Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1932, Page 21

FACE DISCIPLINING OF TAMMANY HALL New York Democrats Want‘ to Spank Machine, but | Save Electoral Votes. ‘ S | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star | NEW YORK, September 20 (NAN.A). ~The major problem confronting the Democratic voters of this city is how to discipline Tammany Hall without im- periling the State’s 47 clectoral votes. It is not a new problem. Every gen- eration of Democrats for more than a century has had to face it, and though the Tiger has been manhandled a num- ber of times, the big cat in the past has_always come back. hungry and penitent, to resume control over the city’s finances. This time, however, there are indications that it never again will have the power it had under Fer- nando Wood, Tweed, Croker and Mur- phy The reason for this is not because the electorate will be more intelligent or will develop greater civic pride, but because of the increases in population in the other boroughs of the city. The Democratic voters in the boroughs other than Manhattan db not take kindly to the name of Tammany. Even birthright Tammanyites after moving across the bridges to the hintetland shy at the name. It is too reminiscent of the pick and shovel days. Because of this, efforts to establish wigwams out- side of Manhattan have failed. Once there was a proposal to establish€fam- many Halls throughout the country, but that idea died a-borning The avowed Democrats outside of Manhattan, however, will coalesce with the organization in an impending gen- eral election, but only on - give and take basis. Curry Power Smaller. As the trend of population runs to the other boroughs, this basis is be- coming more and more of “take” rather than “give.” Johnny Curry, the present leader of Tammany. well knows that his word is not as authoritative | E as was Croker’s and Murphy's and that in major decisions he must consult the leaders in Kings, Queens and the Bronx. Murphy when leader was once strong en in his own right to im- peach a recalcitrant Governor who had different ideas regarding the placing of highway contracts from those held by Murphy and his personal friends. But the present leader of Tammany knows he cannot re-elect his closest rsonal friend mayor of Greater New York without the consent of the pow- erful Brooklyn leader. What makes Curry’s task more dif- ficult is the fact that the dullest- witted district leader in the organiza- fon now knows that he underesimated the strength of the case that Samuel Seabury, counsel for the Hofstadter Legislative Committee, was preparing against former Mayor Walker and the organization. Throughout the investi- gation the fatuous opposition of Mr. Curry's representatives upon the com- | mittee, who acted as though they had something to conceal, aroused the sus picions even of loyal Tammenyites an focused attention on the _Seabury charge that one Russell Sherwood, confidential friend of Walker, had mys- teriously banked $1,000,000. - When the inexorable Seabury slowly ut point of explaining his_business rela- tions with the elusive Sherwood, who fled the jurisdiction of the committee to go on an extended honeymoon, Walker first whined about persecu- tion—and then quit, cold. Assured of Renomination. It adds nothing to the credit of Tam- | many that Walker did not quit until he consulted Curry, McCooey, the Brool boss, and other leading Tammanyite: and was assured he would be renomi- nated for the office if he resigned. “An appeal to the highest court in the De- mocracy, the electorate,” sounded big to the conferees. Had not Walker polled 867,000 votes to his opponent’s 367.000 in the last election? An appeal to this court was a cinch. But it soon became evident that the “highest court” was somewhat peeved over missing the details of what looked like the biggest political scandal in years, party,” muttered members of the court —the inner circle—and at once began raising objections to the leaders’' plan for a vindication. Some legally-minded members of th organization insisted there was no va- cancy in the mayor's office to be filled— that the president of the Board of Al- dermen succeeded automatically and would hold the office until January 1, CARLTON %otwgew 87.75 to $12.50 The “Last” is First, in PUMPS No shoe serves so many useful purposes as a pump. Consequently, your pumps must fit per- fectly. And “Carlton” pumps are built on lasts— that Do Fit. them for years. 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The acting mayor, & nice little {fellow, who had run along with Walker (for six years, benefting by the salary 1grab bill and giving otber evidences of being_able to stand when tied, began to take himself seriously. He cut salaries, talked of reducing the number of office- holders and proposed to slash the bud- get so hard that many “deserving Dem- ocrats” feared for their sinecures. | Nor was this the worst. Behind “the‘ nice lttle man” stood Ed Flynn, the leader in Bronx County, secretary of | stete, a strong Rooseveltian and a | politician who knows all the ropes. | With his protege in the mayor's office, what was to hinder Flynn from gain- | ing control of the 140.000 officeholders and bullding up & new machine? Still more was to follow. McCooey, the Brooklyn leader, was present at the | conference at which the Walker deci- sion to resign was made, but it wasn't | until the question of how Walker was to be renominated came up that “Little | Fat John" realized Tammany had put ne over on a friend and ally. Walker could not be nominated in a primary— | there wasn't time for that. He would | have t> be renominated by the county committees, consisting of 32,075 mem- | bers. Then it was divulged that Tam- many, taking advantage of a_ loosely drawn_election law, had 13,135 mem- | | bers of the county committees, or more | than 40 per cent of the total, while Kings County (Brooklyn) had 8.452, | Queens 2.875. the Bronx 7,068 and Rich- | mond (Staten Island) 545. The McCooeyites were surprised to learn that the 313,000 votes they polled for Roosevelt when he was running for | | Governor entitled them only to 19 per |cent of the county committeemen, |vhile Manhattan (Tammany). which | Polled 248,335 votes, had almost half of | the total number. | It must be borne in mind that none Second VELVET makes love of a frock that can be worn simply any place $10.95 from five o’clock BUDGETING is all in yo you Shop at Philipsborn’s | Croker-Murphy day | the present storm will blow over—yes, ——pBhilipsborn=—= ENTH ST. = of these gentlemen who work without salaries are in politics for their health. ‘While there hadn't been much hereto- fore for the whole body of county com- mitteemen to do, the figures empha- sized the control of Tammany and the distribution of the loaves and fishes as nothing else could have done. The Mc- Cooeylites since then have been sug- gesting a readjustment in keeping with the votes of the boroughs. It is just here that Tammany will feel the effects of its disciplining in a lasting way. Through votes polled, the McCooeyites are now entitled to sit at the head of the table and the century- old domination of Tammany Hall over the Democratic end of the State must pass from the organization. It will be a power still, but in second place until Queens and the Bronx, with constantly increasing populations, force Manhat- {ng‘ Island still lower at the conference able. That the end of Tammany is in sight —no. But its domination is. The have gone. That | and it will not be surprising to hear Natfonal Chairman Farley beginning to | talk of a harmonious compromise be- fore long. Whether that will include a general vindication of Tammany is doubtful, but in a presidential election | the vilest political sinners may return | if they vote the straight ticket. (Copyright, 1932, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) | Elephants on Rampage. i Elephants are charging settlers and damaging farms in the District of Outjo, Southwest Africa. Being classed as | Toyal game, they cannot be shot. Spe- | clal licenses, however, have been issued to farmers to kill beasts responsible for damage. BETWELN Fo G Floor SATIN tops this stunning frock of dull crinkly crepe with dolman sleeves and shoulder $|0.95 buttons ur favor when BIGYCLE POPULAR THROUGHOUT [TALY Vehicle Used More Now Than at Any Time Since Its Introduction. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 20.—The bicycle in Italy has reached an exalted degree of | popularity such as probably it has never enjoyed since its invention and first in- troduction. It provides the most important sport in Ttaly. It furnishes a wide-used means of transportation fcr the army. It car- ries hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens to and from their work or play. Bicycle rnclni is given more im- portance in this kingdom than any other sport, even foot ball. Recently the round-Italy bicycle race was being run on the same day as an international | A. Farley today awaited delivery of | publican CXll'vals’.S in 4 foot ball match in which Italy was con- | what he was informed was the world's | them, Rory O'Connor, willed him testing for the cup of Europe. Much | largest watermelon, sent him as a gift | property, saying he knew an O'Higgin | the Na larger crowds gathered in front of the downtown bulletins of the race than be- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1932. fore those on the foot ball games and the sporting newspapers gave the cyclists much heavier headlines than the foot ball stars. Italy sent a team of 13 cyclists to the Los Angeles Olympics. She kept many more here to contest in the world cycling champlonship in August. Ten thousand cyclists from all over Italy entered for the August meet. Some army regiments, from the colo- nel on down, use the bicycle as their chief means of rt. Minister of transpo: War Gen. Gazzera has frequently paid tribute to their efficlency in “getting there.” Companies of hundreds of these troops are to seen daily in Rome cycling through the streets, The bicycle is still popular among the | price of automobiles. Italian cars of light manufacture cost $1,000. Amer- lcan “cheap cars” cost three times their | sale price in the United States. | 165-POUND MELON GIFT | Arkansas Sending It to Democratic National Chairman. NEW YORK, BSeptember 20 (P).— Democratic National Chairman James by the Hope, Ark., Chamber of Com- merce. common citizens because of the high | | ister of justice at 28, exe NEW RISH FACTION LED BY OHIGGINS Brother of Assassinated Vice, President Is Chief of Army Comrades Association. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 20 —Kevin | O'Higgins, sometimes known as the “Irish Mussolini,” was assassinated July | 10, 1927. His younger brother Thomas, | dark and tragic like Kevin carries | on. Today comes news of his emer- gence, against the family background of powder, smoke and blood, to the leader- ship of the Army Comrades’ Assoc tion, hastily interpreted as the new Irish Fascism. Their father before them was riddled with bullets, and their home was burn- ed. Kevin scholarly and ascetic min- d 72 R 1 One of im all his always did his duty. There is nothing Hitleresque about B$§ young Thomas. In naming his organie zation, he avoids the obiious “Green Shirt” cliche. The O'Higginses are a university clan, steeped and saturated with ancient Gaelic romance, grim and monastic and as unlike the ebullient Irishman of American lore as they are unlike the glacous-eyed Mussolini or the staccato Hitler. Thomas and Kevin O'Higgins fought together through the earlier years of the 1920-1930 decade, at first with De Valera, but later swing- ing to the Right with Cosgrave. Kevin was vice president when he was shot. 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