New-York tribune. [volume], August 04, 1921, Page 8, Image 8

About New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
$eui Dork ?ribvmc
First to Last?the Truth: New??Edi?
torials?Advertisements
Umber ol \ Bureau ??; ClreulaUona.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 1321
Owned t?y New Torft Tribune, tnc . * New Tc?K
I rublUh?! dally Ogdfti IM! Pre?!
"*>'?> ,; v? ,r Racers Vlr?e-l'resl(ient ; Heien
?W*l ReUl .-?? ?--. II K UirttM, Trraai:r?r.
' '- Un? il Nassau Straet. -Ne-..
i t? ?*Vtpb.?rur-, 1, Ivtmji ;u>00.
t-i-R?.cnimo\ katk?? - r. nu'.i including
Pns'.*ie. IN 'OIK t \ITU> STAT>'..
ime S:t Ort?
i\r Ulli. Postpaid Tear Months Month
D?*t? jtki S'.imiif .... ... $;?: oo jy.oo SU.uo
('-?(< Nwk. 30.?.
run,? onb .lio? 5 00 .?i
Or.? ?wit. SS?.
Sui.da* on.>?. 4 0? ?.IS .49
Bund a? ?pur. Canada . 6 00 S.S5 .15
KOIU.IGN RATES
Daft? and Suoda; $26.00 $13.39 $5L49
Dally only ...17.40 f? to 3.4".
Bundajr on'.y ........ 9 ::> 13 .S?
Er.tered at the 1-oatofflce ?t Neu To
Class Mall Matter.
GUARANTY
Yo<j can eurrhise ri:prchai>dl'.e srlvertlsrd In THE
TRIBUNE with ?bsolut? lafaty?for if dlwatls.fi.?
tian result? In any ca?e TH<t TRICUNE ?uaian
tM? to any your money back uron request. Ns rrd
laps. No quibbling We maki good promptly If
the adtrortlstr doe? not.
member ok the- associated piuess
Til? Aisocla'.e/i frrss la eieluslToi? entitled to
UM UM for NBUbllrattotl of all news dispatches
credited to II or n I ??iherw'.se credited in Uil?i
piper, ami a!*o the local new? of spontaneous
origin published herein.
i'.l rights i>f repul : ration of ail other matter
!-? tn also aro reserre?.
Sniping
Judge Haskell, of Brooklyn ; Major
I.a Guardia, President of the Board
of Aldermen, and former Senator
Bennett, who has claims to be re?
garded as a perpetual Mayoralty
candidate, have shied their several
hats into the ring as contestants
against Major Curran in the Repub?
lican primaries.
Such action is the privilege of
these gentlemen. They are respon?
sible *o nobody except themselves
and that general opinion which
decent men respect. But to have a
privilege and to make use of it are
"fferent things. It may be respect
i ily asked what idea or ideas are
- hind this trio of candidacies and
? hat may be their practical conse?
quences.
Call the roll, beginning with
Judge Haskell. He says he is as
much opposed to Tammany misrule
as any one. But his candidacy raises
nMother matter, namely, the ques?
tion of Federal prohibition. And it
in*.lives no violent assumption to
say that he expects bis special
Aaron's rod will swallow its rival
and bases his hope of success on his
outspoken wetness.
The ILi.skell candidacy thus is not
' nett or fair to New York; not
nett, because Judge Haskell is
wc:.l a. are his election would not re?
re-1 the Eighteenth Amendment?
that the Volstead act is a national
and not a local measure. Calvin
Coolidge when he vetoed a beer bill
6a}d he did so because he would not
be party to a fraud?that he would
not pretend that a Massachusetts
iaw could expunge a part of the
Federal Constitution. Next year,
v hen a new Congress is to be cho?
sen, the prohibition issue will be
germane, but it is not, and cannot
te. in a municipal election.
His candidacy is not fair to New
York because it will tend to obscure
tne real business of the year?that
is, the expulsion of Hylanism. It
will divert public attention from the
rounding up of Tammany. It will
thus assist Tammany, which always
lmds the fishing good when waters
are troubled.
The idea behind the candidacy of
Major La Guardia is less clear. It
looks to some degree like personal
ambition without regard to public
interest s. Impulsiveness and a
liking for consjtdc-uousness may be
promoting factors. We don't know
as to this, but we do know that
Major La Guardia represents no
good principle that Major Curran
does not more completely and
notably i The town has a
warm feeling for this gallanl a* ?a
tor who carried good news to his be
? ,ved Italy, but his army experience
must have taught him that there
c.-uinot be two commanders in chief
at tbe same time.
As to former Senator Bennett, it
may be said he is of the familiar
t pe of reformer which has too much
ego in its cosmos. He is tempera?
mentally recalcitrant, congenitally
an enemy of team work, and must
have hi3 own exact way if he is to
refrain from biting and scratching
as a mischief-maker.
The three may be expected to hear
the charge that they are sniping. If
they are not sniping why'does Tam?
many smile and cheer them on?
Honoring an Artist
The dollar chasers of America, it
is said, have no appreciation of the
beautiful. The chargs has been bo
reiterated that many are led to be?
lieve it.
Other people ? have cultured amuse?
ments; we have fox-trotting, a lit?
erature of the trolley car,
painters as artist . nd in.
roll? and record", and the ;
of the pianola and the phonograph
have destroyed whatevei arl tic
rit we ever had. So rui
familiar indictment.
Hut .Hornehow it does aot .wem : up
ported by the tribute/: of Ne y, York
to Caruso. !'; and
prtms m nisten e pai ed with
i*.w hl.r. H. ? man v. ho ?vas
'?hjefly, il not rn'-rcy. ,-- ?in ??jr. \ < t
b? was a popular idoj. That h? -.-,-..
an artist doe* not Mtem to h
MTttsA him from due appreciation,
Tbe amplitude of the newspaper
JaeftdJl?M jHirely quarrel* with thai
! assumption that an American cares
i nothing for art or artists, and lives
and is gathered to his fathers with
; tonal deafness. Our superior per
i sons understand and are in sym
j pathy with every land but their own.
I Whv is it?
__!_.
The Way to Get Out
In the judgment of The Tribune
I one of the most helpful, most en?
couraging things that the Congress
; can do in the interest of Yankee ship
i ping, aiul that it should do without.
delay, is to put on passage the Ed?
monds amendment to the merchant
I marine act of 1920. providing for the
disestablishment of the army and
: navy transport services and limita?
tion of the competitive activities
, of the government-owned Panama
Steamship Company.
Too long have the army and navy
been permitted to cut the throat ofj
j our merchantmen. Too long have
they been permitted to compete with
our sea-venturing business.
The Edmonds bill is still in com?
mittee. Representatives of the army
ana navy and the Panama company
have put their views of it upon rec?
ord, and now spokesmen of the ship?
ping world, whose losses, whose
deficits, cannot be made good by ap
j propriations of public money, are
| about to give their side of the story.
And theirs is a tale. As it is up
; folded it will lead, we trust, to the
enlightenment in particular of one
, Rufus Hardy, a Representative of
i Texas, and a member of the com
I mittee. When the gentlemen who
represent such states as Texas and
Iowa and Missouri and our great
internal domain begin to think in
terms of ships we are going to get
somewhere at sea again; not until
: then.
At the opening of the hearing on
I the bill Mr. Hardy, putting himself
| in opposition to the views of Mr.
; Edmonds, disclosed the fact that he
! bad been a passenger on a govern?
ment transport.
"For instance," said Mr. Hardy in !
j defense, "on the trip we took, to be
\ perfectly frank about it, we paid j
I $1.75 per capita for our bed and J
; board, and we were given to under- j
I stand that that paid all the expenses j
! incuri'ed by the government by rea- j
! son of oui- going."
The gentleman from Texas is due I
i to learn that that $1.75 a day that j
! he in his innocence believed paid j
? "all the expenses" was about half \
\ the daily wage of the man who
?erved his morning coffee. He is due '
to learn that ships cost even the
| American government something to
| build, and that they must, be kept in
j repair, and that they must be
| manned and that they must burn
I coal or oil to move from port to port j
i upon the seas. And in addition he ;
! is to learn that besides taking into i
: account all of these items the private !
| ship owner must struggle with in- \
terest charges on the capital invested '
in his vessels, with insurance, with
?tonnage dues, with wharfage and
; port fees and a thousand and one ?
other things, not forgetting some re- j
turn for his venture and effort.
The army is operating a line to
Antwerp, a line to Panama, a line
to Manila and a line to Alaska. The .
j navy has a line in the Atlantic and j
' one in the Pacific. Let merchant
, i
I lines take their piaces. Let the un- j
i economic competition cease. There j
j will be merchant ships to replace
| them, ships to further our commerce
? and relations abroad, ships that we
[ shall need against such an hour as
I found us in 1914 bereft of ships.
Britain got rid of her government
. transports in the '70s. Japan lets
i her merchantmen do her carrying.
Germany in the fullness of her
strength employed them.
The Edmonds bill is one way of
getting the government out of busi
: ness. An 1 the best way we know of
getting out is to get out.
Upper Silesia Again
The Upper Silesian question is to
: come before the Allied Supreme
Council next week. It is one of the
evil legacies of the peace conference,
which yielded to bad counsels when
it decided to keep open a source of i
irritation and conflict for two years
or more, instead of drawing a
frontier line at once. The experts
' in the Polish Boundary Commission
' made a unanimous recommendation
i to the Council of Four. But their
; recommendation was unfortunately
i Ret aside for a policy of let's wait
; and see.
France has wanted to reinforce
her U] n c ml ingent. The
Allies didn't have enough troops in
the plebiscite area to keep order
' when the Korfanty rising occurred.
They were powerless for a long
lime to control eith? r Korfanty or '
H?fer, The Allied garrison is still
inadequate. But. the other Allies
unwilling to have France act
alone and insisted that the dispute;)
nfc must be author?
ized by t he council, which is the
proper body to arrange with Berlin
for the transportation of Allied,
force;; aer?se Germany
If the council doesn't make a
boundary decision, it. will probably
have to Increase the fjitosian gar
There ' . however,
that Germa i ? eeo
wa? for for* ing an ? uc with Poland ,
aver the political partition of Upper
Many (?arman politicians
ginning to i < alize I hat Poland
i? ? promising market. A member j
of the Wirth government is re?
ported n s saying recently : "We fear
Poland's disorganization and the
famished border people more than
j we do Poland's expansionist ambi?
tion. We are seeking the re
establishment of trade relations
with the Poles and would prefer
compromising on the L'pper SHesian
issue to a continued unsettled state."
! Ludendorff is also quoted as holding
"it were better that Germany* lose
Silesia than have a conflict with
Poland."
The situation is not as critical as
it was a couple of months ago,
when national passions were deeply
stirred. The Allies pledged them-1
solves to draw a boundary line. If '
they cannot draw one, they may at
least work out some arrangement
by which the economic resources of
the disputed region remain accessible
equally to Poland and Germany.
Russia's Disease
According to an official report of
the Den, rtment of Commerce, based
on fig;: es published by the Bol?
shevist press, the pig iron produc?
tion of Russia in 1920 was 2 per cent
of the production of the ante-Bol?
shevist years.
Twenty-four provinces of Russia
produced surpluses of grain before
Iho revolution; now only four have I
surpluses. The decrease in area i
planted to grain is in excess of 50 ;
per cent. The peasant has land, but :
will not sow it. He is not sure the
crop will be his.
The usable locomotives of Russia
have decreased from 19,106 to about
5,000. To get material for main
lines rails of local lines are torn up.
What supplies Russia has are locked
in the places of their origin.
Russia's misery flows from politi?
cal causes. The tree of communism
has borne fruit according to its kind.
Philanthropy will alleviate the star?
vation but will not remove its cause.
The remedy must be in the establish?
ment of a political system that does
not war with sound economics and
the unshakable habits of the human
animal.
At Riga Senator France is report?
ed to have verbally attacked Colonel
Ryan, of the Red Cross, accusing
him of having helped foment the
Cronstadt rising. The accusation,
considering its source, is presump?
tively untrue, but if true Colonel
Ryan has no reason to feel ashamed.
He can plead that his sympathy for
the poor Russian people led him to j
act, and say that if the rising had j
succeeded there would be less need
to-day for the ministrations of the
Red Cross and the Hoover organiza?
tion. When will silly babbling about
Russia cease and a clear recognition j
come of the way effectively to help I
lier? j
The New A. E. F.
A new A. E. F. sailed for France !
on the George Washington yesterday.
Two hundred and fifty representa?
tives of the American Legion from
all parts of \he Union are returning
to France to revisit the battlefields
and liberated regions as the guests
of the government of France. The
people of Lorraine have invited
them to the unveiling of a monu?
ment in honor of the soldier dead of
America at Flirey, and the legion?
aries are to be received by President
Millerand, Premier Briand and
Marshal Foch. Various cities of
France?the camping grounds of
the doughboys, B?ois, Bordeaux and
Brest amone; others?will welcome :
the Legion with ceremony.
Four years and a month have )
passed since the first company of
Americans marched through Paris, !
filling France with a new hope. Oh,
the unforgettable glory and splen?
dor of that coming! What did it
matter that the marchers were only ;
a handful! The Stars and Stripes!
flew on French soil. Its guard was :
to become more numerous than the ;
myriads of Xerxes. The sojourn j
was for two years. Then the boys,
the war won, flowed peacefully hack.
The new A. E. F. has started on
its mission of peace. As its mem?
bers place a wreath on the head- j
stone of the Unknown Soldier, as
they visit the cemeteries where their j
comrades lie, they will ponder the
importance of preserving the bond
between. France and America. They
will realize that unless this bond is
kept firm the enemy of 1918 may
dare to come again. Peace, peace;
there is no end to the talk of it; but
how can it be secured except by the
?lose association of the nations
which bore the brunt of the war? ]
So France is wise in laying founda
tions of friendship on bases more
enduring than paper documents can
he?on the perpetuation of associa?
tions developed in the World War.
Miss Austin's Rejoinder
Mary Austin is not only qualified
to write about women in spite of the
fact that she is one herself, but be?
cause lier training has apparently
done much 'o relieve her of preju- \
ri'ct'x. In short, Miss Austin's ar?
ticle in the current. Bookman treats
woman much more scientifically and
philosophically than woman was so
recently treated by Mr. H'erges
(h ?mer in his itTale Review article, in. |
which In declared that "literature
in the United States ?s being
strangle^ i by a petl icoat."
Misa A.ustin saya in effeel that
within a comparatively recent period
in our history women have been
making discoveries about themselves.
They have discovered that women
"whose shirtwaists stick out as much
in the back as in front" are no
longer essential to conventions of
women collegians (quite the con?
trary) ; that personal endowment
may easily, with women as with men,
be the background of achievement,
and that woman's defects, so far as
her place in the new social structure
is concerned, are due to her "incom?
pletely realized sense of form.''
Woman, because she takes things
personally, has a habit, according to
Miss Austin, of "short-circuiting all
her process in view of her experience
as the center of the family group."
Among so many variously ex?
pressed opinions about women it
would be the height of folly to pas?
judgment. Perhaps, however, what
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu said
upon this interesting subject may be
apropos: "I have never in all my
various travels seen but two sorts of
people, and those very like one an?
other; I mean men and women."
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who is
a judge himself, does not formally
set aside the verdict in the baseball
cases, but as referee extraordinary
and umpire plenipotentiary purposes
to take no chances, and the boys are
not to play. Not guilty, but don't
encourage others to be similarly
innocent.
Caruso
Passing of the World's Greatest Tenor
?The Singer and the Man
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Those who recall the feeling of
almost personal bereavement when the
news was flashed that "Charles Dickens I
Is Dead" will understand how all who
love singing everywhere feel at the
passing of Enrico Caruso, the world's
greatest tenor.
There were great singers in
opera and concert before Caruso, and
there will be in the days to come, but
few have reached the hearts and
captivated the minds of the public as
he did by the melody of his voice and j
his histrionic genius. It will be a pleas?
ing memory of the after years to be
able to recall that wonderful voice?- ?
as perfect an organ of vocal utterance !
as has been given within the memory
of those now living?and it will make
thousands who never heard it bless !
again the inventor of the phonograph, ;
which brings home the sound of the j
songs, but, alas, cannot reproduce the j
mesmerism and personality of the i
singer. D. HAVELOCK FISHER.
Pompton Lakes, N. J., Aug. 2, 1921.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the death of Em ico Caruso
the world loses not only its foremost
singer, but a very remarkable man as |
well. Caruso was beloved by those who
knew him quite as much for his many
kind and generous acts, as for his
great artistry. He was a conscientious
worker, and never "disappointed" if it
were possible to avoid so doing.
I had the privilege- of being on the
stage the last night he sang in public -
Christmas Eve, 1920. Those who were
in close contact with the great tenor
that evening will long remember his
fine exhibitign of r;rit and courage.
Suffering greatly from throat and lung
infection, he struggled bravely through
the difficult r?le of Eleazar, in Hal?vy's !
"La Juive," rallier than disappoint his j
many friends and admirers who had ;
come to hear him. Those who were !
there came away with a feeling of deep
respect for Enrico Caruso the man.
WILLIAM NEWMAN CHEW.
Brooklyn, Aug. 2, 1921.
No Bonus, but Soldiers First
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: My husband served in the late j
war, first a? captain and then major,
thereby losing his position in the busi- !
ness world. This caused us to sell our
home, and wo are not entirely re?
established yet. but neither of us be- i
lieves in the bonus, and we think Pros- !
ident Harding did just right. A few :
hundred dollars would be small help j
to each individual, but would only be !
adding to the fearful debt that the j
country is staggering' under now.
But I do believe that a strong senti?
ment of gratitude and loyalty should ;
bo felt in the hearts of all in Amer?
ica to-day. As soon as the khaki was
off so was all feeling for those who
served and sacrificed. The war was
over? no further use for them. Give
the preference, in business to the man
who stayed in during the war.
A young man last fall was tried for |
the murder of a police officer. While !
the evidence was not conclusive, it was
positive he had hern willing to die j
for his country, and had had an honor-'
able discharge from the army. But
did that make any difference to the
jury? Xo, indeed. Xo nonsense about
an ex-soldier?kill him. And about the
same idea in business.
The country should give the prefer
erice wherever possible to those who <
served. The sentiment of the country
should still be with them. But toward |
the wounded all the people and the j
government should err en the side of
prodigality. C. I, BUCKLEY. [
Tonally, X. J., Aug. 1, 1921.
Looking Backward
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Scanning again Charles Felton
Pidgin's Blennerhassett, one rend; i :
Aaron Burr's arriva! in Boston, whence
"it took five di ya to rend a letter i\nd
receive a reply from New York." That
was in J S1 Li.
Recently a mi sive reached this
city from Connecticut in n like period,
on? from as far as Yonkcrs was de?
livered in .u days and an insured par?
cel post package sped in safety from
New York to ?>??? '? in juBt one
month, elapsed time.
A century and more seems not to
have brought about an especially
notable advance in the celerity of t;!"
mail:?. GEORGE rAGG-AST.
Patewon, N. J., Aug. 1, 1921.
The Conning Tower
The Italics Are George Macdonald's
(And the Broadway answers are Marc
Connelly's;
Where did you come from, baby dear?
The Chorus Equity sent me hero.
Where did you get thoso eyes so blue?
I mixed No. 5 with some No. 2.
What mo.kes the light in them sparkle
and spin ?
That's belladonna I just dropped in.
Where did y au get that little toar?
That's glycerine. Gosh, you'ire a dum ?
bell, clear!
What makes your forehead so smooth
and high?
A rubber gimmick that I apply.
What makes your cheek like a warm
white rosa?
Alabastine, for the chin and nose.
Whence came that three-cornered smile
of bliss?
I used court plaster to get me this.
Where dkl you get this pearly ear?
There's lots of us bringing them out
this year.
Where did you get those arms and
hands?
Hustling my baggage at one-night
stands.
How did they all just come to be you?
There's nothing publicity men can't do.
But how did you come to us, you dear?
I must have been cuckoo. ... I exit
here.
In that there Ought to Be a Law
against uncut pager, we agree with
our editorial co-slnve. And with doz?
ens of unenforced laws in the statute
book (if that's what they are in) we
are lifting our shrill tenor in a plea
for new laws. There Ought, for ex?
ample, to Be a Law making it a mis?
demeanor to make the sleeves of ready
made shirts longer than seventy-five
inches.
It is G. S. K.'s notion that a law
should be drafted to the effect that
manufacturers should stamp choco?
lates with their contents. "Cream
Detour" would be a great time-sav?
ing stamp.
The Groaning Board
But most, of all that ilk,
How I do hate hot milk!
"Among those who criticize the de?
cisions of every administration," writes
that statistics hound, Dr. Sigmund
Spaeth, "there must be a fair oercent
ttge of the people who hesitate in the
doorway of a subway car while the
traffic piles up behind them."
TRAVEI.OGGIXG STUFF
Sir: It is interesting to learn, a* I was
interested to learn this morning from Ed
Kootz, champ ax swinger of the Maine
woods, while Ed was chopping up Big
Spencer Mountain after chopping It (?own -
It is Interesting to learn. 1 Ray, that through?
out eleven months of the year about all the
heftier asmen employed by the big lumber?
ing companies hold down city jobs reading
copy on the newspapers and magazines.
Ed, incidentally, used to be head of the
ropy desk on The Herald of the old days
and still wears the medal he was awarded
for improving Buffalo Bill's name from "Buf?
falo Bill" to "Buffalo 'BUI'."
FRANK WARP O'MAIXEY.
Charley Bratten's Camps. Maine.
It may havo been, as Judge Friend
said, a just verdict that acquitted the
Seven against Thebes; but the news
of the whistling and cheering that ac?
companied the announcement of the
verdict filled us with dismay. Of
course, it is doubtful whether Eddie
Cicotte's first thought, when ho said
he'd throw the hall out of the park if
necessary, was of the public; he did
it, as he said, for the wife and the
kids. He thought of himself, not of
the public; and if his intention was
not to defraud the public, he was, as
we understand the case, innocent. For
seven men weak enough to fall for an
alleged plot to throw a so-called World
Series we have compassion; but they
certainly do not merit the joyous sup?
port of the sport-loving public. . . .
Though we sometimes wonder what
percentage of a baseball crowd is
sport-loving.
What we should like to print are the
true and literal op.nions of Mr. Eddie
Collins and Mr. Dickie Kerr on the
acquittal of their former teammate
Foem in the Manner of Dorothy Parker
I hate golf.
It ruins my disposition.
TONY ZSUPNIK,
Ever so many contribs appear to
think lhat Flaccus, the author of
"Tosca," in Tuesday's Tower, deserves
the 1921 watch. And although he won
the 1912 prize, too, it is possible this
year's guerdon will be his.
The Romantic West
[From the Phoenix (Ariz.) <;:i7ett"]
MY WIFE has left my house and board
and 1 will not. be responsible for any
of her further acts. Jas. R. Brinkley.
JAS. R. BRINKLEY'S wife left his
house for non-support. He married
her for money. -A. M. BRINKLEY.
If William Rose Brnet should pre?
sent the star of "The Teaser" with a
rabbit, and he should like to write a
song about it, all we'd be willing to
give him is the title; Bill Renet gave
a bunny to Miss Binney.
Society News
Mis. Max Grab, and son and daughter
Are visiting relations in Pentwater;
While Mr. Max Grab is again a
Sp<'tiding the summer in Vienna.
Mit?. MAX GRAF,
Pi ntwatcr, Mich,
* * s
Misa Edna Ferber of the literary
clique
to ai noup c alie has climbed
?.one; a Peak, !?;. F.
I. ing'a Peak, l 'e-'.a
Well, Ed I.awry writes The World
thai he, for one, didn't write The Mir?
rors of Washington. . . . Maybe it
woa written by Arthur Stanwood Pier.
Or Montague Gla3s. V. P. A.
MR. BORAH'S LITTLE STAG PARTY
Copyright, 1921, New York. Tribune Inc.
United Behind Curran
Response of the City Press in Support of the "Save New York" Ticket
(From The Times)
The prolonged and wearying labors
of the fusion committee have had a
happy ending in the unanimous agree?
ment to recommend Major Henry H.
Curran a3 the candidato for the
mayoralty. That he has solid quali?
fications for the office will not be de?
nied even by his enemies, lie has
had experience in city affairs, and the
various offices in which he has al?
ready served must have given him
unusual knowledge of municipal busi?
ness. Moreover, he has shown him?
self to be a man of energy and indus?
try. He has an engaging personality
and is independent minded. He is fit
to be Mayor, and in the City Hall will
not bo any man's man.
It is obvious, however, that much
more work has to be done before his
nomination is made certain and before
his campaign can be entered upon
with justified hope. There are still
many lions in the way. The mo3t
loud roaring of them are in Brook?
lyn, where it is still a grave question
whether the Republican primaries may
not be raided and carried against
Major Curran. A great test of the
sincerity of Republican leaders will
come in the effort to make him really
the candidato of the united nnti
Tammany and non-partisan move?
ment. . . .
It would be foolish to deny that the
fusion campaign began in a disap?
pointing way. But there is plenty of
time to overcome the initial errors
and the unfortunate personal and
political squabbles which, for a time,
chilled public interest. In the weeks
that remain it should be possible to
bring about a real solidarity of opin?
ion and of effort among those whe
wish to redeem the city from the re?
proach under which it has too long
rested. There can be no real and
triumphant fusion against Tammany
until all those who feel the disgrace
of a government that misrepresent?
and injures the city unite whole?
heartedly in order to remove it.
A Winning Ticket
(From The, Evening Pott)
In naming Borough President Cur
ran for Mayor and Senator Lockwooc
for Comptroller the coalitionists have
presented a ticket which ought to wir
the vote of every man and woman wh<
prefers good government to bad. Th<
record of each man, as Mr. Curran sait
yesterday about his own, is an opei
book, and the real platform "is airead;
made by that record." All that th<
city desires is the kind of service whicl
Mr. Curran is giving here and Senato
Lockwood has been giving at Albany
The intelligent and honest managemen
of which the. city is assured at thei
hands would be a most agrceabl
awakening from the nightmare of mis
government from which the city ha
hern suffering under Hylan. Let th
coalitionists complete thin part of thei
work by choosing an acceptable ma;
for President of the Board or" Alder
men, and they will have made an ex
collent start toward victory.
That vie tory must bo a double vie
tory. First the coalition ticket mus
win in t"no primaries and then it mu -
triumph in the election. Of the fir
victory there should be no douh
. . . Then will como the final sta?
of the contest the fijlil against Hyla
or whoever Is the Tammany nominei
The prime requisite for victory o
this field is a common-sense plan of
campaign vigorously carried out. Tam?
many will exert itself to throw dust
into the eyes of tho voters by talking
about the traction bill and any other
happening at Albany which is not as
popular as it might be in New York.
It will do its best to turn the atten?
tion of the public away from Mayor
Hylan. In this attempt it will be
well advised, for the people of th?3
city have not found that the Mayor
improved upon acquaintance. Tam?
many will raise a loud cry about home
rule. The way to get home rule is to
elect officials who are capable of rul?
ing. It will be the task of the anti
Tammany forces to remind the voters
of this fact and to hold their opponents ?
to the real issue, which is good gov
eminent in XTew York. Upon that is- i
sue the Curran-Lockwood ticket should
win a sweeping victory.
Only One Question Now
(From The Herald)
Before the anti-Tammany voter of
Xew York there is no question now,
with the fusion ticket in tho field, !
of how much better might have been
done or might not have been done.
There in no question of whether there
was bigger and stronger timber in
the community or whether there was \
not. There is no question of whether
different men would have been will- !
ing to run or whether they would not i
run.
There is no question of whether,
the names finally decided on by the
coalition committee might have been j
more judiciously placed on tl ticket,
thin one here, that one there ather
than the way it is. Thera is no ques?
tion as to how it was done or why
it was done.
For you, Mr. Anti-Tammany Voter, j
now that it is done, there is only one
question. It is. Do you want more j
of Murphy and Hylan and their ;
ways, or don't you?
Do you want more of their mis- J
mangement to complete their b;:?i- !
ness wreck of the city's affairs, which ;
are your affairs? Do you want morel
of their ruinous waste and squander [
of your money to keep the great nu- j
nicipal treasury as bare as a bank?
rupt's till?
Do you want more of their high
taxes, which go to make high rents?
Do you want more of their brazen
record of schoolhouses unbuilt and
unrepaired and school teachers not
only underpaid but unpaid, while
Brindellism grows fat with graft?
Do you want more of all that, nncl
ran you stand more of it, or do you
want a new deal ?
This is tho whole question now. i
Mr. Anti-Tammany Voter, it is up
to you!
Good Platform for Good Man
(From The Glob?)
Xew York Republicans have two !
good reasons for voting for Major 1
Curran in the primaries on September
13. The first is they want to see an end
of Hylanisra, which is possible only :
through a genuine fusion effort. Tho j
second is that Major Curran is better'
fitted for the job than any of his |
Republican opponents bctl ir fitted
both by native endowment of character
and by long and ntimate connection
with the city government. To know
New York ? ity's municipal problem is
almost a lifetime's task; and there ?o
' no substitute for that, expert knowl?
edge In an occuj?ant of the Mayor's
chair. Since Mr. Curran is the only
Republican with a ghost of a chance
of winning, party members ought to
rejoice that they can vote for him with
a clear conscience for his own sake. In
particular, Brooklyn Republicans ought
to rejoice; for if they should now fail
to support the fusion candidate their
action would not only return Hylan to
office but would be tantamount to ad?
mitting something they hav? always
denied?that Tammany is capable of
entering the ?astern borough and do-?
ing effective work there.
The fusionists have achieved one-half
of the formula of success. They have
a good man. What is nc-v r.ec :.
good platform. The coalition c<
tee's suggestions, made public some
days ago, are probably too radie
most of the fusion leaders;
would be a serioun blunder to err in
the other direction and produce a
document so conservative that it would
drive independent liberals out of the
fusion ranks. . . .
A Fortunate Choice
'From 'The World)
In the unanimous selection of Henry
II. Curran as the fusion candida e tor*
Mayor the coalition committee has
made a fortunate choice.
Mr. Curran is Mayor-size, fully quali?
fied by ability, by character, by train?
ing, by experience end by k
city affairs for the office. V.
equally to the point, he ha;
on every issue of munie |
ment which will enter into the cam?
paign. . . .
With united and honest Rep
support Mr. Curran can beat Mayo"
Hylan. There can be no doubt as to
where the great mass of independent
Democrats will stand. The Tanrnany
Heerst combination can keep .Mayor
Hylan in the City Hall for anoth
years only by Republican \
Mr. Curran deserves the una
support of his party. He deserves th'
unanimous support of all independents
and of all citizens who desire to see
the government of the City cf Ne-?
York rescued from th-> miserable con?
dition into which it has falie:'. as a re*
suit of Hylan ignorance and Hylan in?
competency.
Republican Obligation
(From Th- Brooklyn D
Henry H. < lurran has 1
needed to mi g 3d Mayor.
of high principles, intellectually * ??
endowed, so until y i
enced m public life, he d
confidence and support of
who desires a change in 1
methods of city adm
political sti ." re"
vealed when, after t? > j ?.. ? r the
ng city govi
the borough administration ol
from Tammany's control. i--:'"
ning then ?.s n Republican, he re? :
many thousands of ? ? ' ?.
The first obligation j
Curran's supporters is to make cer?
tain of his Buccess in the
primaries He car.-'.
i Mayor if he fails to '
the Republican i -
ganized strength of the pari
practically assured to him in every
borough but Brooklyn, and here hi3
success is questioned only because o?
factional differences which 3re stimu*
lating rival .candidacies. ? ? i