The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-12
ctptch of Career of
Tammany'S New
Boss.
Successor to Croker
Has Remarkable
History.


49,. chosen By the SuIiivan-Croker fac
~ vote of ., 10 8. comes an in
60 interest In the personality Of
i. man who today steps into Rich
"A rrokers shoes and begins his boss
.slp Of the wigwam.
One Of the riumvirs who for
ace riled Tammany and designated
\, aR.s Chief Devery as sport
S5srlrs p Murphy. has made himself
an In the councils OF his orgauiZa-
ian Like Richard Croker, he fought
t.s vav up 90 the top from the bot
,,n Beginning as a boy In a ship
IA ana later as q street car driver
4. Ia today the head OF perhaps the
most powerful political organization T.
the whole country.
Mr. Murphy is one Of a family OF
.igbf children His father, Dennis
Warmly. died recently at the advanced
rrs of IS. The elder Murphy Il IS
.sid took great pride In the fact that
h. had never been idle a day in all
bis lIte
The Younger Murphy. now a leader
work and little talk" is his announced
motto as leader Of Tammany Han.
The eldest Of the Murphy family was
Dennis. who became "a policeman. He
4 now dead. Charles was the second
son. born IN 1855. The third child was
katherine. who came in time TO be
Known from one end Of the Eighteenth
district 20 the other as Aunt Kate.
The fourth child was William. known
as Genial Billy" and was one OF the
most popular men In the Eighteenth
district until death took him away.
Following him came Margaret, who Is
now the wife OF Police Captain Pat
rick cray. John ]. Murphy. formerly
councilman. now the keeper OF a
saloon al TWenty-nrst street and First
avenue and Thomas Murphy, who Is
dead. completed the family.
Dennis Murphy sent his children 10
school until they had acquired the
Tudiments Of an education.
Charley Murphy went 70 work in
R0agh's shipyard at Ninth street and
the East river II was his ambition TO
become a first class ship caulker. The
Roach yard was then considered a
training school FOR many a boy who
became famous later IN east side pol
itlcs
lie got % the hoy leadership OF the
Ehlpyard as he got 10 the top OF Tam
many Hall-by fighting One by one
~ whipped -tfre buys s-iIu 'yvori1ecl with
bin. and when there were no more
% whip ne beat them swimming and
rowing and running foot races.
When he was IL years old he organ
iled the SYLVAN Social club. the nu-
ceus OF the Tammany Hall organ
izauon Of the district as It now stands.
The members OF the Sylvan club We're
boys from IS to 20 years OF age. and
as organizer Charles F. Murphy was
made the leader.
Out o. the Sylvan club membership
Murphy organized a baseball club
called the Senator's He was catcher
and captain, the best player on the
team. Another member Of the team
Was Edward Hagan. afterward Tam
many leader OF the Eighteenth dis,
u.ct who passed the leadership TO
Murphy when he died.
Murphy was a remarkable ball play
The best amateur teams IN this section.
crowds OF 5000 20 10000 gathered on
me Dig LOT on sunday afternoons 10
See The Senators play. The games
We're generally FOR Sf00 a side, and IT
was seldom that the Senators lost.
buI'ng the Centennial year-IS76-
Murphy took his team on a tour OF the
state, playing the prominent clubs in
score OF cities The trophies won on
lhal Trap are Ou exhibition TO this dav
]" the Senate saloon. al Twentieth
street and Second avenue. Among
taem Is a loving cup. presented to
club SYRACUSE
."e Htte saloon was known as
marley s. Street car drivers and
,.u'IeloIS, employees ot the shlpvard
' 'ae sas works gutt8 percha work.
s ao'A hhorerS. clerks. politicians
-l business meu u the neighborhood
drank az the little bar
lae street car lines az the citv were
taIN OF the Tammany machine in
,.''r days. District leaders hestir.e,5
,-.i->ri'rs % get their constituents
49, as Drivers and conducTors ana
mn ~. 90 pass that Charles r. Muir
iot -N',-sa political influence. got a
If.. '- 'ue 'front.' platform OF a Blue
80. 'SI. running from Twentv-thlrd
49, ~, Terry down Avenue A. across
---.- no Street down Broadway and
- fourteenth street To the Ho-
was about that time thar NTpr,hy
S,- M, hnowu as silent Charley "
te7t'y. NVu ne listened IN
~, n. Is st.n "Snsnt Charley" for that
-.,'I rrA.a.ng one of his early cblaf
49,. '.-lSl.rs Jo this day. He illus
No. l.N When be was asked about
ar -'A To- The leadership.
'ars ..- 90 much talking" he said
A. ,... 81 .lsS Tor itself. ] viii De
M. r.4l Han every day. and spend
M. between 8 aud s o'clock in
~ ...'''n 40 work. There is plen-
-. WORK 'H ta done. ana the les
A.ls The better"
a. IN '>F Charley Nurphv rented a liz
iN"-stNry huHlIns -, o.. ,,-,t.
sss- ~ .'lh.leeDth street. a few doors
ana ''rHu- A. % had one window
f,-.. --,.'" door The bar and FIX
fre... N'--.L az second hand
~. We're Installed the headouar-
a.. .' ,7e SYLVAN club and the SEN
49,. -'-r'ai club For 5 cents the
s,-.,- proprietor served a pIass M
~. r9 ana a large bowl OF SCUM.
- I-s Rad not ensaeeA in politics
~ .5g.-,.y. save as other young men on
a. -.S-l-'t hat-sttendinr meetinrs
Han '" t"'ades Tor Fammany
v. -a .'>' the realization came IN the
en- salo0nkeeper that his SYLVAN
I' Grown 20 be- a powerful or
- - Ton. that he had hundreds of
c. ana that a life in politics was
Cc--..ll'e Power was the leader OF the
ss.-s L'-tnocracy in the Eighteenth
Ts.I Francis b Spinola was the
A. ny leader. one OF his lieuten-
Nr--tN.s Edward Hagan. who was
10 + closest friend. Murphy and
80 allied themselves with the Tam
~ oFgsnization. 10 which Murphy
over his SYLVAN Social club.