New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Tiger to Tuck
Hearst and'Pup'
In With Smith
Editor, Backed by Political
Union for Progress, as
US. Senate Candidate and
Smith Governor. Is Slate
Tammany Rcbukes Idol
Failure to Bow to Hearst
Hylan Domination Nav
Give Nomination to Lunn

For Governor-Alfrcd Il. Smith.
For United States Senator William
R. Hearst.
These arc the two big names on the
tentative Tammanv slate for the state
convention next fall. and Judging from
the quick drift of things in Tammany
Hall these are the candidates the Re-
publican leaders around the state will
be called upon to beat.
IL, on account of his known detcsta
ton for Hearst, former Governor
Smith should refuse to stsy on the
ticket after he is nominated in the
state convention, the Hearst people
who are growing more and moro defiant
toward Charles F. Murphy and his ad-
visers, will name Mayor George r.
Lunn of Schenectady for Governor.
The preliminary work for the nomj-
nation Of Hearst is already under way
under the direction of Laurence j,
O'Rcilly and !. T.. Watson. Of Mr.
Hcarst's newspaper staff, who 4 week
ago incorporated the "non-partisan'
organization. known as the "Polltical
Union for Progress in Government
Lonely Democrats CorraIled
This is the organization, amply sup
piled with funds, which is secretly and
quietly winning over many Of the vet
Grams Of the scmi-morbund Democratic
state organixation-"d deserving Demo
crats,' of the Federal pay roll since
March 4. The Hearst men arc corralllne
these with astonishing ease, 1T was
learned yesterday, and there IS no
longer any concoalmcnt oil the dehn'tr
purpose Of the Hearst men to take over
the state organization.
The lIcarst-Hylan infiltratlon proc,
css is rapidly changing the politica
complexion Of Tammany Hall. A year
ago it was for AL Smith first, last and
all the time, for anything he wanted
for him and for no one else for Coy
crnor The Hearst Hylan propaganda
with tho continued assaults Of the
Mayor on tho Port Authority, OF which
the former Governor is member hy
Republican appointment, has turned The
Tammany organization against Smith
The change was the surprise of former
Governor Smiths political career. He
was dumfoundcd when on the assem-.
bling Of the Legislature he discovcrcd
Senator'S Walker, Downing. Boylan and
Assembly ynAn DoI~uuc, no ,O"e ''''
cronies, so!idy against his Port Au-
thority bill and aRgressivcly for what
ever the Hearst Hylan control of Tam
many wanted.
The Tammany rank and flc arc prsc-
tically split on account of the en-
barrassing position OF their formc'
idol, Al. Thousands of organization
men not dependent upon municipal po
ltical patronage arc indignant at tn.
cclipsng Of Smith and arc dumb'y
wondering what it all means and Wha
tho outcome Will DC.
Not SO with O'Rcil'y and Watso n
new P. U. p. G., "Hearst's Pup" tht
Tammany men have dubbed it. They
seem to know exactly what they want
and they arc finding a surprisingl!
warm welcome from the hungry anc
thirsty job hunters up the state. lr
Albany they have the support of formel
Governor Martin II. Glynn. In Roch
ester of Jacob A. Gerlng, former mem
Der of the State Committee. and II
Buffalo, Of William J. ("Fngey') Con
ncrs, who has had a long vacation from
political activities and who wants t.
get into tho running once more.
Hearst Men Making Strides
If the Democratic State Convention
were held next week former Governor
Smiths friends would be able tt
name him either for Senator or Gov
crnor, but the Hearst men are making
such strides that before July l they
will have the situation sewed up, ane
they will be in position to tell tn,
Smith shoutcrs that they don't care
whether Smith goes on the ticket o.
not, since they have maneuvcred hin
into the "predatory interest" class q;
the head of trucking combine and thu
recipient of an appointment from Re
publican Governor.
No accounting is necessary for none,
spent in political campaign prior t
the holding of the state convention ant
the nomination of candidates. Th,
Hearst men are assuring every one tina
if Mr.. Hearst is the candidate for Sen
ator they will not have to worry abou
sincws Of war.
Former Governor Smith has told hi
friends at home and up the state tina
he does not want to run for Governor
but it has made little or no impression
He is regarded as the state Democrat,
political meal ticket, and there is n,
longer much doubt that the conventio,
will nominate him for Governor, mucl