The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
LOCKWOOD in CLOSE
RACE With CURRAN
Chances About Even for Sc
lection by Fusion Com
mittee for Mayor.
MAY DECIDE TUESDAY
Designation for Office of
Comptroller One of Prob
lens to Solve.
CALDER SEES LA GUARDIA
Effort Made to Induce Latter
to Withdraw-Haskell
Worries Leaders.
CALDER SEES LA GUARDIA

Borough of Manhattan, ard Charles
c. Lockwood. State Senator from
Brooklyn. are running neck and
neck race for the Anti Tammany
designation for Mayor as the time ap-
proaches for the executive meeting of
the fusion steering committee. This
committee, Thick is empowered to pick
a city ticket and Craft platform in
behalf Of the regular Republican or
ganization, The Price Coalition Com
mittee, the Citizens Unicn and several
groups of independent Democrats, will
go into executive session on the
Mayoralty issue at the Hotel Commo-
dore at 10 clock this morning. After
thorough discussion of the merits of
the various names suggested adjourn
ment will be taken until Monday. 1t
may be Tuesday before final decision
Is reached.
A decision on the Mayoralty, it is
believed. will settle at the same time
the Comptrollership, as the weight of
opinion seems to be that If Lockwood
is picked for Mayor. the nomination
for Comptroller should go to Curran, or
vice versa. This will be so. however,
in the face of protest from the in
dependent Democrats. who claim the
Comptrollership.
Some Republicans advocate giving the
Democrats the COMPREHENSIVE rather
than the Presidency of the Board of
Aldermen, as the latter Office carries
with 1t the succession to the Mayoralty.
which they would not care to see fall
into the hands Of a Democrat even
one Of the independent type. But we
would rather take a chance on that
than to give up the important Office
of Comptroller" said one of the leaders
last night
Mcclure Is Possibility.
For time the Republicans were in
clined to take all three city wide Of
fees and give the independents Board
OF Estimate representation only through
some OF the Borough Presidencies. But
as such a course was decided to be
impolitic. 1t Is probable that the selec-
ton for the Presidency of the Board Of
Aldermen will be an independent Demo-
crat Edward J. MCGUIRE, formerly an
Assistant Corporation Counsel and well
dent OF the Catholic Club, is being men,
toned in this connection. Jesse S.
| Straus, Lawson Purdy and Cyrus L.
Miller also are possibilities.
While the Republican leaders all along
have acknowledged that United States
Senator Calder would make a strong
candidate, they have his positive dec1a-
ration that he does not care to run. The
easy way back to another term in the
Senate seems open to him next fall and
he has no desire to take chance" on
the Mayoralty. There is no intention of
drafting him.
But Senator Calder is putting forth
his best endeavors to persuade +. H.
La Guardia, President of the Board of
Aldermen. to withdraw from his primary
contest for the Republican nomination
for Mayor. Mr.. La Guardia last night
confirmed the report that the Senator
in a long talk on Monday had begged
him to retire for the sake OF harmony.
He said the Senator had suggested the
possibility of his nomination for Comp
troller. It is believed. however, a ma
jority Of the Republican leaders are not
inclined to go any further than to ac-
cede to a denomination of La 0lardia
for his present office. Mr.. La Guardia
said he told Senator Calder that no office
except that OF Mayor interested him.
La Guardin Explains Stand.
II was falsely quoted" said La Guar
dia, "as saying 1 would run again for
my present place IL the nominee for
Mayor would accept my platform. How
ever, I want to say that feel the plat
| form is paramount and my candidacy
| secondary to that. / repeat that would
withdrawn for Senator Calder. but there
Is no chance that he will run"
The threat Of a primary contest for
the Mayoralty nomination by Judge
Reuben L. Haskell. foe OF the Eighteenth
Amendment. worried the Republican
leaders in Manhattan Yesterday. They
acknowledged his strength and that II
was an argument for Lockwood's selec-
/ ton by the steering committee. first, be-
cause Haskell is a personal friend Of
Lockwoods and might not run against
Linn, and, IL he did run anyway, a Brook
'yn man would have a better chance OF
beating him than a Manhattan candi.
cate. II has been suggested that pos
sibly she Haskell cloud was cleverly
aised by Lockwood's friends for the
purpose Of helping their candidate. They
asserted last night thew could count or
.he support of the five committeeman