Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-25
IT LOOKS LIKE GAYN0R Upton TO CHALLENGE
Indications Favor His Election Sir Thomas Will Try Again for
in New York. Americas Cup.
ASSOCIATES MAY LOSE WANTS RULES CHANGED
Tammany Tiger Said to Be Badly No Chance Under Present Res
Scared. tions, He Declares.
HEARST is HELD RESPONSIBLE UNSAFE
portant Board OF Estimate o Regula-
in Force.
ASSOCIATES MAY LOSE
Tammany Tiger Said to Be Badly
Scared.
HEARST Is HELD RESPONSIBLE
Democratic Candidates for the I'm
portant Board of Estimate
May Be Defeated.
Special From a staff Correspondents.

Special From a staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, October ~. 1909.
Facing the reasonable likelihood that
Judge Gaynor will be elected mayor, but
the grave probability that the fusion can
didateS on the city ticket giving ma jor-
ity on the board of estimate will win
Tammany starts in this week to fight for
its life. IT is menaced by possible loss of
its dearest posSessons-llold on the dis
pensnS power of contracts and small pat
ronages.
How big will the Hearst vote be?'' is
the ono question which is bothering all
the political leaders, for upon it's answer
depend their calculations Their opinions
vary, for no canvass has yet returned any
definite estimate of 1t. Inquestionably
Mr.. Hearst has thrown a scare into Tam
many and Boss Murphy will never forgive
him.
Tammany Blames Hearst.
II Tammany should lose its hold on the
board of estimate. which is regarded at
this time as highly probable, it will be
due TO Hearst's part in the campaign.
Everything looked lovely until he ap-
peared upon the scene. Tammany now
regards him as having stolen the turkey
out of the refrigerator on Christmas
morning after the shops We're closed
The question is frequently asked what
Judge Gaynor will do if elected mayor
as seems likely. with the rest of the city
ticket anti-Tammany. Would he cast
III MS lot with the new element, clean
out Iammany, root and branch. from it's
hoid on patronage and set up new
machine with himself as the head of it.?
mat question is said to be bothering
Boss Murphy quite a good deal
1t is a frightful thing for Boss Murphy
to contemplate. Tammany could WORRY
along without the mayor if it had the
hoard of estimate and the small offices.
out to lose the board of estimate and
then have the mayor withhold the pat
ronase would be the last straw
Tactics of Closing Week.
1t is to be a week of whirlwind cam
l'aisns by the opposition candidates and
IN the part of Tammany the most stren-
uous work of the secret and deadly kind
which Tammany uses when put to stress
For the tiger is badly scared Its prey
Is in danger of being Snatched away from,
II. In Such emergencies Tammany draws
upon its stored-up resources and every
man OF voting age who has eve, placed
himself under obligations to the organ
ration VIII be called into action. Talk.
argumeht. pleading by the opposition
swift and silent work by Tammany
Just in the nick of time comes a boom
eranS TO help Tammany. Unquestionablc
the article in Il magazine on the alleged
white-slave traffic of New York has re-
acted. 1t was hailed with rejoicing bv
the opposition, who saw in it a firebra nj
TO arouse the moral sentiment of the
town. One local paper which is tightina
Judge Gaynor reprinted the article in full
under the fuli-page headline, And Is This
Tammany Hall, Justice GaynOr?''
The reaction was instantaneous. The
article overplayed the hand. 1t was re-
sarded not much as an attack upon
Tammdny, but q Islander upon New
York and as such is resented hotly. The
people are talking not about whether
Ialnmany is or is not responsible for an
evil alleged to exist. but whether II Is
true that New York contains such Il
hideous ulcer, and New Workers answered
Indignantly III the negative.
Rallied to Tammany's Support.
Furthermore, the charge has served to
rally wavorins Tammanyites to the sup
port of their organization. Some who
were straying Oft after strange gods are
turning back to the defense Of their clan
They insist that Tammany. as an organi-
zdtion is not as depicted in that article
and they resent the inputations upon
them as members of the organization.
Ross Murphy was quick Ia realize the
opportunity to cause the article to react
upon the opposition and broke his prece-
dents by issuing a personal statement.
denounCing ii and also pointing out that
during the time the evils complained of
alleged to have existed high moral
influences We're in power in the state and
municipal administrations.
Judge Gaynor also saw the chance to
make capital and in indignant state
ment given to the press refuted the ar
tfclc as slander upon the races which
were held UP TO contumely in the account
Everybody is hopping mad on the East
Side and sputterins with rage and indig-
nation.
Hint of 'Wide-Open Town."
Another influence which is working in
sidiously In Tammany's behalf is the
carefully inculcated belief that if Gaynor
and Tammany win il will be wide
open town" The whisper has gone
around, swiftly and mysteriously. ema-
mating no one knows where. that a Tam
many victory means taking off the lid.
1t sounds good TO the underworld.
Judge Gaynor Is III part responsible for
this impression. In his speeches lie has
persistently dwet upon the point that
police restrictions are too harsh and that
personal liberty is too much restrained.
That kind of talk means only one thing
10 a certain class of people. and they
are interpreting il in that way.
\ great deal of talk is heard about the
clean-cut campaign which M. Barnard
is making, and he is winning friends
daily. In the midst OF all the mud sling
ing, calumny and vituperation. he has
remained wonderfully calm and good
natured, and yet pounding away con-
stantly on the one idea of making a
business administration for the city.