The evening world., 1894-05-21

At l 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:
"Mr. 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 1.-The Evening world''
Mayor Gilroy said:
81 believe. and always have believed.
that the Republicans, the minority party
in thisc city, should ave equal represent
tation in the Police Board, n an equal
voice in the selection of the election
added. turning to Mr.. Murray. Il have
appointed Mr.. Murray because I believe
him to be a stalwart representative OF
his party"
The first question the Tammany poll
ticians asked was:
who is Murray"
Murray was a Republican. was. .
What effect will his appointment
have on the police Investigations"
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
known.
When Murray was with Plat and the
latter needed candidates to fill a politi-
cal void he always regarded. Mr.. Muir
ray as respectable and useful material.
In some quarters it Is believed that the
Mayor appointed Murray to give the i'm
preston that the Police Board would be
n bipartisan body, as Commissioned Nc
Clave was appointed as n Republican.
Mr.. McClave has always acted with
Tammany in everything that Tammany
made an Issue. Mr.. MacLean was an in
dependent, Democrat, and If Mr.. McClaye
had acted with him the Board would
have been bipartisan before.
Some politicians are OF the opinion that
the Mayor wants to have the public
Republican, but did not want to be
forced to do 1t by legislation.
Charles II. Murray, the young Repub-
trict, was born in San Francisco in 1855.
He comes from an old Puritan family
that settled in Massachusetts over two
hHRaT York yf for th ng last t hH has yea iIyea In
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 ago, when
he became a member of the Republican
organization OF the Third District. The
year he Joined the Association he was
nominated for the Assembly. Though
running in a Democratic stronghold, he
received a larger vote than any other
Republic an nominee.
Mr., Murray is an earnest and CON
s yInEans fo 5p'k Elaine IN for ISL fr ss e9Gs a thd
spoke in most OF the large cities OF
the State. During the last Presidential
campaign he took the stump for Harri-
son.
Several ancestral societies claim Mr..
Murray as a member, such as the Gin
I %cinnati, the sons of the American Rsvo-
luton, the Society of 1872 n the Loyal
Mr.. Murray is a lawyer, with an
office at rs Broadway. He studied law
in the Office OF Samuel j. Courtney,
The only Offices he held were those OF
the COMMISSIONS OF immigration.
As Supervisor OF the Census he as
sisted his chief. Supt. Porter. in not
counting about 100000 OF New York
City's inhabitants.
MIR. Murray succeeded while Supervisor
Of the Census, In overlooking enough in
more Democratic Congressman.
Mr., Murray belongs 10 the republican
faction OF machine politicians. which has
been notorious for making, deals with
Tammany Hall. Among his hackers were
Jacob NJ, Patterson. Johnny" Simpson
and Johnny" Collins.
Mayor Gilr)y ignored the plattites alto
gether, They had a candidate in Gen.
Michael Kerwin. The anti-Plattites are in
control Of the local machine, and can CON
niue to make deals as OF Old.
There never WAS a minute when Mill
hll.an and Plat were In IT,