The New York herald., 1921-08-16
CILROY SOUNDS CALL
TO END MURPHY RULE
Designee Tells COalitiOnists
Tammany Grip on City
Must Be Broken.
MENACE Is SINISTER
Curran Promises to Act as
Mayor for Entire Popu-
lation Of Metropolis.
FUSION TICKET RATIFIED
Women's Campaign Com
mittee, Headed by Mrs. Van
Zile, Is Out for Curran.
FUSION TICKET RATIFIED

Inc Ef1p OF IDaFleS y. MURPHY
upon the government and life of New
York has become such that the city
no longer is administered by Mayor
sitting In City Hall, but is directed
and operated upon from the sanctum
of Tammany Hall. That was the
charge made yesterday by Vincent
Gilroy, independent Democratic desig-
nee of the Republican -Coalitionists
for President of the Board of Alder
men. before the Coalition committee
which met at the Hotel Pennsylvania
and ratified the Republican-Coalition
ticket for the Republican primaries.
Mr.. Gilroy's address was call to
the voters, particularly the independ-
end Democratic voters and the large
number of Tammany men who are
restive of the rule of Murphy, TO go
to the polls and rid the city of the
Wigwam boss.
''The main thing to be done" he
said, is to bring about the defeat OF
the sinister power OF Murphy and the
small coterie of lieutenants with which
he has surrounded himself. Masquer-
aiding under the name of Democracy
lie lldiS SdlilcQ SlldDSlC hoio tPoh
New York. When we Independent
Democrats have protested against this
we have been met with a shibboleth
of regularity by men who never
practice 1t themselves, as was illus
trated amply by the hardy manner in
which Tammany welded the knife In
the last Presidential campaign.
Would Throttle Tammany.
"The local organization is not par
tisan," Mr.. Gilroy continued. 1T Is
business. 1t has Its tentacles upon tho
greatest municipality in the world and
is using Il for its own preferment.
"The time has arrived to throttle this
sinister influence and get rid of an ar
rogant boss, who can reach In his vest
pocket and fsa out list to be fosted
on the voters as the Democratic ticket.
THE Mayor OF New York is no longer
the individual who so recently demon
strated his ignorance of the city's af-
fairs and his ineffciency before the
Meyer committee. Hylan only occupies
one position. but Murphy occupies all po-
sitions. Murphy dictates the appoint
ir.ents, and, in the last analysis, decides
the important policies of the admins-
tra ton. What we want for New York Is
. Mayor In City Hall. not in Tammany
Hall.
Henry II. Curran, President Of the
Borough of Manhattan, the Republican
Coalition choice for Mayor. and John
kirkland Clark. the designee for the Of
fec Of District Attorney. also were
present and spoke
4, ,-1,o kau To-
iic life Of the city for the last twelve
years expressed his confidence that he
would continue In its service for four
mere years after the next Mayoralty
election.
And when am elected Mayor" he
said. II will be Mayor-subject only TO
the wishes and direction of the people Of
the whole city and nobody else
Mr.. Curran then scored the "derelc-
ton of the party in power" and added:
II hope, however, that the effect OF
the present administration will not be
overstated in this campaign, just as
hope that the endeavor of the next ad-
ninistration coming into power will not
be overstated. We must all work for
ideals and the accomplishment or those
ideals with which we set forth. But
there is nothing TO BE gained from cx-
aggeration of the faults of our opponents.
can make YOU but one promise. and
that Is when | am Mayor 10 be Mayor
untramnelled and of all the people"
Clark Commends Work.
Mr.. Clark commended the work Of the
committee. Because of the size of the
population of New York county, he said,
the office of the District Attorney here
is one which really affects the entire
nation. and that when elected he pro-
poses to run the office with the wide
scope of its Importance in mind.
He called attention to the fact that In
recent years there have been only two
Tammany District Attorneys. and. he
said. Those have been the only times
when the office of District Attorney has
not been run In a straightforward man
ner.' lie said the officials to whom he
referred were ASA Bird Gardiner, who
was nearly removed from office" and
Edward Swami, the incumbent.
The committee adopted unanimously
resolution Endorsing the selections for
the ticket and authorized the appoint
ment of n subcommittee to conduct the
campaign.
The position of Mr.. Curran's ticket was
strengthened yesterday by the organiza-
tion of a wofnen's anti-Tammany cam
paign committee. as the result of the
recent formation of the cooperative
committee OF the Republican women's
organizations. composed OF the chairmen
of the Republican women's clubs in the
five boroughs and the chairmen OF the
borough associations.
The meeting yesterday at 3s West
Thirty-ninth street elected Mrs. Edward
r. Van Hilc as chairman, Mrs Norman
Dixie vicc-cl@airman. and Mrs. Charlotte
Farrar secretary. The committee WIN
establish headquarters in a few DAYS
and begin vigorous campaign against
Tammany and Murphy. Women OF all
parties who are interested I'm better gov
ernment will be invited to join.
MOTHER HAS SON ARRESTED.
Alfred (Angel Facet Martin. l5 years
old. who recently escaped from the