The New York herald., 1922-10-20
PUBLIC STILL SEEKS
FOR CAMP AIGN KICK
Democrats Busy Organic
ing Committees of AL
most Everything.
G. @. P. WORKS UPSTATE
Murphy Lying Low and
Fear Voiced He Also Is
Laying Down.
SMITH FORCES ON JOB
Apathy of Tammany One Of
Chief Mysteries in the
Situation.
SMITH FORCES ON JOB

Campaign managers are Trying ndrd
to inject some enthusiasm into the
State contest, but apparently with lit
tie success. Both sides are amazed at
the indifference Of the public. What
was expected to be a riproarinS cam
paign has stirred UP about as much
public excitement as a well organized
contest for sergeant-at-arms Of the
Board of Aldermen.
Trying to overcome the apathy, the
Democratic committee still is organic
ing committees Of citizens-the inde-
pendent Democrats, the straphangers.
the workers in this and that trade and
anybody else who is willing to be or
ganized.
The Republican State organization
Is spending all its time. money and
energy this week on the upstate
registration, going on the theory of
getting out a 100 per cent. vote north
OF the city line.
Tammany has hardly shown a hand
in the campaign. In answer to inquiries
at the. Fourteenth street headquarters,
the information is given that Tammany
never really gets into action until the
last week OF the fight and that the or
ganization will do its part during the
last seven days.
No One Sees Murphy.
No one has seen Charles F. Murphy.
He has been seldom at the Hall. The
Wigwam Is about as active these days
as on a good busy July afternoon dur
ing hot wave. Alfred K. Smiths
friends are inquiring whether Tammany
and Murphy are laying down" or what
it does mean. Tammany leaders admit
they have never seen anything quite
like II.
The Smith Committee with headquar-
ters In the Biltmore, made up of loyal
and enthusiastic supporters OF Mr..
Smith, is working twelve hours day.
This committee appears to be doing
about all that is being done. 1t is form
ing other committees and getting out
statements by the yard.
The State Committee. with Herbert
c. Pell as chairman. has HEADQUARTERS
in the Murray Hill Hotel. The place is
like a morgue. Nobody ever is seen
there. In the rooms are scores OF type
writer's which must be costing a lot OF
rent, but the keys of the machines are
not clicking.
The Republican County Committee
isn't mucn more active than Tammany.
George X. Morris, State chairman. has
been after the county leaders, Ii Is re-
ported. There is known to be consider
able bitterness against Governor Miller
in some of the Republican districts. but
how far that is to be carried cannot be
determined. This rs due in part to the
turning down of John j. Lyons for re.
nomination. FF
Public Not Contributing.
Both sides say they have limited cam
paign funds. The public rs not chipping
in. 1t is with difficulty the managers
are getting funds enough to put out ii,-
crature showing that the estate and civil
ization Will go 10 ruin ir this or that
nominee isn't elected
The formative operations went on
busily yesterday.
The list of the Citizens Committee for
Smith was announced with the names OF
$50 Democrats, many classed as inde-
pendent and most of whom have been
on Democratic committees for many
years. Most OF them have been Demo-
cratic officeholders. The names given
out as the best known irclude Robert
Adamson. Philip Berolzbeimer. city
chamberlain: Francis @. Cafcy. John
w. Davis, Abram !. Elkus and Mrs.
f'lkus, Charles v. Fornes, Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson, Howard s. Cans, Henry
A. Gildcrsleeve. James w. Gerard and
Mrs. Gerard. Or. $. $. Goldwater, Lamar
Hardy. Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Alfred
j.. Johnson. Frank l.. Polk, Lawson
Purdy. Samuel Seabury, Mrs. willard
Straight Nathan Straus. Mrs. Charles L.
Tiffany. Lillian .. Wald and Mrs. Nor
man Der. Whitehouse.