New-York tribune., 1922-09-17

representative Archie ~. Sanders il
opnosed by Clark Allis. There, too, the
issue is wet and dry, Allis charging
Sanders is wet Sanders was whip oi
the State Senate in his last year in
| the State Legislature. This district
embraces Genesse, Livingston, Orleans
and Wyoming counties, and part OF
, Monroe, and like the 37th, is solidly
Republican.
Two Gut in 40th District
The 40th, which includes Niagara
County and part Of Erie, Representa-
tive 3. Wallace Dempsey has two op-
ronents, beth prominent Republicans,
/ for denomination. They are John II
Liggett and Ase,ablyman John w
Eiacer.
Besides the Robinson -Strobel con-
test, The other Senate contests in the
Republican primaries are: 27th. Sena-
tor Caleb II. Baumes. of Newburgh, Is
being opposed by Edward Eisland, of
Glen S.ey; 18th, where Senator w w.
Campbell, Of Lockport, is being opposed
by Herbert c. Whitmore, of the same
town, with the backing of ex-senator
George +. Thompson; goth, where ex-
Senator Henry NJ Sage, of Albany, Is
opposed by Thomas f. Woods, who is
che of the leaders in the anti Barnes
insurgency. in the 37th there were
three candidates until Thursday, when
death took one of them---Archie c..
Ryder who was chairman OF the JEFF
ferson County Republican Committee.
This leaves two contestants there
Frank {. Puro, Of Watertown, and W.
B. Van Allen, of Carthage.
In Westchester as in Albany, there
is 4 well-organizcd insurgant move
ment, led by Leslie J, Sutherland and
eX-Sheriff Ulrich Wiesendanger, who
ere out after William Wards scalp.
The insurgents have put up candidates
for most of the Offices to be filled in
tho county, and one OF the Ward vet
Grams, Assemblyman T. Channing
Moore, who is perhaps the most popu-
lar Of the Ward faction, is being op-
posed for denomination by Mabel
Mckinley -Baer, q niece of the late
President Mckinley.
Confined to Hearst Fight
The Democratic contests upstate
are confined to attempts on the part
of the Hearst faction to corral dele
gates to the state convention. These
contests are confined to Monroe, Steu-
ben, Erie, Seneca, and Saratoga coun-
ties. Contests started elsewhere by
the oditor-politician hattened out com
primaries on Tuesday, according to the
followers of "Al" Smith.
In this city many of the primary
contests involve control of the district
organization. In Brooklyn election as
state committeeman in the Republican
primaries automatically carries with it
leadership. Many of the contests in
both parties elsewhere, while not
avowedly for control of the district,
spell the same thing, however.
In the 11th Congressional District,
which includes lower Manhattan and
Staten Island, Representative Daniel
Riordan, Democrat, is being opposed
by Joseph B. Handy, who also is run
ming in the Republican primary, where
Ralph CeTretta is seeking the nomina-
ton.
There are four other Congressional
contests in Manhattan-the 18th, where
Murray Firstman is contending with
Alphonse Brugnoli for the Republican
nomination; the 18th, where State Sem
ator John J. Boylan is opposed by John
II. Freese for the Democratic nomina-
ton; the 10th, where Representative
w Bourke Cochran is opposed by Will
liam L. Mclaughlin, and the 21st
where Representative Martin C. An
sorge is opposed by Louis A. Lavelle, q
prominent negro lawyer.
Other Contests for Assembly
The other contests for elective Office
in Manhattan are limited to four
races for the Assembly nomination
three of them Republican, The Demo
cratic contest is in the 23d,> where
Irving Coon and Samuel Dribben are
having it out. The Republican, are in
the 9th, where eX-Assemblman Martin
| ORourke is contending with David w.
| Kempner; the 10th, O strong negro dis
| trict, where two negroes, James I
| Simpson and R. M. Boldens are having
spirited time, and the 2lst, which
also has a heavy negro vote, where
James D. Steel, a leading member of
| his race, is running against Horace
| Palmer, white.
In Kings there are five lively Con-
| g1es5ional contests, one of them Repub-
lican, where Representative Lester D
Volk, OF the 10th, is opposed by
Thomas F. Peterson. The Democratic
contests are: Third, where Christian
j. McWilliams, John Kissell and
George w. Lindsay are contestants
! 9Th, Clyde W. Carter and ex-State Sen
ator Loring M Black jr.; 8th, Will
liam E. Cleary and Gerald Morrell
9Th, David j. O'Connell and Henry
! boeckman.
State Senator William T. Simpson, OF
the 9th, one of the most popular mem
bers of the Brooklyn delegation in the
Legislature, is opposed for renomina-
ton by Walter Worth, son of the late
Jacob Worth, for many years a big
power in Republican politics.
There are two Republican contests
for Assembly in Kings, in the 4th
between Peter Nadia and John V. Nc.
| Allister, and the eth, between Arthur
Arnow and Benjamin Sin1low In the
I'd Assembly District Helen Lee and
John Lucy are waging a bitter con.
test for the Democratic nomination te
the lower house. There are three Other
Democratic Assembly rows in Kings
one three cornered, in the 18th, wher,
Gerald F. Dunn and Joseph L. Nc
Garthy are opposing Assemblymar
John j. Mclaughlin. In the 14th 10
seph Il. Blake snd John H. Benci
vonga, and in the 10th, between Jane,
r. Kiernan and Sydney G. Harnett.
Queens has one contest for electiv,
office, in the 9th Congressional Distric
where David j. O'Connell and Henry
Boeckman are seeking the Democrati,
nomination.
Richmond has no local contest bu
is, Of course, participating in the iii
Congressional District fight, which viii
be settled by the vote in lower Man
haitian.
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