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with the Mayor until the first Of this year. Now
he Is back with Charles l.. Murphy. He is likely
10 be on the judicial slate at the next Tammany
county convention along with James ". Gerard.
Mr. Delany Jimmy" Osborne. " Marley
Platzek and others
The Mayor has a faculty OF making bitter
enemies when he makes any. lie does not
70 want 10 fight an adversary face 70 face The
Featherson case is a sample. Commissioner
Featherson undoubtedly managed things SO that
the Phoenix Construction and Supply Company.
d concern with which his brother Edward
connected as late as last August. got valuable
contracts from the Dock Department. An exag
gerated story OF Feathersons policy was told
the Mayor. He sized up the offence az once
or the worst kind Of grating" Featherson had
built the Staten Island boats IN time 10
AFFORD q grandstand illustration OF municipal
ownership, and Staten Island elected AcClel-
Ian. FeatherSon had right, according 10 the
Tammany code. TO rank IN high favor with Nc
Cle!lan Until few days before the ap-
pointments were announced he took Il for
granted that lie would be asked 20 retain his
place Then he heard that he was on the black
list and that his chief engineer. John a Bensel,
was 20 succeed him. He went 70 the City Hall
10 see the Mayor. He was refused admission to
McClellan's office. and was told that the Mayor
was too busy 70 see him Featherson. IL IN
terview II The Tribune, challenged the Mayor &c
state the cause OF his dismissal The Mayor
fused TO reply. Commissioner Bensel. perhaps
speaking for the Mayor, charged that Feather
con had favored the PhGnix company. enabling
them 10 make $4,000 In profits with case and
without risk But Mcclellan will not say this.
and Feathersons challenge remains unaccepJed.
If1E HAhLEY INCIDENT
Another incident Of the week which affords
glimpse OF the feeling inside the organization
toward Mcclellan and O'Brten happened when
Commissioner q Brien's new secretary, ". ~
Hawley, who IS a stranger IN Tamnany Hall.
sent two innocent notes telling Thomas b. Nc
AVoy and Eugene J. Mcclure TO call on Com
missioner O'BTien at a certain hour. 1t was a
patronage matter, and the two leaders had made
request concerning constituent In the fre
department Dir. O'BTien wanted to give the
leaders a date and told Mr.. Hawley, whose ap-
pointnent at that time had not been announced.
10 communicate with them. MI Hawley used
the stationery OF the Mayors Office. As soon as
the leaders got the notes. they became suspi-
cous. They hurried 10 Murphy with them. and
he sent FAX Commissioner ODonnel TO the
Mayor asking what IL meant The significant
thing IN the Incident is that Commissioner
OBrien's messages were at once turned over TO
Murphy before the leaders went 10 see O'Brien.
The latter incident has driven the district
leaders into attitude OF hostility toward the
Mayor. Now the Mayor as already stated. with
GroUt. Littleton and StapletOn and political
lights Of less incandescent power In The Bronx
and Queens has started in at the task OF sap
ping Murphys control OF the machine Shake
ups are impending in the Dock and Tenement
House departments. Iiold-oyer commissioning
who do not show a disposition TO stand with
Mcclellan will be dropped. and the man who
goes in win be OF the kind who VIII stand with
out hitching."
SO far the Republicans although having
troubles OF their own. have been able 20 look
upon the gathering storm I'm the Tammany camp
with complacency. With Hearst as candidate
for Governor, the Mcclellan men. backed by the
corporate interests which assisted Mcclellan
will nominate a Democrat against him. Murphy.
in order 10 protect threatened interests IN ram
many Hall, doubtless would be willing TO stand
for Grout, Lttleton or Jerome as q candidate for
Governor.
There is a growing feeling in the Republican
ranks that before the vacation period. the legis-
iature will have made a good record. and that
the party VIII present united front to the COM
mon enemy