Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-15

Early In the morning Of Oct 3. 1912
In Syracuse. Charles Murphy, Of Tam
many Hall nominated William Sulzes
az democratic candidate for governor
OF New York The feebly struggling
Dix was erased. He had been given his
notice by the great commercial house
Of Tammany. Your services are nc
longer required" His experience in sub
ordination to this house might have
taught him the uselessness Of resist
ance. but TO be dismissed as governor
inf1amed him into characterization. He
was erased and Sulzer was nominated
Murphy needed a candidate who
could make headway against Straus
the philanthropist, whom the progress
sives had nominated. and Sulzer. the
congressman from the east side Of New
ork City. measured in Murphy's eyes
to the requirements OF the situation.
Murphy was looking for a bit of a
denagoSue. peoples friend. a cham
pion Of the submerged classes. a wide
mouthed, arm swinging platform per
former. and he thought Sulzer would
DO Sulzer was a peoples friend He
was bred on the east side. He had gone
. to sea as cabin boy with the bible
|. Robinson Cxusoe," The Pilgrims Pro
sress," "Poe's Book Of Martyrs" and
Two Years Before the Mast" as a IL
brary. and had begun hts education In
hard knocks ana noble reading. He
had common school education, topped
on At Columbia, and was q lawyer in
practice at 2l.
His biographies made much use OF
the word brilliant" He had been in
the New York assembly He was
spea ker Of the house when Grover Clev-
land was entering upon his second term
Is president. He had been in congress.
Tor q number OF terms He was chair
man OF the committee on foreign rela-
tons
Murphy WAS satisfied with him and
nominated him. A maddened delegate
observing the hna1ity Of Murphys de-
cision for the state Of New York. be-
came Jeremiah and shook his ffnxe,
In the face Of the controller OF destintes
his man who sits here" shouted
the maddened deleGnte. surrounded by
his satellites. dispensing favors. die
Eating policies, and distributing the
nominations ef great par-ioox a,
MIN well. for this is the last time You
VIII look upon such a scene. For him
LOO. the hour will soon strike, and upon
Inc ruins Of his fan will arise the
democracy OF the future"
Inc finger ought to have been shaken
at Sulzer. not at Murphy.
Suazer was more prophetic. altho IN
cona2reaendsngly 20. in his inaugural
message Jan I. 1918:
Let me ask all to be patient and
charitable i know that I an, q human
ana that shall make mistakes in hus
man WAYS"
suizers mistake vas that he r..
not plant. Why he was NOT a ,hs
mystery OF his present circumstances
he was Tamnany r.sn. He knew
laMmAny.S methods. He knew what
Iamrnany wanted and what il did no,
want. what i; would have and what :,
would Dot have. and he knew Just how
Tar short OF barbarian Tammany
would stop II it found il necessary "a
remove an obstacle
He also knew the weaknesses In his
cemagogic career, and be must have
known that Tanmany would find
them. Nevertheless he Vas no,
plant. When Murphy submitted listi
OF appointa ents and program OF
legislation. suizer refused him.
Murphy was patient for awhile;
never charitable. but for awhfle pa
tient- SulEef's obstinacy continued
1t grew and took alarming shape. Pos
siDly dangerous ambition got him
and ne thought Of men who had pre-
coded him in the governors office and
had gone TO the White House. From
cabin boy to president may have read
to him Ike the title Of book another
seafaring youngster might add 10 the
five books young Sul1er carried with
him
Dix may have illustrated TO him how
little assurance OF profit lay In sub
servience to Tammany.
The hour has struck said the ex-
allied Sulzer. "and the task Of admins
tratiye reform IL mine. grasp the OPP
portunity the people now give me. and
am resolved TO shirk no responsibility
to uproot official corruption. and &c
raise higher the standard OF Official
integrity" etc. etc
Murphy cared nothing for the exhal.
tation OF addresses to the people. bat
he did care when his demands for Of
fees were denied, and he cared q grea'
deal more when the governor put al
the influence OF the administration be-
hind the attempt 10 obtain . direct prf.
mary law.
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