Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
Signs of Reaction in Mayoralty
Political Situation Are
Appearing.
TAMMANY OUT OF DAZE,
STARTS TO FIGHT BACK
Col. House, Who Picked Presi-
dent, Also Sponsor for
Mitchell.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, Octvoer oS-Signs of q
reaction in the political situation are ap-
pearing. The town. which seemed tC
have gone crazy for a while. is beginning
20 recover. The question is whether there
is yet sufficient time before election day
for the tide to turn. The violence and
intemperance of the campaign have grad
ually come to pail on everybody.
The Tammany people are also emerging
from the daze in which they were put by
Mr. Hennessy. and are beginning to fgh,
back. John Hennessy butted Tammany's
head against a wall SO swiftly and vic.
lently that it took the breath away for a
while.
From a state of fatuous complacency
ing defeat, all within a few days, has
served to arouse The brainy men in the
party to action. The newspapers are
invoking the people TO return to reason
Big democrats tell me with a sigh how
ever. that they fea" the damage has
been done beyond remedy. Tammany
seems to have lost its wallop. 1t hasn t
the old-time punch of the old-time
eaders.
Col. House MAN Behind
With these few preliminary remarks. l
another subject. which is the bearing OF
situation.
IT may interest you to know that the
man who is largely responsible for the
presence of John Purroy Mitchell as
The probable successful candidate for
mayor Is the man who picked a Presi-
jent of the United States. l am re-
ferring to Col. 4. NJ. House of Austin
Tex. and New York. OF whom you have
heard as the Warwick of the Wilson
campaign. He has been written up so
often that 1t Is needless to further de-
scribe him. 1t is interesting to observe
that having made a President. he has
also embarked upon the making OF
mayor to clean up this great city of
New York. With a kind of divine
Drescience in the seIection of men. he
selected Mr. Mitchell to make the fight.
In the first place. Mr. Mitchell had it
in his blood to fight Tammany. His
uncle before him was an enemy of Tam
many and gave that great organization
memorable licking.
Leads All Elements.
Col. House deemed Woodrow Wilson
TO be the man to head the nation in a
great movement of political reform. He
thinks that John Purroy Mitchell Is the
man to lead New York in the ways of
political Righteousness. 1t fell out that
Mr.. Mitchell was the one man who
could amalgamate all of the anti-Tam-
many elements. He could command the
reput licans. the following of Mr.. Hearst
the independent and high-minded demo
Gratis of the type of President Wilson
and with them make compact fighting
organ zation.
Party lines arc thus obliterated. 1t is
n campaign for the uplift for cleaner
and better New York. and Mr.. Mitchell
finds himself in the company of thought
fui men who have at heart the best in
serests of the community. New Workers
are intensely proud of their state and
their town. They find that selfish poll
ticans have brought discredit upon both
They are setting out to punish these
men. and it looks as if they would do it.
William Sulzer Fading.
: William Sulzer is fading as the central
ii3ure Of the campaign. He served a
purpose by arousing the people to a
raaiization of Tanmany's methods His
personality failed TO appeal to the sin
cerity OF men, however. and he is in the
discard The Work will so on, but he
will not figure in il. The work is in the
hands of bigger and stronger and more
sincere men.
As a matter of fact it is a question of
more than men. il is question of move
ment The elements of right and the
public good, as against the ambit. ons
OF men, dominate this campaign.