New-York tribune., 1922-08-28
~ ard Is Facing.
Fight Of Life
In w estcIlester
rnIl Independent Republic
can Ticket Threatens to.
ToppIe Long Time Coun-
sy Boss From His Throne
nIckinIeyss Niece in Race
Mrs. Mabel MI. Baer. Of
Mount Vernon, Is Cam
didate for the Assembly

Il and backing full ticket including
nsny prominent candidates, William t.
Ward, Of Port Chester, for twenty
@ven years undisputed ruler of the
Republican organization in Westches-
tsr. is now in the throes OF the hardest
ueIisicai battle of his life.
Not alone are the insurgents, or
ganised thoroughly by former Sheriff
W,ssendanger Of Yonkers. out to de-
feat Ward as county leader and smash
Ills machine, but they are out to beat
Ills whole slate of personally selected
asdidates-
William L. Saunders. q wealthy tool
manufacturer, of Ynnkers, and Mrs.
Mabel Mckinley Baer. of Mount ver-
non, niece Of the late President Me-
Kinley,I have been named by the pro-
gessive element for the Assembly.
Leslie Sutherland. formerly Mayor of
yankers. and former x-Mayor Kincaid
# Mount Vernon are among the anti
Ward leaders, who mean, if they can, to
| ditch the Port Chester ruler. Ward
4 Is the last Of the old line of powerful
Republican leaders of the state. For
! years he trained with William L.
Barnes, Of Albany, whose political hold
/ has been broken of late.
War on Ward Spreads
The war on Ward is not confined to
Westchester County. The indepen-
dents are going to try to prevent him
! from dominating the Supreme Court
a iudiciai convention of the FIVE coun-
4 lies in the 9th District this fall. Be-
81 sides Westchester these scounties are
8 Putnam, Duchess, Orange and Rock
Y land.
4 Ward has selected for the nonnina-
81 ton of Justice of the Supreme Court
4 George Taylor jr., of Mount Vernon.
a The insurgents will back County Judge
81 j. Bennett Southard, of Putnam Coun-
4 IS. Southard has had twenty years
4 experience as county judge and surro-
gate Putnam has not had Supreme
= Court justice in fifty years, and the
81 Independents feel it is time that Ward
81 stopped grabbing off SO many Judge
q ships for Westchester, which has four
81 of the seven.
81 Among the issues which have been
"a rsised by the independents against
a Ward in Westchester are the handling
81 of the Walter S. Ward murder case.
# Walter S. Ward, the wealthy defen-
81 dant, is not relative of the political
81 lsader, but William L. Wards adher-
q ents have handled the charges against
81 Ward, whose family has been identi-
81 fed with the Republican organization
in New Rochelle, which is a compo-
nent part of Leader Wards county
|% machine.
81 The insurgents are backing j. Henry
4 User, formerly Corporation Counsel
|S af mount Vernon, for District Attor-
81 nor to clean up the Peters case
81 ealoneI Frederick Weeks, present Dis
a trict Attorney, declined denomination
II &. Wards hands. Arthur Rowland, OF
FL Yonkers, who has been an assistant in
a Weekss office during the strange ma
81 seen put out now by the Ward forces
81 for the District Attorneyship. Row
81 land is facing the backfire resulting
Fl from dissatisfaction with the way
81 Weeks and his staff conducted the
81 prosecution.
~ "Westchester City" Issue
|8 Another issue is the "Westchester
81 City, plan. Wards crowd tried to
81 foiss a new city form of government
81 upon the county last spring. Due to
81 exposure by The Tribune and re-
81 yalsion of public sentiment in the
81 county, the plan was abandoned The
|# anti-Ward forces are going to try to
|N nominate for Senators and Assembly
81 men candidates who will prevent any
81 attempt to revive the "Westchester
81 City grab in the next Legislature.
|H third issue raised by the inde-
4 pendents is the demand for an "un-
q hossed judi ,iary'' They charge that
Z Ward was instrumental in defeating
3 Justice Arthur S. Tcmpkins, of the Su
4 Yreme Court, for elevation to the APP
pellate Division in Brooklyn, although
nlne-tenths of the lawyers petitioned
4 fer Tompkins's promotion and he had
q several years more judicial experience
4 than the Junior iucge Ward backed.
Judge Tompkins himself charged Ward
opposed him. Tompkins, who is grand
master of New York lodges of Masons,
b Is now on his way back from Sweden.
4 The Independents count upon help
q from him in the judicial contest when
ne returns to Nyack.
As matter of party welfare inde--
q pendent chieftains maintain Ward
SHOULD 60 because his followers have
been treacherous to the party tickets.
when Wieseudanger was nominated
ior Mayor of Yonkers and Kincaid for
Mayor of Mount Vernon the Ward
Republican workers KNITTED" them at
tae polls and the result was the. defeat
both Republican mayoralty nominees
list fall.
B Assefnblyman Walter Westall, author
Mthe Westall bill to let convicts be
b anbie for release from prison after
Aey had served one year, has been
81 Promoted by the Ward faction. He is
sslng advanced for State Senator. The
sset that he sponsored the parole bill,
81 shich Governor Miller killed, is help
II ,,as his opponent, Charles Zarfass, of
snoant Vernon. The so-called parole
pli was slipped quietly through the
esis!ature at the close of the session
without publicity It's existence was
let learned of until the secret was
Slsea away by prison attendants. If it
aad been made law Robert Brindeli,
sealthy building trade union czar and
saiser, and other wealthy malefactors
s'aio have been eligible for release.
Gaul Against Mastick
William Gaul of Yonkers, is run
Ing against the Ward candidate, Sea-
ssafy Mastick, Of Pleasantville, for
saasor IN the western part of the
s0anty. Mastick's attitude toward di-
m PRIMARIES is being assailed
marry Scobel, prominent World War
msseran Of New Rochelle, is the anti
c,a cmsa factions candidate for County
SS.sfk against Louis Eidrodt, of Mount
slfnon Peter Havey, Of Yonkers. is
ae lnsurgent candidate for Coroner
81 ns6inst DIR. Frederick Snowdap re