Evening star., 1925-08-22
NEW YORK AWAITS
FIRST SMITH MOVE.
Campaign Lacks Usual Dash
Until Governor Begins
Attacks on Hylan.
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

NEW YORK. August 2a.-New
York is breaking out with political
signs and banners, the picturesque
red fires of the East Side have been
lighted and marching bands have
begun to fill the night air with pep
and jazz. And still there IS some
thing lacking in the mayoralty cam
paign. Everybody seems to be wait
ing for Al Smith. When he takes
off his coat and soes to work. when
the bands turn on East Side. West
Side. All Around the Town" and the
torchlightS begin to burn and flicker.
then the campaign viii really be un-
der way. Opening guns have been
nred and al that sort of thing. but
the guns have merely popped and
there has been nothing new in the
SOUND. New York IS waiting for its
s"n al Smith TO come on down from
Albany and stir up the animals.
Ihis he promises TO do next week.
Then the fur Will begin to fly.
Thus far in the campaign, It must
De stated candtdly and in all fairness,
Mayor Hylan has been holding his
own with his enemies. When il comes
mayor is very handy with pair Of
jaws that click and clatter like a
crowded subway express. And the
mayor has been denouncins all
and sundry. The gamblers and
thieves" Of Wall Street are his par
ticular pet subjects for denunciation.
Judge Olvany, the new leader of Tam
many Hall. receives marked attention
at the hands Of the mayor. and Sena-
tor James J. Walker, the Tamnany-
designated opponent Of the mayor in
the primaries, gets his from time to
time. Eventually the mayor will be-
sections Of Manhattan and the
BRONX"
Depends OIL Brooklyn.
lie is pinning his hopes OF victory
on carrying Brooklyn by a whaling
big majority. and by sweeping both
Long Island City and Staten Island.
Brooklyn IS the mayors home borough.
Tammany has Manhattan Island in
It's paw. and the same Is true of the
Bronx, whose marvellous growth in
the last few years has been contrib
uted largely by the population of the
lower island. Manhattan and the
BronX-sometiInes called the Cocktail
borough5"-appear to stand very close
together. regarding Brooklyn, Long
Island City and Staten Island as
suburban or rural" territory.
Brooklyn is officially known as Kings
County. Long Island City and It's en-
vfrons as Queens" and Staten Island
az Richmond.
In the eyes OF Wall Street the
mayors chances for denomination and
reelection are dTrindlins. The brokers
down in that den OF tniquity," as the
mayor calls II. are willing to wager 5
70 that their friend "I:ed Mike" a
somewhat popular designation Of the
mayor in these strenuous campaign
days, Will not attain his third-term
goal. Wall Street. OF course. Is not
always right in It's betting, and It may
be wrong this time, but the Offering
and publication OF the odds undoubt-
edly has a certain psychological effect.
This is best attested by the fact that
the candidates against whom the odds
are offered generally get as mad as
owls as they read the daily quota
tions in the papers.
Smith Worrying Hylsn. ~"
What New York is anxious 10 know
is how the mayor purposes to deal
with Al Smith when the governor
takes the stump. Some Of the mayors
friends say he will ignore the gov
ernor. lie will have a swell chance
OF doing that. The governor IS not a
man to be ignored in & hot political
fight. as several opponents in the
past know to their sorrow. And yet
If Hylan attacks Al Smith before a
New York audience. no matter what
the borough, he will have a hornets
nest on his hands. Al Smith is Just
as popular in Brooklyn as he is in
Manhattan.
There is another candid statement
to be made about this campaign. II
Al Smith were not IN the fight and
back Of the fight against Hyian. the
mayor would win out. If Al does
all that he has promised to do, the
mayor will be defeated.
It follows, therefore, that the Hylan
Democrats must find some way of
trying TO offset what Al hopes to do.
Hylan has begun by attacking the
governors scheme of eliminating e
grade crossings through the State by
bond issue. which Will permit the
State to share the expense with the
railroads. The attack has brought
quick retaliation from several State
senators In Greater New York, who
We're inclined to fight for Hylan, but
have leaped at his throat for this at
tack upon the governor.
Wherever Hylan hits Smith the
same comeback is likely to occur
Therefore, the mayor Is very much up
g very large-siZed tree and doesn't
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