New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
THE CLOAK FOR 1fTFPFT

Al the Hearst Roosevelt -Stimson az
guments against Mr.. DIX apply with
euual force 10 Nr- Collin. and Yet the
Republicans deliberately choose "Mur-
PHYS candidate" for the highest court
Of the state and Ai-- Hughes puts him On
the bench Could anything better illus
rTste The h--rOC~iEv of the Hearst -ROCSe-
velt camnaign against Nr Dix than the
action OF Mr. Rccsevelt's own state com
r1irtee IN respect 20 Nr- Collin The
New YORK World
Rur the arguments against Mr. DIX
do not appIr with equal force against
Judge Collin. The political relations
that exist between DIX and Murphy do
not exist between Judge Collin and Muir
phv. The boss Of the Democratic party
never made Judge Collin chairman OF
the Democratic state Committee and
used him 10 reconcile decent Democrats
10 the boss's authority Mr.. Collin has
never been the boss's political errand
boy.
The usefulness Of AIr. Dix TO the Tam
many boss dates back Of Murphy's selec-
tion Of him 70 ne state chairman. When
Murphy desired TO get rid Of 'Flngey'
Conners. on ''TingevS" setting up 10 be
the real boss in the state and disclosing
an ambition 70 make himself United
States Senator. Nj Dix became one Of
the founders Of the Democratic League,
whose purpose was to give the appear
ance OF an uprising of respecta bilitF
10 what was in the last analysis only
an uprising Of Murphy. The relations
OF this organization 10 the Tammany
boss were sufficiently disclosed in the
famous Mount Clemens correspondence
of Murphy. acquaintance with which
the public owes to the characteristic en-
terprise OF Nlr Hearst's newspapers.
A. !. Johnson. one Of the boss's CORE
spondents. wrote:
Had lunch yesterday with {. s Men
ken. whom you viii remember as the
prime mover iu the Democratic League
which organized ar Saratoga
Nenken viii nave any one made pTesi-
dent lof the league that viii be agree
able 10 VOC II YOU have any in
s1ructions VIII try 20 see that they are
carried out
From another correspondent Thomas
T. Smith. secretary of Tammany Hall
the boss had further assurances that the
cloak Of his purposes was being kept IN
hand. Mr.. Smith wrote:
Just had a talk with Judge O'Brien
about the matter 70 which YOU referred
in YOUR special delivery letter. which
reached me this evening. lie wants me
70 assure vou that everything is IN good
condition. that the Robert Grier Monroe
reference is only newspaper talk, that
he iudge himself iOBTieul ls tne head
of the local committee lof the league i,
Shepard Is head Of Kings and Osborne
is head OF the executive or upstate enc
Of the committee. Ee says he viii stay
~, the lob. and that anything done down
here viii he satisfactory TO you
Everything was done satisfactorily 70
The boss. while the league was pretend
ing 70 be an uprising OF independent
Democrats And IN the end the boss
rewarded Mr.. Dix. one of the founders
Of this useful organization for humbus-
gfng the public bv making him his
state chairman. Alr. DiX's Democratic
I.oag1e was a cloak for Murphy in his
efforts 10 eliminate Conners. 8Ir. Dix
has been 2 cloak for Murphy as state
chairman and now he is cloak for
Murphy as the Democratic candidate for
Governor. His has been q useful re
specta bility. The cloak, however. Is
about worn out.