Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
new YORK C. 0.P.
FACING QUANDARy
Finding Mayoralty Candidate
to Oppose Tammany
Held Problem.
By LEMUEL =. PARTON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 1S.--WhoT bell
the cat--or the tiger as the case may
be? With the Republican city conven-
ton set for August !, leaders have been
unable to find any fusion candidate for
mayor against Mayor Walker, who I'M
nuestionably will receive the backing of
Tammany, and the Tiger is resting
peacefully, but alertly, on the munic-
ipal doorstep, with no very alarming
chance of being disturbed for some time
10 come.
Charles H. Curry. appointed leader
Of Tammany six weeks ago, Is Q fast
but careful worker. Without noise or
friction, in the manner OF the late
Charles F. Murphy, he has pulled to-
gether, q somewhat diSaffected organi-
Nation, started his scouts working in
the remote, crumbling boroughs, dis
ciplined a few recalcitrant braves and
brought the outfit back to old-fashioned
lighting trim,
No Disturbing ForceS.
The late and memorable excitement,
kn which new Tammany was whelped,
seems to be q tale that Is told. II
there were, or are, disturbing forces
tending to upset the traditional politi-
cal control of New York City and shift
the State in the national political line
up they do not appear either on the
surface or in the undertow. The lines
Of political demsrcation appear to be
just about what they were before the
last presidential campaign.
The Republicans have been abun-
dainty supplied with ammunition, but
most of their big SalVos have been buds
Early in December Kingsland Macy,
chairamn of the Suffolk County Re-
publican committee, tried to shove the
Rothstein case into the Legislature, pos
siblx recalling the fact that it was the
prosecution Of the killers of Herman
Rothenthal which made Charles 8.
Whitman Governor of New York IS
years ago. At the same time United
States Attorney Charles H. futile was
ballooned for mayor. he having done
some excellent work IN the Federal end
Of the Rothstein case. But the move
to the Legislature got side-tracked and
the talk about Mr.. futile subsidized
The Queens sewer scandal and the
street cleaning scandal also looked like
good political material, but nothing
much was done with them. The bank
ruptcy scandal was too much Of a nom
partisan affair for political usage. And
now Gov. Roosevelt has spoiled the
City Trust Co. investigation. so far as
political purposes are concerned, by APP
pointing Supreme Court Justice James
G. Cropsey as committing magistrate.
Justice Cropsey' is not only Repub-
lAcan, but q jurist of unassailahle in
Aegrity. His appointment was made
jnSt as the bank crash, involving mil
lions, had been singled out as grade
"A" political ammunition. Frank II.
Warder, former State superintendent
Of banks, has been arrested on felony
eharges.
Representative FiorelIa II. La Guardia
has hecn campaigning several weeks,
bat it Ia considered unlikely that he
will receive either Republican or fusion
nomination. He has not always been
politically orthodox and the party lead
ers are looking for some more sedate
candidate, like Gen. James @. Hartford,
president Of the Radio Corporation Of
America. Former Mayor James r. Hy-
Ian, busy and vociferous Is rs usual
complication.
T. The Republicans are yearning for
another John Purroy Mitchell.
tcopyrisht, 1897