The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-02
WIGWAM SNUBS
MURPHY; SMITH
BEATS Big BILL

should go 10 n district leader. That
boon was denied them.
Looking about for n strong man who
was not a district leader. their attention
then centred on Al Smith and Frank
bowling. minority leader of the Board of
Aldermen The issue last night really
lay between Smith and bowling. II was
iuil Of perplexity. for both men have
been rated as irreplaceable In their re-
spective state n city Jobs. But with
the sntl-Edwards crowd the need OF a
man to beat Edwards prevailed over
their desire to keep Al Smith in Albany
and Frank Downing in the Board OF AL
Tammany couldn't expect him TO stay at
Albany all his life. even II the new
constitution raised his salary TO $4,000
a year. Big Tom Foley. who a
fathered the Smith boom In the nrst
place and then had regretfully told
a chance to land his man after all. so,
as the clan gathered last night. Smith
suddenly doomed big w their talk.
Mr.. Murphy. who sits in the executive
committee as leader OF the Twelfth dis
trict lThomas +. McAvoy being chair
mani followed his flock into the meet
ing room. swami for District Attorney
went through will a bang. though a
few leaders spoke for Magistrate Cor
NAkohs llhV ulN iot q e'1O so
posed Of quickly. Then came n rool call
on the designation for Sheriff.
smith on to q Good start.
Daniel f.. Finn OF the First district
popped up and said he was for Al Smith.
Mr.. Foley for the Second district also
said smith" Five leaders spoke for
Smith before any other name was heard.
Frank J. Goodwin Of the Seventh was
D~owling's CHIEF advocate. Several other
district leaders got complimentary mem
ton. Among them were James J. Hines.
Michael J. Cruise John v. Coggey and
John J. Dietz. Congressman Dooling
n Richard J. Delsny. All undertaken OF
the Fifth district, were other favorite
sons. hut far more than half OF THE
leaders were for Smith on the roll call.
II was when his name was called as
leader of the Twelfth that Mr.. Murphy
said his few words OF COunsel without
mentioning Edwards. lie knew. OF
course. that he was beaten on a pref
erence vote. He knew also that II was
sood publicity to have IL so abroad that
he had let the district leaders ave full
swing and had approved OF their choice.
There is just a possibility, moreover,
that Mr.. Murphy wasn't so keen about
Big BIZ Edwards as some OF his men
thought and that he welcomed a show
down which put Edwards OF the map
and a strong Tammany man like Al
Smith on.
Anyway. at the end OF the roll call
Frank Goodwin moved that Smith be
designated by reclamation. IL was
done. Mr.. Murphy being one OF the ac-
Chalmers, When the meeting was ended
Mr.. Murphy went straight TO his desk
In the big office. lie had nothing 10 say
for publication. Neither did Tom Foley.
As u matter OF fact. IL may be said
that when Mr.. Murphy rave friendly
ear TO the Edwards talk a few weeks
ago he had no idea that II would cause
such n rumpus. lie is said to have
figured that II would be good politics
for Tammany. with an eye on the presi-
Dental campaign OF next year and the
Msyoralty fight OF 1917. to bring the
independents into camp by putting up a
ticket all along the line that the so
called anti-Murphy Democrats could
cheer for.