The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-06
Gives Lie to Justice When He
Denies Asking for a
Judgeship.
CHIEF SAYS HE'LL STICK
Only Death. lie Asserts, Can
Separate Him From Tam
many Hall.


cursed yesterday OF turning AGAINST
Charles F. Murphy because the latter re-
fused 70 aid him to get the nomination
for the General Sessions bench last fall.
When judge O'Dwyer denied It. Percy
Maggie called him n liar.
Judge O'Dwyer's term AS City Court
Justice expires December 81, 1917. Mem
bers of the court are elected for ten yea re
at $4,000 a year, while General Sessions
Judges are elected for fourteen years al
sl7,5oo year. Percy Magic declared
that shortly before the Tammany nomina-
lions were announced last summer he
give one Of the General Sessions places
to Judge Lorens Zeller Of Special Sessions.
VINO lives IN Nagle's district
lie said that while waiting to see Muir
ply he saw Justice ODwyer 60 into q
eide room with the chief. lie learned
that Justice ODwyer has asked for Muir
phys support for General Sessions lie
said, hut Judge ODwyer WAS turned down
and the nomination given to Judge Zeller,
who was defeated.
When asked about this statement yes
terday Justice ODwyer said
IT did not seek the nomination for
General Sessions last year. and would
not have taken II. 4 place there was
offered to me some years ago and ! re-
fused II. I haven't been In Tammany
Hall for five years. and haven't seen
Murphy for two years. You can give
my regards to Mr.. Maggie and tell hin,
he II not an honest or truthful man.
when told of O'Dwyer's comment Maggie
said: II have known Judge O'Dwyer
for twenty years and knew his father
before him My eyesight Is AZ good as
that of any man In New York. and II
Judge O'Dwyer says that I didn't sec
him talking TO MIR. Murphy In Tammany
Hall last summer asking for the General
Sessions nomination he lies
While Charles +. Murphy was vowinE
yesterday that he is going to be leader OF
Tammany Hall as long as he lives Bert
Hanson and twenty other Democrats were
down mt the Reform Club In South Will
lam street completing their committee OF
$50 which hopes to prove Mr.. Murphy
IA sad prophet.
Mr.. Hansons temporary COMMITTEES oi
forty-saven In TO give way TO the larger
committee as soon as the number oi
ESQ Representative Democrats Is at
tained Mr.. Hanson said last nigh,
that ego have already accepted invita-
tons and that yesterdays task was e
select thirty more, which was done.
The committee Of $50 will have It's
first meeting within two weeks. II will
plot Its own programme OF combating the
present Tammany organization. It's pro-
fcssed purpose ts "to form a Democrat!C
organization TO support progressive De
mocracy In the city. state and nation y
Mr.. Hanson adds that the purpose Il
affirmative rather than negative" hut
Just what the committee Is UP to he
declines TO reveal N present
Some of those at yesterdays meeting
were Register John j. Hopper. Mont
gomery Hare, ex-congressman steven
Ayres, Alfred Bishop Mason. ex-senator
Thomas c. whitlock. John De Wit
Warner. j. Aspinwall Hodge, +. d
Pollach, stuart q. Gibboney. Frederick
w. Hinrichs. Robert Grier Monroe anS
Melville J. France. Among the absenteei
were Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson
Martin w. Littleton. Edward NJ. Rasse't
Frederic r. Coudert, T., r. l.. Gould an'
Lamar Hardy.
The story that Mr.. Murphy WAS think
ing OF retiring after being "v.ndlcated
IN the September primaries and or split
ting the leadership among Thomas +
Smith, Thomas r. McAvoy and Thomas
Foley caused Mr.. Foley to have an earn
en-, talk with Mr.. Murphy at the Hall yes
terdAy. When he departed Mr.. Murphy
obliged reporters with an interview.
"I'm going to stay here as long as
live" he said That's pretty strong
isn't III You know what said the othei
day. don't you? Well. you can just ado
that to H. think tho story that WA.
going TO get out and leave Three Ton
triumvirate In charge must have beer
started by the committee on rumors."
What Mr.. Murphy said 'the other day
was: I'm the leader OF TamAiany Hal
and I'm going TO remain the leader"
Big Tom Foley was agitated when h
left Mr. Murphy. He said he had Jus
told the chief that none OF his leader
was responsible for the news about tn
trlumyirat-.
IT told him." said Mr.. Foley that h
and I were born right here in New Yorl
and that the people here were for US he
cause they knew US and knew We wer
all right. said the people who were try
! ing to make trouble fro us were LOT o
| little fellows who had failed in the nth
! towns where they were born and the
/ came here to stir us up.
1.-THE only way these upstairs can z.
I into the papers IL by v!llifying Tanman
! Hall. The people. like Dudley Field Ma
lone. who presume to attack Charley Muir
ply are not even 1T to black his boots
The story OF the triumvirate IL n damna
BILE lie. Murphy IL tho leader and he
going to remain the leader. Watch thi
| hght to the fnish and see how II come