The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-26
New YOrk'S Fight

New York's Fight
A friend of mine, a well-known
doctor, who is not a politician,
knows nothing about politics-a
man. in short who minds his own
business and tries to do the best job
of which he is capable, asked me a
question the other day that precipi-
tated this discussion. He asked me
why the newspapers throughout the
country were giving so much space,
front page space at that, to the po-
litical fight over the, Democratic
nomination for mayor in New York.
My doctor friend observed that
which is true, namely, that the may
or of New York is only mayor of
that city and has no jurisdiction or
power anywhere else; he observed
as well that New York City is sim
ply a subdivision of the state of
New York and that New York state
is only one state out of forty-eight
in our nation. Furthermore, he sug-
gested that he, and he believed mil
lions of others. could not possibly
have any interest in whether Tam
many or the New Deal faction OF
Democrats in New York City should
win the nomination and their may
orally candidate.
Specifically, the doctor was
right. His thoughts, however, do
not touch the root of that situation
Fundamentally, the battle between
Tammany and the Democrats in
New York is battle between the
old line, conservative Democrats
throughout the nation and the New
Deal faction Of the party which is
headed by President Roosevelt. II
is vitality important also to the Re-
publicans for the reason that the
Presidential election of 1910 is al
most certain to be q campaign In
which we will find conservatives
from whatever party aligned on one
hand and radicals from whatever
party aligned on the other side. To
that extent, the New York primary
and mayoralty election is the begin
ming of the 1910 presidential cam
paign.
The bitterness that is going to
prevail from here on has been given
something of a preview by the
charges of Senator Copeland, the
Tammany candidate, that President
Roosevelt was interfering in a pure
ly local fight. Senator Copeland's
activities in the senate have been
almost wholly antagonistic to the
President and the New Deal gener-
ally. Where the President has been
sound, as the conservatives recog-
nize sould policies Senator Cope
land has fought alongside Of the
New Dealers. Otherwise, he has not
concealed his opposition to radical
New Deal proposals.
Thus, when Senator Copeland
broke openly and accused the Pres
ident Of STOPPING to local politics
he opened the way for conserva-
tives everywhere to strike back at
the political machine managed by
Postmaster General Jim Farley in
Mr.. Roosevelt's behalf. AS one
house member suggested: Senator
Copeland has put fire into the
fight"
The selection of Senator Copeland
by the famous Tammany organiza-
ton in New York City was the sig
nal for the New Deal faction of the
great city to take off their coats
They promptly announced selection
of New York Supreme Court JUS
tice Mahoney as their candidate
against Copeland. There are four
burrough organizations behind Ma
honey. There is only the Tammany
group behind Copeland. On the face
of It, It would seem that the senator
cannot win. The fact seems to be,
however, that there will be a rather
close race for the reason that some
Of the four organizations behind
Mahoney may not be able to control
the Democratic votes in their baili-
wicks as entirely as Tammany Hall
will control Democrats so long af-
filiated with that organization. Ger
tainly, according to the best advices
I can get. the Copeland charge
against Mr.. Roosevelt is likely to
swing q good many Democrats to
the Copeland ticket. This will be so
because New York City always has
resented outside influences In its po-
litical battles. Senator Copeland
can be counted upon as well to
broaden the charge so that Mr.. Far
ley's tentacles in New York City pol
itics where he has long been active
will be made to appear like the
strangling, crushing arms of an oc-
topus. In other words, the conserv-
atives who are supporting Copeland
will not let the charge of interior
ence by the President become of less
consequence any time it is retold.
True, Secretary Marvin Mcintyre
of the White House Staff denied
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