The sun., 1904-06-26

The Alderman and tho Assemblyman
were always within hailing distances. 20
that when q constituent had q favor 70 ask
the matter could be settled then and thsgo
without delay and without red tape.
Although he stood outside the saloon.
which he then owned, Murphy would take
q drink with no one who sought him on
business pertaining to his leadership. He
made the people with whom he dealt under
stand that thoy were not under the neoes-
sity Of spending money in his place.
This was the main reason why he stood
on tside In all kinds Of weather instead OF
transacting his business in the saloon.
This did not please other district leaders
who had saloons. Thew said 1t created
bad pr~ced@nl
Murphy carried his devotion to details
into the leadership OF Tammany Hall.
Every day he Is in town he spends three
hours at the Fourteenth Street Wigwam,
listening, advising and arguing with dis
triot leaders, oficeholders, officeseekers
and the people who have business, or think
they have business with Tammahy Hall.
It is nerve racking task, and Murphy's
friends say he will have to give 1t up, az
Croker gave II up and Lewis Nixon gave It
less and less time at Tammany Hail.
The trite old saw, that politics makes
strange bedfellows. was never better illus
trated than in the case Of Murphy. He
one inseparable companion Is j. Sergeant
Cram, Harvard graduate and man Of leis-
ure.
It is their custom to take long walks
together nearly every day. Sometimes
To HILL Eifth
avenue to the northern boundary Of Central
Park, at 10th street. Occasionally they
drive behind Mr., Grams team.
In the old days Murphy was q noted
athlete and boxer, and. like Croker. he was
admired quite as much for his physical
prowess as for his skill as political leader.
He was one OF the best amateur baseball
players in the country and took part In
many noted contests when the Haymakers
and the Flyaways and the Red Stockings
ruled the diamond.
He was also an amateur oarsman OF wide
renown on the East Side. Even to-day
be has a warm spot in his heart for the old
baseball players, and they are always sure
of welcome at Tammany Hall.
Outside OF walking and driving, Mr..
Murphy's chief amusement is playing golf
He first took up the game at Hot springs,
Va, last November, and has since become
a golf enthusiast.
He rarely takes a drink. and is not In
terested in horseracing. He reads little
except the newspapers and the magazines.
After the last election, he began to wear
glasses, his eyesight having been injured
by the poor light in Tammany Hall
There has been a good deal Of talk about
the change that came over Murphy after
he became the supreme leader Of Tammany
Hall. 1t is true that his mind has broadened
and that he has been sobered by the heavy
responsibilities he assumed.
Otherwise he is the same Charlie Murphy
Of Second avenue, envied and admired by
every stripping in the Gas House District.
He is still the leader there, and his homo
is in the district. He was married not long
ago, and lives in a comfortably furnished
house at 3O5 East Seventeenth street.
His devotion to his family and his kind.
ness to his parents, who are now dead,
added greatly to his strength in the district.
He is now educating the children Of TIVE
uncles.