New-York tribune., 1906-11-13

Kings. Two years ago Murphy and Mcclellan
we're on friendly terms. and Noorhis was reap
pointed The Kings County organization recon-
Tnended Mcguire for reappointment The Re
publican County Committee recommended Com
missioner Page, and the Kings County Republi-
can organization recommended Colonel Dady.
With the fight on between the Mayor and the
leader of Tammany Hall there is little proba-
bility that Commissioner Voorhis viii remain in
the board. Commissioner Voorhis voted in favor
OF giving the election advertising TO the Hearst
papers.
Depriving Charles F. Murphy of a personal
representative In the Board of Elections will be
hard blow at the prestige of Mr.. Murphy as
leader
clash is expected over the appointment.
Tammany VIII claim the right under the law TO
recommend q man for the place The Mayor
VIII disregard the recommendation If the man
named is a so-caIled Murphy man. The Mayors
appointee. whoever he may be- will take the oath
OF office and begin his term. and probably Muir
ply DO nothing to prevent II.
Tax Commissioner John J. Brady, who was
elected TO the Supreme Court bench, sent letter
to Mayor Mcclellan yesterday. resigning his
commissonership. 10 take effect on December
15 There was an exchange Of complimentary
letters.
Mr.. Brady's successor will be anti Murphy
Tammany Hall Democrat There are plenty Of
men in Tammany Hall anxious TO get the place
The salary Is $1,000 year.
1t is the steady hammering the Mayor is CIV
ing Murphy that IS disintegrating him as leader
Of the Tammany organization. Every time that
the Mayor appoints commissioner the new
understands that Murphy has had nothing
TO do with the appointment. and that he is not
beholden 10 the leader of Tammany Hall Moth
ing hurts the head OF Tammany like that. In
the organization II IS perfectly well known that
with the right kind Of a leader all OF the pat
ronage from the City Hall would be controlled
by the organization
The Mayor also has a Republican place TO fill
in the tax Office, Commissioner strasbourger
having resigned last summer.
Corporation Counsel Ellison yesterday sent
Commissioner Page of the Board OF Elections
an opinion in relation TO the designation by the
board OF the various papers IN which were pub
lished the notices Of the recent election. After
reviewing the case Mr.. Ellison says:
7 am clearly of the opinion:
That the Board Of Eleo-. 5 performed its
duty when 1t designated The sun" THE
World THE Times" and the 'Staats-Zeitung
10 publish the election notices provided for in
Section 10 of the Election law Of the 4th day of
October, 1906
That the designation of The New York Daily
News" "The New York American" "The Tele-
graph" and the "Moreen Journal under the
peremptory order of the court on October 8.
1906, was illegal, nun ana VOID because done
under the command Of p peremptory manda-
mus which order granting such peremptoTy
Tnandamus has since been reversed
Mr. Ellison then says that the board should
resoind its resolution first designating 'gThe
Sun" 'aThe World" THE Times" and the
'StaRts-Zeitung," and also rescind its resolu-
ton designating "The Daily News" The New
York American" THE Telegraph" and the
'sdorgen Journal" and then pass again its
resolution designating the first named papers.
Referring to the bills for work done by the
papers friendly 70 Mr.. Hearst. Mr.. Ellison says:
The bills of the newspapers designated under
the peremptory mandamus OF the court should
not be certified for payment, All such bills
should be rejected because the order under
which they were designated has been re-
versed and pavment Of such bills ought not TO
be sanctioned by the Board Of Elections in any
manner whatever
Il is intolerable that newspapers under the
circumstances disclosed should he permitted or
aided by public officials 10 draw money out of
the treasury of the city until their right to pay
rnent shall be established IN p court Of law.