New-York tribune., 1921-11-05
Asserts City, Under Cali
fornia Boss, Has as Much
Chance of Self-Covern.
ment as Cuba Before'0
Repudiated Twice,
Now Has a Dummy
Hylan's Negro Supporters
in Harlem Break Up a
Rally Of Coalitic,lists

with Hearst the real Mayor at Cit,
Hall and his dummy, Hylan, kowtow
ing and obeying the orders Of his boss
New York has about as much chance
for home rule as Cuba had before
1893, Henry H. Curran, coalition candi
date for Mayor, declared in his ter
speeches last night through the Eas,
and West sides of Manhattan. The
coalition candidate again, pledged hi.
word to the voters that he woult
cleanse the city of Hearstism, Hylan
ism and Murphyism the minute he be.
came Mayor.
Mr.. Curran aroused great enthusiasm
when he depicted the insidious in
f1uence of Hearst in politics and de.
scribed some of the Hearst ways OF
running political fight-methods
Which were not new, he said, 70,
Hearst has employed them ever since
he began to scatter his mud through
American politics, more than twenty.
five years ago"
Mr.. Curran referred to the secret
dlcker for seyen-cent fare between
Mayor Hylan and representatives OF
the traction interests and mcfarland
Hearst's Boston man, at the CITY Hall
as an example of the Hearst idea O.
home rule. He related the attack or
former Governor Alfred E. Smith b,
Hearst as an example of Hearst cam
paign methods.
Cites Smiths View of Hearst
only two wears agO Al Smith vyac
Hearst's target" said Mr.. Curran, "ba-
cause as Governor of New York he re-
fused to grovel at the feet of the Cali
fornia boss. What happened? AL
Smith got his dose of Hearst's news
paper poison. The most contemptible
cup Of that poison was the cartoon
that depicted Governor Smith rs being
responsible for the unclean milk which
Hearst newspapers declared was being
sold to the' mothers and children OF
New York City. The Governor, like
any decent citizen, was angry and
wrote to Hearst's Man-Friday Hylan q
scorching letter, in which he said it
was the business of the Hylan Health
Commissioners to know if unclean milk
was being sold, and declaring that the
attack was part of Hearst's dirty
lying campaign to destroy the Gov.
ernor.'"
For months past Governor Smith
said in his letter, misrepresenting this
whole situation, he has cold -blooded!y
and deliberately lied 20 the people OF
New. York City. He has published in
tervIews that never took place, and ]
am IN possession of letters and facts
to prove that they were lies"
In a speech delivered about the
same time, the speaker said, al Smith
declared that a public official could be
immune from Hearst's attacks only by
paying price of subserviency to the
California boss chat carries a public
man to the very point of humiliation
Mr. Curran declared that Hylan was
willing to pay that price and Hearst
was supporting Hylan to-day.
Pictures Great New Years Parade
The coalition candidate pictured a
New Years parade which he said
would outdo all Of the political pa
geants put together that Iylan has
pulied OFT IN this campaign. The pa
race would form at City Hall, he said
and the route would be downward and
outward, with no turning back. Hearst
would lead the procession. closely fol-
lowed by Hylan, Enright, Allan RYAN.
Honey for Money" O'Malley. With
Hirshheld and Solovei at the tail If
the column.
Mr.. Clrran's speech follows:
When we have eradcated Rvlan
Hirshfeld, Solovei, Enright and the
rest from our City Hall we must ac-
compilsh one more thing, my friends
before we have restored the govern
ment Of the City of New York to the
people, We have got to drive Hearst
out of the City Hall. We must elm
mate the influence Of this California
boss VINO spreads the poison of his
papers through the entire city admins
tration. This is more than a fight for
good government; it is a fight for self
government.
II Sledge you my word that the min
ute become Mayor William r. Hearst
Will cease to function as the real head
OF the government of the City of New
York. | shall sever the day and night
connection that now exists between the
Mayors Office and the editorial sane
tums of the Hearst newspapers, re
ferred to by Al Smith as The Mud
Gutter Gazette Hearst's hirelings will
(Contiruad an pacr thrca,