New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
MURPHY TICKET PASSES
HACHINE WE'LL OILED.
Hrburger DeLiUers a Fe10 Charac-
terizatiOns on MAYOR.

machinery Of the Democratic County Convention,
I'D I'm Tammany Hall last night, halt in its
oti1cation Of the county slate prepared for
g bv Charles F. Murphy and other members of
the executive committee It was when Coroner
1,lius Hamburger wandered away from his topic
,n eeconding a candidate to denounce Mayor
Mcclellan characterizing him a Benedict
Arnold" Judas Iscariot." The convention
forgot for the moment the business in hand and
IN wild cheers expressed It's approval of what
the coroner had said.
The county ticket which was named after
much invoking of the United States Constitution
snd the spilling Of many brands of oratory along
other lines was q follows:
For Justice Of The Supreme Court-JAMEs W. GERARD.
sygAN, JAMES 7. MALONE and JOSEPH F. MUL-
Tor Tg5ees Of the city COurt-EDwARD F o'DwYER
,reromina1edl, JOHN HENRY MCCARTHY Tenomi-
FdNELITE THOMAS F. DoNNELLY and PETER
FOR tFis ThsIifi i''''>' + 0''f- " 's1oS '' - ~
II was a typical Tammany ticket made up in
the typical Tammany way. The executive COM
-nittee Of Tammauy Hall met in the afternoon at
o'clock for half hour. Then it was stated
that a committee to name ticket had been ap-
poiuted consisting of Coroner Julius Hamburger.
Of the 10th District; John Dietz of the oath;
John F. Curry, Of the 18th; P. J. Scully, of the
4th J. F. Prendergast, of the 25th; Eugene
Mcguire OF the 32d. and William J. Wright, OF
the 3lst. After some two minutes spent in ses-
sion this committee announced that it had Sc
lected the ticket, and would report to the execu-
tive committee at Z O'Clock. After a session Of
an hour the committee flied upstairs and the
convention began.
In the afternoon it had been announced that
Judge F. S. McAvoy. who was elected Recorder
by the Board of Aldermen TO succeed John W.
of C.ara arpl So
sions by legislative enactment, had refused a
denomination on account of Ill health He has
been away from the bench on account OF sick
ness most of the time since his election.
Tom" Foley was much averse to taking the
nomination for Sheriff, but pressure was brought
10 bear on him because it was thought he
would be a popular candidate, and he finally
consented TO run.
Thomas F. McAvoy, former Deputy Police
Commissioner. as chairman Of the executive
committee opened the convention.
HINT AT RECENT FIASCO.
Former CORPORATION Counsel John ]. Delany
was made permanent chairman and immedlately
recognized Daniel F. Cohalan, of the law COM
1nittee who read the platform. 1t reafir1ned the
platform of the last state convention. Quiet
smiles ran around the room when the following
reference to the recent fiasco OF the Democratic
State Committee was read: The refusal OF
Republican managers 10 join in a movement
tthe elimination of partisanship from the choice
Of judicial candidates) SO essential to the main
fenance of public confidence in the judiciary by
refusing meet confer with the Democratic
committee denounce unworthy attempt
10 make party capital at the expense of the
highest interests of the state"
R. Burnham Moffatt nominated Laenes W.
Gerard for the Supreme Court He declared. in
opposition TO the nom partisan idea expressed in
the platform, that we want truly Democratic
judges at all places and ar all times. The judi
ciary should not be and cannot be non partisan
Il was a great night for oratory. There was
2 nominating and seconding speech for each
Of the eleven candidates. julius Hamburger had
scarcely reached the platform to second the
nomination of Judge Mccarthy when he
launched forth on a TRADE against the Mayor.
He criticised him for vetoing the hospital bill
that the Coroner had passed last winter After
denouncing the Mayor roundly, he wound up
aging: In spite of the Benedict Arnolds' and
the Judas Iscariots' we will carry the day. The
little man will be made smaller in the chair
which is occupied by the smallest man in the
history Of the city of New York"
HARBURGERs BIG HIT.
The convention went wild with cheers over the
denunciation OF the Mayor by the redoubtabe
julius When he left the platform Mr. Delany,
smiling said: well, the order of the day is
still the nomination Of judges.'
When Tom" Foley was nominated for Sheriff
there was one Of the old fashioned Tammany
demonstrations for he is one OF the most popu-
lar leaders in the city. The delegates stood up
on chairs and threw their hats high in the air.
Assemblyman Robert F. Wagner to re-
ceive place on the City Court ticket. it was
said, but when they wanted $4,000 a contri-
button to the camDaign fund he decided he
was too poor man to take the nomination. AS
sistant District Attorney Frank Garvan was
talked up strongly for while for a City Court
nomination.
JAMES WATSON GERARD.
James Watson Gerard is a member of the law
firm Of Bowers & Sands. in this city. He is the
Son OF the late James w. Gerard, who a
vel known attorney. He was born in Geneseo.
y Y, in 1861 Mr.. Gerard is graduate Of
Columbia Law School and the New York Law
School. He entered the office Of Bowers Ss Sands
fifteen years ago and became member of the
hrln In 1893 Mr.. Gerard served a captain in
The 18th Regiment during the Spanish He
was appointed major and quartermaster on the
ttaif Of the First Brigade in 1900 For the last
''dr Years he has been chairman Of the finance
'oHimlttee OF Tammany Hall
EDWARD Swan comes from the 5th District He
% native of the South. but has practised law
~ this city for many years. He served out the
uAe@pred term of Amos Cummings in Congress
James Malone has been an assistant cor
poration counsel since 1893 He is now head oi
lie contract litigation department of that office
ne Is a graduate of Harvard. and lives at No. IA
oak Terrace, in the 32d Assembly District, in
The Bronx
Joseph F Mulqueen was at one time leader OF