Evening star., 1925-08-30
POLITICS SIZZLES, BUBBLES OVER.
In THREE IMPORTANT SECTIONS
New York City Mayoralty, Wisconsin Senatorship
and Pinchot's Senatorial Ambitions Stir Up the
Natives-All of National Significance.

Waterman, selected by the Republican n
regulars for nomination at the pri-
mary, has not been accepted by the
rank and file. who are f1ocking in dis
concertlng numbers to John J. Lyons
former secretary of state at Albany,
VINO has felt called upon" to run and
rescue the party from disaster"
Will Abide by Primary.
However, the Republican chances
in the city are wholly dependent upon
what happens at the Democratic pri.
mary. If Mayor Hylan is defeated
for the nomination by State Senator
Jimmie" Walker. and refuses to run
independently at the election. then
the Republican chances will be slim.
indeed almost negligible. Hylan SAYS
he will abide by the primary decision,
but many of the skeptical say he
means he will abide by the decision If
he considers the primary free of
crookedness" or if the result happens
to so his way. Some of the Tammany
leaders seem to believe Mr.. Hylan will
not run on third party ticket They
reckon without the mayors chief
hacker, Mr.. Hearst. Mr.. Hearst likes
to back independent tickets-provided
the old bank roll is as loose as 1t used
to be-
Then. too, there is the chance that
Mr.. Hylan may not regard the result
of the primary as being regular" He
already. claims to be the regular"
candidate in the primaries, and says
the Democratic leaders who failed to
fall in back of him are "bolters." If
the holsters" should nominate their
ticket, could Hylan be expected to re-
main out of the race?
If Hylan by chance should be nomi-
mated or If Hylan should run on an
independent ticket, the Republicans
would have good chance to carry
the election in November.
There is pretty general opinion that
the Republican primary will not
amount to a great deal, because the
result of the Democratic primary may
bring about an entirely new align
ment-perhaps even fusion with a diff
rent slate all down the line.
There is a disposition here to regard
this campaign as a fight between AL
Smith and w. r. Hearst. Hearst,
through Hylan. is striving for one
more come back" as political boss
in the State. AL Smith is fighting to
save his leadership.
Situation I'm Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin it would seem the
CndnceS are STOWluS DElSnIeT ana
brighter for young Bob La Toilette.
There are many wise observers in
the Badger State who believe Bob
could whip any one person upon whom
the stalwarts might center. But now
the stalwarts are split and there will
be at least two in the field to split
the conservative vote, although one of
them claims to be "the right kind of
a progressive" The regular stall
wart" candidate for the Republican
nomination Is Roy Wilcox of Eau
Claire, who was designated by the
State conference of Republicans held
at Oshkosh. This was an entirely in
formal gathering and Francis E. Nc
Govern, former governor, has refused
to abide by its decision. He says he
Is going to run and that he is the man
to win the State away from young
Bob" McGovern once was a member
OF the La Toilette inner circle. La
Toilette took him up and made him
governor. But in 1912 McGovern de-
serted Battling Bob for 1T. R." and
the battler hated him religiously to his
dying day.
The real interesting feature of the
Wisconsin situation is what President
Coolidge will do when young Bob is
nominated, as now appears almost GER
tain. The feeling in Wisconsin is that
young Bob will be swallowed and no
regular Republican" will be backed
against him In the special election
which follows the primaries.