New-York tribune., 1905-11-11
REBUKES MURPHY GREED.
Tammany Hall Member Calls Upon
Big Boss to RESIGN.

Joseph D. Baucus. well known Tamnany man,
a classmate of Mayor Mcclellan at Princeton and
q lawyer with offices at No. 40 Broadway, yester-
dav sent Charles F. Murphy singing letter, ad-
visng him to retire from the leadership. Mr.
Raucus lives in the 9th Assembly District and Is
on good terms with Frank ]. Goodwin and Thomas
F. Smith, who control the district His letter Is
regarded in Tammany circles as the beginning
Of the revolt inside the organization against Muir
ply The letter follows:
On the day of the Tammany convention I sent
you by special messenger a letter to the effect
ts that f 5a0u a I for
ney it would in my judgment be IA fatal d mistake f ts
and member Of Tamnany Hall, reit that the in
maned Of the the Of Pa m nd @
county of New-Yoriz. The denomination OF George
B. Mcclellan was certainty not because you
city and the press. voicing their opinion, demanded
that he continue in the office which he has so well
Being Democrat from principle and by inherit
e9 fhe time Of Thomas JEFFERSON, nauray desire
the success of the Democratic party and did not
Mr.. Mcclellan. who is conceded TO be the best
perilled by any short-sighted selfish action on
your part part +.n,o tho realization % NJ ,,or,ouou
was praetaly % conceded HIS e election now bR
narrow majority, is due entirely to his own
aftpn t ns on 6S.n part that at any leader
You havs utterly failed. and you know we'll that
have utterly failed to gauge the temper of the
only to your action in turning down Jerome.
rather your futile attempt to turn down Jerome.
but, your conduct of this entire campaign has been
such as to demonstrate even to the most blind fol-
lower of Tammany Hall that you have qualif-
cations wh8tever for your present position lead
er. You heve been guilty of allowing your per
sonal greed TO weigh against the real interests of
the democratic party in this city; you have exer
cised an arbitrary not to say impudent, temporary
power whidl believe you will not have when the
rank and fie of the Democratic party of this city
have opportunity of getting to you You
have count.nanced methods which contrary to
American deaS and tried to Subvert the
principles upon which American liberty is founded
trust tat the honest members OF the Demo-
cratic part, whom believe to be a decided ma
will express in no uncertain terms what they think
of your ablse of their confidence shown by your
actions in connection with the present election
The deveopments of the last few days such
as to convince a of your slow percep-
ton that he people of this great city will not
tolerate q gar, and that the only way man can
retain the confidence of this city is by doing what
the majoriy of the people desire to be done. A
leader of he Democratic party is the servant of
to what shall Or shall not be done he is going be-
yond his pwer and beyond his authority and 1t is
high time nat he was told so In uncertain terms.
If the ohcial returns do not convey to you the
intimaton that your usefulness a leader is at
an end nohing remains for the honest and sincere
DemOcratSof this city but to combine and empha-
false positbu. We have q right on which we may
have slept to choose our own leader-Democrats
have neverlong tolerated a dictator
I purposedoing what little is in my power to as
the Democratic party regain its former place
in the confidence of the honest and liberty loving
citizens of his country and believe the first step
that we Democrats should take is to relieve YOU
of your sel-mDosed task of leader Of Tammany
Hall This will leave you time to devote Il,
the contracting business and your country place
at Good GroInd to your automobiles and the high
society you greatly adorn-