Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-23
The Political Min
Campaign Warns Up
In New York, Jersey
Democrat Horrimun Faces
A Fight; Case in Trouble
By Gould Lincoln

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By Gould Lincoln
The campaign has warmed UP con-
siderably on both sides of the Hudson
River. Tammany has again been sue
cessful in nominating the Democratic
candidate for Governor of New York.
this time w. Averell Hartman, former
ambassador and 1852 favorite-son
candidate for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination.
The Tammany chieftains and New
York City Democratic bosses turned
down Franklin D. Roosevelt. IT,. son
Of the late President, for the top
post, Notwithstanding the anguished
cries Of the Go and old Roose-
welt New Dealers. This triumph
Of the city bosses was expected.
It was not accomplished, however, with
out q bone-bruising State convention
floor fight. during which Hartman
speakers were jeered by Roosevelt sup
porters-who insisted that Mr.. Harri-
man, If nominated. could not win-and
Roosevelt speakers were loudly booed
by the Hartman delegates and gallery
visitors.
Nice Ending.
In the end, however, Mr.. Roosevelt
moved to make the nomination of
Mr.. Hartman unanimous and declared
he would do all he could to help elect
him on November 2. And in an 18th
hour move young Roosevelt agreed to
go on the Hartman ticket as q cam
didate for State Attorney General.
Either he is following the old political
adage, "If you can't lick 'em, join EN-"
or he is out to demonstrate his own per-
sonal strength, hoping to run ahead Of
his party's nominee for Governor and
possibly win election even should MIR.
Hartman be defeated. Whether this
move will heal the party wounds grow
ing out of the convention floor fight
remains to be seen. It was nice
ending, after a bitter disappointment
for Mr.. Roosevelt, who had done all
the running for the gubernatorial
nomination for weeks and months,
until the Tammany bosses with the
support of Democratic State Chairman
Richard H. Balch and Senator Lehman
lowered the boom. They decreed that
the nomination should 60 to Mr.. Harri-
man, and that was that
It is no secret that some of the
upstate Democratic leaders had hoped
to have young Roosevelt as the
nominee for Governor and, If he were
elected, to take a far more important
place in New York Democratic affairs
than they have in the past. The city
leaders, for their part, had well under
stood this maneuver. Also, they figured
that Mr.. Roosevelt, if elected Governor,
might turn out to be boss himself
and in way that would not enhance
the influence of the city bosses. This
is not the first time that Mr.. Roosevelt
has tangled with the Tammany bosses.
He beat the organization in his first
try for election as member Of the
House of Representatives in WASH
ington, in a special election in May.
1949, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of the late Sol Bloom. The city
bosses insist that Mr.. Hartman will
be a stronger candidate for Governor
than Mr.. Roosevelt, and give that as
their reason for plunking for him. Har-
riman or Roosevelt, the Democrats this
year have a tough job defeating the
Republican choice for Governor, Sem
ator Irving Ives. ..ae
On the Jersey side of the Hudson,
former Representative Fred A. Hartley.
of Taft-Hartley fame. Is attempting to
throw a monkeywrench into the Re-
publican campaign to elect the G. 0. p.
senatorial nominee. Clifford p. Case.
Mr.. Case, long an Eisenhower supporter.
is running with the blessing of the
President. Mr.. Hartley has called on
Republicans to demand Mr.. Case with
draw and permit the nomination of o
compromise candidate-perhaps him.
self. The whole affair has stirred up
great bitterness. Mr.. Case himself
added to the flames when he came out
in denunciation of Senator Joe Nc
Carthy some time ago, declaring he
would not vote for Senator Mccarthy
to head his present Senate committees.
Bitter Fight.
He has not hestitated to repeat that
statement. The old Taft forces in New
Jersey in part are backing the Hartley
move. It is reported that they are sore
enough to abstain from voting for Mr..
Case, and in some instances. to vote
for Representative Howell, the Demo-
cratic candidate for the Senate.
The whole affair has put in jeopardy
a Senate seat, now held by Senator
Hendrickson, Republican. who stepped
aside to permit the nomination of Mr..
Case. The Democrats in New jersey
and elsewhere-are regarding the intra-
party fight of the Republicans with glee.
Whether Mr. Case can weather this
storm is apybody's guess. If he doesn't.
the Democratic drive for Senate con-
troll In the saith Congress could easily
be successful.
Should Mr. Case win election to the
Senate, the effect would be to set the
old guard Republicans back on their
heels-unless between now and cleo
ton day the two factions of the Re-
publican Party in New Jersey are able
to patch up their differences and show
a united front. The old guard. now
dancing with anger against Mr.. Case
prevented the nomination Of Mr.. Case
for Governor in 1853 and picked Paul
Troast in his place. The TroaSt cam