The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
THOMAS E. RUSH
TO BE SURVEYOR
Tammany Leader. an Anti Muir
ply Man. Will BE NOmi-
mated by Wilson.

WASHINGTON, Aug 7-Thomas r.
Rush. lawyer Of 20 Exchange place.
New York city. and Tammany leader,
IL to he named by President Wilson as
Surveor If the Port Of New York.
The salary Of this Office is $4,000 and
II is considered one Of tho choicest bits
OF patronage in New York city.
This appointment by President Wilson
marks q new departure bv tho Admins
tration. II will Represent desire on
the Presidents part TO emphasize the
fact that he has no bone 20 pick with
tho rank and file OF the Tammany or
ganlzatiou that he Il willing TO recognize
them as good Democrats and to name
men from their ranks 20 public office.
In other words, the President intends
TO make II plain that he Is willing to
accept an organization Democrat in
New York city If the candidates personal
qualifications come up 10 ;he standard
required by the Wilson Administration.
AZ Outs With Murphy.
While Rush Is q Tammany leader. he
is on the outs with Charles +. Murphy
so his appointment by tho President will
/ in no way Indicate a recognition Of the
Murphy leadership.
The inference to be drawn from the
appointment WIFI be that the Wilson Nd
m!nistration's fight ls not against Tam
many. but against the Murphy domina-
! ton.
| The Presidents friends from New York
| State have been urging him for some time
10 name men to office from the Tammany
organization with view to building up
support within the wigwam itself, and
| this is apparently the course that he will
pursue
| Senator O'Gorman recommended Mr.
Rush and II was said on the authority OF
the Senator to-day that Rush Is "a strong
man within the organization"
Agreement on Rush
Suggestions were made here that Dud-
! ley Field Malone and the other so-Called
! Independent Democrats were urging tho
candidacy Of John Eastnond OF Brooklyn
but well Informed persons in Washington
said that Malone, Mayor Mitchell and
| Franklin y. Roosevelt had agreed to sup
port Rush.
In making this appointment the Prcsi-
dent will agAin disregard the reconmen-
dalton OF Representative John ]. Fitz'
gerald and the Brooklyn delegation, who
were committed to Robert Fuller
The nomination OF Mr.. Rush Will be sen
TO the Senate within a few days.
Thomas r. Rush has openly fought
Charles f. Murphy for eight years. be-
ginning with the revolt at the State Demo
cratic convention OF 1906 against the
nomination OF william K. Hearst fo'
Governor.
with two other delegates from tn,
Twenty-ninth district-Payne Whitney and
Moses Herrmanr--he boltcd the Tammany
caucus and voted for William Sulzer
Since then hts warfare against the pres
ent Tammany leadership has been contin
uous. Although distasteful to Mr. Muir
ply Mr., Rush has had an unbreakabl'
hold on his own district. and has con
tinued to be one Of the sachems of Tam
many.
According to information gathered II
this city the nomination OF Mr.. Rus
for the SIS 000 job of Surveyor Of tn
Port WIS recommended to President vii
son by Mayor Mitchell. Dudley Field Ma
lone. Frank l.. Polk, Secretary of III
Treasury McAdon and Assistant Secretar
of the Navy Franklin -, Roosevelt.
!, was said two weeks ago that thes
, independents had agreed that Mr., Rus
, was just the man they wanted in order t
prove to city Democrats that their fgh
is agaius; the Murphy lie deyshp, no
against Tammany Hall Nj Rush ha
been mentioned frequently as one of IN
men who would figure IN the rcorsaniza
ton of Tqmmany from the inside
such thing was accomplished,
Mr., Rush's district on the upper Ea'
side includes the richest part OF FIT
s avenue.