president of the Friends of New Germany, made it clear that he personally will back Gulden.
“He seems to me to be an honest and efficient man,” said Dr. Schnuch in reference to the anti-Semitic organizer and leader of ’76. “He appears to be able to arouse the interest of a number of persons who believe in his ability and would like to see him in office.”
Informed of the probability that he will be accorded the support of the hyphenates, Gulden was jubilant.
“If that’s true,” he said, “it looks as though I’m sure to be elected.”
On the Tammany ticket in his district is William J. Kennedy, the present incumbent.
Gulden estimates that the group for whose backing he is angling controls approximately eighty percent of the votes in that section.
NO PROMISES
He has made no promises to the Nazi clique, he insists.
“This will be one campaign,” he said, “where no one will get a single free beer or cigar, from the candidate, at least.”
Asked whether he can speak German, he replied in the negative.
“I regret the fact right now, he declared.
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