New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-13
More Talent in Sight for the Mccall
Campaign.

The Hon. John j. Fitzgerald ought 10 oe ehsase'
IN manage the literary bureau of the MCCALL CAM
paign. supplementing the labors of the Hon Asa
f. Gardiner. Colonel Gardiner can write the no
tees euogizing Mr. McCalls loyalty TO the NOPE
organization which nominated him and demonstra'
ing his superiority as candidate on that account
% former Tammany nominees, like Mayor Gaynor
who was an migrate" and failure, or Mayor
Mcclellan that little fellow who thought he could
elect himself Governor or President by breaking
away from Tammany Hail."
Representative Fitzgerald, on the other hand
copld second the candidates contention that he Is
mo mans man" and entitled, as THE Sun is also
fond ~ nrovinc 10 be considered the leading anti
Murphyite" on the Murphy ticket In speech III
the House Of Representatives the other day the
Brooklyn Congressman showed what he could 90
in the way of demonstrating that "Tammany is
only a nickname" He referred with great bitter
ness to the fact that the most conspicuous Demo
cratic federal oticehoder In this city had accepted
the fusion nomination for Mayor, and endeavored
10 excite the sympathy Of Southern and Western
Democrats by picturing Murphy's success in re-
capturing full control here as essential to the wei
fare of the national Democratic party. Said Mr.
Fitzgerald, lugubriously:
New York! A campaign Of momentous importance
10 the Democratic party is being Waged. All tne
enemies Democracy in the city and in the country
are aligned in an effort to overthrow the organized
Democracy in their attempt to place Democratic ON
Gals in power The CANDIDATE OF rnese sReie
the Democratic party is Democratic onclaI APP
pointed by Democratic President and connrIneo D!
a Democratic Senate. what Will haPPel oils =
wear from this fall if this attempt by the combined
enemies of Democracy in great city to deteat the
Democratic party is successful and Democratic can
ddates for Congress appeal for the SURFACES OF Inc
people?
Southern and Western Democrats could only
nave been amused by such confusion of language.
They know too well to what degree the Murphy
lied Democracy of this city embodies true Demo
cratic principles They have seen Tammany at ma
tional conventions. They remember Croker, and are
still resentfu over the spectacle Of parsonage like
Murphy throwing New York's 90 delegates on the
bargain counter at the last national convention at
Baltimore. They recall also that at Murphys bid
ding Mr.. Fitzgerald himself, with other Tammany
Democrats, deserted his party in the House few
years ago in order to save Speaker Cannon and to
prolong for another session the repressve legisa-
tive system known as Cannonism.
Southern and Western Democrats are not to be
caught with such chaff as the assertion that title
given to New York City candidate by Murphy and
his Demonico Council of Eight must be recognized
rs pTuWU IuCb DelDOCTduC. MOSI DeuOCidIlN 'O''i'
outside this city loathe Tammany and would rejoice
to see its misuse of the Democratic label ended
Mr.. Fitzgerald therefore wastes his talents arguing
with skeptics in Washington. He ought to be
brought home, where there are still some voters
self-deluded enough to think that "Tammany is
only a nickname" and that they can safely support
Murphy nominees the theory that they are
Democrats first and Murphyites afterward.
Ensconced at the Mccall headquarters, Mr.. Ftz-
gerald would probably be able to prove to the sat
isfaction of THE Sun that Democracy spoke when
Murphy drew McCas name out of his hat and
that a Democratic administration at Washington
has been perverse and 'disloyal" in not discpln-
ing the Collector of the Port for accepting anti
Tammany nomination for Mayor on the platform
that defeat of the plunderers now operating under
the Democratic emblem is public necessity. Mr..
Fitzgerald is more needed at the Murphy Mccall
headquarters than even that former Knight of the
shovel the Hon Joe Johnson.