The Washington times., 1912-09-09
A GOOD BEGINNING FOR DIR. WILSON,

Candidate Wilson has announced that the people
of New Jersey ought not in his opinion, to nominate
James Smith, jr., for United States Senator Dr.
Wilson is quite right; and having heretofore accu-
mulated the enmity of Mr.. Smith, he has nothing to
lose by reason of opposing, for a second time the
election of Mr.. Smith to the Senate.
1t is encouraging to observe the good professor
making belated start toward getting into line with
Colonel Roosevelt in this matter of fighting the
bosses. Mr. Roosevelt has been smashing away at
them for couple of years without mucn intermisson
He has succeeded in getting the entire array of them
lined up against his candidacy for the Presidency,
and he has done the very excellent service of driving
all the Republican bosses off into one flock, segre-
eating them from the of the party and provid-
ing the people a chance to clean them out at one
time.
If DR.. Wilson would 60 right ahead, now, and
parallel that service for the Democratic party, he
would be getting quite into the Roosevelt class. Why
not come out with denunciation of Murphy, and a
vigorous skinning of Tammany? The tiger has set
about to devour everything in New York. Murphy is
giving out orders for the retirement of every Demo-
crat who can possibly be suspected of enough indie
pendence to make him doubtful asset of Tammany
The men of the Henry George type must 60. That
is the word from headquarters and headquarters is
in complete control this year. Why doesn't Dr. Will
son apply the same reasoning TO New York and lndl-
ana and Illinois and other States that he is employ
ing in his presentation of the case of James Smith in
Jersey?
We will not strain our ears for tine laundering
denunciaton of Boss Murphy which is now logically
in order because everybody knows it will not come.
Wilson and his managers have turned New York. with
all its juicy pckings, over to the Tammany machine,
in the hope that, thus placaed that organi-
zation will remain loyal to the national ticket Per-
maps it will sometimes it does. 1t doesn't when it
has to suspect that the national ticket repre-
sens real purpose of enforcing progressive policies
Here is good, safe rule: If Tammany remains
loyal to the national ticket it is because the national
ticket is the sort of a ticket Tammany is satisfied
with; because Tammany is assured that there will
be no interference with Tammany and its graft from
the National Administration.
If Tammany becomes convinced on the other
hand that the national ticket represents an ultimate
purpose of real independence and hostility toward
Tammany, then Tammany fights tine national ticket
Tammany doesn't support Bryan when he runs.
Tammany does support Parker when he runs.
Tammany is very plainly sticking Loyalty by Will
son this year.
So is Sullivan in Illinois and so is Taggart in
Indiana.
There will be no fuminatons from Governor
Wilson, anent the desrability of New York rejecting
Tammany's machine-made ticket and program Mr.
Wilson isn't looking for that sort of independence
in New York. He is bold as lion in attacking the
people who are his enemies anyhow that is the limit
of his crusading against the bosses.