Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-23
Coalition Against Him Has
Lacked Cohesive Strength
and Campaign Has Need
ed Enthusiasm,
WOMEN ARE VOTING
FOR FIRST MAYOR
Whole HyIan Campaign
Built Up On Drive for Five
Cent Farei Jerome in End
Of Eight.
BY ROBERT II. SMALL.
Especial Dispatch to Morning Journan
Copyright 1921 by Albuquerque JOurnaD


Copyright 1921 by Albuquerque JOurnaD
New York, Oct. 22.-John T.
Hylan of Tammany hall will be re-
elected mayor of Greater New York
on Tuesday, November s. The
coalition against him has lacked
cohesive strength: the campaign
has lacked enthusiasm. This week
was set for the beginning OF the
intensive final stage and there has
betu accelerated motion on both
sides but the average New Yorker
is taking less interest in the fight
than at any time since the greater
city was formed.
This lack of interest is due to
the prevailing conviction that the
mayor, with every paper against
him, save only those OF William
r. Hearst, will win by a bigger
majority than he rolled up against
John Purroy Mitchell. four years
ago. At that time all of the New
York paper except Mr.. Hearst $
were against the Tammany candi-
date. They have been against him
ever since, but no matter how BIT
terly they may write about him. no
one of the newspaper men assigned
to the campaign believes there is
a chance of encompassing the
mayors defeat.
Women are voting in the may
orally election this year for the
first time, and the supporters OF
the coalition candidate, Henry ii.
Curran, president of Manhattan
borough, a republican. are making
a strong bid for the woman vote
on the basis of the conditions In
the public schools. Mayor Hyian
promised "a seat for every child,
but there are now several hundred
thousand children on part time.
While the issues involved are
usually local. the mayoralty CAM
paigns In Greater New York always
hold a national interest. Tammany
is a tremendous power in the dem
ocratic party and its success or fall-
ure in the municipal elections here
often have a national bearing upon
the destinies of the party. What
Tammany can do In natiohal
campaign was pretty well Demon
strated last November when Great.
err New York gave a majority OF
$4,000 votes for Governor smith,
a democrat, and a majority of 439,-
600 for President Harding. repup-
lican. Tammany was willing 10
trade votes in the effort to re-elect
Governor Smith but failed when
Mr.. Harding carried the state by
over a million votes. and swept the
republican state ticket into OFFICE
with him. Governor Cox, the DEM
ocratic presidential candidate
knew Tammany was out to knllc
him, but could do nothing t. avert
the disaster,
Hopes of defeating Mayor Hylan
this wear rested largely in the eX-
pected disclosure of a legislative
committee which has been 'Lexow-
ing" the city, The committee was
appointed by the republican gov
ernor and Tammany has mace
big ado over the fact. claiming that
rival New York factions are trying
TO dominate the city where nome
rule" is so iealously guarded, me
In .estigating committee has proped
deep into the city's affairs. II mas
grilled Mayor Hylan and all OF ms
subordinates. 1t has uncovered
good many Irregularities. especially
in the police department. IL mas
heen charged that the credit OF the
city has been damaged by the pres
ent administration. -...o.
But the investigating commlttee
has failed to produce the SMASH
that the campaign against MaSor
Hylan needed if it was to succeed.
THE ordinary man in the street
does not remember much thal tile
committee has brought out. Ihere
has been no body blow -for ram
many. And that is why the Goa
Iition has had to fight on the pup
lie school issue. and on the prom
ise of a good clean administration.
Some color has been lent to the
campaign this week by the return
to active politics of form Distrlc'
Attorney william Travers Jerome
Mr.. Jerome is out for Currah' ana
although he is 62 years old now
his powers of invective have lost
none of their old virility. He has
begun by calling the mayor
"gross mountebank" and 1t is TO
be presumed he will warm up as
he goes along.
Mayor Hylan and the Hearst pa
pers are charging that IN" coah-
tionists have set out to secure an
other great "slush fund They
charged that s2,00o,O00 was used
in the Mitchell campaign four
years ago. 1t was after his defeat
at the hands of Mayor Hylan that
Mr., Mitchell entered the flying
corps, of the army and later was
killed during a flight at Texas
aerodrome.
But the whole Hylan campaign
this year has been built up on the
price of car fare in Greater New
york, The mayor has stood for
the five-cent fare. which is still IN
vogue here, and mas charged that
Major Curran, his opponent. would
permit an immediate increase TO
eight cents. Unquestionably this
issue has made a big appeal. espe-
cially In the congested sections OF
the city where big families are as
plentiful as limousines are rare.
On the completed systems of the
Metropolitan now It is possible to
ride a distance Of fifteen to sixteen
miles for a nickel. That is the
price Of continuous ride from
Times Square to Coney Island, or
from Van Cortland park. at 242nd
street in Manhattan, to Atlantic
avenue in Brooklyn. The traction
crisis Is a growing one. The New
York surface lines and the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit are in the hands