The Washington times., 1909-11-04
Moral Revolt Has Won Great
Victory by Good Man
agement.
MURPHY MAY GO;
ALSO COMPANIONS
Present Leader Said to Be Too
Decent" for His Political
Associates.
Bv 7. c. wELLIvER.

NEW YORK. Nov 4-The biggest
question demanding attention following
the city election is whether New York
has ourgrown Tammany.
There is good many things about
the result which suggest strongly that
this city Of 4.0000e people is at last IN
the way OF getting enancipated from
the control Of the famous cid Organiza-
tion which for in)re than a century has
been so great ? factor In public af-
fairs Tammanys hold on the East
side has been sadly shaken In recent
years. and Hearst. whose influence IS
the basis Of that weakening OF sallegi-
anee, seems cer3 ain to continue a factor
for many years. The moral revolt
against those conditions which have
been notorious under Tammany has
succeeded IN winning a great victory.
simply by dint OF good management,
in the face Of the fact that there was
no great public excitement over the
campaign. Never before IN a generation
has Tammans. been o1erthrown with
out at least tremendous burning Of red
FIRE and great wave Of something like
hystericsI enthusiasm
This time the trick was simply turned
by playing some good politics behind
closed doors. and then pointing out to
the people that the pins had been set up
to give them sfsE chance to do the rest.
They did II. SD that was ali.
Tammany Is Shaken.
II looks as II Tammany was in a bad
way. They are all talking about de-
throning Charles z. Murphy and his
entire coterie OF associates; but there
are few men after all. who have demon
leadership. Murphy. some ways, has
been rather too decent for many Of his
followers. He rather likes the policy
of "pandering to public opinion" be-
lieves IN putting 3ecent men forward:
likes his best goods In the show win
dows; and In these respects has many
times disgusted the older men who loved
Croker for his contempt OF public send-
meDt and his frank defiance Of Il. CrOk-
er. after all. would not be half so good
a leader in these times as is Murphy.
The real difficulty about Tammany
Is that the Tammany idea of govern
ment has got on the nerves OF too many
people. Tsmmany is a victim Of the
moral revival which has Undone State /
machines and local organizations. and 7
brought to the front SO many men of I
the reforming type, ali over the country. /
Maybe the time nas not come for the
destruction OF TaLamany. few people be- /.
Heve It has, but It is hard TO believe I
Tammany win ever rule this town again 4
as tt has in TIE past.
Lose Grip On Aldermen.
Besides losing the board OF estimate, .
the New York county ticket, and all the .
borough presidents. the Tammany peo-
pie have lost their grip on the board /
Of aldermen. probably. The board turns .
cut TO be Democratic by just one ma
iority, tut there. are several ant-Tam-
many De mocrats in the list. and 1t looks .
decidedi bad for the wigwam.
Now that it is all over. the real credit
for the fusion victory can be located;
and It goes TO william NJ WINS, who
laid the plan. and 10 Hearst. who con-
sented to play the game as WINS had
planned IT, WINS, when ali possibility
OF a fusion with the Hearst forces
seemed to have vanished. went TO
Hearst and talked plainly to him.
He convinced Hearst that Gaynor had
gone over 70 -smmany; that Gaynor's
election. If II also pulled through the
rest Of the Tammany ticket. would be a
fearful misfortune 10 the city; that
Hearst himself would cut a mighty poor
figure supporting GsynOr. as he had
much ike an opponent who had at last
made terms with Tammany- Wins
urged HEARST 70 rum 70 allow the same /
ticket to DE put behind him, that should /
be placed on me Barnard slate; and TO
make Il perfectly cicar that he was do
ing IL ali with -he D2S,tive OF saving the l
city from Tamfn ny. Hearst was won
over: ne conseHL ID % make the hope
less campaign 1Hd now everybody
agrees that .ieafst is the most power
ful individual citizen in New York. and
the man WHO saved the day.
In the fearful gloom of Tsmmany's
night of EorroW few peculiarly awful /.
manifestations may be described The
grip on the BOwery district will be prfed
loose because the BOwery will inevitably
be reformed away from them.
Brooklyn Holds Power.
Tammany's plight is the worse, be-
cause at last the borough OF BROOKLYN
has become the ruling segment of the
city. McCarren always kept Tammany
out OF Brooklyn. McCarren dead. a vic
torious Tammany might now have been
IN position 20 force itself upon BROOKLYN.
But Brooklyn is now in the saddle as
an anti-Tammany power 1t will rule
the city; It will make terms 20 Tam
many and NJ 'uhattau, 1t is more likaIv
to unhorse 1ammany in Manhattan.
than Il is to be subjugated by Tammanv.
The fact Is that the iowa has outgrovn
Tammany. ana that seems to be an
there Is TO IT, Murphy declares he viii
not resign as leader, and doesn't exDect
to be depOsed.
Judge Gaynor said during the c,.m-
paign that he would resign il he should
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