The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-03
MURPHY ATTACKS THE MAYOR
SAYS M'CL ELLAN ~ TRYING TO
GEORGE OFFICEHOLDERS.
Adds ina Neither Roosevelt Nor Croker
Can Swing Votes From Hearst, but
Privately he Is About Ready to Give
Up-Disregards Advice 10 Keep Quiet.

Ip-Disrrsards Advice TO Keep Quiet.
For the first time since his break with the
Mayor, Charles F. Murphy openly ossailed
George B. Mcclellan yesterday. Mr..
Murphy professed to have no fear OF the
effects which might be caused by the speech
Of Secretary Root or the Reputation Of
Hearst by Richard Croker. but he intimated
that Mayor Mcclellan was endsngering
the chances of a large plurality being piled
up in the city for Hearst.
Il am not disturbed by the speech Of Mr..
Root nor by the message sent by Mr..
Croker" Mr.. Murphy said. and while [ still
believe that Mr.. Hearst will get a plurality
OF from 5000 TO 100 900 in this city. I know
we will have to fight attacks from inside our
own organization"
1t was when he was asked to explain the
meaning Of this statement that Mr.. Murphy
blurted out that Mayor Mcclellan was doing
all he could to bring about the defeat Of
Hearst.
Il know" he exclaimed with a vehemence
he rarely shows, that Ma yor Mcclellan
has threatened all the district leaders
who hold jobs under h city government.
l know that John O'Brien has sent to all the
district leaders who are on the city's pay
roll telling them that Mayor Mcclellan
expects them TO get as many votes as pos
sible for Hughes"
DO you mean by that assertion that the
district leaders and other city employees
who have influence in the districts are be-
ing told that unless they keep down the
vote for Hearst in their districts they will
lose their iobs?" Mr.. Murphy was asked.
Il certainly do" he answered, what
other Interpretation could they put on the
messages which lave been sent to them"
"You want to be understood that Mayor
Mcclellan has let the ~oficeholders know
hat their jobs are dependent pom the
showing made by Hearst in their districts,
and that unless the normal Democratic
vote ia cut down they will be fred?" it was
asked.
YES" he replied. Mr.. Murphy went on
to say with some heat: But those men
can't deliver the goods. They can keep
down the vote for Hearst, and If they tried
they wouldn't last as district leaders for
twenty-four hours. The sentiment for
Hearst is so strong in every Democratic
district Of this city that a leader, even if
his job depended on it, could not turn his
district against Hearst, because the Tam
many voters in the district would not obey
any instructions from the district leader
to knife Hearst. arm told that Nick Muller
has promised tina Richmond will go for
hughes. hut 1 oan tell you o that Hearst
will not only win in Richmond, but that he
will also carry Queens and Brooklyn"
What proof have you got that Mayor
Mcclellan is using the measures you speak
of?' Mr.. Murphy was asked.
"Oh. you know what he is doing as well
as l do" he responded, and you know,
too. without me telling you. that one of his
commissioners is running an election bureau
which is practically a part Of the Republi-
can State committees campaign
On Thursday evening. after conference
with j. Sergeant Cram. w. Bourke Cochran
and others OF his advisers. Mr.. Murphy
announced that he was through giving out
interviews and that he would have nothing
to say until the day after election. He
broke the rule he was counselled to follow
in less thar tw~enty-four hours. As a
matter of fact. he has never spoken so freely
as he did yesterday.
II was plain that he was agitated at the
turn events have taken since Thursday
night and it can he said for him that he
does not minimize the influence Of the Root
speech and the Croker cable. II can be
stated also thai MI Murphy in private
talks with some Of his closest friends has
practically given upall hope of the election
Of Mr.. Hearst.
One of these friends. who had sent a COM
missioner down to Wal Street yesterday
morning to place a large bet on Hearst. after
later learning something at Tammany
Hall telephoned to his agent in Wall Street
end directed him not to make the bet.
That Mr.. Croker's Reputation Of Hearst
is making trouble in the local situation
was manifest yesterday at Tammany Hall.
Usually at this stage Of the campaign the
Fourteenth street headquarters hum with
hustle and life and the district leaders
come around almost to a man. Yesterday
from morning until night the place was
almost deserted. Not a single leader OF
any prominence showed up. and from all
appearances at the Wigwam yesterday
might have been a Saturday afternoon in
the summer.
Mr.. Murphy sought to pass of the desola-
ton Of things at Tammany Hall by ex-
planning that the leaders were hard at work
in their districts. They are out in their
districts working to get out every possible
vote for Hearst" he said, -and from the
/ get from them ! I'm confident
that Hearst's plurality in the greater city
will not be less than 100000"
But you have Just said that some OF the
leaders would be afraid to get out a large
vote for Hearst because Of the threat tina
their heads would be in danger unless they
kept the normal Democratic vote down."
We'll, didn't say that the leaders don't
dare attempt 10 cut Hearst because the
voters Of the district wouldn't stand for
it?" he snarled in reply. Neither President
Roosevelt nor Richard Croker can change
any votes in this city. The people have
made up their minds how they are going to
vote, and they are going 10 vote that way"
Don't you think that Mr.. Croker still
has some influence with the old followers
of ~Tammany?"
"Mr. Croker may have a few, but not
enough TO consider"
what do you think really inspired Mr..
Croker 10 scnd that messagc'" Mr.. Murphy
was finally asked.
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