Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-19
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
after AURPHY'S HIDE
PRESIDENT TO AID IN FIGHT BY
REFUSING FURTHER
PATRONAGE.
NEW YORK BOSS FACING
FIGHT FOR POLITICAL LIFE
Elimination Movement Against Chief.
tain to BE Started by Prominent Men
Within Tammany Organization
Strong Sentiment in Some Quarters
to Crush Tammany Also.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Nov. -9.-The war Is
fairly on over the direct question OF
ousting Leader Charles F. Murphy Of
Tammany Hall and effect!ng reor-
ganization of Tammany.
Prior to the recent election in New
York City. there was talk of what was
going to happen to Murphy if Mitchell
was elected mayor. Now that Nit
chel is elected, the movement for GUST
ing Murphy is taking definite form.
prospect and the Wilson administra-
ton is going to have a large hand in
it. The president is going to exert all
the influence he can to get rid Of Muir
ply:
AS one democrat gut 1t today:
Murphy is to he treated like Huerta.
He is to be starved out"
Scarcity Of Patronage viands.
This does not mean Murphy is to go
hungry for victuals this winter. He
will continue to foregather with his
colleagues at Delmonicos. But the
viands at the patronage table will be
scarce. He will have as much diff
Guilty getting a Job for friend as
Huerta has in floating loan
!. The belief in administration quarters
is that Murphy Will nave to go. A
Tammany leader without patronage to
give away. without any means Of dis
tributing public favors to his followers,
is in a fair way to steer into a revolu-
ton. Murphy can not get any favors
from John Purroy Mitchell as mayor Of
New York; he has been turned down
by Governor Glynn; and the door Of
the White House is not open to him.
When the president appointed Dudley
Field Malone collector Of the port of
New York he rewarded Murphy en-
envy and made it plain Murphy men
were not desired in the customs serv-
ice.
The plan. therefore, Is to fight Muir
ply by making 1t plain to every man
in Tammany or affiliated with Tam
many that SO long as Murphy is at the
head Jobs will be lacking. It will get
down to a case Of bread and butter for
a lot Of men who have been loyal MUIR
ply adherents and have been accus-
toned to do his will in order to make
q living.
Start elimination Movement.
It Is said that prominent men with
in Tammany are about to start the
elimination movement against Murphy.
A meeting Of what Is called the "gen.
eral committee IL promised shortly.
On the other hand, It Is not expected
Murphy will drop out simply because
invited to efface himself. He will
proba bly, have to be knocked down and
dragged out. politically speaking.
Much is heard about the admins
tration preparing to wage unrelenting
war on Tammany. In fact there Is
little sign Of this. The president will
oppose the Murphy leadership but
there is nothing to indicate he is work.
ing for the actual crushing out Of
Tammany and It's elimination from
New York politics. Some strong men
inside Tammany are on excellent terms
with the president. The White House
apparently has no purpose to win the
hostility of the entire personnel Of the
Tammany organization and there is no
reason to doubt that II the leadership
was put into the hands Of more pro-
gressive man than Murphy the presi-
dent would let the fight drop. The mo-
ton that President Wilson habitually
fights machine men IN the democratic
party does not stand analysis. He has
appointed many machine men to office
and the men whom he most depends on
| in congress are machine men. II New
York democracy is reorganized SO it
| will not be a stencil in the nostrils Of
the public, there will apparently be no
White House war on the organizati ton.
May Attack Organization.
On the other hand, there is a strong
movement actually to crush out Tam
many as we'll as Murphy. Mitchell is
credited with favoring this and 50 is
Collector Malone. They want to build
up an organization Of independent
democrats. especially young and pro.