New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-08
MURPHY ON GAS VOTE.
Leader Says He Told Tammany Men
to Support Bills.

With the ink hardly dry On the contract Civ
ing fat job at the Astoria plant Of the Con-
soIidated Gas Company to the New-York Con-
tracing and Trucking Company, Charles F.
Murphy leader of Tammany Hall, last night is
sued a statement that he had told all the Tam
many Senators and Assemblymen to vote for the
gas bills the chief of which, providing for
cheaper gas for the people, was defeated with
the aid of Tammany legislators.
Mr. Murphy went to Mount Clemens on Satur-
Gay night He is a temperate liver and Is not
given to midnight rarebits and ale. Neverthe-
less he did not sleep well that night. Though
he could not see 1t, his countenance. normally
cherubic in slumber was distracted by pain he
dreamed dreams First, he dreamed ne was sit
ting in a dentists chair. His tooth ached; oh.
how il ached!
.Tt's a Tammany Hall nolar, badly decayed
it will hurt terribly; had better give you gas
said the dentist.
IAN right" said Murphy, how much will it
costY'
Eighty cents thousand said the dentist.
He then put the cap over Murphy's face. and
said:
I'm going to kill you with so cent gas
Murphy woke up with the words ringing In
his ears.
And yet again he dreamed. He was the chief
| n7ourner at a funeral. He sat beside a coffin
,
him long lines of black garbed men who wiped
away big tears with black handkerchiefs
The room was dmy lighted and every few
| moments the gas light went out whereat
| murmur 'low pressure" would be heard AFTER
| all the mourners had filed by he looked at the
| coffin plate and read thereon:
| Charles F. Murphy. asphyxiated by ~ cent
| gas in political campaign"
AS he looked ne heard a sudden crash, and
| running TO a window he looked out. Tammany
Hall was in ruins. surrounded by crowd OF men
! with blasting implements. On the breast OIL ea'i
| was lettered $50 cent gas"
With the crash of falling Tammany Han ring
ing in his ears Mr.. Murphy awoke 1t was day
light and Mount Clemens.
Mr. Murphy did not breakfast as we'll as usual
! He pondered in the forenoon and finally sent
| telegram TO Thomas F. Smith, secretary OF
! Tammany Hail. telling him to give out the fol
! lowing statement as coming from him. the leader
of Tammany Hall:
Any statement that I sent word TO Senator
Grady to divide his delegation on the Gas oiI
| is absolutely false l had urged Senator Crazy
! and Assemblyman Palmer, leader OF the MINOR
| ity in the Assembly, to support the Dill ana &c
/ get Democratic support for IL pointed ou.
. that in all my interviews l pledged the support
! of the organization TO the bill.
Senator Grady had telephoned me about the
| bill. / told him to vote for it. also told AS
semblyman Palmer. In all my talks with Sena+
tors and Assemblymen, whenever 1 met them
urged them for the bill
went to Good Ground on Thursday and Sena
tor Grady telephoned me. l again urged the
passage Of the bill. Some Senators and Assem-
| blymeu telephoned me md l urged their vote:
for the bill.
AS to those Senators who voted against the
| bill the people will take care of them.
1t is reported that Mayor Mcclellan asked Mr.
Murphy about the Senators who voted agains
the bill declaring that they ought to be pun
ished. The Senators who voted against the bill
were Senators Martin. Riordan, Foley, Fitz
gerald and Hawkins. The Senators who voteC
for it were Senators Grady, Dooling. Marks an,
FraWley.
1t was reported last night that Mr.. Murphy
had threatened TO punish the Senators and AS
semblymen whose votes against the so cent ga
bill had hurt his own and the Mayors chance
of victory in the coming campaign.