Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-24

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secretary. Of the treasury. John Pur.
roy Mitchell was selected for collector
Of the port. There never was such a
chance to give the tiger his death-blow
as there IS today.
Still Murphy sits silent and sphinx
like. Still he whispers and mods lot
all leaders in political organization
life," says one writer, "he talks the
least and listens the most" He listens
but he does not comment. He has few
intimates-not mere than half dozen
Eien, perhaps, to whom he will talk
without reserve. A writer in the Chi
cagoT Tribune gives us this description.
Amassed Large Fortune
Murphy has big desk at Tammany
Hall-a big, impressive desk-upon
which he leans. but does not write He
does not believe in writing During a
campaign he is there every day One by
one his organization leaders are ad.
mitted and invited to sit in the chair
drawn close to that of the boss. Then
the two of them put their heads to-
gether-ear to lip and lip to ear-anG
whisper. Tammany is probably the
greatest organization Of the most ex.
pressfye holders in politics. Likewise
one Of the, most expensive. A nc1
from Murphy7and kingdoms fall
During these conferences he never |
takes a snotes, Whatever goes Into his |
heads stay there. aPeraps forever and |
aye. Perhaps for only so long as il |
will take him to pass it en- to the prop |
Gr divisional aid w. .--.
Most of his sfollowers must see him,
If at an. at Tammany Hall A chosen !
few, however. see him at Delmonico's,, :
where he has private room and |
private table He has town home at |
5D5 East Seventeenth street, ccnntry |
estate at Good Grounds, private rooms |
at the Oakland golf course, room al |
the Shinnecock golf course, and he
lakes time pretty regularly each year
TO so to- Atlantic City and to Hot |
Springs
Everywhere he gees he carries his |
privacy and 'reticence with him Even
to state convention Murphy goes in |
d private car surrounded by few |
IF his henchmeD,$ and. when at the |
he remains invisible to all |
hut a few in his hotel apartment. ''Sel- |
lom does he show himself in public. |
Now and then he may be seen for a |
or two in. the lobby Of the '
hotel, but usually when he leaves his !
room is to &C to some quiet, secluded
Eating place where he may be sur
'oGnded by mis- friends and where, un-
by the curious. they may get
heir heads as close together as the
size of the table and the, assembled
God permits. and there settle the hash !
f the people as well as that Of the
proprietor"
Where does he get his money?
3ourke Cochran. who was for years
IN insider in Tammany Hall. declares
hat Murphy has amassed private
ortune of SIS 100000. Says Cochran:
'Sulzer merely made the great mistake
# supposing that his nomination en-
tiled him, to prey as the inside circi'
= selected bosses always has preyet'
lCw | knew that for every campaign
| fund large enough to rnn six cam
.aigns has been raised. and that this
LEd has largely gene by secret chan
els to swell the s13.NO0.0O0 Of M. /
Iurphy's private fortune.
We shall probably know more about
Ir. MuFphy's sources CT income in the
ear future. Mr. HeDEessy's charges n
nd specifications are in the hands OF II
District Attorney Whitman. and spe
Ial panel has been ordered for q Il
rand jury.