's managers are now
frank in admitting that Haskell is the
man they must beat, while three weeks
ago they feared La Guardia most of all.
La Guardia and William M. Bennett
will run behind Haskell, in the opM-
son of Curran's managers.
Next in Importance to the contest
TOR the Republican nomination for
Mayor is the fight being made by John
who is running on the coalition ticket
for President of the Board of Alder
men. Fusion managers expect Halli-
gan to make strong showing against
Gliroy. Halligan, who was originally
designated for the Republican nomina-
ton by. the Haskell supporters, has
been Endorsed by La Guardia. He has
made. his chief appeal in nightly
speeches to Republican party workers
as partisan, pointing out in every ad-
dress in district club houses that he
IS a member of the New York County
Republican Committee and calling at
tention to the fact that Gilroy is a
Democrat. There is a third contest
ant for this place, L. Barton Case, the
Bennett candidate, but he, seemingly,
is not making dent in the situation.
Easy Sailing for Lockwood
The contest for Comptroller on the
Republican ticket is a very one-sided
affair, as the coalition Republican des-
'gnee, Senator Charles C. Lockwood.
also has been inaofsed by La Guardia
and Bennett. His opponent. Morris
Schector, OF the Bronx, who was
drafted by the Haskell camp, at first
announced that he would not make a
campaign for the nomination, as he
declared he had been designated
against his will. But Schector, ac-
cording to the Haskell managers, will
at least campaign for the Office in his
home borough.
In the Democratic primaries there is
but one outstanding contest-that of
James ]. Hines, the Tammany leader
of the 11th Assembly District, against
Julius Miller. for the Tammany nom
ination for President Of the Borough
of Manhattan. Hines. who IS at odds
with Charles M. Murphy, declares that
his fight is not on Miller. who was
picked by Murphy for reasons which
he has not yet disclosed, but on Murphy
and Murphyism. Hines has made a
SpcCtdCd SSlipdlRII, anu is IcCSlViN2
covert support from several of his col
leagues in Tammany Hall, who, like
him, are opposed to Murphy's leader
ship, but have not had the courage to
go out openly and fight the Boss for
fear Of losing their jobs under Mayor
Hylan.
Murphy's Control Threatened
If Hines should accomplish the un-
expected and tear through the Murphy
line and win the nomination, it would
mean the forced retirement of Muir
ply, who is far from being the popu-
lar boss he was half dozen years ago
The younger element in Tammany have
been demanding he step out and make
room for one of their number
The Republican primary contest is
being watched with more than passive
interest by upstate leaders, who are
wondering what its effect will be on
the Republican State Convention, which
meets at Syracuse on September 22 to
nominate candidate for the Court of
the death of Emory A. Chase, Of
Greene County, and to adopt a plat
form.
Local Republican leaders are opposed
to the adoption of platform on two
grounds. First, because the only can
didates this year outside of local Off
clalS ana 8SpirantS 1Or the Dencn are
nominees for the Assembly. Second,
because the convention. which is con-
trolled by upstate. will adopt plenks
indorsing Governor Miller's legisla-
tive program. This, it is feared, would
create an unnecessary handicap for the
local ticket, as two OF the outstanding
features of the Miller administration
has been the enactment of the partial
repeal Of the direct primary law and
-the Transit Law. Both these measures
have been attacked by Henry H. Cur.
ran and his rivals for the Republican
Mayoralty nomination.
But Curran's managers yesterday
declared that Notwithstanding what the
Syracuse convention may do, they are
confident of victory on November 8
and that Curran's open stand against
the Traction Law, from the time /,
was first broached by Governor Mil
Ter, until it became law, is matter o1
record. .,sss
British Hand Ultimatum