Evening star., 1925-09-13
TAMMANY TO WIN,
EVERY PULL SHOWS
Small Reorganization" Vote
IS Forecast, With HyIan
, on Short End.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

BY ROBERT 7. SMALL.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 12.-Un-
less all political signs fail because of
the drought. Gov. Al Smith and his
Tammany co-workers are going to
make good next Tuesday their threat
TO put Mayor Hylan in the ash can.
Every poll conducted in the greater
city indicates that the mayor-the
good old engineers going to get an
awful walloping at the hands of the
enrolled Democratic voters
OF course political signs have failed
I'm New York in times gone by, but it
is far easier to predict the results of
a primary. conducted within q party, !
than it is to forecast the outcome of |
an open election. Tammany is bet |
ter able to check up it's workers and |
voters in a primary and while every
safeguard that marks an election is
thrown about the primary ballotlng,
the fact that the voting is confined TO
the party makes the problem of pri-
mary day much more simple.
Primary Restricted.
In New York the primary is a far
more restricted event than in most of
the States. 1t is not the hit-or-misS
affair pl Splllt pl lIlt lilJtilpl suites,
where Democrats may invade the Re
publican primaries, or vice versa.
Here you must have been a voter at
the previous election and at the time
OF registration you must have en-
rolled either as a Democrat, Repub-
iican Socialist or whatever party with
which you wished to affiliate yourself.
Therefore in the Democratic primary
of next Tuesday only enrolled Dem
will hallntS In fba
Republican primary only enrolled Re
publiCans may vote. and 50 on down
the line. Enrolling as a Democrat or
Republican does not mean any re-
striction upon your ballot on real cleo
tion day, but it does safeguard the
party primaries from outside inter
ference or influence, a very desirable
condition. which is not possible in
most OF the States.
This municipal campaign has been
In some respects the dirtieSt the city
has ever known. As one wag re-
mar..rd, the mayor has done a Hylan
fling. and the other participants in the
battle have taken their cue from him
and replied in kind. The mayor has
gone through all the category of Old
and reliable campaign tricks. He has
shouted about 'slush fund" has aC-
cused all of his antagonists of being
in the hire of the traction trust"
which he says is anxious TO thrust d
10-Cent fare on a scent fare city; has
charged Senator Walker, the Tam
many candidate for mayor, with hav-
ing been a rotten meat" lawyer, and
has marched up and down the line
shouting thief" and liar" and
'Crook" from the hustings.
Liar Used Frequently.
Gov. Smith and Senator Walker.
leading the attack on the Hylan cita-
del have INDUCED in a few personali-
ties themselves and the word liar"
has been SO frequently in the head
lines it no longer attracts the slightest
attention.
AS a matter OF fact the man in the
street seems strangely unperturbed
over the whole situation. Mayor
Hylan's friends say this augurs well
for him. but they have worked with |
all their might and main to stir the
voters and kill off the lethargy. 1t
was estimated today that probably not
more than one-half of the enrolled
Democrats win go to the polls. despite
the efforts to arouse them.
A small vote is always a good vote
for the organization. which is sure
to get out its own strength, whereas
the public generally may not bother
TO reach the polling booths.
Mayor Hylan controls the organiza-
ton in Brooklyn, in Queens and Rich
mond bOroughs. The anti iHylan forces
control in Manhattan and the Bronx
These last two boroughs contain more
voters than the other three put to-
gether so the mayor starts under a
handicap. He is further up against
the fact that many of the substitute
leaders in the boroughs where he is
supposed to control the organization
have bolted him and declared for Sena-
tor Walker for mayor. These bolts
may not mean much in a regular cleo
tion, but they carry weight in q pri-
mary.
Fights Bitter Odds.
Mayor Hylan is fighting against
the bittereSt odds he has ever faced
in a political career of 20 years with
out the presence and personal support
of his great friend and benefactor,
William Randolph Hearst. who has
remained in California through all
the disturbance, but who has written
several letters and has had his papers
go the limit in their support of the
mayor ana in denunciation Of his op-
punents.
Although Mr.. Hearst is not here.
Gov. Smith and Tammany have been
made a party to the fight their con
tentton being that the mayor is not
q free agent, but is bound hand and
foot to the Hearst chariot.
In many minds the battle has been
a fight between Smith and Hearst
rather than between Hylan and Walk
er. Gov. Smith has got to win on
Tuesday or his political future will
be seriously impaired. The dope"
shows that he will win easily
The Republicans have small sized
family row in their primary, with
three candidates in the field, but it
looks as if the regular, Frank D.
Waterman the fountain pen manufac-
turer, would win the mayoralty nomi |
nation hands down.
The Republicans admit they will
have no chance at the election unless /
HyIan bolts and runs Independently !
They hope he can stir up enough |
trouble and poll sufficient votes to al F.!
low the Republican ticket to slip !
through in what is an overwhelming |
ly Democratic city.
The mayor keeps silent on the in
dependent run. He won't say he will
and he won't say he won't. Most
people say he win. A bitter time
would seem to be ahead, regardless !
of the way the Tuesday cat jumps.