The evening world., 1894-05-21

At / o'clock Mr.. Murray was sworn in
the presence of a distinguished COM
pany of Disguised Tammany men. among
them President James j. Martin, OF
the Police Board. Mr.. Martin had evil
IDENTIFY not been consulted in the selec-
ton of his colleague, for he was the
most surprised man in the room when
Mayor Gilroy said:
mir. Martin, let me Introduce to you
your new colleague. Mr.. Murray. Mr..
Murray, Mr.. Martin"
Mr.. Martin was speechless. The
Mayor, noticing his embarrassment.
came to his rescue by saying:
You gentlemen will know each other
better after awhile: you'll get better
acquainted"
To a reporter of THE Evening World'
Mayor Gilroy said:
II believe. and always a " believed.
that the Republicans, the minority party
in this city. should have equal represen-
tation in the Police Board, and an equal
voice in the selection of the election
Inspectors for their party. and. he
added. turning to Mr.. Murray. &c! have
him to be. a stalwart representative OF
his party"
The first question the Tammany poll
tlcians asked was:
who is Murray"
The mex query, after learning tina
Murray was u Republican. was:
What effect VIII his appointment
Mr.. Murray is the leader of the Com
mittee of Thirty faction in the Third
District, which is anti-Platt. What Mr.
Plat thinks of the appointment Is not
When Murray was with Platt and the
latter needed candidates to NIL a politi'
cal void he always regarded. Mr.. Muir.
ray as respectable and useful material
In some quarters 1t Is believed that the
Mayor appointed Murray to give the i'm
preston that the Police Board would be
a bipartisan body, as COMMISSIONS Nc
Clave was appointed as a Republican.
Mr.. McClave has always acted with
Tammany in everything that TammanS
dependent Democrat. and II Mr.. McClay'
had acted with him the Board would
have been bipartisan before.
Some politicians are OF the opinion thu,
believe that he intended to appoint {
Republican, but did not want to b,
forced to do 1t by legislation.
lican leader of the Third Assembly Dis.
trict, was born in San Francisco In 1855
He comes from an old Puritan family
th una1 ss,'l saa ,n % aeo. Hs Sa. o lived 'T iS
New York for the last thirty years.
His mother was the daughter OF Dan.
lei s. Dickinson, who served as Governor
and United States Senator for this State
Mr.. Murray's active interest In politics
commenced about ten years aSo when
he became a member of the Republican
organization OF the Third District. Thu
wear he Joined the Association he was
nominated for the Assembly. Though
running in a Democratic stronghold, he
received a larger vote than any Other
Mr., Murray is an earnest and con
v%incing talker. In 1854 he took thu
,bb e Sto in most 1nr,0 of the the H. ls a. re sitIss o.
campaign he took the stump for Harri
son.
Several ancestral societies claim Mr.
%cinnati, the Sons of the American Revo
luton. the Society OF 1872 and the Loya
Legion.
MIR. Murray is a lawyer, with ar
office at ll5 Broadway. He studied law
in the office OF Samuel ]. Courtney.
The only offices he held were those OF
Supervisor of the Census and counsel tC
the Commissioner OF Immigration.
AS Supervisor of the Census he as
sisted his chief. ,Supt, Porter. in not
counting, about 100000 OF New Yorl
City's inhabitants.
Mr.. Murray succeeded while Supervisor
habitants to deprive New York OF on,
more Democratic Congressman.
faction OF machine politicians, which ha.
Tammany Hall. Among his hackers wer,
Jacob NJ. Patterson, Johnny" Simpson
Mayor Gllroy ignored the plattltes alto
gether. They had a candidate in Gen
Michael kerwin. The anti-Plattites are il
control OF the local machine, and can con
tinue to make deals as OF Old.
There never was a minute when Mil
holland and Plat were In it,