New-York tribune., 1922-09-05
Move Begun to
Force Coleman
Out OF the Race
Test Cases Up To-day
I,smocrats Bring Motion IN
Court to Have Opponents
Applications Rejecte d


- nor. partisan supporters of sur
....se John p. Cohaian, who was turned
$, s. for denomination by Charles
! murphy and Samuel S. Koenig
,..s,.e the Tammany leader did not
4. him and because Mr.. Koenig want
hls brother, Judge Morris hoenig'
!. cot the Tammany Endorsement tos
,aav. Of General Sessions, will nave
representatives present to-day IN the
s,aaklyn Supreme Court, when a nv nv
Nm will be argued before 'ussisV
Harry Z. Lewis. - hebalf
- t:srald Morrel, Helen /. Lee any -
~ r Twyford to conlpei eae
rns-d ~ Elections to reject the PEI
49, ~ William E. Cleary 9oan 9a
yvssv . and Joseph Fenneily, On sae
s,.d that the petitions 90 NOT cum"
- LII ths election law:
p'sr r. .,neIjants aliege that the peLl-
So ~ Ciesry, Lacey and Fenneiiy
siolS sfsetiye in that they do not state
s1e shss manner the three were COM
ID ias,.stsd with before their names
.nan .. n,seed on the petitions as canci-
x.ts ssss. Il the Democratic primaries.
~ u,,aysds of Defective Petitions
u.-r.l ID opposing Cleary for she
n.rsc.yatic nomination Tor Congress;
us;sn s /. Lee is contesting with Lucy
~ @ the Democratic nomination for AS
.s,b,v ~ s n the I'd Assembly District
go "a Twyford is seeking Fennelly's
sis.. a. Democratic State Committee
sssr from the same district.
a'1 aseardlng to politicians, there are
,.a,sIIv hundreds Of defective desig-
nss;ng [ pstitions filed, due to the fail
-. n the party organizations to COM
sIv L with Section 1876 of Article VI of
H. election law, which was enacted
sys Tvs months ago. The section in ques-
don reads:
aappended to the (designated) petit
Aw ard fled Herewith shall be the
.Sssvit o. ore of the sig.e-s to the
,ssticr. OF % member of the corn
r.ttee 10 I'll vacancies, that he CON-
-ssicnted personally or by mail or by
t,Ieuhone or telegraph, as the case may
i yith the person designated for the
sxta or party position, and that such
0ffSop t1eu eApScooiy SoAoCAitSb w ~
asslgnated for such office or. position;
nd such an affidavit shall be so ap-
usndsd and filed as to each candidate
named in the petition"
Will Examine Coleman's Petition
While representatives of the non
psrtisan group who are supporting
Catalan for reelection are attending
lie proceedings before Supreme Court
yustiss Lewis, IN Brooklyn, others will
b. examining the hastily filed petitions
designating Frank J. Coleman, who was
selected by Koenig for Surrogate VIXEN
tas word was passed that Murpay would
insorse Eoen.g's brother, Judge Morris
Koerig, Z Eoe.iz would tura down
Cohslas
is believed by prominent Repub-
!esas who tried to induce Koenig to
withdraw his personal friend. Coleman,
ssd nominate Cohalan, who was In
Sofssa by all the bar associations for
mnomination and reelection because
d bic honest and able record as a
jsist, that IL the Coleman petitions are
4 detective and his name Is stricken from
4 lie Republican primary ballot the
q isssntment in the party is SO intense
q sssinst the Murphy-Koenig deal that
4 .as voters, compelled to write in the
& same Of their choice for Surrogate,
n would select Cohalan by an overwhelm-
B hg vote, thus making him the Repub-
3 saa candidate for Surrogate.
Il Cohalan Would Aid Ticket
8 Republican leaders of state and na-
B knal prominence have declared that
4 Ahsian on the ticket would mean at
least 100000 additional Republican
sptss In the state this fall. Three
ysars ago, when Murphy turned down
J Ssprsms Court Justice Joseph E. New
berger under similar circumstances
The Republicans in this county nomi-
mated him, with the result that Tam
many was defeated in the county, and
~! the first time in the city's history
aspublican was elected on straight
republican ticket in city-wide con-
est This was when F. H La Guardia
sss va elected President of the Board Of
Aldermen and Henry H. Curran was
s.esssa Borough President of Manhat-
Ise decision of Justice Lewis, when
esnaed down, II sustaining the motion,
WI, vii adversely affect hundreds of desig~
a.u,slas petitions and may result in the
,s;Aon s.;;.pnasion Of many names from the
primary ballot, thus compelling the
soIsg to write In the names.
nhils II Is possible that the Tam
| nsy nmsrny petitions designating John P.
;Snfieh--whom Murphy wants to elect
! ~ place OF Cohalan--are also defective.
sae supporters Of Cohalan ara not go
hopeSul as they are in the colemay
srss:a s~ss, as IN tne latter the petitions were
ss1seoiy ssssy nied-four days before they
ssa . oe iied-to prevent any possible
ps.a.v's,ning OF the New York County
aspa;oliean Executive Committee to re-
saslaer s.as, the naming Of Coleman and
Mhing Cohalan in his stead