The evening world., 1913-08-21
Former Chamberlain. Mayors
Intimate Friend, Feared as
a Warwick by Murphy.
BOSS HAS 3 MEN IN VIEW.
Justice Dowlinc 'ight Be Sc
lected If He W.. ID Promise
to Accept.

Two days before the date set for
designating the Democratic nominee for
Mayor finds Charles T.. Murphy and his
political advisers floating in the airy
heights OF uncertainty. with no destlna.
ton in sight. and the compelling rea-
| son Tor this situation Is Charles II.
| Hyde. This is the same charles IT..
Hyde that at one time during the Will
liam j. Gaynor administration was
| Chamberlain Of this throbbing city, and
| whose conviction OF misbehavior in
| office was recently set aside by unani-
nous decision Of the Appellate Division
| OF the Supreme Court.
Charles II. Hyde Is tho reason why
TRmmany Hall doesn't want to indorse
| the nomination OF William j. Gaynor
AZ the Democratic candidate for
Mayor. Not because OF anything that
has happened to MIR. Hyde In the pas l.
but because OF what might happen to
MIR. Hyde in the future.
Charles r. Murphy and the men in his
confidence know that the indictment and
conviction OF Charles II. Hyde did no,
In any degree shake the confidence and
friendship existing between Mayor
Gaynor and his protege. They know
that Mayor Gaynor believes that Hyde
was prosecuted by District ttorney
Whitman and that this feeling 4. the
real underlying basis for the bitter
enmity the Mayor manifests toward the
District-Attorney at every opportunity.
Mr.. HYDE 10 very much alive In the
q Inzl A.lN
ply knows that Mr.. Hyde 10 broke"
Should Mayor Gaynor be elected again
with Tammany aid. he would he ab.
soiutely Independent. because he Is too
old to figure - An aspirant for future
favors. but not too old to exercise poiiti.
cal power In the community should he
Be placed In position to obtain such
power.
JUSTICE BOWLING HeeoiNc THE
WARNINGS OF FRIENDS.
Mr.. Murphy has been banking on
Justice Victor J. Dowling as q prospec-
tive candidate In the event that It
should be found q part OF good politics
to shunt OF William J. Gaynor. Justice
Dowling has been In a receptive mood.
but he has been consulting with friends
and there 10 COED reason to believe
that his mood has changed since last
Monday. To-day he 10 a doubtful NJ.
ure with q leaning toward sticking to
his position on the bench Of the Appel.
late Division. Friends have warned
him that the New York City Hall IN
. political graveyard for . young man.
Mr. Murphy spent the day at his home
In East Seventeenth street In personal
and telsphonic communication with
close and trusted friends. Justice O'Gor.
man II hero from Washington for the
purpose Of giving advice on the Mayor.
atty question. Gentlemen whose name
never appear In print. but who have
much to do In selecting Tammany candi.
dates. have been In consultation with
the boss. But all the advice Mr.. Murphy
gets leaves him a. much at . loss ~
he has been since Charles g. whitman
broke UP the plan to disrupt the Fusion
| ticket.
Robert II. DowlinE. the real estate
operator and nnancier. has been ad-
vanced az an ideal candidate. Mr.. Dowi-
Ing has great deal of strength and
tremendous backing. but thus far he
has not been put on the Tammany
MayOralty slate as fixture to remain
to the hnish. The two Dowlings and
William J. Gaynor have been the most
prominent figures In the calculations =
OF Mr.. Murphy. and always those cal
culations have come down to Gaynor
and then abruptly encountered IN the
background the menace Of Charles II.
Hyde.