Evening star., 1915-10-16
Looking Forward to Sweeping
New York City in Com
ing Elections.
ORGANIZATION OPPOSED
TO VOTES FOR WOMEN
Also Is Hostile to Proposed New
State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of the Candidates.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK. October 16-Tammany
expects to make a cleanup in this city
in the coming election and add to its
Wampum string a few more desirable
ofhces-the district attorney, the sheriff,
a representative in Congress, its usual
quota of assemblymen. and whatever
trifles that may be lying around loose.
Tammany democrats. by and large, will
oppose the proposed new constitution and
the woman suffrage amendment. Or
ganzed labor is against the constitution.
and the opposition Is expected to in
crease after Presiden. Samuel Gompers'
statement of yesterday.
Circumstances appear to be playing
into Tammany's hands in regard to the
district attorneyship. An Independent
republican candidate is running and is
expected to draw votes from the regular
republican nominee. This is an important
office, not only locally, but one shown
to have statewide political Importance
as stepping stone to the governorship
as evidenced in the case of Gov. Whit
man.
Perkins Is G. o. P. Candidate.
Charles A. Perkins, who succeeded Mr..
Whitman in the Office by appointment.
is the republican candidate. Frank A.
Moss, nominated on an Independent
ticket with bull moose support, is run
ming for the place also, and it is calcu-
lated that his vote will be a distinct
Tammany asset by drawing from the
republicans
The Tammany candidate for district at
torney is Magistrate Swami, a high ella ss
man, who is not assailed outside of strict
party affiliations. Tammany confidently
expects to elect him.
cal campaign is "Al'' Smith, candidate
for sheriff. s50,000-a-year position.
When addressed formally he is Alfred E.
Smith. and they say that he is being
groomed by Tammany for the mayorship
later on.
He is an interesting type, such as
Tammany delights to bring out at
times. Born under the Brooklyn bridge,
he has lived in the heart of old New
York all his life and seldom gets above
Canal street. But he knows every
democratic politician by his first name
and has the details of politics of all
New York at his fingers ends. De-
prived Of liberal education. he has
grown up to be regarded as possessing
unusual political wisdom and talent
for the art of politics.
Held in High Regard.
He is held in high regard by republi-
cans as well as democrats and Elihu
Root conferred with him throughout
the preparation of the new constitu-
ton. His republican opponent is Frank
K. Bowers. The contest will be waged
upon the personality and popularity of
the two candidates
National significance may develop in
the fight for Congress to fill the va
cancy in the uptown districts. where
William S. Bennett. republican. is op-
posed by E. J. Healey. a nephew of
Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall. The
combined republican and bull moose
vote in this district exceeds the demo-
cratic strength. and Mr.. Bennett is
counting upon the progressives sup
porting him to regain the district frora
the democrats.
The national feature of the contest
grows out Of the fact that German
democrats In the district are said to be
aligning with the republicans as a re-
buke to President Wilson. While a
large proportion of the German vote OF
New York is republican normally, in
this particular district there are many
German democrats. and some of Them
are planning demonstration against
the national administration through a
blow at the democratic candidate for
Congress.