New-York tribune., 1921-01-31
M urphy and
Hearst Join to
Elect Hylan.
Forced to In
dorse Mayor, Fearing
Third Ticket in Field
Would Mean Defeat

CnarleS r. Murphy and the Tammany
district leaders have decided to CO.
operate with William r. Hearst and
John II. McCooey in the denomination
of John F. Hylan for Mayor Of New
York
Tammany will continue to be for
Hylan unless legislative investiga-
tion makes the Mayor more of lame
duck politically than did the Lockwood
committees disclosures.
The sole hope of success in the cam
paign is the belief that the scent fare
issue will reslect Hylan, no matter
what an inquiry shows about his unfit
ness to be the Mayor of the leading
American city.
The calling of the mass meeting at
the City Hall on Monday afternoon to
register protest against the policy
advocated by Governor Miller is the
opening gun Of the mayoralty campaign
in behalf of Hylan.
IT, La Guardia to Speak
The holding Of the meeting was or
dered from Fourteenth Street and Sem
ator James ]. Walker Immediately took
charge of the arrangements. He con-
suited F. H. La Guardia, President of
the Board Of Aldermen, and received
his assent for the use of the Alder
manic Chamber. It would not sur
prise the Tammany men if Major La
Guardia appeared at the meeting and
made a speech.
the hands of Mr.. Murphy because he
has successfully ssplayed both ends''
between Tammany and Hearst. The
Hearst men succeeded in getting two
places on the county ticket the last
time and doubtless wilIyclaim two next
fall. AS for Tammany, all of the more
important department heads are Tam
many men and Hylan has not hampered
them in any offensive manner. Mayor
Hylan's Commissioner Of Accounts,
David Hirshfield, generally speaking
investigate" and nothing particularly
damaging to the Fourteenth Street or
ganization has been disclosed.
The Mayor, in his public addresses
and statements, has been guided by
Mr.. Hearst's agents, and in warning on
the Interborough and the B. R. T. the
Mayor has heard his masters voice.
and the record was as Mr.. Hearst de-
sired.
Chief Murphy a long time ago dis
covered that If he took hand in re-
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with Hearst, who probably would in
ticket, and so allow the Republicans to
make a clean sweep. Although the
Mayor is thoroughly detested by ex-
Governor Smith and disliked by
Murphy, still the easiest way was to
give Hylan a denomination, protect the
job holders and allow the Hearst peo-
pie the same apportionment at the Off
cial pie counter" that they had the
last time.
Murphy Can Shift
This is the program as tentatively
assented. to by Murphy, McCooey,
Hearst and Hylan, and the only thing
that will disarrange it is the possibil-
ty that legislative committee might
turn up something that would make
Hylsn utterly unavailable. If that hap
pens Mr.. Murphy is in position to
make quick shift, dropping Hylan
overheard, whether Mr.. Hearst likes it
or not.
ably Comptroller Craig will step aside
and Deputy Comptroller Henry Smith,
now sitting in the Board of Estimate for
the Comptroller since the quarrel be-
tween Craig and Hylan, may be put on
the ticket for Comptroller. Mr.. Smith,
who served as Park. Commissioner
under Mayor Mcclellan, is favorite
in Tammany Hall, although not one of
the inner circle.
A year ago, following the attack by
Governor Alfred E. Smith on Hearst at
Carnegie Hall, the rank and file in
Tammany Hall gloated over the rough
handling the Governor gave Mr. Hearst,
and Hylan had no friends in Fourteenth
Street. Now that Alfred E. Smith is in
private life and Charles F. Murphy is
the supreme boss, things are different.
up with Hylan, whether he likes him or
not, and that it is better to suffer
twinges from going into partnership
with Hearst than to have the Tammany
district leaders blaming him for losing
a chance to continue Tammany in con-
troll for another four wears.