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gate John P. O'Brien on the ticket as
Democratic candidate for mayor. 1t
eliminated, for this year, anyway, the
budget slashing job-crimplng Acting
Mayor Joseph Mckee. who belongs in
the Bronx and is not right Tam
many man, anyway. There NAV be
some cutting of Roosevelt by Walkers
old friends, but it is not likely to be
material.
Democrats Have Money.
With Tammany performing as usual
for the Democratic ticket in Greater
New York. along with Tammany's al
lies. including McCooey of Brooklyn,
the chances of the Republicans to cut
down the big plurality which the Demo-
Gratis roll up in this city are remark
ably slim. I have it from sources which
should know that the Democratic or
ganization in the city will have plenty
of money on election day, perhaps $3.50
to 5000 a precinct, to pay workers, and
the Republicans will be lucky if they
have S25 precinct.
Wed have a chance" complained
one Republican leader, IF We had the
money"
There is bitter Republican complaint
that money has not been Forthcoming
in New York One reason advanced IS
that business men have become con-
vinced that Roosevelt will win and that
there is little use putting up money
this year for the G. o. P. Another is
that Wall street proper, as distinguished
from business, has been fiat on its back
during this depression and is recon-
tn ha PnnCpJp1t
House, believing that he will be con-
servative enough and that things will
pick up after the election. no matter
who wins. This is all "defeatist' talk,
but that kind of talk has been in order
for months in this campaign.
So far as the upstate vote is con-
cerned, the Republicans report that the
farmers who have been dsgruntled and
off the Republican reservation have
been returning in recent weeks. To
this the Democrats retort that their
scouts report just the opposite. Un-
doubtedly as election day draws near
these rural Republicans, who have in
herited their party beliefs through
generations, are getting more and more
into line.
Upstate Situation.
noting in connection with the upstate
situation For the first time in presi-
dental campaign the Democrats have
thoroughly organized upstate. They
have candidates in all the counties for
all the offices. Two years ago in the
gubernatorial campaign the Democrats
also were strongly organized upstate,
and in that year Roosevelt not only
carried New York City but he carried
upstate by something like 175,000
votes Tuttle, the Republican guber-
material candidate. had come out wet"
which angered the upstate Repubi-
cans. it is true. But some part of the
Roosevelt victory upstate was due to
the fact that the Democrats had been
organized and to Roosevelt's own popu
larity in that section. Al Smith never
really bothered much with the upstate
vote. He rolled up big lead in New
York City to offset the Republican lead
upstate Roosevelt has given upstate
a different treatment politically
1t was this upstate vote in 1928
that enabled President Hoover to de-
feat Smith in New York State by
100000 votes and Roosevelt, then run
ming as Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor to defeat Ottinger, Republican.
in the gubernatorial race by $4,000
votes In addition to being diSgruntled
this year because of hard times, the
Republicans upstate are none too happy
over the stand taken by President Hoo
yer on the prohibition issue.
The Republicans are greatly handi-
capped in New York by the depression
and hard times. The City of New York
presents the most serious problem in
connection with unemployment. 1t is
estimated that from 100000 to 100000
workers, men and women, are out of
jobs in the city. The unemployment
might run even higher than this, it is
said. Here is a huge potential vote
that may be expected to register its
resentment against the party in power.
Most of these people are registered
and will vote. Indeed. the registration
in New York City this year is greatly
in excess Of what it was four years ago.
Obviously if this huge number of un-
employed were not registered, the reg
istration would rot show an increase.
In the whole State. of course, the num-
Der of unemployed reaches into the
millions.
Hard Times Hit Harlem.
The dissatisfaction with the G. o. P.
because of hard times extends into
Harlem. where there is a great colored
vote Many of these people are out OF
work and in bad straits And many of
theno il is said in Republican circles,