The Washington times., 1912-09-13
|TAMMANY STUNNED
BY SUJDDENLOSSES
Matters Going From Bad to Worse Following Develop
ments of Scandal, And All the While Progressives'
Strength Continues to Grow in New York.
BY JUDsoN c. wELLIvER.

III II be true this year, as II has been
set down on the basis of long expert
ence in the past, that "as New York
goes, so goes the nation" then condi-
tions in New York warrant confidence
that the nation will go Progressive In
November.
The first long step toward political
revolution in the Empire State was
taken when, following the Rosenthal
murder, investigation developed the tre-
mendous scandal of the police-vice COM
bination in graft, and traced 1t close up
to the doors of Tammany Hall.
New York city and State, were
shocked at those revelatons more
shocked when realization awakened to
the fact that this condition was cer-
tain to continue whether the Murphy
machine or the Barnes machine should
be ascendant in the State.
Then came the Progressive State con-
vention, with pledges of real reforms.
and, amid a great outburst Of enthusi-
asm, the nomination of Oscar Straus
for governor; a nomination that was in
stantly accepted as not only underwrit-
ing the genuinenesses Of the pledges,
but assuring that the new party would
be right at the front in the political
running.
Leaders Break.
Finally, there has come on open
breach between Candidate Wilson and
Boss Murphy. 1t happened at Syracuse
yesterday, when the Tammany bosses
tried to force Wilson into a public dis
play of friendliness toward the Tam
many bosses, and Wilson baked. In
81 A,, In
be photographed with him, and left the
luncheon at which they were seated to-
geather before 1t was much more than
started.
Politicians translate these things into
terms of election results in about this
wise:
! New York is ready for a revolution
| politically in order TO break away from
Barnes bossism, through the Republi.
can party, and Murphy bossism through
| the Democratic.
Nothing less than revolution can ac-
complish such a result. Neither of the
| old parties can be trusted, new one
| must be made the instrument for car
rylng out the purpose of decent gov
! ernment
! Mr.. Straus nomination gives tht
| Progressive party power of appeal
| such as insures a vast independent vote
| for it..
Will Not Support.
The wilson Murphy break serves no
tice that the national candidate will
| not give countenance to any program
! of continuing Murphy control at AL
bapy. Governor Wilson, though unwit-
tingly led into the appearance of pri-
vate conference with Governor Dix
Tammany's governor-sat grim and ST.
lent until he could escape, which he did
as soon as possible; and afterward he
gave out the statement that he had
Committed himself to no Tamnany pro-
gram.
to renominate Dix, and the hope OF
Tammany to pull him through to cleo
ton by reason of the division of the Re-
publican party. Despite Wilson'S dis
approval, Murphy has the power TO
nominate Dix II he insists, and II he
does the better element of Democrats
will bolt him in great numbers.
In retaliation for this Tammany will
knife the Wilson ticket.
The outcome will be a phenomenal
vote of Progrcssivcs, decent Republi-
cans, and anti-Tammany Democrats,
for Straus and a new era OF Embossed
State government, with prospect two