Evening star., 1932-09-24
ROOSEVELT SHAKY
IN new YORK CITY
Walker Case Probably Will
Affect Candidacy, but
Leaders Scout Danger.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

NEW YORK. September 24.-The
probability that there will be no
mayoralty election in New York City
this Autumn will have some effect on
the presidential contest in so far as New
York States electoral vote is concerned
that former Mayor Walker would be
on the Democratic ticket and that
Tammany would be exerting itself to
bring about as many votes as possible
for the straight party ticket. Now that
it appears unlikely there will be any
municipal issue at stake for Tammany,
the rank and file will express them
selves on the subject Of the Roosevelt
candidacy as they please.
Leaders Curry and McCoohey OF
Tammany are, of course, working with
the Roosevelt campaign managers and
outwardly Tammany is loyal to the
ticket, but this will not Nprevent the
Roosevelt resentment from CROP
ing out on two counts-first, the alleged
persecution of Jimmy Walker bv Gov.
Roosevelt, presumably for political ends,
and second, the killing of Al Smith S
hopes for the presidency by the Roose-
velt pre-convention campaign.
NO HOW IuuCH Jlle Roosevelt
managers and the candidate profess
their love for the standard bearer of
1928, the friends Of AL Smith still feel
that the West and South rallied to the
Roosevelt standard as a means of
blocking Al Smiths road to the White
House in a year in which the tide of
resentment against Hoover was running
so high that the Democrats feel any,
body could be elected irrespective of
the obstacles that arose four years ago.
1t is too early to say how much this
will count in the New York State fight,
but with the prospect that Catholic
will be nominated for the governorship
on the Republican ticket, namely Col.
William Donovan, a picturesque figure
with war record and a campaigning
aggressiveness the Republicans have
not had since the days Of "T. r." it
may be said that the Democratic
chances of carrying New York State
States.
New York State casts a big electoral
vote. Mr. Wilson won without it in
1916, but he made clean sweep Of the
West. 1t is not conceded at Republican
headquarters that the West is as doubt
full as some of the Eastern States. The
UdIlltSIOuIlO LllLo lllIle Is lIUIL 1ulllULo
eastward, and there are signs that the
pro-Smith sentiment in New England
is crystallizing. While some of it will
be converted into Roosevelt votes by
AL Smiths pronouncement for Roose-
welt which is expected to come before
the end of the campaign, the prejudices
engendered by the pre-convention fight
are not easily erased by one speech of
exhortation induced by political eX-
pediencv and harmony among the lead
ers of the party.
The absence of New York mayoralty
fight has made it likely that New York
City's vote for Roosevelt will be dimin-
iShed. for there is no little feeling
among the Walker followers that Mayor
McKee's disturbance of the status quo
and the downfall of the Walker regime
can be laid to the doorstep of Gov
Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt managers are aware
of these dangers, but they are su-
premely confident that the tide in their
favor is running so heavily that even
New York City's disaffecticn will be
more than Offset by the heavy vote
coming from upstate, which is usually
Republican.
(Copyright, 1922