The New York herald., 1922-12-22
TAMMANY PREP ARES
Plan TO MAKE STATE
| SAFE FOR THE PARTY
Water Power Expected to
Develop Machine North
Of Albany.
SMITH HAS FREE HAND
Hylan and Hearst to Be
Held by Fullest Home
Rule Measures.
MILLIONS IN CONTRACTS
Public Improvements Mean
Lots Of Patronage With
Lucrative Jobs.
MILLIONS IN CONTRACTS

Tne democratic program Tor State
band city under the new political deal
which begins January l is now vir-
tually complete. Alfred e. Smiths
message to the Legislature outlining
its work for the first year is nearly
finished. The policies have been de-
fined.
Tammany sees ahead a tremendous
amount OF new patronage and millions
In contracts with which Charles f.
Murphy hopes to solidify the organi-
zation's hold on the State. The OBJ
jective Is to try TO make this State
safely Democratic for years to come.
The Governor-elect is to have his
way In the legislation for which ne
declared in his campaign. Restrictive
laws are to be killed or modified The
Governor will have free hand on
his reform and labor policies. He Is
to be progressive from the start.
Mayor Hylan Is to be appeased and
the State and municipal administrations
held in line for team work by liberal
application OF home rule. The Mayer
will get his bus bill and may soon hs
esta abl!sh!ng bus lines to his hearts con-
tent. The home rule bills will mean
subway and port development. contracts
at an early date.
The Machine Up state.
The upstate Democrats arc to have
water power development. powerful
factor IN building a political machine
where Nurphy always has been weak
est
/ william Il. Hearst is. to De s;ienced
by adoption OF hts municipal ownership
policies in transit. port projects and
water power. The program covers much
OF the legislation Hearst has been agilt-
ing for In recent years.
Through the enactment OF the transit,
port development and water power bills
triple purpose will be served. Tile
city administration viii have unre-
stricted authority to go ahead with the
subway and port building projects. That
will mean millions In contracts In shor:
order all handled right here at home
without State regulation. The c.ty's cry
for home rule will be met by the Demo
cratic party and the Governor viii get
rid OF the whole troublesome transit
problem.
The number OF millions to be spent
will be limited only by the capacity Of
the city for spending. The Eylan ad-
rnlnistration has three years 10 get out
the contracts . the Smith administration
Is for two years. Tammany believes
that In the next three years the bulk
up against any contingency which may
arise In the election Of 1926.
May Spend Half Billion.
Some figuring has been done along
this line. but none apparently has tried
to tabulate just what It means. II Is
estimated that the public improvements
10 be covered In the bills now being
drafted and which will take years to
complete will represent eventually close
to half a billion There Will be any
where from 100000. 600 to s30o. 900. 900
Ia subways and buses before the Job Is
finished. Another 800. 100000 will 10
isto the port development project In the
500. 900. 900 will be spent In water
power development II the State embarlss
Oh State owned policy such as will be
covered by the Administrations bill.
Only on the question OF liquor iegisla-
tion Is there uncertainty how to proceed.
One faction wants the Mullan-Gage
State enforcement law repealed. The
outcome may be n recommendation for
referendum on the wet and dry ques-
tion which will let the administration
out for two years and have no effect
one way or another.
Water power development always has
been looked upon an offering wonderful
possibilities for political machine build
Ing Tammany has bccn reaching to-
ward II for years. Now the organixa-
tion apparently In prepared TO go all the
way In capturing and capitalizins the
project. II the plan carries It will pro-
vide thousands of littie Jobs. exactly the
thing Murphy always has lacked for his
upstate organization.