The New York herald., 1922-04-01
AZ Smith and Cherry Hill
Leader May Unite to
Crush Old Enemy.
MEETING NEXT TUESDAY
Wigwam Chiefs, Trying to
Figure Out Publishers Moves,
See Third Ticket Cloud.

WHeH Big Iorn' FOlcy, just pac ~
from his European trip, took a look
around the Cherry Fill district yester-
day and began talking politics with
the boys he learned that the situation
looks bad at the hail. because William
r. Hearst las been playing smart
politics and has put the organization
in bad way.
The Tammany leaders will get to-
gether next Tuesday at the Wigwapl
TO try to figure out where they stand.
1T Is their move and they realize they
have about come to time vixen they
must decide whether they are going
to knucklo down and take dictation
from Hearst or stand up and make a
fight. There doesn't seem to be any
other way out just as present. Ard
no ono knows better than the Tam
many man what a fight witL Hearst
means.
Foley and Hearst are old political
enemies and the CHEEKY Hill leader,
next to Charles r. Murphy the strong
est chief in Tammany. is expected to
take an out and out stand against die
tation by the publisher as to the nomin-
atoms for Governor and United States
Senator.
Smiths Attitude Receptive.
Tammany wants to nominate Alfred Z.
Smith for Governor. Smith hasn't said
that he wants It, but is believed to be
- l. - IL.
TO win. He is credited with being more
anxious to so to the United States
Senate. Next to Foley. Smith is pro-
badly Hearsts strongest foe IN Four
teenth street, and the Foley-Smith COM
bination may be strong enough to con-
troll the organization.
Hearst has not indicated whether he
wants to be a candidate, but the politi-
cal developments of the last two months
are being interpreted to mean that he
either Is trying to shape events to bring
about his own nomination or Jockey the
organization into a position where he
can name the candidate and prevent
tie nomination Of Smith.
Tf Hearst is candidate for either
the Governorship or Senatorship his
first move must be to get rid of Smith
because the two candidates cannot be
taken from New York city. That Is
what is believed to be back of his
sponsorship of the Political Union which
3 working hard upstate. Workers there
are spending much time talking ABOUT
The availability OF Mayor George Lunn
Of Schenectady for Governor. lhat
looks like Hearst wants TO go 70 INC
senate. And in Brooklyn, the Hearst
a,l,cs have started a campaign against
senator Calder, who seeks renomin-
at,o, on Tho Republican ticket.
Afayor IIylan will stick to the pub
lsher whatever happens and the Mayor
has nearly four years more In city fah.
with much patronage. What Is almost
as bad from the Tammany point OF
view is that in a jam the mayor IS
credited with being able to force John
II. McCooey. Tammany regent in kInss'
into line for Hearst even against TAM
many and Smith.
HyInn as n Hearst Ally.
Mayor HyIan's declarations on ma
,ionaI issues and his apparent entrance
into the national political field are re-
Ca.rded among the politicians as gestures
for Hearst. and there Is q report that
the publisher may go to the financial
rescue OF the badly wrecked National
Democratic Committee None OF the pol
iticians takes Hylan's Presidential talS
seriously: they do take Aearst y alffpi-
ton seriously. They know that what
ever political capital IIylan might gain
i'm national politics could be turned to
TIearsts advantage. whereas Hearst can
hope for no political gain IL M Smith
goes back to Albany as head OF the
state government.
All of these arguments weigh heavily
with Foley. Smith and the other Tam
many leaders who won't stand for
Hearst. They do not propose TO sit By
and let Hearst run away with the or
ganization IL they can help it-not even
IL il does mean a break between City
Hall and Tammany Hall. They would
be better off. they insist. to break clean
and again kill Hearst politically than
10 place Hearst in the position of put
ting them out of business entirely.
Tf Tammany bolts Hearst will the pub
Usher use his Political Union for the
nomination of third ticket to beat the
organization? The leaders fear IT, That
IS what he did with his old Tndepend-
eucc Lea que. lie would have little trou-
BILE putting third ticket in the field
perhaps with George Thompson OF Nj
agara. +. ii. la Guardla or some other
dissatisfied Republican as a running