The New York herald., 1921-09-19
3 FACE MURPHY'S IRE
FOR Illness VICTORY
Leaders Whose Districts In
surgent Captured Are in
Line for Discipline.
CHIEF REBEL IMMUNE
Hines Already Punished,
but Some Others Have
Good Jobs at Stake.
NAGLE OFFERS A PROBLEM
Major Who Once Defied Gar
of Wigwam Is on Ticket as
Sheriff Nominee.
NAGLE OFFERS A PROBLEM

SnerlII Nominee.
What is Murphy going to do to the
eight Tammany district leaders whose
territory was carried in last Tuesdays
primary by the foe of Murphy. Jimmy
Hines? At present writing the answer
seems to be Nothing"
Ordinarily severe chastisement would
be the portion of leader who, whether
willingly or not. permitted his flock to
/ turn their votes against the golfer of
Good Ground. For lesser crimes serfs
have been beheaded. Normally. dis
trict leader so offending would be
turned out of his leadership and sit no
more in the Executive Committee Of
Tammany Hall. The least he might
expect would be discipline in the form
Of loss of part or all Of his patronage.
| Before the primary, although Hines
and his rebels were lightly dismissed
by the bigwigs of the Wigwam as
merely bunch OF kids the bosses
did take the trouble to send word to
all the leaders that they would lose
their jobs unless Julius Miller, Mur-
phys telephone booth candidate for
Borough President, was put over. Thus,
for mingled reasons of fear and loyalty,
most of the leaders did what they
could for Miller and against Hines,
whom nearly all of them like. but who
happens to be seriously bent on driv-
ing Murphy off his somewhat wabbly
throne. But in seven districts, in aa-
dition to that or Hines himself, their
best was not enough to give Miller a
majority.
Hines Already Disciplined.
| or course, it would do no good for
Murphy to try to discipline Hines. for
all that can be done has been done al
ready Every bit OF patronage was taken
away from Hines long ago. Customarily
this would ruin a district leader. for the
pun OF personal loyalty usually isn't
quite as strong in the political family as
Is the pull OF pap. An ordinary leader
who has fought Murphy the way Hines
has fought him would have been un-
seated before now. and the fact that
Hines keeps his hold on his own dis
trict and is able to reach out and carry
seven others in n fight whose object is
openly seen to be the crushing OF Mur-
| ply shows not only that the feeling
against Murphy in his own organization
is stronger than he though 1t was. but
that Hines is not at all an ordinary
leader-even though he says that any
body could mold the anti-Murphy senti-
ment because the sentiment is there.
No. Murphy can't disturb Hines in his
own district because the district Is for
! Hines. and has proved itself willing 70
endure privation with him. And u is
4 Hines who says that Murphy won't dare
| 20 try TO punish the seven other leaders
whose districts were carried last week
/ for Hines as a candidate for the noni-
nation for Borough President against
Julius Miller.
4 what will Murphy do to them?' says
Hines. "You watch. Not thing. He
knows they were on the level and did
their best. but more than that he knows
that IL he tries to make them suffer be-
cause the feeling against him was too
much for them ten other district leaders
will jump in and take their side. So
Mr.. Murphy is not making enemies just
now he Is cuitivating his friends"
Naglc once Dened Murphy.
Who are these seven leaders who
couldn't carry their districts for Mr..
Murphy Is candidate, Julius Miller? one
Of them Is Percival L. Magic of the
Twentieth--Bas Harlem. II would be
embarrassing for Mr.. Murphy to have 10
discipline Mr.. Nagle. for Magic Is the
regular Tammany nominee for Sheriff.
He has had his ups and downs in poll
tics, having been IN and cut OF the
leadership several times and apparently
out for good until. having gone into the
war as private at the age or 81 and
emerged a Major, he regained the post
his service record saved him. Hines says
OF Nagle:
Murphy set UP John +. Cowan to run
against him for the leadership. Magic
sent word 20 Murphy: You big fathead,
you'll send for me with a coach and team
TO come 70 Tammany Hall yot.'
And row. as has been said. Nagle Is
Murphy's candidate for Sheriff, and be-
sides Nagle, like Hines, who also went
overseas, has n mob of ex-service men
behind him who would be ready 70 resent
any reprimand Murphy might attempt to
administer because Hines carried Nagles e
district last week.
Magic was born in Ireland. Years
age he was bookTnaker in Harlem. Ho
gave that UP when Croker made him a
district leader. In the Van Wyck ad-
ministration he was tho citys Comr1is.
sioner OF Street Cleaning. Ne has also
been Transfer Tax Appraiser and an
officer OF the S,xty-nInth Regiment lie
Is six feet four inches tall. being IN
stature ono OF the biggest men in New
York.
Thomas u. Williams, leader q. taa
Ninth district, is a plumber by trade,
and has been an Alderman. Tho sto-y
Is told OF him that when he was elected
Alderman he visloned such future OF
public service that he carried his plum
btr's tools down TO a pier and. saying
"I'll never need those again" threw
them into the East River. His prede-
cessor az district leader was Ross Will
Jams. who was not very subservient %
Murphy
Ex-scrvice Men Take Revenge.
When Mark Eisner represented The
| Ninth In the Assembly he got Into MtIr-