New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-25
Tammany Candidate for Mayor
Says District Attorney Is
the Man That He Most
Wants and Needs.
TELLS MURPHY "SECRETS"
Boss" Favored Gaynor, He
Asserts-Urged Him Not to
Accept Chairmanship-
Taxation Big" Issue
-Taboos Sulzer.


Easthampton. y. Y, Aug. 24.-"Mr
Whitman certainly will go on tns
Democratic ticket il | have anything
TO say about it-and think ] VIII nave
much to say. He is just the man |
want in .he District Attorneys office
when I am elected Mayor"
Edward f. Mccall, chairman OF the
Public Service Commission and Tam
many candidate for Mayor, to-day so
expressed his decided opinion that the
fusion choice for District Attorney was
entitled to Endorsement on all the party
tickets, regardless of partisan lines.
To the accompaniment Of the boom 1f
the surf in front Of his house, Mr.. Nc
Call pledged himself to the strongest
campaign approval Of the District At
torneys work. He also said he was for
sweeping reform" in the Police De-
partment.
Word that the Democratic designat-
ing committee had formally chosen MIN
was brought 10 Mr.. Mccall early tE;sl
morning at his summer home near
East Hampton. In the evening he nai
been out of touch with telegraph and
telephone at a shore dinner given by
Justice Guy, of the Supreme Court, AT
Three-Mile Harbor. A Tribune re-
porter, waiting at the little cottage IN
the sand dunes. was the first to con-
firm the action which it had been eX-
pected the committee would take.
Hoped to Last They Wouldn't
Was designated ?" he asked.
Then. evidently seeing the humorous
side of his question in view Of the cut
and dried meeting of the committee.
he added:
We'll. I hoped 10 the last that they
wouldn't force me into the fight Now
| am in It, though, I'll fight hard.
had hoped that the committee would
choose Justice Dowling.'
While Mr. Mccall and his wife were
at the shore dinner his daughters were
at a dance at the Devon Boat Club, in
Amagansett. When the family gath
cred at home later and heard the re-
suit of the committees work Mrs Nc
Call ran to her husband and threw her
arms arounL his neck. The others
wished him success.
what is the rest of the ticket?
Judge Mccall asked. When he was
told that Metz and Goulden were 10 be
his running mates, he commented;
Il think it is strong, splendid sup
porting ticket"
will you tell how you were led to
take the nomination." he was asked.
1T was with the greatest reluctance
that consented 10 rum he replied.
There was talk that l was groomed
by Murphy--that | was appointed
chairman of the Public Service Com
mission with that in view. but that
was untrue. Murphy told me not TO
take the craftsmanship. There is
strong friendship between Mr.. Murphy
II,
Htical but Of a friendly nature. In fact
when Governor Sulzer asked me 10
take the position. it was Murphy VINO
advised me not to accept"
Mr.. Mccall then related the story Of
his persuasion to take the chairman
ship. and repeated the account OF Sui
zer's midnight trip TO New York TO
make a final appeal.
Ambition To Go to Albany.
when | accepted the chairmanship.'
he said, Il made 1t plain that ] would
go into the office with no thought OF
political preferment. II I did stay in
public life il was my ambition to go
to Albany.
Then. when the Democratic NOM
ination for Mayor was first brought up,
and IL seemed that the nomination or
Mayor Gaynor was not possible,
strongly urged the nomination OF JUS
tice Bowling. hoped TO the last that
he would be persuaded TO take the
nomination, but he refused Then they
said We'll. Judge. it's up to you to
respond. You must take it,.
And there ! was I responded"
why do you think Gaynor was not
Il don't know. The organization did
not think Gaynor was available. Gay
nor was Murphy's candidate, but op-
position came from all over the city.
i've known Mayor Gaynor for thirty
years and admire him very much. No
matter what people say, there are
many things he has done OF which L
approve There will not come one
word from my lips during the cam
paign OF personal criticism of Mayor
Gaynor. The campaign will be fought
aggressively, but solely on the issues"
"Will you tell us what the issues
are?"
The Issues as He Sees Thorn.
THE first thing is to take the police
force entirely out Of politics, and place
il on a more efficient basis. 1t has
been made too much of a playtoy-
there has been too much juggling. I
want you to understand. though, that
| admire the force. 1t is a splendid
body of men. and we owe II to the
force to clean out the inefiiciency and