Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-22
Makes Statement in Which He
Denounces Hearst and
Tammany
TO. DRIVE. BonH. FROM. PARTY
New York District Attorney Announces
War to the Finish on Murphy, ! am
many Leader-DecIares Both Hearst
and Murphy Are Unfit to Lead vo-
tiers.


citation Of Charles +. Murphy, leader
of Tammany Hall, and William r.
Hearst, who is ambitious to become
governor of New York, was called
forth from William Travers jerome
yesterday by a statement made by the
Tammany chief, Mr.. Jerome openly
declared his Intention, should he ever
gain the needed influence to use all
his power to drive out of the demo-
cratic party bosses of the type of these
two men.
The denunciation of Mr.. Jerome,
who has announced his willingness to
accept the democratic nomination for
governor, if given him without condi-
tions, was brought out by statement
made by Mr.. Murphy that he had not
observed any sentiment in Tammany
for the nomination of Jerome by the
democratic state convention. There
was, Murphy said, plenty of senti-
ment for Hearst
MI. Murphy declared he was not
committed to any candidate, but it was
the rule of Tummany to be guided by
the sentiment of the organization, and
he would be guided by it at the state
convention. Mr.. Murphy said the
Tammany delegates to the convention
would be bound by the unit rule.
District Attorney Jerome's reply was
made last night in the following public
statement:
Tt is no surprise to me to find Muir
ply practically declaring for Hearst.
The only reason for my taking an ac-
tive part in politics this year is to car
~ on the fight of last year, which
was fight to free the people and
parties from the domination of just
such political panhandlers.
Birds of a feather flock togther,'
and when a person Intellectually ster-
lie, socially vulgar and morally obtuse'
insults the decent people of the state,
irrespective of party, by seeking the
Y nomination of a political party by ad-
vancing dollars and not ideas, and by
methods akin to those of the black
mailer, no thinking man could doubt
where Murphy could be found
Il should fear had lost all my ideals
if found men of this type supporting
me, except lnder absolute compul-
sion:
! '.If ever come to have any influence
IN the democratic party twill be used
to drive out of it base bosses of this
type. Both the democratic and repub-
lican parties have long enough been
disgraced and dominated by men of
this type controlling party organiza-
ton.
Party organization was created orr
iginally to render effective the will Of
: the people.
1.-THE servant has become the mas
ter, and the executive machinery, con-
trolled by small groups of selfish and
unusually corrupt men, has been used
to deprive the people of the parties Of
heir political freedom"
b Fight Not on Parties.
he fight is not to destroy parties.
4 Par, y are essential to the proper
working of our political institutions.
'.The fight is to free the parties from
Just such men as Murphy-tO deprive
them of their control Of the executive
machinery, to restore it to the dis
charge of the functions for which it
was created, the effective expression
OF the will Of the people who compose
the party. When this is done we shall
have leaders, and not bosses. We shall
then have conventions of real delet
gates, seeking to determine whom the
people want placed in nomination. We
shall have candidates and public Off
GERS in whose choice the peoples
voice has been potent, and who will
feel that their responsibility is to the
people, and not to some political boss
& who created them"