The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-08-13
new YORK UNITED
To fight TAMMANY
Murphy's Control Played,
Complete Overthrow
Prophesied

Washington, Aug. 9-New York
State is safely Republican as the re
suit of developments during and since
the Saratoga convention, accordins
to reports received in congressional
circles.
It is believed that the Republican
convention placed strong ticket In
the field, that antipathy to further
control of the State by Tammany will
prevent the reelection of Governor
Smith, that the extreme unpopularity
of the Wilson administration will gair
many Democratic votes, and that the
entire State will be swept in by ma.
jority of Upwards of 100000, with
the result, as Job Hedges has said
that the Republicans next March will
inaugurate and not anoint a Presi-
dent.
Col. William Hayward, who led a
negro regiment to France during the
war, has this to say of New York
politics:
much the same lack of vision on
the part of our Democratic opponents,
much the same opportunism and
quack doctrine is in evidence in their
Leadership in New York State as in
the nation. The Democratic party is
so divided on national issues it was
necessary for President Wilson and
the new nominee, Governor Cox, to
resort to that secret diplomacy Mr..
Wilson so abhors, and to have a clos
ed door conference, followed by cry
ptic statements that they are in per-
feet accord. This in lieu of the open
covenants openly arrived at Mr.. Will
son has so long prated about.
"In the State the disagreements
have gone even further. Every Tam
many official damns every other Tam
many official. The great Democratic
editor damns the Tammany Governor
The Tammany Mayor damns the Tam
many Public Service Commissioner
the appointee of the Tammany Gov
ernor, who damns the Mayor in re-
turn. The Tammany district Attor-
ney and the Tammany Police Depart
ment accuse each other of all crimes
in the category. And each gives com
petent and material facts OF prove
the truth of his assertions.
"The importance of all this to the
people of the State lies in the fact
that in these accusations those Of
ficials are nearer right than they have
ever been in their public lives be-
fore because of the peculiarly init
mate knowledge they have Of each
other. 1t is expert testimony, the
truth of which we admit. 1t is one
league, League of Damnations' that
the Republican party ratified with
out reservations.
But because they are washing
their indescribably dirty linen in pub
lie now, does not mean they will not
present a solid front when the time
comes to open another grab-bag.
1.-THE people of the State know
Hall. 1t was never a great
er power than it is today So low
has the Democratic party fallen in
State and nation that cot only has
Tammany placed Alfred B. Smith in
the Executive Mansion, not only will
it try to do so again, but it loudly
proclaims that it nominated Cox as
The Democratic candidate for the
THAT is only one side of the Tam
many menace. Beyond that is the in
tegrity of our electoral franchise.
Never before today have we faced
such a disturbing condition.
"This year for the first time in the
history of the City of New York. Tam
many is in control of all the election
There is a Tammany
Governor, Tammany superintendent
Of elections, a Tammany District At
a Tammany Mayor and
rammany Police Commissioner.
at is a warning and a portent of
what we may expect. 1t is an add
-ional reason to grid on our armor
and fight for the party of principle"