New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
FigsInt City of
Westcllester
Pla,, at Polls
Ants Prepare Complete
County Primary Ticket
to Combat Old Project
Attributedt 10 W. L. Ward
Suspect Joker in
lie eislative Acts
Insist Bill Altering Form
of Government Can Be
Passed Withou. Consent

j
For more than fifteen years there has
been q project sfoot TO change the
Form Of government in Westchester
County. Opposition to the enterprise
%ss been held TO minimum Big the
eaat!on with which it has been nressed
IT'S progress being Ike that Of infantry-
men moving toward an objective by
shor- lushes, taking cover when the
~nemy's hrc grows hot Not until re.
Gently vss the plan revealed IS an am
sit.or to create q City OF West
chester" fusing the scattered cities.
Gowns ard villages Of The county into
eingle municipality
This revelation has dramsti1ed The
seheme, hss given Il hero and 4
g!llain. For that portion Of the citizen
ship Of Westchestcr that is IN favor OF
the city plan, William /. Ward, Of Port
Chester, Republican leader Of tbs
county, IL the hero. In the minds Of
shose opposed he is the villain. But in
whichever role he IA cast tho opposite
one must ne assigned to his bitter
political enemy, Leslie sutherland, Of
honkera.
Fight Carried to PRIMARY
I'D by the Sutherland " Woisendanrcr
political forces, the ant;-City Of West
chester people arc preparing to put a.
complete county ticket in the Repub-
lean primaries On the Issue, "Shall
-1s present form Of government in
"estchester County be chaneed?' The
measure Of the success Of these can-
didates will also be the measure Of
the opposition TO the regular Re
rlblicap organizations consolidation
project
Senator Holland s. Duel. OF Yonk.
80, has announced that he will not
= Z candidate for reelection next
-al. The Sutherland Weiscndanger
1orces, therefore, viii run candidate
For the Senate and two for the Assem-
b'y in the Republican primarjes. For
]0er County CLERK Daniel j. Cashin, Of
Nonkers, Is frequently mentioned as 8
a. didate of the anti-Ward forces for
s. te Senator.
District OF 1orkers, Is chairman or the
Cities Committee C The Assembly ISe
Is q Ward man ard his occupation Of
fF"t place. so hirhly important 10 the
eoasurration u tie City of West
CHESTER proiect, IS but enc Of many
finger Dosts that show how carefully
the proponents of the plan have de
s~ne3 their campaign. But the 9Th
Assembly District is q Sutherland
Weisendanger stronghold. IT. is said
~ persons who should know that the
-omination IL III control of the anti
Ward forces. and they also say that
P'akc}r can nc renominsted only by
1.0uilating Ward and the City OF West
et stev idoa.
Azsemtiyman Liyermore Of the Cd
7 senhlv District in Yonkers also is TO
h. ssed 10 state his feeling with re-
I'D to this Issue. He is son Of Mrs.
thur +. Liyermorc. - he should de-
re 10 remain with Ward and the reru
the primaries against him For every
Ntber county office the onti-City of
\-tStchester forces are planning to
have & candidate.
Qusrrels Began in Chicago
The quarrel between Sutherland and
Ward goes back to the last Republican
National Convention at Chicago, which
nominated Warren G. Harding for the
J esldencv. Ward was q Hoover man
aud resented, ii is eaid. Sutherland's 5
determination to east his vote, IS a
g cgate from lover Westchester and
z, ~ Bronx for Major General Leo
, d Wood. When there was no longer
e. chance for the genera! MIR. Suth-
,iard began voting for Senator Hard
Ing. Soon after the convention Ward
cenoa-d Sutherland from his post N
+ne county @ .anization. THROUGHOUT
tha twenty-five vears that Ward had
been chairman Of the Republican Coun-
q Committee Sutherland had heen
chairman Of his executive committee.
This Is important, because rot only
Sc the opponents of the City Of y est
caester project now provided with q
la!lyng point, but they also find
jsa3er who Is possessed Of an intimate
knowledge Of Wards plans.
Back in 1914 the Legislature author
I'D the Beard OF Supervisors of West
f.estcr % appoint q commission OF
tsven taxpayers "to examine the Ques-
toa OF the application Of the different
laws q the 6tate a applicable 70 the
rethod of government of the county,
is ponpls tiou, needs and the advisable
~ OF changing the forms or methcd
a. government Of the county and It's
-evecal localities; to investigate the
tor1u OF government Of other counties
(Condnueo 7sRs ssnl