New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-09
TAMMANY SHR0|)DS
SELF IN SILENCE
Chief Murphy Makes No Comment
on New York Vote

New York, Nov. 9.-No explanation
came from Tammany Leader Charles
F. Murphy yesterday of the vote cast
in the city Or Tuesday. The Tam
many chief remained in seclusion all
| day and made no answer to the
charge that the organization had
'knifed'' the president and had con-
hned It's attention principally to elect
ing its local candidates. When asked
If there was to be any comment upon
the election, Secretary Thomas F.
Smith said
If there is, any statement to be
made on the results in the CITY. it
Will have to come from Mr.. Murphy"
But MIR. Murphy did not appear at
Tammany hall and neither did anv
of his lieutenents.
Iammany district leaders, however
notify resented the charge of dis1ov.
atty. They said the small vote was
due principal" to the fact that the
Ierman-Ameflcans and Irish Ameri-
cans ala not support the ticket. These
voters, the leaders said. did not like
TreSloent wilson. and nothing could
make them vote for him. But This
explanation did not allay the resent
ment of the presidents friends. who
expected that the organization wou1d
do It's duty
The 10000 plurality in the CITY for
the democratic presidential candidate,
1t was pointed out did not represent
all the shortcomings of the organiza-
ton, FOR about 5000 voters did not
properly belong to Tammany, but
represented elements favorable to
PRESIDENT Wilson but not to Tam
many The Tammany plurality, it
was stated, could not be computed at
any more than $4,000 Many demo-
Gratis threatened to "get even" with
Murphy next fall for what thew
termed his treachery.
1T was Murphy's turn this wear to
show his resentment" said a prom
lhent independent democrat, but our
turn will come next year. Let Mur-
ply look out then"
Inc Iammany leaders who showed
more interest in the fate of their local
candldates than they did in the presi
oehts fortunes received cold chills
yesterday when it looked for a time
as if John F. Mcintyre had been de-
Mcintyre barely got through it was |
said early in the day. and it was also |
reported that Robert l.. Luce Tam |
candidate for the supreme |
court: had lost. Later returns how |
ever, showed that the candidates had |
won. Frank l.. DoWling who ran
against Henry H. Curran for president |
OF the board Of aldermen received |
the largest plurality of any of the |
Tammany candidates. William r
McCombe, candidate for United States
SENATOR, was beaten in the city by
his opponent. William M. Calder.
Tammany Defended
One Tammany leader made this
explanation of the unsatisfactory DEM
ocratic vote:
'Tammany is not to blame. Presi-
dent Wilson has offended great
many voters, ordinarily democratic,
in the city and they simply could not
be driven to the polls to cast their
city with a large foreign born popu-
lation, among whom are Germans,
Austrians and Irish. and in a world
crisis like that of the last two years
it was essential to party welfare, and
particularly to the welfare of the
democratic party candidates, that the
sensibilities Of those foreign born
folks be tenderly regarded.
The hyphen issue should never
have been emphasized. When Pres
ident Wilson sent that singing tele-
gram to jeremiah OLeary, he per-
haps treated O'Leary properly, but
he incurred the resentment of a lot
of men with Irish names, These men
thought that OI1eary had been picked
out for castigation because his name
can, and necessarily that of a So
called hyphenate.
when the complete returns are
availa BILE it will be seen that Mr.. Will
son has suffered a similar loss Of
democratic votes in Hudson County,
N j.. which for years has been a
democratic stronghold because of the
votes of foreign born Teutons and
Irishmen, who are naturalized Ameri-
cans President Wilson may have
gratified many native-born Am orleans
who resented O'Leary's activities
when he rebuked the anti-British agi-
tator, but he did not help himself
among thousands of democratic vot-
ers whose claunish sentiments moved