Evening star., 1925-09-06
DEFEAT Of HYLAN
SEEN IN NEW YORK
But Public Will Get Low Fare
and SubWays Any Way
Cat Jumps.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
STAFF CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

NEW YORK, September s.
Transportation, more subways, more
busses-and scent fares-these are
the promises which the candidates
for mayor of New York City are
making day by day in every way"
in the primary campaign. Transpor-
tation with a big T is the issue
dangled before the eyes of the mill
lions of strap-hangers in this great
city. That and the low fare.
While Gov. Al Smith and William
Randolph Hearst are lighting tooth
and toe nail for control of the de-
mocracy of New York City through
their respective candidates for the
Democratic nomination of mayor,
which. unless the unexpected happens
will be tantamount to election, they
very well understand that the people
must be given something to get eX-
cited about other than the personal
ambitions of Gov. Smith and Mr.
Hearst. AS a general rule only a
very small percentage of the people
of any community are especially in
terested in merely throwing out one
set of politicians and officials to put
another in.
Both for Low Fare.
So Mayor Hylan, the candidate spon-
sored by Mr.. Hearst, who wants to re-
main in the office which he has filled
for the last seven years and some
months, is advertising himself as the
man who has kept the traction inter-
ests from increasing the scent fare.
He is going farther, and insists that
the election of any one other than
himself will mean handing over the
city to the street railway interests
which will boost the fares perhaps to
10 cents. This would mean nearly
100000, 900 taken from the pockets
of those who ride on subwayS, the l.
and surface lines. An increase to s
cents fare would mean an exaction of
over S65 ,000,0O
But Senator Joseph r. Walker, the
Smith candidate, at the same time
proclaimS his love for the scent fare;
asserts that he has been its staunch
defender for years at the capitol in
Albany, and pledges himself to re-
tain it.
Furthermore, Tammany has pulled
a trick out of the bag which is calcu-
lated to rob Mr.. Hylan entirely of the
scent fare issue. The Tammany
leaders have taken steps to call a
special meeting of the municipal as
S6mDIy next w eQneSday TO pass the
Craig bill making it unlawful for the
beard of estimate to permit any in
crease of carfare or any modification
of existing contracts or franchises
without obtaining the consent of q
majority of the voters in a popular
referendum. Tammany is strong
enough in both houses of the munich
pal assembly, it is asserted. to put
the bill through, a bill, by the way
which the mayor postponed action on
when it was brought forward some
time ago. This action would seem to
be complete answer to Hylan
charges that Tammany is ready to
throw the scent fare overheard. 1t
still leaves. however, the problem of
more subways and better service for
the travelling public.
Pledged to Building.
Both Hylan and Walker pledge
themselves to build the needed addi-
tional subways and to provide more
busses and to see that the city owns
and operate them. But Mayor Hylan
sees sinister. motive in the attempt
to oust him. He charges that Gov.
Smith has gone over bag and baggage
to the traction interests, to wall
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