The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-14
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TOGETHER.


TOGETHER
All New York must be laughing over the wiz
o,+b,,rzts AGAINST Tammauy, in which the lead
Gro NJ the Cfavnor movement are INDUCING al TINS
.,p,e Their talk Of Saving the city from lam
many. VIZ naming another candidate In the 'a'e
mayors MACE. their lamentations over the con
trnl of New York by Murphy. their frenAed 81
sor4s n find p respectable candidate to lead them
against the cohorts Of Fourteenth street. furnish
spectacle that IS amusing even at this ia''
date,
4 nttlo history Of very recent date oonvicts
.hen Of hypocrisy or childish innocence in their
rrotrs.atioBs In either case, the joke is gooo
one for people outside New York. 1t Is on the
c,t,zans az the place, for unless the Gaynor fol
lowing can he taught something or can be other
Wise induced to Put an end to buffoonry, the only
New Workers WHO will have right to laugh
after the November elections Will be Charles
Murphy and his friends,
committee Of 107 met In New York ana
named fusion ticket for all Offices from mayor
down, headed by John Purroy Mitchell, consis"
tent and bitter anti-Tammany Democrat Mayor
fsavnor was ignored by the fusonists having re-
70 and - premise s'f't
IL accent nomination from that organization
sneerinely remarking that Tammany was state
OF mind Tammany refused the mayor q nomi-
lion. naming Judge Mccall, tried Tammany
man Tor mayor. Mayor Gaynor then announced
his candidacy az an Independent Naturally he
wished denomination. Naturally he wished
to have his administration endorsed by
tae people and few people were inclined to eriti-
else him too harshly for his independent candi-
dacy for mayor. even though his action assured
the election of Tammany ticket. The mayor
vas removed from the scene by death. and again
the nrertArow Of Tammany seemed probable. If
not certain.
That If the situation now. Tammany seems
doomed with the ant-Tammany vote undivided
against It. Fut one thing can mako the sue
cess oil the leaders" OF Fourteenth street GER
tain. and that is the selection OF another candi-
date by tire Gaynor following again making the
race three-cornered one and again splitting tho
opposition to Mccall That one thing Herman
bidder Jacob schin and tbe other Gaynor boom
ars are trying to do all the while protesting that
New York must be rid of Murphy and Tammany
control 1t is laughuble, though the people of
New York Will have cause to do anything but
laugh after November
Two men I'm New York have proven their
worth while Tammany is cawing viciously
after success at the polls; while Whitman Is ac-
cepting endorsement at the hands of Tammany
and the fuslonists thus sealing his lips and pre-
venting him from assaiHug Tammany methods.
OF which he knows more than any other one man,
probably: while SchiG and Ridder are moving
heaven and earth to defeat the fusion ticket and
elect the Tammany henchmen, John Purroy
Mitchel is refusing compromises rcpudiating
Hearst and conducting straightout fight against
the forces Of corruption and fraud. At the same
time alr McAneny IL refusing endorsement at
the hands Of the Gaynor boomers, declaring that
re viii not oppose Mitchell. TWO other things
speak well fer Mitchell and McAneny, Hearst
refuses TO support the latter fer president Of the
hoard of aldermen the fusion ticket and the
former refuses To accept the support Of Hearst.
which was offered him. Both are against Hearst
and both are against Tammany and both are
making sacrifices to defeat the latter. Hearst.
schir, Ridder ana Murphy are working to the
sane end each in hts sphere and each after his
own methods. and that end is the perpetuation
Of Charles r Mprpays rule in New York