New-York tribune., 1911-10-02
TANNAW BACKS DOWN;
/: DIRECT PRIMARY SURE
Senate and Assembly Near
Agreement, and Dix Will Get
Measure This Week.
THE TIGER EXPIRES HARD
Young Republicans and Demo
Gratis, Out of Harmony with
Graft and Grab, Make Vic
.1 tory at Albany Possible.

HNH W. " NASNNANf
fBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
albany. oct. If the words and ac-
mons OF IN, legislative leaders can be
,sren 81 their surface value Tammauy
usu has bowed 70 the inevitable
~Poss" Murphy. wiser or more fCr-sight-
ID than some of the Republican political
.bosses has given the word and a de
ret nominations bill viii bee passed and
,,r1 70 the Governor this week Tam
-7anv win give as little direct uolnina-
sors end make ths system as favorable
20 the organization as may be. Never
,sslsss the hard cold. incontrovertible
'fsa remains shat Tsmany tonight
stands pledged TO pass a direct nonina-
tons bill in accordance with the prom
o.. Of the Democratic platform.
Tamuany's change of heart was as
sudden as 10 seems 10 have been COM
rrete 7 was the result Of the smashing
defeat administered 70 the Tiger yes
terday in the Senate on the charter and
direct nominations and the realization
ttat the direct nominations men in the
Assembly had the votes and the determi-
nation 90 repeat the performance there
,Al' Smith. Tammany.s leader there
fought against direct nominations
through hours Of riot and ribaldrv. Of
ue-ve strainirg effort IN conference and
m the floor of house which had thrown
cse5ience 20 rules. procedure and the
legislative law t0 the winds
smith is worth 70 Tammanv Hail al
That Tammany can give him in the vav
~ material gifts and honors. and hc
cd for T7mmanv what probably no
ether man could have done. But he
couldn't change the result. and when
che sired legislators stumbled out Of
tre Capitol a- daylight this morning 10
mineIa with vorshippers on their way
10 early church services direct nomi-
nations has trium3hed and the Tiger
was in retreat.
Notable in States Political History.
That all night session should .e
notable in the political history of sis
state. 1t marked the defeat Of o. If
the most perfect political organ -Itious
now IN existence On matter which
the leaders deemed likely 70 iniura the
machine seriouslv. II not 70 smash il
oomplerelv So vital was this eousid-
cred that Tsmmany stopped ~ Moth
ing possible in political handling of a
legislator 70 prevent the triumph If the
direct nominations men. Yet just as
Tawuanv had been defeated on the
Vaw York charter, which meant Fat
1a- the favored and oil for the political
Machine so defeat came ON this change
the primary eystem which seemed %
asssI the very existenc- 0f the ma
.aue itself
- and the men who were bringing this
srout. combination Of Republicans ana
Democrats. young men mostly very
roung men. out of sympathy with gral
and graft politics. We're not ignorant OF
what they We're doing. IL was not an
assault on political parties OF party prin-
..ules or even on political organizations
and allegiance 10 them, as the Tammany
leaders, and Old Guard Republicans
u.ed to make it appear. It was recog.
milton Of the fact that times have
changed
As one Of them. Il Democrat not with
p.t standing in Tammany, phrased it:
-~rh.- is the beginning Of a new era in
politics here. which comes a little later
trau iu some other states. We are not
.umng To- be haloed reformers or to
..re any greater proportion Of virtues
-.au the average citizen. Some Of us
.ra proud ro be considered practical pol
te..us and we are not any Of us
.uamed 90 be ia politics or pretending
-l.t u. are ia politics from purely altru-
.... motives But We recognize that
-.e time has come when the 0rganiza-
r.u has got % be- on the level if it is
q. continue TO exist. and that the boss
.as got % give the individual man OF
fle lrgauizaton more recognition and a
I.rer deal than ne has had I'm the past.
You can call 10 machine concession TO
the growing Independence of the voters
r YOU like and YOU Will not be wrong.
Vet It is not without significance that
'h- machine makes these concessions.
Political Millennium Not at Hand.
Au tb.s naturally doesn't mean thai
'.. political millennium is at hand. II
..e- 8 mean that the Tammany machine
r ..e Republican machine Will be per-
t..t ala their leaders absolute saints in
'H. future IL doesn't even mean the
elimination of the boss But experienced
observers q things political admit that
'ao old order has changed and that the
..c Just about 90 come into being prob
7b'y viii be- q little squarer'
If IS matter If irOnical comment