The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-19

paper properties, is unquestionably
the spokesman for and political lead
er Of this section of the democratic
party in the East. On the other hand
Tammany Hall is the political mach
ince thru which the House Of Morgan
has controlled the democratic party
since 1910. The deep-going conflict
Of interests between the two econ
omic groups in the democratic party
was bound to express itself in open
warfare sooner or later In 1921 when
Hylan ran for reelection the Wigwam
was forced reluctantly to endorse him
because Of the political situation in
the state of New York, which was at
that time controlled by the republican
party. Again the hall stood for the
Hearst-Hylan combination for the
sake of party unity.
Smith and HyIan in the Arena
THE successful campaign of 1922
i which elected All. Smith as gov
ernor and his reelection in 1924
against the candidacy of Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. on the republican ticket,
made Tammany Hall arrogant. Feel
ing itself secure it determined to elm
mate Hearst and Hylan, inasmuch as
| this combination had embarrassed the
| Wall Street holders of stock in the
rapid transit system. Finance capital,
in control of Tammany Hall, felt that
it was not receiving sufficient political
advantages to enable it to get the full
! benefit of its investments in public
utilities in the city of New York. In
addition to the purely local situation,
control Of the city had an unhealthy
effect upon the national welfare of
the party, as was clearly revealed
during the Madison Square convention
of the democratic party last year when
Hearst fought against the nomination
for president of the United States, of
the attorney for the House of Morgan
John w. Davis.
After openly breaking with Hylan
and opposing his candidacy with that
of State Senator James J. Walker,
Tammany discovered that the Hearst
Hylan group was capable of waging
a fierce struggle to maintain power
| Seven years of control had resulted in
creating powerful machine loyal to
Hylan. Since Walker was unknown
it became necessary for Tammany to
call into the fray Governor AL. Smith,
who entered the arena like a gladia-
| tor full armoured with the language
of the gutter which he handles with
admirable abandon. His opening
salute, challenging Hylan to the fray
was: Watch my stuff, I'll throw
Mayor Hylan into the ashcan so quick
ly he won't know what struck him."
Refined Political Discussion
IGNTH that elegance of diction so
w peculiar to him, AL. Smith, pro-
coded to his task. His first javelin
carried the intimation that Mayor
Hylan was in sympathy with. If not
actually a member of, the ku klux
khan. That was too much for Hylan,
so Hearst, from his California ranch,
fred broadside against Smith. The
governor came back with a long tir-
ade wherein he tried, in his own re-
fined way, to convey the idea that he
really hadn't said the Mayor was a
kluxer. but that he knows that Hylan
attended a conference with kluxers
during the famous nominating con-
vention OF the democratic party last
year. Mention of that convention
was all that Hearst desired. 1t gave
him the opportunity he had long a.
waited to assail the dominant wing
Of the democratic party which has
of late treated its petty bourgeois
wing in the East with almost the
same contempt that 1t accorded the
late Bryan who led the petty bour-
geois elements in the Middle West.
In the opening sentence Of his re-
ply Hearst paid his respects to
| Smith: aN