The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-19
JEROME SUBPGNLS MURPHY.
no TELLdWHAT HE CAN OF SALE
OF HEARST SUPPORT.
ae Charges Tnat' AEanAgcrs OF the League
HAVE Hcen Demanding Mansy 90 With
draw Candidates Denial From IhmsAn
o q Summons Bsrors no Grand Jury.

draw Candidates Denial From Ihmsen
o Summons Bsrsre ths Grand Jury.
Charles B. Murphy was subponssd Last
night to appear before tbs. Grand Jury
this morning and explain q stAtement be
made yesterday thGt hs supposed tbs IN
dependence LEAGUE bad got nancy from
Judge Otto A RosalsLyJ nominated On the
Independence Leagues tiGkct. and . fuTther
statement that representatives Of tbsIn-
dependence League had demanded money
as n consideration for forcing their candi4
dates for Congress, Senate and Assembly
out Of the race. At the same time q sub
pous was issued for Francis e. Shober, .
Hearst lieutenant and candidate for Con-
gress on the Tammany and league ticksss,
who announced when he boards MUIR
phys statement that he knew Of m in
stance where a Tammany candidate Of
fered money to an opponent who was cir
cIlating an Independence League petition
to withdrar it.
Mr.. Murphy had been asked by the eve
ming newspaper reporters at Tammxny
Hall early in the day what steps he would
take II the league insisted on retaining
Judge Roealsky's name on it's judiciary
ticket. He would not say; but he was
quoted by all the reporters as expressing
in one form or another this opinion:
What I think is. that they have got his
money
Asked what he meant TO imply. he went
on:
Il charge deliberately and without quail
iOation that the Independence League has
demanded money to withdraw their can
didates for Congress, the Senate and As
sembly in districts where they have put
uppa third candidate"
It was pointed out TO Mr.. Murphy hat
he was making a serious charge. and when
he was asked IL he would give any names or
state the amount OF money which had been
demanded he replied: mo, but I will say
without qualification that men represent
ing the Independence League demanded
money as a consideration for forcing their
candidates in the various districts to de-
cline the nominations Of the league and
get out of the race"
DO yOu Hchh budb httllNlNuhi VhIlutuhbcH
OF the league are holding up the Tammany
candidates. or that it is being done by the
managers OF the Independence League at
and his reply was:
Il mean the managers. They have q
lot Of them up there and o know who
they are, but ! mean the managers. l
think that this is a matter in which the
| Kd.hliO IN nOnnarpnd and about Wyhfch thu
public should be informed"
Mr.. Murphy said he was not prepared
to give out proofs Of any kind. but might
have something to say later in the day.
About S I o'clock last night one OF the press
agents OF Tammany Hall, after talking with
Mr.. MurpbN said that he would have a
statement to give out before he left the
building.
Ten minutes later W. Bourke Cochran
arrived, and sending away some district
leaders who were talking to Mr.. Murphy
he began a whispered conversation with
the Tammany leader. II lasted for about
twenty minutes. At the close Of the inter-
view Mr.. Cochran refused to answer any
inquiries as to the nature of his talk with
Mr.. Murphy. to whom he referred mis- ques-
toners.
10 Nv TcDOIttTb bhIs MURPHY sdlu dIUCT
ward that not only would he not have any
formal statement to make. out he
would answer no questions bearing on
his assertions Of the morning that the
managers Of the Independence League had
been practically guilty Of Matchmaking
But you are not going to let this matter
stand where 1t is now, . it was suggested to
him.
sT iii ~ a.. on.khfn, ~ ho anavuan.A
Were you correctly quoted in h even.
ing newspapers7'
Nothing to say =
The only specific instance Of any attempt
OF any representative Of the Independence
League TO obtain money came from Charles
V, Fornes, former President Of the Board
OF Aldermen, who is the Tammany can
didate for Congress- from the Eleventh dis
tnCt A league candidate named James A.
| Allen has been nominated by petition to
oppose Mr.. Fornes. 1t was related last
evening in Tammany Hall that Mr.. Fomes
| had been informed that his opponent would
be retired for a consideration. Mr.. Fomes
was at Tammany Hall last evening and he
was told Of the report.
so far as l know there was never any
such demand made; certainly IL was not
made to me" he replied. Il believe that
there was a suggestion that in the event Of
the league Withdrawing its candidate /
ought TO reimburse the candidate for the
money he had spent in securing the nomina-
ton and for the campaigning work he had
done. This was reckoned up at about
$500 or $3.50 Mr.. Fofnes said he would
have refused to pay the money and in reply
TO another question he said he had taken
! such little notice OF the matter that he could
not recollect from whom 'the suggestion
came to him.
Max Ihmsen gave out this statement
through his press bureau:
The statement made by Mr.. Muir ply relative
Ito Judge Rosalsky and his nomination by
the Independence League Is absolutely false.
The managers OF the Independence Lea que
at the Gilsey House. socalled. are not hold
ing up" candidates for cash. II any one.
even remotely connected with the league.
has attempted such a thing We shall be glad
TO know the facts. p