The evening world., 1911-11-11
BRONX WAS LOST
BY THE STUPIDITY
OF "14TH" STREET
Former Leader Met uire Points
TO Fusion Victory as Rebuke
TO c. F. Murphy.
COUNTY BILL. AN ISSUE.
Borough Demands an Equal
Status With Richmond and
Queens in Politics.
COUNTY BILL. AN ISSUE.

queens IN POLITICS.
Why a stupid boss? That is the aues-
tion Democrats all over the city are ask
ing each other. out nowhere are they
more emphatic than north Of the Har-
lem River. where the price paid for what
many term the stupidity Of the leader OF
Tanmany Hall was the election Of six
Fusion Aldermen and four Fusion AS
semblymea. n pluralities for all Of the
fusion candidates for the county Offices.
The Bronx normally is overwhelmingly
Democratic. Before Boss Murphy gave
the opposition an issue in the city's
northctnmost borough solid Democratic
delegations represented the borough in
both tho Assembly and Board Of Alder
men.
Let Eugene J. Mcclure. former Tam
many leader OF the Thirty-second AS
sembly District. who resigned last
spring both as a Democratic state Com
mitteeman and's Tamnany leader. be-
cause, he said. he could not with self
respect remain In association with the
foes or autonomy for the Bronx. tell the
story OF Murphy's laundering methods
as a politician.
RETALiATED FOR MUHpHY's DE.
FEAT OF COUNTY BILL.
The reason Of the Fusion victory in
the Bronx on Tuesday last is plain to all
citizens living In that borough" said Mr..
Mcclure to an Evening World reporter
to-day. Mr.. Mcclure consented to dis
cuss the clean sweep Of the Bronx by
the Fusion candidates from the stand
point OF a private citizen. who does not
intend to re-enter politics. yet who voted
the Tammany ticket. top to bottom. md
IL a permanent organization man.
THE dominant issue. as presented to
the people In the Bronx by the Fusion
c~andidates>i in their platform and In the
newspapers. was Bronx County and
Home Rule" he continued. 1.-THE
Democratic Senators and Assemblymen
from the Bronx labored necessarily dur
Ing the last session Of the Legislature
Tor the Bronx County referendum. This
means tho calling OF a special election
In July for the registered voters of the
Bronx. 10 give expression for or against
the Bronx County bill. as introduced In
the Senate by Mr.. Stillwell. and ir the
Assembly by Mr.. Mork.
"Ths bill was defeated owing to
the hostility Of Charles r. Murphy,
leader OF Tammsny KaM. The
leaders below the Harlem 1ivsr
were opposed to any Measure which
would make the upper end OF New
York County . political entity ana
thereby lessen their power. when
We OF the Bronx found thai We
faced this opposition 1 n our own
party, We sought the supper Of
independents n 1t -ublicans, only
20 discover the existence of An Al.
Manos between the republicans Ana
Democrats to sttns the oil.
However. the people OF our borouv,
could not forget that 1t was the Demo
cratic party that controlled the Leglsl,.
ture ana prevented the Bronx from "A
ieast VOTING upon the measure. wh.sh ac
tion would nave settled. the matter fol
all time" ~
/ BIG sLuNoER IN THE REAPpoR
TioNMENT.
Murphy's laurels as q stupid hos. 4,
the Bronx do not rest alone upon hi,
deliberate slaughter In Albany Of IN,
proposed referendum on the Bron,
County bill. Indeed not. HIS perform
ance with respect to reapportionmen
quite surpasses his defeat Of UroD,
Home Rule.
AS a partisan Democrat. wish y
say that the Committee selected from
the Fourteenth street organization IN ra
apportion the Congressional districts #
New York County nave %sorlou.,
: ~bungled the Job with respect to the nort
end OF the county" said Mr.. McGulre.
e They have split a normal Democrat
majority into four parts. j%eopardizln
o the chances for e!ectlng any Democrat
Congressman In any 'of the new district,
"As nov constructed. the figures sho
that only one OF the four districts wi
bs Democratic, and II the issues b
. such as were presented in the last cam
paign. with Fusion against Democrat,
they will be likely to lose that one al,
trict. as we'll as tho Others. This CON
mittee was appointed by the Tamman
organization to draft a reapportlonmer
law to be submitted to the Legislature.
WHY 100000 PEOPLE sHOUL.
HAVE AUTONOMY.
Half a million people live In n
Bronx. They should have two Congress
men within their own confines, WI
would soak and work for their speci
interest. All Its legitimate officer
State and National, should come fro
within It's own borders, This does n
mean provincialism. but II does mes
home rule. which Is tho desire OF d
A. separate bodies snd can be best suppl,
a by home officials In every branch OF Il
~ governing power.
W INSTEAD OF this the Legislature
e. on the Recommendation of the Dom.
re Ssa AyaNAAA f.A,.