Evening star., 1933-11-05
Mckee Plans to Form New
Organization to Replace
Tammany Hall.
LA GUARDIA SLATED
TO WIN BY 100000
Observer Gives Fusion Candidate
$4,000 Votes to Independents
65O,0OO to 100000.
BY THOMAS CONIPERE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 4.-More
than 100000 voters will go to the polls
here on Tuesday bringing to close
bitterly contested mayoralty campaign,
the results of which are Of interest ma
tionally. At the same time the mayor
atty elections will be held in so other
cities in the State, new Assembly Will
be chosen and several Supreme Court
justices will be elected.
It is the election in New York City,
however. which is considered OF para
mount Importance, because it Is here
that the national Democratic and Re-
publican machines are coming to grips
for the first time since the election OF
President Roosevelt.
A victory for Fiorello H. La Guardia,
the fusion candidate. who now Is be-
lieved by most impartial observers to be
in the lead, would mean a severe blow
to the Democratic organization and an
indirect injury to the prestige OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt This would be true be-
cause Joseph v. Mckee. the independ-
ent Democratic candidate, running on
the Recovery party ticket, has the sup
port of the national Democratic organl-
zation, and it has been stated without
contradiction that President Roosevelt
would be pleased highly if Mckee were
elected
Plan New Organization.
Mckee was persuaded by men high
In Democratic counSelS to make the
race when it became apparent that
Mayor John P. O'Brien: the Tammany
candidate, would be defeated by La
Guardia. The plan was to build new
and reputable Democratic organization
in the city, with Mckee as the standard
bearer, and at the same time crush
Tammany. which last year opposed the
nomination of President Roosevelt.
This was a daring move by the ma
tional Democratic high command,
play to insure New York's Al electoral
but II carried with II penalties II II did
not succeed. Should Mckee be de-
feated, Republicans throughout the
Ma ss 9Ts woua af tans
ence In New York City, and 60 after
votes in the next congressional cleo
tions in big way. 1t also would mean
a loss of much power in this State for
the Democrats. because the only ma
chine backing LIE Guardia is the Repub-
lican organization. It is evident that
the Republicans in the city will get
most Of the patronage II he Is elected.
In any ordinary year the difference
this pat &patrenage would ,ta Pah.,9s make S9upled n
chine inflicted by It's present internal
feud, would be sufficient to result In the
slection OF Republican GoyernoF and and
presidential election in 1856 should be
close, it would mean that this States
electoral votes probably would go to
the Republican candidate It Is believed
that this Is the reason Ogden L. Mills.
former Secretary of the Treasury, and
other nationally important Republicans
are supporting La Guardia.
Campaign Is Bitter.
This campaign has been bitter, pep
pered literally with undertaking, and
many blows have been struck below the
belt It mainly has been one of person.
alities, with most of the fire from La
Guardia's broadsides being directed at
Mckee. AS result of the low plane
on which the campaign has been con-
Quoted. more time has been given by
most of the candidates to calling each
other abusive names, or in answering
extraneous charges. than in outlining
their program Of constructive reform.
Mckee has presented his program more
concisely and forcefully than either Of
his opponents. but during large part
of the campaign he was kept busy an
swering charges of anti-Semitism and
the like hurled at him by La Guardia.
Wall Street now is betting fraction
better than even that La Guardia will
be elected, and an analysis of the more
reputable straw polls supports this
stand. It is the opinion Of this corre-
spondent that La Guardia will receive
approximately 5000 votes, Mckee
from $4,000 to 100000, O'Brien from
$4,000 to 100000, with the remaining
votes scattered among a number Of
minor candidates