New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
MURPHY MAKES REPLY.
MAYOR IS MEND4CIOUS." "
Says Mcclellan acted in Bad Faith
IN VeOrhis affair.

IN Veorhis affair.
Charles F. Murphy. the Tammany chieftain
| made it perfectly clear last night that it is no
! sham battle that is on between Mayor Mcclellan
| ard himself In a statement carefully prepared
| perhaps by Mr. Murphy, and certainly with
! his sanctlon-the leader OF Tammany charges
| the Mayor with hypocrisy and falsehood.
In Fourteenth Street pariance, Il statement
| such as Dr. MarpEy gave out last night is styled
| a holler.' This is the first time chat Mr..
Murphy has "hollered" under the attacks of the
Mayor.
Under the orders of Mr.. Murphy the Tammany
executive committee. at it's reorganiza tion meet
ing in December, refused to recognize three reg
ularly chosen district leaders who Were known 10
he friendly to the Mayor. Mr. Murphy and his
| friends did not believe that the Mayor would
dare To start the New Year by making fresh
war on the boss Of the Tammany organiza ton.
To try out the temper of the Mayor Mr. Mur-
| ply forced the Endorsement of John r Voorhis
Tor Election Commissioners, knowing full well that
| MI Noorhis was objectionable because of his
taking sides with William r. Hearst. The May
| or on Wednesday fatty repudiated Murphy and
appointed John T. Dooing chairman of the
| Tammany organization i'm the 2Oth District in
| Noorhis's place. He also took occasion to pay
| his respects to Mr. Murphy. who last night re-
| piled to his attack follows:
| Whenever official is CONTESTED to explain or
TSCnSr Ts netr2yal m of pE5nc trust he must haye
such an emergency-hypocrisy and falsehood.
Mayor. though decidedly humiiiatng IT, in ex-
| planning his refusal to give Commissioner Voorhs
instead OF resorting. be known to every
2ne 3oed acquainted with the facts to downright false
Althoush named in strict conformity with the
tion of the county OF New York for the place. and
missioner Voorhis was rejected by the Mayor not
for any of the shul,iinS reasons assigned but sim
ton ,e Soees 10 Ieaad Ihe re e dec
late his oath of o and ne par to b 10
faction OF the Mayors petty revenges upon the
stead, Commissioner Voorhis insisted upon the
observance of the letter and the spirit of the cleo
tion law.
"MENDACIOUS ATTEMPT
So that al ;he Mayor says concerning his disin-
Tammany Hail. and his unwi;iingness to tolerate
silly and mendacious attempt hide by imperti-
nent assumption of virtue the real motive of an
official act unworthy Of any one claiming the pos
session Of single manly attribute
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.
II any reason exists which Justies the breaking
of the relations which have existed between the
two men. do not know just what it may be, and
urge NE Mayor, II he knows, to make such rea-
last interview on friendly terms as was led to
association with any one who knew me the MavCr
carefully concealed any knowledge he might have
talk, the public pto his confidence rs TO any un,
! defy him to name a single instance In which 1
have suggested or urged on behalf of the Demo
cratic % rS the 5pPoip%eqs S to pq6e office
OF y iIafs 1,. t an. WuHld no.
compare favorabiy with ms present appointees and
intmates
QUESTIONS MAYORS ATTITUDE.
with single comment I submit as specimen
Of the Mayors regard for exactness Of statement
for m. Ieadorship OF Tammany Hail nor bav..
the least desire to involve myself with the aspra-
Thero has been time when ! have had such "a
How greati deIuded have been both press and pub
lie as the purposes the Mayors every political
else rc Mayor is sailt3 Of most brszcn falseho6d SCI
And so, 100, leave TO the community acquainted
not in vindication of principle. but purely as a
he will recognize and strengthen genuine De-
mocracy in this city" Whether the Mayor yearnS
Ca'ren and o. Brien men whose characters are wen
known To the community
The conflict will go on. doubtless. the Mayor
appointing men to office without consulting the
boss" and Mr.. Murphy compelling as far as
possible the Tammany district leaders To annoy
the Mayor. 1t is understood that the Tammany
Senators and Assemblymen will take up the fight
OF the boss" and whenever occasion offers will
tell the upstate Democrats that the Mayor is
q bad lot.
Just what bearing the fight will have on the
recount of the votes east FOR Mayor in 1905 is
problematical. Just at present Mr. Murphy and
his immediate friends are bitter toward the
Mayor and would like to crush him. But the
Mayor has still three years TO serve. If Hearst
should be seated in his place Mr.. Murphy knows
that one Of the first things that W oud happen
would be declaration Of independence from
Mr. Hearst, whose opinion of Murphy and the
Sulliv2ns thoroughly disseminated in the
last Mayora!ty campaign
So it is lemons from Mcclellan and lemons
from Hearst until lemonade has displaced beer
at the wigwam, ard the color is all yellow. Mr.
Murphy is being slowly toasted. much as a
planked shad is toasted. by Mcclellan. and he
knows perfectly well that if Hearst had a chance
at him he would continue To be the Shad on
the plank ana that the fire would he hotter than
ever
Meanwhile the Mayor is looking over the civil
HIST and putting red mark opposite the names
of good Murphy" and good Sullivan men
VIII" can be removed or whose terms of Office
about to cXpi.e.
When one OF tile Mayors callers dropped a
remark about the weather yesterday the Mayor
replied: This is going IL be an open and
tive winter"