The New York herald., 1921-09-15
Hines Will APPEAL
IN court, DECLARING
HE IS THE NOMINEE
Insurgent Demands Re-
count on Charges Of Whole
sale Fraud at Primaries.
SEEKS GOVERNORS AID
Candidate for Borough
President to Ask State
Investigation.
FRIGHT AT TAMMANY
Murphy Calls Conference of
Leaders Who Were BOwled
Over at Polls.

II am the Democratic nominee for
the Presidency of the Borough of
Manhattan, whether the votes were
counted for me yesterday or whether
they are counted in the next few
days. l predict that will be on the
Democratic ballot and julius Miller
will be off of 1t within seventy-two
hours"
The foregoing was the claim last
pight Of James ]. Hines, anti-Tam-
many leader of the Eleventh Assem-
bly, district, who on the face OF the
returns was defeated by a margin
Of $4,000 votes ou tof approximately
$4,000 cast.
To substantiate his contention
Hines said he will make application
today to court for an order for an
examination OF the ballots, and will
ask for recount on charges of fraud.
He was in conference yesterday with
the Office Of the Attorney-G General,
who has concurrent powers with the
District Attorney in the prosecution
Of election fraud cases, and will seek
his aid In his fight to prove that he
Is the nominee and to bring to jus.
tice those he charges with having
committed the frauds.
Those actions. Hines expects, will
occupy most of his attention to-mor-
row. That out or the way, he said,
he will appeal TO Gov. Miller to have
a State investigation made of the
whole manner In which the election
was handled. He will ask, Ii Is under
stood that the investigation include
the assault upon his manager, Joseph
shalleck, in the polling place Of
Charles r. Murphy, boss Of Tammany
Hall.
Tammnny Leaders Alarmed.
Illness sole announced purpose in
making the race was to register the
protest Of the Democrats against the
rulership Of Murphy. That he sue
ceeded In giving the boss OF Four
teenth street a rousing jolt was amply
apparent at Tammany Hall yesterday
The first thing Murphy did when he
arrived yesterday was to send for
every district leader in Manhattan.
and he remained in conference with
them all afternoon. IT was the gloom
lest day the wigwam has seen in
many a year.
No revolt within the ranks Of Tam
many ever has approached the serious
ness OF the fight Hines has made. Tam
many men had bet that Hines would not
carry district outside his own and
would not get as many as 10000 votes.
Instead he piled UP approximately 20,-
900 votes. swept eight Assembly dis
tricts, or one-third Of the Tammany
realm. and bowled over half a dozen of
Murphy's trusted leaders. Hines de-
clared that he has not a doubt that a
recount would bring his total vote UP to
$4,000 and would cut Miller's down to
0,000, the remainder OF the ballots
being disqualified through having been
tampered with. He claimed that II he
had been fairly treated at the polls he
would have carried virtually every dis
trict in Manhattan.
Tammany men were frankly alarmed
and conceded that should Hines be able
10 prove fraud II would constitute a real
menace to the reelection OF Hylan
Should Hines get on the ticket Il Is ex-
pected that Murphy would be compelled
to put up the fight OF his life. since
Illness avowed purpose is to get" Muir
ply. and for the boss 10 support him
would be to concede himself beaten.
Whatever Murphy's attitude. II Hines
wins his court ight for place on the
ticket Hines made II clear yesterday
that he will give Murphy no quarter
"I'II Get Rid Of Murphy
"You can tell Charlie Murphy" he
said. that every time ] go at him I get
q little closer and that ! am coming
right back at him again. and I'm going
TO rid the Democratic party OF his domi-
nation before I'm through
Murphy's only comment yesterday
was
"wel. the primary IS over: now we1l
60 10 work for the general election"
Hines swept nearly all OF the northern
end OF Manhattan and carried Harlem
virtually solidly. with the exception Of
the Seventeenth Assembly district. OF
which the Tammany leader ia Samuel
Marx Illness workers wers incensed
over their failure TO carry that district.
They declared that they had been as
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