New-York tribune., 1906-11-02
MURPHY ON CROKER.
OAKLEY TAKES Il KICK.
Leader Decides to Keep Still 4fter
lHak'ing T7cO Bad Breaks.

Il won't say anything more to newspaper men
until Wednesday, after election said Charles
T. Murphy last night at Tammany Hall. Mr..
Murphy has treated the reporters well since the
opening of the campaign and has been treated
well by them in return There is q reason for
his putting up the shutters now on his vocal
warehouse. II is that Mr.. Murphy made bad
hreak" on Wednesday. when he told the re-
porters that his estimate of the Hearst plural
ity in this city was from 10000 to 100000
When that estimate, coming from the leader
of Tammany Hall, was read in the cold type
yesterday by William R. Hearst and the Tam
many district leaders. a lot of them said:
We'll, if that's all Hearst gets in this city
tho JIG is up
Air Murphy had hard day Of it yesterday
wl,h his friends. They told him that he had
made bad break. They called his attention to
tic fact that the Republicans can invariably
bring down q Republican margin of 10000 and
that if Hearst cannot do better than from
10000 to 100000 in this city, he is beaten and
deciefvely beaten.
The Hearst are hopping mad over it, and
Mr. Murphy's kitchen cabinet told him yester-
day that he had confessed defeat.
Mr. Murphy made another bad break" when
he questioned the genuineness of Richard Cro-
Eer's telegram TO Senator McCarren. congratu-
lating the Brooklyn leader for his opposition to
Hearst. Mr. Murphy did not think that Croker
would do thing like that. He suggested to
the newspaper men at Tammany Hall Wednes-
day night that it would be well to see whether
the cable message was a fake, and he smiled
suggestvely when he said it.
The message was not a fake by any means.
Richard Croker sent it, and he meant II. Tam
many friends sent messages to him yesterday
about the dispatch, and he replied that it was
correct
Mi Murphy. reading between the lines. saw in
II his possible diaplacen. int as the leader of
Tammany
Before he decided TO stop talking for this cam
paisn Mr. Murphy was interrogated on the
Croker message. That was before he had had
any positive verifcation of the message
'Nhat do you think of Mr.. Crokers position
in the matter" was asked.
1T is entirely contrary to the teachings and
attitude Of Mr.. Croker all his life. Mr.. Croker,
as leader Of Tammany Hall. taught me regu-
larity, and always preached it. Tammany has
always followed that instruction"
Are you teaching regularity now?"
4 certainly am. I always have"
How is ii you supported the nomination Of
Mr Hearst then"
"Tammany Hall went to that convention as
followers. The people up the state wanted Mr..
Hearst. and we fell in line Now that Mr. Hearst
IS nominated we are supporting him lovaIlv.
lie is the regular nominee of the party and as
such should he supported by the partv"
DO you think that Mr.. Croker viii return ia
America ?'
L do not know. but if he does come would
he the very first 10 welcome him He is a man
for whom have always had a great deal OF re-
spect."
Are you still under the impression that tho
greater city will go for Hearst by a plurality
Of 80,000?" F ''
Yes from so 900 TO 1OO. 600"
do you think all the boroughs viii go for
4 don't know about all the borouebs h,, 7
feel certain that New York County ana kim
County will go for him" ms
All this said carly in the da,, a. a., ~
porters for the evening papers. At The ,eey,,la ,
hour last evening 81 Tammany Han for eee,oc
the morning men, Mr. Murphy started The tait
ing by saying:
I'm not going TO say anything roor., t go,
gentlemen until Wednesday, Of next week SGnnn
Of the evening men treated me ba,ii,. &. 9
and Im going to sa" nothing - all --'
To balf n dozen Inquiries Mr.. Mu-phy renIiad
"Norhing % say" P-eN
s:cner. had something TO say lie ana Wr
MurPn.' and J. Sergeant Cram had nee, 70
i,etf.Er. and Mr- Oskey di1 not hesitate "a -, =.
what ne thought Of The Croker message
- Croker" said Mr. Oakley. gave mn Tho
leadership of Tax. fany Hall OF his oXn y,ois, - ~
az went away when he wanted 70 and rciiI1-
quiFped control 10 others. |sr. Croker aIv,a,,u
i.1NocafcG regularity. what Kind cs rec1,i.~iII, !,
IS lils T!'-9 re QUITS irIo the local and stat
titia:.on ana 1>rochs' : candidate MO -
convention? Nh. Croker has go2c oac.s on All
iiS g-ofesse1 rrn"ipies Of X 1.dlarlty ana in
b-nahg thct tr'asram 10 SeEa}or NcCallan me
showed himself To lie a renegade. Tow va
can se@ "!!F < vas that Andy Freedman when