The Washington times., 1912-08-03
ROOSEVELTGAINS
BY GRAFT EXPOSE
New York Ready to Turn to Progressive Party to Remedy
Conditions Now Fully Revealed BY
Rosenthal Case.
BY JuDsoN C. wELLIvER.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3--That Roosevelt
will carry New York as result of the
revolt OF public opinion against the hor-
rible conditions In New York city as
they have been exposed by the events
following the Rosenthal murder, is an
opinion now coming to be widely enter
tained.
Your correspondent spent a day In
New York en- route to Chicago, and there
is a state of mind throughout the city
that IL almost indescribabie.
New York is not much given to serious
reflection on it's civic conditions. 1t
takes good deal to humiliate the town,
to make people admit that. as a COM
munity. they have been disgraced. But
they admit Just that today.
The first feeling Of horror over the
revelation Of the gigantic league be-
tween the police and vice has been fol-
lowed by a demand from all quarters
and all sections of society, for means
permenantly to better conditions. 1t 10
a situation calculated to make any COM
innnity turn to serious introspection.
See Political Chaos.
The city sees absolutely no prospect
OF betterment through either old politi-
cal party. On one side Is Tammany,
confident. till this scandal broke" that
II was going to gain control of the
State this fall. and to regain full control
Of the city at the next municipal cleo
ton. Tammany-well, Tammany today
means In the average New Workers.
mind the real underlying responsibility
for the humiliation that has come to
the worlds second city.
On tho nfhor aiAa to hn pant,hlfra n
State machine. with William Barnes al
Its head. q machine that II II should
come into power through Republican
victory, this year. would bring with y
| sort Of regime, only under different
political nag.
1t is q crisis in which New Workers
who have never before taken grave In
terest In the details OF politics are hav-
ing brought home to them In the, mos
| terrific fashion. the very set of problems
| that the Progressive movement has sci
| itself to solve for the nation and fol
| the boss-ridden States and cities.
TBrns To Progressives.
New York turns toward the very rene
dies that the Progressives have beer
! putting forward. with unerring instinct
II sees that means must be found t
restore the people to control of theil
Government. 1t sees that there is NJ
hope in turning to either of the ole
| political parties. 1t feels that the yer,
| foundations of society are menaced un
less there is salvation from the evil.
| that have been exposed. Primarily. al
this Is local. a municipal problem.
| But II Is demonstrating to-the peopl,
there. as nothing less than sucf
an object lesson could, the fac
that these instrumentalities for tn,
popularization of government are alb
soiutely necessary. The people mus
get rid Of the machines, the bosses
the wicked alliances of selfish interest
that live by betraying the real publ
interest. They see that both the oil
parties promise only the perpetuauol
of these conditions.
| Ready For New Theories.
Primary nominations, real popula
control Of political organizations. ar
suddenly becoming recognized as abso
lutely necessary to the rescue of tn
great city from the mire into which ma
chine rule has dragged 1t. Why, tn
town Is full OF people who talk seriousl
about the recall. the initiative, the ref
erendum-people who three months ag
would have laughed at such "kansa
pop1lism."
been wont to think that municipal ad
ministration was long way froi
. them; that politics was a game for po
Iiticians, not particularly concern
the people; that both crowds were ba
and expensive, but, after all, they al
pave the streets and light them, brin
water from up the State somewher