Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03
EAST SIDE [OWN
UPON RE1 RST TOR
SOME OLD SCORES
Hard to Line Up the Clans to
Vote for Him.
HAVE TO USE BIG STICK
HAVE TO USE BIG STICK
Little Tim" Sullivan Has Had to Get
Out the Hickory.
HOW THE HUNS NOW STAND
But Brooklyn Meetings Last Night
Were Demonstrations for Hearst
and Vote in Kings May Be Close.

and Vote in Kings May Be Close.
The whiphand and the dragnet
are being employed to line up the
East Side for Hearst in New York.
It's not a willing lineup in the
wigwam at all, according to the adj
vices of staff correspondent, and
Little Tim Sullivan is authority
for the statement that he has had
to get out the big stick in order to
herd his district. Then only could
he succeed with the Regularity"
argument. Down among the cafe
chatants, where the "red lights"
used to flicker and the Huns hold
forth, one of the leaders is having
a satanic time of it trying to sep
arate the Hearst chaff from the
wheat. The consensus of opinion
among the East Side leaders is that
if the wigwam braves vote for
Hearst it will be because thew
must, not because Barkus was
willing.
| Special From Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, November Blast night 1
went way down on the East Side. to make
| round of visits to Storm centers that /
| have been accustomed to making at this
stage of previous campaigns for a number
of years. The trip disclosed mighty sig
nificant conditions, all the more so from
contrast with conditions that prevailed at
this time last year in the same region.
The object of the trip was to ascertain if
possible, the feeling among Tammanyitcs
and to the probability of Hearst being
knitted by democrats. To this end strong
Tammany districts were visited, beginning
with Little Tim Sullivan's. Now. there
is no broth of a boy-that Little Tim"
He is absolute car of a body of voters.
and can roll up in one assembly district a
majority of 5000 for a candidate. He is
keen as a briar. knowing his people by in
stinct as well training, with a mighty
clear head and cold political Judgment
He is bending every outward effort to
obeying Murphy's public admonition TO de-
liver the vote on a straight democratic
ticket with Hearst at the top He is hav-
ing trouble in doing it. He insists upon it
on the score of regularity" which Murphy
declares is the foundation of Tammany's
principles
Beg to Be Released.
Little Tim told me that mis- boys come 10
him in fifties every night begging to be
released from voting for Hearst. 1T Ia
only human nature" said Sullivan, that
these people should have a crouch against
Hearst for the way he abused Tammany
last year and should hang back from
working for him enthusiastically. But !
tell them that Hearst was chosen by
caucus and that Tammany was in it, and
that they must stand up to the rack.
Little Tim said he was using the big
stick, and that without it the district
would not give the Straight democratic
ticket 1000 majority, whereas he expects
to give it four. He added however, that
outside of Murphys own district no other
Tammany district would deivs. its full
possible vote for the straight democratic
ticket.
Don't let them string you,' said Little
Tim, about there not being any cutting of
the democratic ticket. There will be, but
it is not in my district"
Well, after leaving Little Tim at his as
sembly headquarters where he was receiV-
ing his lieutenants. giving orders, praising
one, and admonishing another. and filling
the role of a watcbful general on the field
of battle we went out in his district 10 at
tend some meetings that were on. Small
crowds were present; orators were listess;
audiences were apathetic.
No Enthusiasm for Hearst.
The main object of the meetings was 10
solicit votes for Tammany's local candi-
dates. Jimmy Oliver, for the state sem
ate for example. The crowds responded to
these appeals. Then came the peroration
for Hearst 1t was delivered all right, even
il perfunctorily. But there was little re-
sponse to the sentiment. In one hall where
400 men were seated. not twenty applauded
the Hearst peroration.
In other places, especially one cart-tail
meeting the speaker, a capable fellow,
worked like a hand at the pumps a
sinking ship but could not raise anything
on the sea of apathetic faces that looked up
at him.
Then we went over into BILLY" Suffers
district to attend big meeting at hall
that held half a thousand. Same thing.
Plenty of enthusiasm for the local candi-
dates; feeble cheers and Pickering applause
al the mention of Hearst's name.
Now this may mean one OF two things:
First, that the absence of the Tanmanyites