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"any any " plan pIan for carr carrying ing New lork fork lorkankUn forkanklin lorkranklin ranklin ankUn anklin D Roosevelt Uooeevelt ; nest next ye'lr yelr year yearaot ' , ot of the slightest r reason acon ; at the thet theat t t'e t moment for desiring desiring the Ute Pres Pres's ProsI'ff ProsIff 's s 'e e ' continuance In oflice office It llas has hasn llasn hasa | n a BO so little patronage patronge , that It issequential Is Issequential Isnsequcntlal sequential On tlie the contrary , most mostany mostany mostImany any leaders lenders feel that th'lt thlt ' It was wasevelt wasevelt waseTClt | evelt and nnd James A . A . Farlcy Farley who whoresponsible wlio- wlio wlioresponsible - responsible for tor Tammany's Tammanys Tammaay's Tammaays ' notn notthe not notSBS SBS n the tbe tremendous New York tits cIt citvlinage ' nsge ; 9ge at the piesent plescnt present moment Fora For ForTs 11 " ' 11s Ts | s a Roosevelt lieutenant . , JosephKee JosephIee Joseph JosephKec Kec Kee Iee { , who wlio ho ran with the tacit blesst blesstthdfWhite bless blessth tthdfWhite t , . tbQt th ( White House and nnd the more morenpport moreupport moreisupport npport upport of ot Parley rarIey rarley for mayor on ondependent ondependent ondependent [ dependent ticket , . thus brll1gln bringin bringingthe , : ; ? the election of ot Mayor hyor riorello rtorello H Hunrdta HS Huardia S unrdta uardia And the President h'1'i h1i hiq hasilmost ' ' . " lmoct mot ) : as ns friendly with La Gunr Guar Gunrinee GuarInce inee lace the latter's latters lntler's lntlers ' election electlon as he heIth hei hefith i Ith certain other Republican PlO Pte PlOves Pteyes PioIves ves yes , notably not'lbly notlbly ' Senator Robert Hobert M Id Idoilette Millettc Millettcen oilette oiletten Uetten Uette | en n tills this Is not all aU that Hogse\ Hogse Rooseveltarley Roosevelt Hogseelt RooseveltParley \ elt eltarey Parley arey arley ) have hme base done to Tamm'1ny Tamm1ny Tammany Tamm'1nyRoose TammanyRoosevelt Tammanya ' Roose\ Roose Roosevelt RooseeU \ eU was W'1S W1S wss ' governor goveIDor goveinor he went "ent ent sent sentthe " . the administration of Mavor Mayor Mavorft MavorJ MayorJ 3 J Walker , aided In its being beingd beingup beingp1 0'1 01 0'1up d ' up In spectacular spectacul'lr spectacullr ' fashion f\5hlon f 5hlon ' \ , , nnd and andforced andjforced .f f . ( .fforced forced JlmmWall.er Jimmy Jlmm\ Jlmm \ Walker Wall.er Waller 1Valler . , out out.mmany outmmany . . a many De\ De never Deer \ er held this againsti against3i ag'llnstvelt against ag'llnst agllnst ' 3i i evelt velt Its leaders le'1ders le1ders ' are always pr'lCThe prscThey prac- prac pr'lC- pr'lC prlC prsc- prsc pracThey ' - ' - They The knew there \ was \ as nothing nothingRoosevelt nothingRoosevelt nothingts Jloosevelt Roosevelt could do , unless hek he becomingIr becomingIi k . loned iloncd Boned all hope of becoming Ii dent Thev The They I knew that , ) new to pickt pick pickit it t with Tammanv has h'ls hls ' always beennational been " ' : ' national 41 41politics politics . . . And besides besidese , , ! many of them " were "ere ere sorry per perly peruy )1 1 ly ) about Jimmy Wan Walker er , , they put putown ycontinued . own man in 1D as mayor , and theycontinued the thecontinued continued contmued to flounsht"1t flourishtit flourish flounsh flourishfit [ fit t"1t t1t tit " must be remembeied remembe1ed remembered that tor for toro foro foryo o years preceding this , Tammany Tammanybeen Tammanybeen Tammanybeen ( been deprived of 'lnj lnj any ' anv share otpatronage oft of'patronage of ot ofpatronage t patronage \patronage 'patronage \ ' Tammany rather C ex et exd etj j d this of ot ' Presidential Presldentl'11 Presldentl11 Presidenti'il Presidentiil ' ' a 1 ' c'lndld'lte clndldlte candidate c'lndld'ltehen candidatehen candidatevhc.n candidatevhcn ' ' | hen . Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' protcgc protege , Herbert Herberthman Herberthman Herbertgichman - -hman hman continued to stan starve e thedespite thedespite the , despite the fact that AI Al Smith Smithupported Smith.1upported Smithsupported . .1upported 1upported ' [ upported Lehman Lchmln : the grleance grievance grle\ grle grievancein \ ance anceto to grows grow growils ils s would ha\ ha have hae \ e made mnde no differencE differencehad differencepad ; ' had ad not been for the La L'1 L1 ' Guardia Guardiaon GuardiaWD j Guardiaj on , which left Tammany Tanlmany wIthout wIthoutaI withoutal withoutral aI al , state or city jobs to dispense dispense\ct dispense ct . , I Iet \ ct et , a at t the 10 lowest " est ebb of ot ' Its power powerthe powerthe powerI the Civil war warit 3 3t t ays ys Dangerous Dangeroust - it t that does not mean that Tamwl1l Tamwill Tarn Tam will wl1l be neak "e'll ell we'ik weik " ' in the ne ne-rt ne rt nett - t electlOn election election10 electlOno electiono o means me'lns melns ' ' ' If the record of plst past plstalgns pastsigns pastaigns ) algns signs Is a safe s\fe s fe ' \ guide . , T'lmmany Tlmmany T'iminany Timinany T'iminanyfurthest TammanyH4 ' > , . furthest from tlie the patronage p'ltronage pltronage patronageh p'ltronageb ' h b , . Is alwa always s the most dangerous dangerousHs dangerouss s this due to desperation or to todea toden toIdea dea den of fighting \ with sith \ Ith one's ones ' ' b'1c1 b1c1 beck backe becke ' , e wall It 1m in\ol\cs in ol cs Involves \ 01\ 01 01es \ \ es other elements'erv elementsvery elements elementsi i ' ierv 'erv erv very few people out In the coun coup counto coupto counto [ to whom 'whom ' hom the theerv 'erword \erv erv 'er\ 'er er \ ' erv \ ' word "Tam Tam "Tamis "Tarn\ "Tarn Tarn "Tamt "TarnIs " \ t " ' , Is one of approbritim opprobrium under under- underBut under-i under i - . But it is a thing t'l1ng tl1ng ' which a 'cryconverstlon veryJ veryconverslhon ' lery 'cry cry very leryconversation J conversation convers\tlon convers tlon converslhon ' \ with any old New Newer Newer , er r will Win confirme confirm e point is thatvhen that \ when \vhen vhen Tammany Tammnny Is Isoer isoser Isower o\\er o er oser \ \ . . at .t t .it it the city cit clt ; hail h'llI hllI 11111 ' everything everythinggoes everythinggoes everythingigoes goes wrong 'rong rong " ' Is blamed on the Wig 1Vig- 1Vig 1Vigj Wig-.i Wig.i Wig .i i - . ' . f j By the same tol token en , when then hen Tam Tamis Tarnf " Is not In power at the city hall hallthln hallthing hallything thln thing that happens bappens which "hlch hlch slilch " does doesppeal doesppeal doesappeal ppeal ppeal to the thevoters , -voters voters - oters is an assetammany asset assetFammany Fammany .nmmany nmmany . ammany .nmmanyreot'er ammanyreover ? reorer reot'er reoter reover ' , and this will wIlI surprIsewest surprisewest surprise surpriselowest lowest ; ? west of the Mississippi especl'llly especlllly especially especiallytpeople ' , ; ? people who ha\e ha e h'l\e h'l hl have ' \ lived Il\ed Il ed \ in Newtor Newfor New . ' for tor a n few seais years eals and Ilnd ha\e ha e h'1\e h'1 h1 hive ' \ had h'1d h1d hid ' a ace ace ace ce to contract Its 'ldmlnlstratlonth'lt 'idminlstratlonthat ' administration 'ldmlnlstratlon ldmlnlstratlon 'idminlstratlon idminlstratlon ' that th'lt thlt ' of other otller cities believe bellCve sol soly solS solly y S , , whether right or wrong , tllat that thatatpayer thatla\paier thatla paier | atpayer \ pa er in Nelork New Ne\\ Ne Net \ \ lork Iork get gets ' ) more moreIs moreis moreils | Is money than t11\n t11 n then ' \ do the tIle t\ t tp'l Mvpltiers Mvpltiersoat ta\pa\crsnost ta pa crsnost ' \ \ p'l pl ' \ ers ersost ost oat other cities in the United UnitedPS Uniteds Unitede UnitedPSie s . ie e writer fter water , vr Is not attempting a stateot stateof state ' . of ot the merit or lack of mel mei meilt It ofcontention of ofcontention ofContention contention He Fie is statm stating a po po,1 po1 , 1 fact tact , which can C'ln Cln tin ' be easily easl13 demated dem demated em emated ated by b } a few con\ersations con ersations cOD\ers'ltions cOD ers'ltions ersltions conversations \ \ ' with withY withYorheis withYorkeis | Y Yorheis ort-el ort el - s on your next visit to the theopolls theopolis theopolls theopollsgyment ; opolls opolis opolise e for Bonus Bonusyment gyment yment of the bonus In full fuB not notafter notafter notpnfter after congress congrcs , : ; meets In T\ntmry T ntmry Tqnuary Januarye ' \ , , e not a n certalnt ccrtalnti certaint3 . , is considered consHlered atprobble atprohable at probable prob\ble prob ble prohable ' \ President Roosevelt Roosevelt'lde Rooseveltode Rooseveltmide 'lde lde ode ' no definite commitments , , de deAhe dei/the dei the Ahe 'the the / , ' face f1ce flee that tll'lt tlllt ' certain American Americanon on leaders leadprs have been ! , fclving fjving Ivlng that thatesslon thatesston thattsslon esslon esston No one really re'lllv relllv re111v ' doubts thatill that 111 ill again ngaln againeto ngalneto \eto eto veto \ the measure me\sure me sure ' \ The Thege Thege Thelee ge in the situation as compared toesston to | < $ esslon esston Is th that t the Precl President ; ent Is not notcted noteted notctcd ? cted eted 1o to turn on am anything thing like IIIte theto theto the { to prevent his bls hiscro \cro cro vero \ ero from being beingIden beingiden beingriden Iden that he did h last 11st t time.Jhout timethout time timeIthout .Jhout Jhout . 0 Ithout thout so much Presidential Presldentl'11 Presldentl11 Presidentlll ' prescongressional pres prescongressional 0congressional congressional experts etperts e perts say sa , thereot thereof there theret ot of > t much doubt that the senate will vvlli willw vvlliw willw w the house In 0\ 0 0errldl overriding overridng \ errldl ! ng the thef thef t f Executive's Executives U"ecllt1ve's Uecllt1ves Eaecutlve's Eaecutlves " ' disappro disapproval dlsnppro\ dlsnppro dlsnppro11 \ 11 gl ' In fnct fact facttheory , tbeory theory Is 1s commonly accepted ncceptetJ In Inresslonal inressional inresslonnl resslonal ressional as ns well "ell ell sell " as us a < ; Legion circles circleshort , , ort , , official Washington Wnshlnton ; belle\ belle bellees believes believesonus believeslonus \ es esonus onus will wU1 be passed months month before beforeatlonal beforeatlonal beforenational atlonal conventions meet in June Junenus Junenus Juneinus nus politics is one of the queer queerptlon queerptions queerptions ptlon ptions to general ge'1ernl ge1ernl ge'ieral geieral ' rules It h'ls hls his h'lsto histo hasB ' to be generally accepted nccepted that th'lt thlt ' It itnot itnot , Dot not hurt Lurt a President to oppose opposeis opposes generalt s payments But just as general t o.lgalnsthlnb ugalnsthin Is b belleied believed lIe\ lIe lIeed \ ed that voting o.lgalnst olgalnst ugalnst : . ugalnstnin hlnb hin , the soldiers scldlers want tlnt \ \ 'lnt lnt ' is littlet IIttlat IIttla little t of ot political suicide for a senator senatorember senatorember senatoraenibcr ember of the tbe house tils his housetils househis theory may m'lY mlY ' or may not be ac c te cte actd e o It has never been adequately5d al1equatelyd td tdo d al1equately adequately al1equatelylit adequatelytit adequately5dgt lit tit gt , , whether 'Whether ' opposing ojlposlng the bonus con con- cons conY - . s Y tributed trlbuted or not not , . , the seniors sentors and mem mem-"crs mem "crs crs . - bel's bels bers members " ' of the house who tostnnd tostand attempted attemJted { to t < thbonus thebonus stand stnnd by Presidents In opposing the th < bonus electorates were killed kilied off by their elec elec- elec - . torates one after the other . Curious Complication ComplicationThere There is another curious complica compllca compllca- . - complication compllcaton tion tlon ton ! to the present situation Several Severalsenators Severalsenators Severalsenators senators arc are known to have told the bonus thebonus voteto lobbyists that they would vote to override President Roosev Roose\ Roose RoosepU's Roosevelt's Roosevelts \ Pit's Pits pU's pUs ' ' veLo veto vetoIf veLoif if that thnt one additional vote would put putit It over . , . This ! is ts s not Just patter pntt'r pnttr ( ' bv by the theobb lobbyists ) thelobbyists obb Ists Two senators , whose \ whose \ hop : ; names namesthe namesthe namesthe the writer Is not permitted to mention . , hl1e have hl1\ hl1 mention.have mentionhave mentionhl1 toldbonue toldbonus \ e confirmed such reports They told told bonue bonus ; workersMater workers\hter workers hter workeralnter $ \ that if it could be demonstrated bedemonstrated ne next nest t time that one more morerote morevote morevotevould rote \ ote \vould vould "ould ould would " \ do the trick trlck tack , they would wouldproduce wouldproduce wouldproduce wouldproduceAt produce produceAt At least le'1st le1st lelst ' two t0 t\\ t \ 0 such senators , In telhn telling tellingabout tellingabout about it after\\ after afterward afterard \ \ ard said they would wouldprobabh wouldprobably wouldprobably probabh probably have h&ve hve & to "vote vote "rote rote " with tne tnI toe ' boys boys"nes-t boys"nes boysnes t " i ine.t ne\.t ne.t ne .t t neat : . \ - time hme adding that if It is alvvavs always ah\a ah a \ s the theI thelast thelast I last vote before election that counts countsBoth countsBoth countsBoth Both senators sen\tors sen tors ' \ In question ' are 'lre lre coming comingup comingup comingup up for re ra election nest next f fall lI , , and both bothare bothare bothare are expected to have h'1.e h1.e h1e hive ' . hard fightsBy fights fightsBy By making that th'1t th1t ' halfway h'l1fwuy hl1fwuy hllfway ' pioc'ge piocge plcc'ge plccge pledge ' ' thev they thevremo.ed theyremoved theyremoved remo.ed remoed removed . in 111 ui advance any grounds rounds for forthe forthe forthe the Legion leaders le'lders lelders ' making m'1l.tng m1l.tng m1ltng ' . any Clny drIve drIve'lgalnst driveagainst driveagainst 'lgalnst lgalnst against ' them In fact both fully e\ e et etpect epect c\pect c pect \ ' : pect to \ vote ote for the bonus ne\t ne t nett nc \ t time timeand , nnd and for the bonus to pass over 0er 0\ 0 \ er the theUooose theRoooseieit theRooosevelt Uoooseeft Roooseieit Uooose\ Uooose \ eft \ veto eto , thus eliminating el1mln'ltlng el1mlnltlng ' any anyposslblht anypossihlliti anypossibility posslblht possihlliti , of repercussions repercusclons repercusctons : for tor them themat themat themat at the polls But last time they diet did dietnot didnot didnot not fee feel ) strong enough to risk the Pres Pres- PresIdent's Pres- Pres President's President's - - ident's idents ' ' ire lre when he bore do\\ do do\vn do vn don down \ \ n on them themto themto themto to sustain rhe the veto TheyVpre They wpre \Vpre Vpre vvc-re vvc re \ - Inter inter- interested Interested - . ested In bits of that $4000 4000 54 $ 54000000000work 000 000 000 000worl 000work worl work relief rehef , for instance Not to men mention menlion mention tion lion several other possibilities of ot Pres Tres PresIdentlal Tresidential ProsIdentlal Identlal idential 'l\ 'l l ' favor 'lor \ or or disfavorNext disfavor disfavorNext Next time , t the tie e understanding on Cap Capitol . itol Hill IIlll Is , there will wlll be no threats threatsfrom threatsfrom threatsfrom from the Whl White te House louse , not even 1m Im 1mplied Implied 1mpiled plied onesMorgenthau's ones onesMorgenthau's Morgenthau's Morgenthaus ' TripRumors Trip TripRumors Rumors persist that the trip of Sec.rotary Sec- Sec Secretary - |