New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-12
LANTRY DARES MURPHY
PUT NE OUT? HE CAN'T"
Fire Commissioner Says He WHl
Remain on: Tamn1any Com mittee.

Fire Commissioner Francis J. Lantry repeated
yesterday his challenge 10 Charles F. Murphy to
Gust him from the Tammany executive committee
A story printed yesterday saying that Mr.
Murphy tad ordered the deposition Of Lantry and
had installed John J. Hassett as leader of the
18th District Neither Mr. Murphy nor the Tam
many executive committee can depose a member
after he takes his seat in the executive committee
The rUmor enough, however to stir the blood
Of the Fire Commissioner.
~ have just much right to nv seat in the
executive committee as Charles F. Murphy has to
his said Mr. Lantry, land he can't put me out
even # he wants to The voters of the 18th Dis
trict elected me executive member at the last pri-
Tnaries. and. under the ruling Of the Supreme
Court IN the case of Jacob a. Newstead against
the Republican County Committee, man duly
elected at the primaries cannot be displaced by
the county organization.
The dsbarment of Deverv after he had won Mt
the primaries in the 9Th District was & different
matter. Devery did not ask for admission but sent
n representative. and Tamuanv Hall refused TO
seat his representative. The court upheld this ac-
ton. Besides my case is still in the hands of a
special committee appointed by the executive COM
trumped up charge that I disloyal TO the state
ticket no action can be taken. When its report
comes before the executive committee I and my
friends viii he hand"
Shortly after Charles F. Murphy reached Tam
many Hall in the morning young man walked
into the room and accosted him.
Mr.. Murphy" said he. II am a reporter What
IS there in that story about your deposing Com
missioner Lantry?'
t''ii hii'N anything aboul H. StII MI
Murphy.
-rhe story is that you have ordered man
named Hassett to assume Lantry's place the
Tammany executive committee continued the
caller.
Don't know anything about it" said Mr..
Murphy.
The caller turned 70 leave. and then walked
over to Morris Ahearn, Of the Tammany clerical
staff and said:
u want 10 telephone my Office and Ia like 10
your phone"
Go ahead" said Ahearn, who was at the switch
board.
Thomas F Smith. secretary of Tammany Hall.
who knows every political writer IN town. winked
at Aheara. and the telephone in the booth into
which the caller entered switched TO Mr..
Smiths desk. Instead Of calling for a newspaper
Office the caller asked for Fire Headquarters.
When he got his connection he said:
is that YOU. 'AI'2 (Downes). Well, just say 20
the Commissioner that there is nothing but hot air
in that Hassett story
II Is expected in Tammany Hall that II the re-
apportionment desired by Governor Hughes is put
through. the Tammany general committee will he
called Immediately TO take steps to conform TO the
new law. II the reapportionment programme falls.
then the old district lines will be the legal ones.
and the Tammany general and executive COM
nittees viii At recognize the old district lines
and leaders In such James F. Ahearn, Of the
18th. Roswell D, Williams. of the 18th, and Per-
cfvaI T NaEIe. Of the Goth the Mcclellan district
leaders. would be dropped from consideration. as
they would have no districts John T. Oakley
would more he the leader of the old 18th, and
the old leaders OF the double barrelled saith Dis
trict would come back executive members.