Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
MURPHY IS WORRYING
Tammany Leader Forced to
Hustle.
DEVERY JUMPS INTO FRAY
George Washington Plunkitt in Pr
mary Fights.
BIG BATTLE IN TWENTIETH
Magistrate Walsh Facing Campaign
Where "No Bossism" Is
Against Him.
DEVERY JUMPS INTO FRAY
IG BATTLE IN TWENTIETH


suits Of the primary elections this year
are looked forward to for the reason that
they will give some indication of the
present strength Of Charles F. Murphys
hold on the Tammany leadership In at
least sixteen districts Murphy's candi-
dates for district leaderships are to be
opposed by men who are avowedly run
ming as friends of Mayor Mcclellan, ana
there are some fights on the inside. While
the Mcclellan men hope to win but few
Of these contests. they are confident that
the voting will demonstrate that Murphy
Is not so potent as he was and that the
time is in sight when he can be forced out
OF the control.
Although Mr.. Murphy will easily domi-
nate the new executive committee. ne -
none the less worried Hitherto it has
been tradition that the leader Of ram
many Hall shall take no part in district
contests The organization never taxes
a hand in district fights. We let EN- settle
their differences among themselves, RICH
ard Croker was frequently heard TO- say
and John Kelly followed the same policy
But Mr. Murphy has put aside these prece-
dents and is not only conducting the CAM
paien from Tammany Hall in several as
tricts, but has himself in three known III
stances selected the men to run against
Mcclellan candidates.
Bitterest of Fights.
Ritterest of all the fights is the one in the
twentieth district, where three ca"oio"'os'
all Murphy men, are endeavoring to GUST
ia
These three are practically working lot
one ticket. Toby Greenebaum anu Eu"A
" Nicholson are the Tammany Han can
d,dates while Patrick O. Brien Is running
as A labor candidate. Greenebaum Is me
owner of a large butcher business III .LS
district Nicholson was at one 'ille nioi 80,
mechanic of the department of parks, anu
O'Rrien is employed in the circuiatioli ue
partment of a daily newspaper. All init ne,
nave large fOllowings. but featne' 9oti ~"
undoubtedly carry the d1strlct. ne tlas 81
If down fine, maintains a fine clubhouse
with a civil service school, and 1t IS esti,
mated that the men for whom ne mas iounu
employment under the city goVefhn .snr
draw wages amounting TO more IMAM
100000. -
Another fight in which MURPHY IS
working hard to beat the Mcclellan can
didate is in the sixteenth '~hefI I'm IN
missioner Francis j. Lantry On the AZ
department Is opposed by two men VIZ
have been put into the field WIN the
personal Endorsement of Murphy. Lantrs,
like Featherson. went over 10 1heSieii
for the avowed object or heiplhS ATOMS
the movement to depose Murphy from the
leadership of Tammany Hall, and II Is
because of this personal hostllity 10 MN
that Murphy has come out IN the open
and has stated that he desires 10 80
these two men whipped at the Pi iiilal re-
The Murphy man opposed to LanlrS Is
Michael F. Conry, who was until COUPE
of weeks ago an ass slant cor POI "tEit
counsel but who resigned the Office 10 nhtahe
the contest against Lantry. second oppo-
mont ia l. J. Hassett who is running as
labor candidate, but he is expected " viii
draw at the last moment In FAVOR ot Collls
Iantry has built up one or the s'rohsest
personal organizations in the city, ana with
tho patronage he has as the head OF the
fire department his position Is almost I'M
nregnabIe Like Featherson. he Is leader
Who has the reputation of always looking
out for his district.
G. Washington Plunkitt.
picturesque contest Is being carried on
in the eleventh district. where George
Washington Plunkitt is trying to win back
the leadership from The McManus. For
over thirty years Plunkitt ruled the district.
and no one ever sought to make any serious
attack on tho continuance of that rule until
McManus came along two years ago ana
dubbed the district into downing the dis
cple Of "honest graft" The defeat was
a great shock to the veteran leaoer ana
for several weeks after the primary cleo
ton of 1905 he was seriously ILL., After MS
recovery he announced that he was through
with politics forever. In the last year the
nonularIty of McManus in the district has
been declining, and Plunkitt is seeking to
regain control
Big Bill Devery is making things hum
again this year in the seventh district.
n caDHidate-Peter j..
yey-against Frank J. Goodwin. the pres.
ent Tammany leader, and from one end OF
the district to the other the Devery men
are burning red fire every night. Devery is
posing his man as a Mcclellan candidate.
Goodwin who is Commissioner y Brlen 8
deputy In the department of water supply.
gas and electricity, Is making no attempt
to campaign -
w. ]. Boyland, the Tammany leader OF
the fourteenth district, Is making hard
struggle to hold on to his influence IN the
district. He has the backing or CharleS
F. Murphy. but his opponent. W. A. Lar
new ia we'll known and popular in the dis
trict. Larney was recently appointed
superintendent Of the bureau OF combust1-
bles by Fire Commissioner Lantry
Walsh and Shaughnessy.
One Of the fights the result of which it is
impossible to forecast because of the I'M
doubted closeness of the outcome, Is that
in the twenty first district, where Mag.s-
trate James j. Walsh, the present Tammany
leader, has John F. Shaughnessy pitted
against him. The slogan upon which
Shaughnessy is making his campaign Is no
bossism" and at the same time he has
raised the contention that 1t is out of place
for member of the judiciary to remain as
a district leader.
At the republican primaries there will be
no repetition Of the fractional struggles Of
last year There are fights in only five dis
tricts, and these are entirely of a personal
character and will have no effect spon the
situation In the local republican organiza-
ton Mr.. Odell and his friends are not
mixing in this years primaries and are
leaving Chairman Parsons in undisputed
control for the time being of the republican
county committee. Although Parsons and
OdeI are taking absolutely no part in the
five echoes of last years battle. in each OF
them the same men are renewing their
fights of last year.
The polls will open at 2 pm. on Tuesday
and will remain open until 9 pm.
STRAUS REFUSES TO ACT.