The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
Murphy Openly Brands
independence League.
Claims 1t Demands
Coin to Withdraw
Candidates.

today when Charles r. Murphy lead
er of Tammany Hall, publicly an
nounced that money had been de-
manded by representatives of the In
dependence League in Consideration
of the withdrawal of their candidates
in certain districts. This was followed
by the serving on Murphy of a SUBJ
pena to appear before the Grand Jury
in John Doe proceedings and testify
as to his charges.
The subpoena was issued b3 District
Attorney Jerome after a conference
with Judge Otto A. Rosalsky OF the
Court of General Sessions, who. Muir
ply intimated. had given up money
for the indorsement OF the league.
Murphy charged that certain Independ-
ence League managers had demanded
money for the withdrawal. of their
candidates. in Congressional. Senatorial
and Assembly districts where third
ticket had been put in the field. He
added, however. that William r. Hearst
the Independence League and Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, knew
nothing OF this
DEMANDS FOR MONEY.
1T is fact" said Murphy, shat
many of our candidates for Congress
and the Legislature have been ap-
preached by representatives OF the IN
dependence League and money demand
ed of them. Our men refused to give
up, and 1t was ossls tfen that the
league pr ~ ssosz ! ip4 cndsaatss
The men who demanded money were
not ordinary individuals belonging to
the league, but representatives of that
organization # we had paid what
they asked, there would be no league
ticket in the field against u.s.
Max F. Ihmsen, who has charge of
the Independence League headquarters,
gave out the following formal state
ment denying Mr. Murphy's. charges:
The managers of the Independence
League. so called. are not holding up"
candidates for cash. If any one even
remotely connected with the league
has attempted such a thing we shall
be glad to know the facts
I doubt il any candidate of the
league has as yet contributed o. cent
to the leagues campaign fund.
The Independence League, which was
promoted by w. R. Hearst, held its
State convention here September II and
named full State ticket, with Mr..
Hearst heading 1t. Subsequently the
league named complete judicial ticket
for the district. which comprises New
York City and County. At Buffalo
September 26 the Democratic State
convention. nominated Mr.. Hearst for
Governor.
Mr.. Hearst's campaign has been made
under the joint management of the
Democratic and the independence
League State committees.
PENALTY IS PRISON.
The law under which the District At
torney will act in making an investiga-
ton of the charges of the Tammany
leader contains the following para
graph: ANY person who makes. tenders
or offers to procure or to cause any
nomination or appointment for any
public Office or place or accepts or re-
quests any such nomination or appoint
ment upon the payment or contribution
of any valuable consideration or upon
punishable by Imprisonment for not
more than two years or by a fine of not
more than $4,000, or poth"
Under the, head of Judicial candi-
dates not to contribute" the section con-
tains another as follows:
No candidate for judicial ofice
shall directly or Indirectly make any
contribution of money or other thing of
value. nor shall any contribution be
solicited of him.
District Attorney Jerome will conduct
an examination of Murphy before the
Grand Jury, and Judge Rosalsky will
probably be present. Judge Rosalsky's
connection with the case is merely in
cidental. According to the published
interview with Murphy it was brought
to the attention of the Tanmany leader
that the independence League had filed
a nomination with Otto RosaIsky on II
for Judge of the Court of General Ses-
sions. and Murphy is said to have ex-
claimed. We'll. suppose they got his
money
Judge Rosalsky. who is Republican
judiciary candidate, Indignantly denied
that he was a party to any arrange
ment..
SUBPOENA FOR sHoBER.
A subpoena has also been served upon
Francis G. Shober, Independence League
and Democratic candidate for Congress
In the Seventeenth District. shober is
reported to have made the statement
that he knew of one case where Tam
many candidate had offered to- defray
the expenses already incurred by the
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