New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03
HAFFEN SENDS &c @ D"
ASKS MURPHYS SUPPORT.
Latter Likely to Pledge Tammany's
POteS for Reelection.

H"ro1Eh President Haffen ~ The Bronx has de-
manded Of Charles p Murphy leader Of Tammsnv
Hal' that Tammany stand by him in his present
''noaFTasment Wallace Mscfarlane. the referee
appointed b. the Governor. has recommended the
removal Of Mr.. IIsffen. Hsnen fears removal with
In the next weeks
when Borough President John p Ahearn vas re-
moved nv the Governor. the Manhattan aldermen.
On me order Of Tammsuy. put him back In office
Hauen demands the same courtesy from Tamnlsny
N case the Governor removes him and ~ is under
STOOD that he either will personally visit Mr. Muir
Phy al the Wigwam to-day for yes or mo-
tua1 friend
II IS probable that Mr.. Murphy will pladse Tam
many support tn SIR HsFen in his hour of
"ouoiN- ~ will be easier to whip into line the
'''us" Bronx aldermen who for various res-
sons with two exceptions are opposed 10 Haffsn
turned doVs'
ar Hanens reelection assuming that he will be
removed. VIII depend tho votes If the eight
'"N aIpernen They are all Tammany men, but
~'' AT Hanen men. The aldermen are James "
hro"l. Thomas J. MuIligan William p. Corh.t+
Inn ) hickey, Arthur II Murphy Edward Y
li0"uS' FREDERICK . Hochdorffer and Matthew ]
''"ieN' Every one Of these aldermen is looking
-, denomination II Hafen Is turned down nv
murphy. the aldermen will he subject n s+tack
iIoll hanens friends. If Murphy forces the alder
1ien 70 stand By Haffen. It will he an admission
."a' 'heV wear the Haffen collar which is nothing
election
moreover. the Bronx district leaders With the
exception Of Michael T. Garvin would mr. - ct
70 OF Hanen and If left 70 their own devices will
go mn I" me Governor removes him. casting
,,,.a,s ses Tor some other organization man for
pieSueht OF the borough. O'Neil and McrSuirs u-ho
JOINTLY run the big S2d District and VIlIiar, p
o.IlS' leader OF the Ssth. have no use AZ all for
taileH. ana II Is no secret in Tammanv Hall that
ny VIII put another man in the Borough Prest-
1en' once II Charles F. Murphy keeps his
hands of. E ms
II IS charged by O'NeiIl, Mcguire and Morris
'nd' Hanen has done nothing at all for them "a
,eaaers' that he has appointed his own TRUSTEES
!" 'nen respective Assembly districts and that he
'."'N IS trying 10 keep together his personal
machine in The Bronx no matter what hsppeps 70
me prestige of the leaders mentioned
Ihere are about eighteen hundred employees nm
" 'i's PayToi IN The Bronx. TO say nothing of
koou sprinkling among the other departments
suOh as me Registers Office which is regarded as
2 sort Of perquiste of The Bronx In the Demo.
cratic County Convention HaTen has been busv,
holding office in The Bronx for about twentv-Nva
years and it is said by his friends that he never
has tried 10 "commercalize'' his political nrastpe
mere II is not denied. however. that he has
poitIcalized" II, and that he stands ready ar this
uihA 10 force Murphy to support him for reelection
as Borough President if the Governor removes him
as Is expected Normally. there is a Democratic
plurality Of about 1900 5000 in The Bronx hut
the situation there this fall is critical for Tam
many on account of the HaTen issue that the
Republicans are confident of electing a fusion can
didatc
IL Is tradition IN Tammany Hall that the or
ganlzation shall stand by its in time of trouble
Whe@ Borough President John F. Ahearn was re-
moved. following investigation by the Commits
sloEers Of Accounts, the Tammany aldermen quickly
reelected him. 1t was argued that Mayor Nc
ClelIan had caused the investigation of Ahearn's
office for political reasons and that II Ahearn had
Joined forces with Mayor Mcclellan there would
have been no inquiry. Similarly the Hafren men
say that Haffen's record would have been in
Tesugated by the Commissioners Of Accounts IL IL
had not been for political malice. Borough Presi-
dent COleT Is likely TO set up the claim That
does not alter the fact that Tammany is grooming
under fearful load in carrying its discredited Of
fcals II stood by Ahearn. and now it is called on
TO stand by HafTen.
The friends Of Mr.. Hanen think they have dis
covered signs OF a plan TO re-eect him Borough
President, giving him the same sort OF vrdication
accorded Mr.. Ahearn, and then turn him Gown for
denomination The HaTen men say they will not
stand for this II is understood that Mr.. Haffen.
when he calls on Mr.. Murphy to-day if he. does.
will demand reelection at the hands OF the alder
men, and later a renomration 5 Borough Pres-
dent