Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-10-07
WALKER
OUT OF
PICTURE
Tammany Passes Up jim
my And Picks O'Brien
As Candidate.
CHOICE A SURPRISE
Acting Mayor Of Gotham
VIII Be Allowed Re-
turn To Old Place.
By LOWELL L. LEAKE
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Surrogate
John P. O'Brien is the Democratic
nominee for mayor of New York
handpicked by bosses of Tammany
hall who lead $4,000 county COM
mitteemen through all the motions
of a nominating convention in
Madison Square Garden, Palace OF
Make Believe.
The nomination meant:
That John F. Curry, Tammany
boss, had saved his leadership by
desperate move, which called for
throwing James j. Walker over
board as a candidate, although
Walker released the bosses from
any promise to renominate him for
the good of the party.
That efforts to renominate
Walker for a ''vindication" election
were doomed, at least for one year;
OBrien probably will face only a
Republican candidate November 8.
That Acting Mayor Joseph v.
Mckee, who succeeded Walker
when the latter resigned under fire,
probably will return to his old pos
ition as president of the board OF
aldermen after January lat least
until November, 1888.
O'Brien was nominated "in &C
cordance with the letter of the
law which required among other
things, calling the roll of the 81, 900
district delegates representing the
Democratic voters in the five Dor
oughs of New York City
Most of the delegates We're
packed into the great sports and
show palace last night, ignorant
of what was to come, some ignor-
ant of what had gone before.
O'Brien sat in a box, where he
"just happened in" and remained
to be a spectator-with his accept
ance speech in his pocket.
Candidate Ignorant
Curry let it be known before the
roll was completed that he
Thought the nominee would be
O'Brien. A reporter questioned
O'Brien. He knew nothing about
it. Another questioned him:
How longs your acceptance
speech?"
about four minutes"
A few moments later, the may
orally choice of his party stood up
with friends for pictures, and when
asked for comment, replied:
"This has come to me SO sud-
denly, can't say thing"
And few moments later:
st suppose I'll have to carry on"
The Garden, which has been the
scene Of many a circus perform
ance, many prize tight that sent
thousands into roars, jeers, and
boos, echoed last night with the
same noisy response to Walkers
radiogram releasing Curry from
his promise to nominate the re-
signed mayor.
Here's the picture.
Walker, threatened with custer in
removal hearings before Gov.
Roosevelt, had resigned Ito see1
vindication.'
Curry had promised Walker his
chance for "vindication." He pro-
ceeded TO oppose Roosevelt and AL
fred E. Smith at Albany in the
fight over the gubernatorial nom
nation given to Herbert H. Leh-
man. A fight for Walker appeared
destined TO dethrone Curry at
Tammany Hall, which is dependent
upon its 10000 city jobs. 1t would
have been politically expedient to
forget Walker, if those jobs were
threatened.
Walker Steps Aside
Last night, this radiogram mes
sage was read to the assembled
representatives of the Democratic
party from the playboy, Broadway
Jimmy Walker, enroute to America
on the Europa:
81 can not see how I could cam
paign Without relating the reasons
for my resignation and without
daily reminding the public of the
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