New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Hylan Administrations A Pol.
icy of Secrecy and Vot.
ers' Soreness Toward
y" ilson Regime Cited
Mayor " ould Fool Police
Denies Them and Firernen
Square Deal on Sala.
ries, Candidate Declares

Representative F. II. La Guardia, Re-
publican candidate for President of the
Board of Aldermen, said last night
,Fas there is no longer any doubt about
ms election. He says that he will win
by a substantial majority.
IPol!tically, Tammany Hall is at low
eo"' Win less TINS year to commend it
70 'nc Voters@pf this city than it ever
mas mad, he said "If any one thinks
am indulging in an illusion about
the outlook he is invited to 20 around
with the Republican and anti-Tam-
many workers and see how things are
moving The voters of this city on
ELECTION Day viii demonstrate that
they are tired OF Charles f. Murphy as
the political boss Of this imperial city.
Even the Irish are not standing by the
ola organization as in days gone by.
me soreness that so many thousands
or them feel toward the Wilson Ad-
m1nlstratlon is reflected in their talk
ing and thinking about local political
d:tions, with the result that the
anti. Tammany ticket is sure to be the
beneficiary
The nomination of Senator Foley
Mr.. Murphy's son-in-law, for Surro-
gate, is little toe surong for the
rank and file, for it looks as if the
boss was making family affair of
the patronage. The organization
workers are waking up as shown by
the large registration, and in The
Bronx the anti-Tammany vote will
surprise Boss Murphy. | am free to
say. however, that Tammany has
learned one lesson from experience
In 1914, when ran for Congress, |
was referred to by all the Tammany
workers as a 'wop | never fully
understood what was meant by such
an appellation, but in the mind of the
PLAIN people 1t Is an opprobrious term.
Shutters on the Wigwam
generally known that my father was
Civil War vetran, serving twenty
five. years in the United States army
and that was born and raised right
here at home. SO the old game of
calling names is played out. Not only
shall | receive an eyc-opening vote
from men and women born on Italian
soil, but | shall get an Irish vote that
viii make the Tammany people put up
the shutters early in the wigwaln on
election night.
THE voters Of this city want some
kind OF insurance against the rapacity
of Estimate solidly Tammnny, as it is
at present. the taxpayers do not know
what is going on. The Hylan admins
tration is running the government
under blanket and behind closed
doors. A vigiIant anti-Tammany mem
Der is needed in the Board of Estimate
and now that we have q chance to elect
a president of the borough of Man
haitian, as we'll as president of the
Board of Aldermen, it is great chance
to obtain five of the sixteen votes in
the board. | haven't the slightest
doubt that we shall do that very
thing.
"Hylan is trying to fool the police
men and firemen into believing that he
is their friend, and at the same time
he is refusing to give them a square
deal about their salaries. 1t strikes
ne that sooner or later they will have
something to say to him about the
subject, and they viii say it in way
that me Will remember.
postuiicc Salaries
"Whle | am on the subject OF sal
aries wish to say something about
the salaries Of the employees Of the
postolfice in Greater New YORK. The
proposed bonus Of &l5o is absolutely
INADEQUATE for these employees. The
situation should he faced man-fashlon.
The Senate committee, | undcrstand,
lis NoW considering Il bonus o, $40
Tor GRADES between $l.10o and SI,5O0,
and $50 above that grade. Most Of
the mon in the New York PostOfiice
receive from 81 200 20 Sl500. These
men cannot properly subsist or that
salary. .oo
Mrs. James Russell Parsons, of l0e
East Eighty Street, chairman OF
the LaGuardia Greater New York
Women's Campaign Committee. yester-
day issued a statement rallylng the
,unnlnn for ran lntrat ION.