New-York tribune., 1916-07-30

crease their disgust rather than to
curry their favor.
Tammany Asks Reward.
Since "the boys" returned from ST.
Louis, however, the horizon has looked
brighter. Tammany has cast aside her
grudges, and Of course, intends TO back
the President strongly in this fails
campaign. But the old Tammany idea
of give and take" thrives just the
same In turn for the organizatlons
support OF Wilson it expects the Will
son support for Tammany in the local
campaign next year. Always with the
provso, however, that the country Will
endure another four years Of the vii
son Administration. Tammany IS
banking on that.
Mayor Mitchel's friends feel that he
has not done anything in once to ma
terially hurt his political chances TO-
reelection. The benefits to the city
through his policies and the accom-
plishments of his administration, they
contend. overshadow any mistakes he
may have made.
The political effect on the Mayors
future resulting from the recent wire
tapping scandal and his controversy
with the Catholics is a disputed ques-
ton. Most of the political leaders dis
count its i'll effect. They believe that
he would not lose the votes of any
good Catholics, who voted for him be-
fore. on account of his attitude toward
the priests involved. They even contend
that he would gain votes among the
Catholics for the fearless manner IN
which he has endeavored to place re-
sponsibility where 1t belonged, despite
the fact that he himself is Catholic
On the other hand, some OF the poll
ticians declare that the Mayors con.
troversy with the Church, as they call
il. has ruined" his political future.
thousands of Catholic votes which
went to him in 1913 would be regis
tered for another candidate il Mitchell
ran again next year, they assert. Inc
net political result may depend largely
on the determination of the pending
cases.
The Mayors fusion friends are not
worrying about the effect OF the wire
tanning incident They consider 1t
purelv an incident" which will be for
gotten by the time the Mayoralty cam
paign arrives, so far as its political
effect is concerned They believe that
whatever effect II might have will
accrue TO his benefit. They point OUT
that the class OF Catholics, in the main,
who would harbor i'll will against the
Mavor because Of his controversy with
the priests are not essentially inde-.
pendent Democratic voters and would
trail with the TsmmaLy organization
anyway.
The "pay-as-you-go" policy OF the
Mitchel administration IL considered
n big factor In the Mayors favor.
There Is little doubt expressed by pol
iticians in any of the ranks that the
Mayor and his departmental cabinet
have made an honest and vigorous
effort TO cut down city expenses, and
have accomplished much in that direc-
ton.
Efficiency Not Questioned.
The efficiency of most of the de-
partmental heads under the Mayor has
not seriously been questioned The
records show material savings in all
these departments. The Mayors fight
against mandatory legislation and an
excessive direct state tax, in an effort
10 cut down the city tax rate, has re-
ceived general commendation.
The effect of Standardization" OF
salaries of city employees, as worked
out in the last city budget, created
considerable dissatisfaction among the
smaller paid employees. whose woes
were cut In many instances. What
political effect this might have on the
MAYORS chances for reelection is pure
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