The New York herald., 1922-08-22
COHALAN CAMPAIGN
BACKERS PLAN DRIVE
Expect Surrogate Out in
Open After Party Desig-
nations Are Filed.
REPUBLICANS CHEERED
Think Independent Candi-
date May Help Coleman
- Beat O'Brien.
MURPHY TO STAND PAT
Now Out to Try to Pick Man
to Give Ryan a Good Run
for Congress.
MURPHY TO STAND PAT

Plans for supporting Surrogate John
P. Cohalan as an Independent candidate
for reelection to that office, for which
he was rejected by Tammany Hall at
the instance OF Charles F. Murphy, were
discussed yesterday afternoon.
George l.. Shearer. chairman. and
Leslie j. Tompkins, treasurer of the
John p. Cohalan Non-partlsan Commit
tee of Lawyers Of the County of New
York. conferred with the Surrogate for
two hours Later Mr.. Shearer, member
of the law firm of Stewart and Shearer.
called meeting of the executive COM
mittee for the headquarters Of the New
York County Lawyers Association, 165
Broadway, at 2 P. NJ. tomorrow.
AS has been stated, Surrogate Coha-
Ian win run as an independent candi-
date, if neither the Democratic nor the
Republican organization reverses itself
and substitutes him In place OF one of
the present desgnees. He does not care
TO assume that such reversal may not
happen until after the last day for fill
ing declnations and filing substtutions.
That day is September /.
Committee to Go Ahead.
His committee will probably go ahead
tomorrow and develop plans for a cam
paign in which he will run as straight
independent 1t Is not considered likely
that either party will change the action
that was taken on the Surrogate ques-
tIon last week when the Tammany Ex-
ecutive Committee named John K.
OBrien. Corporation Counsel. and the
Republican Executive Committee desig-
mated Frank ]. Coleman, Jr., Justice of
the Municipal Court.
The Republicans feel that an inde-
pendent candidacy by Surrogate Cohalan
is likely to result in the election or
their candidate. Tammany leaders
agree that this is quite possible. How
ever, the feeling against the Surrogate
on the part of those responsible Tor
turning him down Is so strong that even
that consideration is not likely to carry
much weight.
Mr.. Murphy came to town from Good
Ground to iron out some last snaris in
designations yesterday. IL was stated
on good authority. however. that the
OBrfen designation would go through.
A majority of the Tammany leaders
conferred with Mr.. Murphy on the
Gubernatorial situation. The leaders
stood almost solidly for Alfred T..
Smith. II is understood that Nathan
Burkan and Edmund r. Holahan are
the only Hearst supporters left
The principal trouble of the Boss is
To pick a candidate for Congress In the
Fifteenth district. now represented by
Representative Thomas jefferson Ryan.
He won on the Republican ticket two
years ago in district considered Demo-
cratic nominally The candidates Tor
the Democratic designation are Senator
John j. Boylan. former Alderman John
f. McCourt and John McCann. City
Marshal The decision must be made
30 that the petitions may be prepared
for filing not later than tonight at mid
night.
The Republicans have contended in
the Cohalan matter that their failure
to designate Surrogate Cohalan upset
no precedent as they had never indorsed
a Democratic Surrogate for reelection.
k"I would like to call attention TO a
mistake there said Municipal Court
Justice John G. McTigue last night.
you may find by looking at the news
papers OF October IL. 1906 that on the
night before. in the Murray Hill
I4yceum, the Republican Judiciary Con-
yention nominated Surrogate Frank I.
Fitzgerald. a Tammany man, whose
term was expiring"
Irish Call on Republicans.
At meeting in the Yorkville Casino
2i0 East Eighty-sixth street, last night
the Friends of Irish Freedom condemned
the action of the Democratic and Re-
publican bosses in their repudlation Of
Surrogate Cohalan. Resolutions were
passed, which said:
"John p. Cohalan has served the peo-
pie of New York county with unsur-
passed distinction during the last four
teen years. We appreciate the attitude
OF the many New York daily newspapers
and THAR exnosnre OF this high handed