Evening journal., 1914-10-09

Colonel Roosevelt's assault on Mr..
Whitman is good campaign work for
Tammany. It is based On the theory
that Mr.. Whitman. a Bdrncs-nomi-
mated Republican candidate, is more |
of menace to the state than Gov |
ernor Glynn, a Murphy-nominated |
Democratic candidate. That theory
is ont accurate as to its assumption
Of fact, so the conclyusion is bound
TO be wrong.
MIR. Whitmans nomination, though
advocated by Barnes and his faction.
was made by a sufficiently large vote
TO show that q represented the de
sire of more than the Barnes element.
II is being supported nov by MIR.
Hinman and Mr.. Hedges, both OPP
posed 10 Mr.. Barnes aa candidates,
and by practically all the rest Of the
anti-Barnos element in the Republi-
can party. If Colprcl Roosevelt
values the opinion and judgment OF
these men. most of whom stood be-
hind him when he fought Barnes in
the state convention if 1910, that
feeling should lead him TO believe
that they would hardly support a
candidate they considered certain to
turn the administration ever to the
boss they fought for years.
The alternative Is plan. MIR. Glynn
has had about a year Cf Office. In
that time despite fine words about
uplifting his party anG being its
leader in the higher realms Of
thought, he has been a Murphy Gov
ernor, in the plain. ordinary. prac-
tical realm of iob-givng and appro-
priation-approving. Colonel Roose-
welt is a practical man and has
served as Governor. He realizes Just
what the kind of assistance Governor
Glynn has given TO Murphy means.
He has had experience enough with
Tammany in the Police Department
of this city to have an accurate esti-
mate Of what Tammany turned loose
in tine state departments can do-has
dOne-to the state.
II is the Progressives' privilege II
they desire TO do it, o DUt Tammany
into control of the state for two years
more. But they must take the res
/ ponsibility-they cannot avoid it,
/ And il would be not only q grievous
mistake from the standpoint of imme-
] diate good government would have
lasting effect on .ho government
! OF the state and. what is probably
not less important to Colonel Roose-
welt and the other Bull Moose leaders
on the fortunes Of the Progressive
party.
Election OF Governor Glynn will
carry with il election Cf the rest OF
the Democratic state ticket, including
Bensel, the State Engineer. who
would not testify about the work o.
his office without a guarantee agains
criminal prosecution. II will carr!
with II the election of a Democratic
Legislature. And. almost certainly
Il will carry with il the election o
the Democratic delegates to the Con
stitutional Convention next year
Colonel Roosevelt NAV be willing, il
his desire 10 wipe out Rarnes and 81
much OF the Republican party al
holds to Barnesism. 20 holp elect ;
Democratic state ticket and a Demo
cratic Legislature. The worst the,
could do would be to awe the state
few more Tammany laws and Tam
many iobholders But is Colone
Roosevelt willing to give his own ali
and the prestige Of his usrty's aid L
the making of n Tammany cOnstitu
ton? That is something the stat
has never had. That J., somethin
the state will surely have IL the De
mocrats are victorious this year.
This is a fight to keep the Tiger o
Manhattan Island. Governor Glynn'
sophistries about county autonom
don't fool anybody. Least Of all ca
they fool Colonel Roosevelt and tn
shrewd politicians he talks with. Tn
election Of Glynn viii tgrs the stat
over to the Tiger II .he progre'
sives desire 10 continue Tammany
brand OF grab and graft they wi