Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
MURPHY TALKS BACK
Quarrel Between Tammany
Chief and Mcclellan.
WARM FIGHT TO A FINISH
Foe Charges Mac With Hypocrisy and
Falsehood.
BETRAYAL OF HIS TRUST ALSO
Charles F. Murphy Denounces His OPP
ponent for "Impertinent Assump-
ton Of Virtue"
BETRAYAL OF HIS TRUST ALSO

NEW YORK, January 4.-The quarrel be-
tween Mayor Mcclellan and Charles F.
Murphy is now in the open, and between
now and the next primaries the two will
seek to do all the harm they can to each
other. In refusing to reappoint John r.
Voorhis president of the board of cleo
tons the mayor said on Wednesday that he
took that action because he wouldn't toler
ate any relations with the leader of Tam
many Hall, and last night Mr.. Murphy gave
blow for blow with the following state
ment:
Whenever an official Is compelled to ex-
plain or excuse a betrayal of a public trust
he must have recourse to the only two
| weapons available in such an emergency
hypocrisy and falsehood.
1T would have been much more manly
| in the mayor, though decidedly humilating,
If, in explaining his refusal to give Com
missioner Voorhis deserved reappoint-
ment. he had spoken the truth instead of
resortng, must be known to every one
acquainted with the facts, to downright
fasehood.
Rejection of Voorhis.
Although named in strict conformity
with the provisions of the law by the demo-
cratic organization of the county of New
Aoi III tic place, dHu THAI, tOO, WllLOul
a single dissenting vote, Commissioner
Voorhis was rejected by the mayor not for
any of the shutting reasons assigned but
simply and solely because last fall in the
designation of the democratic newspapers
to publish the election notices Commits
sioner Voorhis refused to violate his oath
of office and be a party to the satisfaction
of the mayors petty revengeS upon the
newspapers which had harshy criticised
him. Instead, Commissioner Voorhis insist
ed upon the observance of the letter and
the spirit of the election law.
$50 that all the mayor says concerning
his disnclination to recognize the exist
ing control in Tammany Hall and his I'M
willingness to tolerate any relations with
its present leader is weak. silly and men
dacious attempt to hide under an imperti-
nent assumption of virtue the real motive
OF an official act unworthy of any one
claiming the possession of a single manly
attribute.
Break Between Friends"
"As to the present leader of Tammany
Hall, let me observe that no man in the
community has held closer relations with
him nor does any one know him more
thoroughly than this same mayor If any
reason exists which justifies the breaking
Of the relations which have existed be-
tween the two men 1 do not know just what
1t may be, and 1 urge the mayor, If he
knows, to make such reason public. l
parted with the mayor after our last inter-
view on friendly terms, as l was led to be-
lieve. and if at that time l was unworthy
of association with any one who knew me
the mayor carefully concealed any knoWl-
edge he might have in that regard. 1 now
earnestly invite him to take the public into
his confidence as to any unworthy act of
which have ever been guilty and of which
he has knowledge. l defy him to name a
single instance in which l have suggested
or urged on behalf of the democratic or
ganization the appointment to public office
of man whose record and character
would not compare favorably with his
present appointees and intimates.
Press and Public Deceivedp
with a single comment, 1 submit as a
specimen of the mayors regard for exact
ness of statement the declaration of that
official: I have no candidate for the lead
ership of Tammany Hall, nor have 1 the
least desire to involve myself with the as
pirations of any one who is seeking such
leadership. There has been no time when
l have had such a candidate sought to
control the organization
How greatly deluded have been both
press and public as to the purpose of the
mayors every political move since enter
ing upon his present term? Or else the
mayor is guilty of most braZen falsehood.
And so, too l leave to the community
acquainted with the mayors support of
republican candidates, not in vindication of
principle, but purely a matter of spite,
the sincerity of his pretense that he will
recognize and strengthen genuine democ-
racy in this city,
Whether the mayor yearns for "a clean
and efficient government can best be de-
termined by the personnel of mis- advisers
McCarren and OBrien, men whose charac-
tiers are well known to the community
Mr.. Murphy's statement was given out
after he had been in conference with his
political advisers. The document 1t is I'M
derstood, was edited several times before
it was finally released. and the emphatic
wording of it makes it clear that there
will be no renewal of the attempts made
some weeks ago to bring about a recon-
ciliation between the mayor and Mr..
Murphy.