New-York tribune., 1921-11-12
Smith Is Done
With Hylan and
Hearst Machine
Former Governor Informs
Friends He Won't Tie Up
With Combine Seeking 10
Elect Publisher Senator
Faces Tammany Break
Rank and File Want AL
to Head State Ticket, but
Murphy May Pick Another

AA kuy uAd ACA tAk1OtIicT
Former Governor Alfred Z. Smith
has had enough of working with Hearst
and Hylan, and has made it clear to
his friends that, SO far as he is con-
the stump for HyrAn and materially
assisted IN rolling up the record break
ing plurality of 417,000 on Tuesday.
But he did it for Tammany.
Almost as soon as the result was
known, Tuesday night, the Hearst men
n Tammany Hall began TO talk about
smith for Governor and Hearst for
United States Senator next fall. The
Smith men scented trouble and started
= counter move. by passing around the
word that "Al" would not stand for
sny such combination. Speaking for
Smith, they said that if Hearst runs
next fall for anything, Smith will not
because they would have to hook up
together in the campaign, and this the
former Governor will not do.
mayor n yian, on Wednesday evening
tnanks for the support given him by
xsne Hearst newspapers, at the same
1me repeating his campaign charge
yhat the opposition papers were domi-
mated by the "interests" Many of the
papers on the Hylan blacklist are
strong supporters of eX- Governor
Smith.
Tammany Favors Smith
the Tammany rank and file want
Ai to run for Governor next fall
using the same issues that were en-
pioyed by Hylan in the municipal cam
paign. Smith has warned his friends
tnaS ne IS IN business and not in poll
tics, but they keep on working for him.
II Hylan swings his support to Hearst
Tor United States Senator he will take
large element in Tammany Hall with
harn, no matter whether Smith likes it
OF. not. The former Governor knows
TINS as we'll as any one, but he will not
team with Hearst, his friends say.
Inc sweeping majority polled by Hy-
Ian on Tuesday last has emphasized
sne fact, noted in The Tribune last
Jyne, that Hearst, in big matters, is
dominating Tammany Hall thronoh
Hylan. Charles F. Murphy is with Hy
Ian, but where he will be in case of a
nght between Smith and Hearst it is
hard to tell.
Murphy and the Tammany men would
like to be rid of Hylan. The Mavor
walked into Tammany Hall election
nlgnt and personally thanked Murphy
ano otners who had contributed to his
success, and then he made a little
speech acknowledging his debt of graft
tude to his Tammanv friends Tbero
was measure of applause, and then
the Mayor went away. Many Tammanv
men believe break is coming between
Murphy and Hylan over Hearst and
most OF them think it will start when
Hearst n orders Hylan to deliver" some
.hlng that is for the exclusive political
oeneflt of William r. Hearst.
Peace Depends on Hearst
feace depends on what Hearst is dis
posed to collect for political serv;ca.
IN tne last campaign. He presented his
1iu Ior services to Tammany at the
buHaio state convention in 1906. and il
was paid by the nomination for Gov
gunor, Tn, aIser what the late Senator
tnomas r. Grady characterized az "tbe
dirtlest days work of my life" Hearst
was the only Democrat on the state
ticket that year who suffered defeat
Democratic organization votes defeated
hearst and elected Charles g. HUGHES
Hearst was ready in 1918 to run for
Governor, Hearst-Hylan officeholders
were ; IN Saratoga by the score in his
New York City were ready to swino ~, ~
him. Then Judge Seabury made a
speech and offered a resolution which
knocked the Hearst candidacy gaj1ev
west In the convention, and Al Smith
got the first place on the ticket. and
defeated Governor Whitman by sien.
der margin. '-0"~
Tammany fears Hearst's latest bill
TO the United States Senate. " H;s
father, more than a generation apo
was United States Senator from
Caiifornla. Tammany is expecting that
Mr.. Hearst's bill for services rendered
VIII be demanded this year through
Mayor. Hylan. The Fourteenth Street
leaders believe he will ask in payment
the nomination for United States Sem
ator, permitting him to run against
Senator Calder.
Expect Murphy to Dominate
Murphy. the wise ones say, will
dominate the next Democratic State
Convention, and if Smith does not take
the nomination for Governor; because
Of his contempt for Hearst, Murphy
VIII name some one who will run on
the Hearst platform. This is what the
anti Murphy men in the state wish to
zee.
While Smith was Governor in 1919
the Hearst papers charged him with
selling out to the "Milk Trust" with
Gouble-crossing the people by naming
Lewis Nixon as Public Service Com
missioner, and by doing various acts
construed by the Hearst papers as
rank treason to the public. In the
latter part of October, two years ago,
Smith challenged Hearst to meet him
in joint debate in Carnegie Hall and
prove some of the things he had been
saying about him as Governor. Smith
on that occasion read a set of reso-
iutions which were adopted without
dissenting vote by the densely packed
hall, two of them being: