Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-31
MURPHY AGAIN
WANTS HYLAN
FORN.Y. MAYOR
Republican Coalitionists Nov
Make Plans to Defeat
Tammany Sep. Is

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l-Three
hurdles are in the pathway of the
Republican Coalition organization in
the race for the New York City
mayoralty nomination on September
l3-Major +. ii. LaGuardia, Presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen.
former State Senator w. NJ. Bennett
of Brooklyn and Judge Reuben l..
Haskell of Brooklyn.
The Republicans and Coalitionits
who recently unanimously agreed
upon Major Henry II. Curran. PreSi
dent of the Borough of Manhattan.
az their candidate, are confident he
will surmount each barrier and tha;
when the race is over there will be
complete harmony in the quadrennial
attempt to twist the tail of the Tam.
many tiger.
Linked with Curran, are State
Senator Charles c. Lockwood Of
BROOKLYN, candidate for Comptroller
and Vincent Gilroy. candidate for the
Presidency of the Board Of Alder
men. Lockwood was a st-ong cor.
tender for the designation for iaayor,
hut withdrew in favor Of Curran at
the eleventh hour. Gilroy's uncle was
a Tammany mayor of New York.
Major La Guardia. former re.
preventative in Congress. who seTv-
ed with the Italian air forces in the
great war, a regular" Republican.
has kicked over the traces and an
nounced his opposition 20 the state
government interfering with city af-
fairs. Former Senator Bennett was
the man who upset Republican F'u-
sion plans four years ago, when he
won an unexpected victory over the
latc Mayor Purroy Mitchell in the pri-
maries. Judge Haskell was elected 10
the Kings County bench on wet"
platform in a spectacular campaign
two years ago.
Efforts were recently made by
Major La Guardia to fuse himself,
Bennett and Haskell into one ticket,
but the effort failed, when Bennett
filed a complete ticket. All three ex-
press confidence they vii; Obtain the
nomination.
Tammany Hall has named Mavor
John F. Hylan as a candidate 20 sue
ceed himself and no opposition has
appeared. The Republ;can-C oalition
forces have directed some Of their
fire on Charles F. Murphy, the Tam
many head, and scored him for his
method of selecting a ticket.
THE time has arrived" said Gil
roy, the Republican, Coalition can
didata for President of the Board OF
Aldermen, in recent address, "to
throttle h.urphy's sinister influence
and get rid Of an arrogant boss who
can reach in his vest pocket and fish
out list to be foisted on the voters
as a Democratic ticket"
Some dissatisfaction appeared IN
Tammany Hall when Murphy an
nounced his designations on the tick
ct. Efforts have been made to or
ganize an anti-Tammany ticket to
give a place TO minor officials who
were left off Murphy's slate for Va
rious reasons.
The investigation of the legisla
tive committee, headed by Senator
Schuyler NJ. Meyer. into Mayor Hyl
lan's administration, coming in th'
heat Of the pre- primary campaign
has aroused intense interest. tn,
Mayor who appeared as the first wit
ress at open hearings, gave what tn
committee called evasive answers
when questioned on the city's fin
ances. The committee sought gener
ally to prove that the city had ex
ceeded the debt limit prescribed bN
state law and that the executive
administration was marked by in
competency. The mayor made cate
gorical denidf of the charges.
The committee will probably con
tinne its open inquiry for severa