The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-22
RoAS7 FOR MURPHY
nrsTRTcf ATTORNEY JEHoMi
 n3URs OUT HOT SHOT.
Tanssaiy Lender Declares That There b Some Hearst Sentiment in the Society, But None for
 the Public Prosecutor.

New York. Aug. 21.--Charles F. Mur-
 phI leader of Tammany Hall. today
 sal he had not observed any sentiment
 in Eammany for the nomination of Dis
 trkt Attorney William Trayers Jerome
 fol Governor, by the Democratic State
 Convention. but there was, he said,
 pbnty of sentiment for ". R. Hearst ] If. Murphy declared that he was not
 committed to any candidate. but it
 vas the rule of Tammnay to be guided
 " the sentiment of the organization ind he would be guided by 1t at the State Conv sntion. Mir. Murphy said that Tammany delegates to the con- ivention would be bound by the unit ] rule.
 District Attorney Jerome tonight gays out the following statement
 Tt is no surprise to me to find Mur- phy practically in the clearing for Hearst The only reason for my talk Ing an active part In politics this year Is to carry on the light of last year. which was fight to free the people and parties from the domination of just such political panhandIers.
 @ Birds of a feather flock togethers and when person, intellectually ster- He. socially vulgar and moray ob tuse' insults the decent people of the State irrespective of party, by seeking the nomination of a political party by advancing dollars and not ideas and by methods akin to those of the black mailer. no thinking man could doubt where Murphy could be found
 T should fear that I had lost u,., ideals If found men Of this tyne sIlr,- porting me except under absolute com puision. If ever come to have any fn- fauence in the Democratic Party it will be used to drive out Of 1t base bosses of this type.
 Both the Democratic and Re1uhr- can Parties have long enough been dis graced and dominated by men of this type. controlling party organization. Party organization was created origfn- ally to render effective the will of the people.
 The servant has become the master: and the executive machinery. controll- ed by sssnail groups of selfish and un- usually corrupt men has been used to deprive the people of the parties of the political freedom.
 The fight is not to destroy parties. Parties 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 discharge of the functions for which 1t was cre- ated, 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 delegates. seeking to determine whom the people want placed in nomination. We shall have candidates and public officers in whose choice the peoples voice has been potent and who will feel that their re- sponsibility is to the people and not to some political boss who created them"
 William R. Hearst tonight gave out the following statement:
 S T have no interest whatever. in the faetional disputes of Tammany Hall These declaration for or against me are nothing more than attempts to influ- ence votes in the primary contests
 lover three months ago I gave an in- terview to The Brooklyn Eagle defin- ing my position, which I have not all tered
 T repeat now, that I am absolutely and unalterably opposed to the Mur- phys and the McCarrens and also to the Suilivans and the McClellans. and the kind of pilitics that they all represent am opposed to boss rule in politics
 T am opposed to corporation control Of parties through machines. and the fact that a boss or machine declares for me does not alter my attitude in any particular. I am also opposed to the Ryans and Belmonts and their Jeromes fin politics. to the corrupt use of wealth to debauch the ballot and to the put ting of puppets in office.
 T am opposed to these paid puppets in ofice who serve their corporation masters slavishly and snamelessly through their whole term of office and only develop a serni-sense of decency and a pretended regard for the people when an election Is pending.
 ''The country needs purifying. in- dependent movement because the old parties are infested with the vermin ot bosses, corruptionists and rascals in ofice who mouth empty words about civic rtghteousness while the dollars of their corporation masters are jinglinR in their pockets.
 MT Roosevelt says the people need a .sotlare deal I would add that to have a square deal they must have a new deal, for nearly all the cards in the present packs are marked by the cor norations and dirty and dog cared from the corrupt use to which they have been put"