Evening star., 1925-09-04
DEFEAT OF HYLAN
VITAL TO SMITHS H
PRESIDENCY HOPE

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this hght. he will be in a strategic pe-
sition either to run for governor again
or to make bid for the United States
Senste next year. He is serving his
third term as governor now and q
fourth term might have the semblance
of a perpetual gGyernorship. For that
reason some of his friends have talked
Of the governor as a candidate for the
Senate against Senator Jim" Wads
worth. Republican, who must come up
for reelection next year. But this
talk has dwindled away recently and
the discussion of a fourth term as gov
ernor has increased. There are sew
sral reasons for this.
In the first place Gov. Smith would
And 1t o. sier to win again as gov
enor. IN all proba bility. than he would
to defeat Senator Wadsworth. The
political ambitions of the two men so
far have not elashed. They have been
personally friendly to each other
outside Of the political arena. Wsds-
worth is from upstate" and tre-
mously strong In that section, and
also would poll the fun Republican n
strength in New York City.
Fight Would Be Hard.
1t may be that the political exegen-
cies will throw the governor and Sen
stor Wadsworth into the senatorial
race against each other next year.
IL they do II will be 3 great struggle.
1t must be remembered, however,
that New York has usually been
found In the Republican column in
national elections. and the election of
United States Senator more nearly
approaches national issue than does
Mammal In
IL Gov. Smith has sena torial ambi-
tions II Is urged in some quarters ne
might better wait until 1928, when
Senator Copeland. Democrat. must
stand for reelection, and enter the
race for the nomination. Senator
COPELAND has cast in his lot with
Mayor Hylsn and William Randolph
Hearst in the present fight. Further
more, II the governor fails of the
presidential nomination he could still
have try at the senatorship that
year.
Outside of the effect which the re-
suit OF the campaign may have on
GOV. Smith and the Democratic or
ganiza ton OF the State of New York
there Is nothing in the Tnayoralty
struggle that has national significa nee
fhere Is no question of the Coolidge
administration involved. The issues
outside of the personal ambitions OF
Gov. Smith, are all local. 1t is 80
years since the Republicans elected a
mayor of New York City on a
stra raisht-out Republican ticket Seth
Low was mayor in 1902. but he was a
fusion candidate, and there have been
other fusion mayors
Republicans AIso Split.
With an outstanding ca ndidate to.
day. man upon whom III the Repub.
lteans had united. there might be 9
chance for Republican victory. with
the present split in the Democratic
ranks between Hylsn and Walker. But
the Republicans are divided too
Though not so bitterly as the Demo
Gratis. Frank ID. Waterman. a sue
cessful business man. Is the choice OF
the Republican erga nization for ths
nomination. But William NJ Bennett
who won the Republican nomina tior
in 1917 from John P. Mitchell. and Iohr
j. Lyons, formerly Secretary of State
OF New York, have declared them
selves in "at the solicitation OF
friends"
The predictions here today are that
waterman will win the Republican
nomination and Walker the Demo
cratic on September Is. and that they
viii hght it out at the polls in Novem.
Der, with possibly a third and even a
fourth independent candidate to liven
things up. Senator Walker is chal.
lenging Mayor HyIan to say whether.
in the event Walker wins the Demo-
cratic primaries Hylsn will support
the regular Democratic nominee
Walker at the same time has asserted
his Willingness to support Hylan II
the latter wins. Walkers purpose Is
Ia create the in, nra ssion in tba ,,,i1d
OF the Democratic voters that Hylar
will run as an independent, with this
backing of Hearst in the evsnt hs
loses in the primary.
But even should Hylan run on a
third ticket. Ii is entirely unlikely he
would he successful either in winnins
himself or in preventing the election
Of Walker. With Waterman. Walker
and Hylan all in the field election daN
it Is figured that many Republican:
would cast their votes for Walker te
insure the defeat of Hylan.
The underlying struggle for contro
OF New YorB's Democracy between
Gov. Smith on the one hand and
Hearst and his followers on the Other
has been brought into the omen
through letters written by Hearst te
the editor OF his newspa per. the New
York American. and by Gov. Smith
to the same editor. Mr.. Hearst In
his communication strongly urges ths
reelection of Mayor Hylan and insists
that Gov. Smith is friend of Wall
Street, which wishes to defeat Hylan
The governor gives Mr.. Hearst the lie
and SAYS he is the greatest burden
Mayor Hylan has TO stagger under
today.
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