The Washington times., 1909-11-03
TAMMANY DEFEATED
IN ALL BUT FORM
Election of Gaynor as Mayor Does Not Give the
Tiger Hold on ANY Real Patronage Brook
lyn a. Last Comes Into Its Own
Rv 7. c. WELLIvER.

help Governor Hughes deems fitting to
give, and he will put up a determined
fight against the upstate forces.
Gives New Strength.
All this. again, has close relation
ship to certain aspects of national pol
itics. Parsons wins a big fight at home,
at the very time when he has enlisted
in the effort, at Washington. to down
Cannon, a ytctOry for Parsons has Civ
en- new strength to the anti-Cannon
movement. Parsons charges of a Can
nOn-Tammany deal in the Speakership
fight last March earned Parsons the
bitter enmity of the House organiza-
ton. Now he is in the ascendant. hold
ing a whip in New York state. which
nobody doubts he VIII use al Washing
ton
William Randolph Hearst is the sphinx
Of the new situation IN the metropolis
He ran bad third. His supporters had
urged that he was sure to be second.
perhaps to be elected. Instead, he is
far behind barnard Comparing the
vote he pOlled yesterday with the
strength he showed when he ran for
mayor four years ago, and for governor,
the showing certainly is not fiattering
to his vanity.
But from another point of view, Il is
plain that Hearst has gained a good
deal Everybody knows that his can
o1dacy saved the day for the opposition
to Tammany. He has got his revenge
against Murphy He has secured high
Endorsement from vast backing of the
very element that never before could
see any good in hlm.
Hailed as a Martyr.
He will be hailed as the man whose
self-sacrif1ce has at last saved the town
from Tammany. That he polied a poor
vote may be explained by various cir
cumstances. The change of his party
designation from Independence League
TO Civic Alliance cost many votes, for
the Independence League party occu-
pied place on the ballot though 1t was
all blank Many voters voted In the
circle under the Independence League
emblem, never observing that there
want a candidate on the entire ticket.
Tie Tammany workers wearing Hearst
badges told them just how - do it; and
when the returns are complete it will
doubtless be shown that thousands
wasted their vQtes in this way think
ing they were casting them for Hearst.
Hearst Spends Little.
Hearst didn't spend much money this
year; four years ago he spent a for
tune. -Four years ago, the Republicans
made almost no light; this year they
made a strong one. So 1t is not re-
variable that Hearst made a bad show
ing. The real point is that. while show
ing less strength than ever before, he
has al last got some real results. He
has been the means Of turning out Tam
many. and IL is one Of the most revoiu-
tionary results ever achieved In an cleo
ton in this town.
There are some other men whose po-
liticsl futures viii be a good deal con-
jured with as a result OF this polling
What viii become of Charles F. Muir
ply boss of Tammany Hall2
Tammany doesn't love a loser Per-
haps Murphy will be able 70 survive II:
Of course, Tammany Will, for IL has lived
through just as apparently disastrous
defeats before. Tammany goes on,
though leaders come and 90 Richard
Croker is in America and there Is in
slant revival OF the story that he may
become interested In a reorganization
OF things at the wigwam. Murphy is
rich and able to retire, but he will not
do II without a big fight
Murphy Criticised.
For two years Murphy's leadership
OF Tammany has been under severe crit
icism, on the grounds OF his arrogance,
his unwillingness to consult with the
other lights OF the organization. and
his indisposition to make any conces-
sions TO the public opinion. which has
been demanding reforms. Murphy's
critics insist that a predetermined
leader would have been able to place
Tammany IN the van Of the reform
movement; instead. Murphy aroused the
hostility Of all progressive elements
against Tammany, and the defeat OF
today is the result. II is said that
Maurice Featherston, one of the sa-
cherns of the Hall, IS the one rl.an who
has been seriously considered as Of the