New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-26
Hines inquiries
Where Murphy
Got His Wealth
Fanmany Boss Only Leader
Who Has No Visible
Means of Support: May
Not Even Be a Voter
House-to-Housc Canvass Of
District Begins Monday;
Each Day Brings Allies


every county leader has visible means
OF support but the present boss of
Tammany Hail. said James J. Hines
who is fighting the Tammany organi-
zation in the primaries for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President of the
Borough of Manhattan against ex-Sen-
ator julius Miller.
Murphy never has explained to the
people OF this city how he came by his
large wealth" continued Mr.. Hines at
his Marlborough Hotel Headquarters
yesterday. CAN the other county lead
ers have visible means Of support.
There is Jonn II. McCooey, who fills a
good-paying county Office in Kings.
There's Maurice Connolly, of Queens,
who is president of his borough There
is Arthur Murphy. of the Bronx, who
holds a place in the Tax Board. and
there is Matthew J. Cahill, of Rich
mond, who has Investments and a
number of side lines. All of these
men have visible means Of support.
"But how is it about the arrogant
boss of Tammany Hall? No one is alb
solutely certain that he is a qualified
voter in Manhattan. He spends about
thirty days year in town, and the
remainder of the time is about equally
divided among Hot Springs, Va; Atlantic
City; French Lick Ind; Mount Clemens
Mich; Hot Springs, Ark, and Good
Ground his Long Island estate. His
private golf links are at those famous
resorts.
Admits Murphy Is Driver"
Il notice by the papers to-day that
he expects to spend primary day at
golf, improving his putting and driving
I'm truckman and don't know much
about golf. His putting | know moth
ing about, but | know that he's a
corker at driving. He shines at driv-
ing. He has driven the Tammany or.
ganization in this county at such a
pace that it went bankrupt two years
ago for the first time in its history, and
the Republicans actually elected Cur
ran President of Manhattan Borough
That's some driving!
"But to come back to that matter OF
visible means of support. Why doesn't
Murphy, who takes down one candidate.
for Judge and puts up another, take
down julius Miller and run himself for
President of the Borough of Manhattan
against me? That would mean a square
fght-Murphy and his personal friends
against Hines and his personal friends.
Does any one have any doubt about the
result of such a test as that? If Muir
ply thinks no primary campaign is
Id L.
thought he had wakover two years
ago for his borough and county ticket.
The Hines men will do lot Of cam
paign work between now and the pri-
maries. There comes a time in the life
of every arrogant boss when the people
dump him. Watch out for the night ot
September 49,"
Mr. Hines said he did not expect to
begin making campaign speeches until
ten days before primary day.
Mrs. Ernes.ne +. Stewart. co-leader
OF the 18th District with Mr.. Hines,
said last night chat tho Hines campaign
was coming along in grand shape.
Women to Canvass District
ave shall start the womens house
toulouse canvass in MIR. Murphy's home
Assembly district on Monday" said
She AT the regular district headquar-
mer nights there is hardly minute of
the time when some new man or woman
does not drop in to pledge support to
Hines in his battle. l was over in
Second Avenue, near Fifty-ninth Street.
to-day and met an old woman who is a
power in her eighborhood. She said
to me: 'Ye know, Mrs. Stewart | don't
know anything about politics, bein' a
woman. but there's four blocks in my
neighborhood here in Second Avenue
where every Democratic woman win
vote jist as tell her to-
~ told this fine old lady that she
was coming on all right and to keep on
pegging away for Mr.. Hines, and she
said she would. | would like to say
that the fight we are making for MI.
Hines is wholly inside the Democratic
party. We ara accepting all the help
that comes to US legitmately, but we
accept 1t as regular Democrats. No one
has had the courage to fight Murphy in
recent years, and that is what makes
him so arrogant. Every one that we
ask TO help these days, With the excep-
ton of the job holders in the city gov
eminent. seems willing to join hands
with US in fighting against selfish boss
ism"
Suffers Friends Militant
n tsttcI J tcut q IHcDiDef Oh tEc vi an
haitian. Club said that hundreds of
Democrats who remembered the i'm
parchment Of Sulzer were ready to re
taliate. Thomas f. Lynch, chairman
Of the speakers bureau Of the Hines
campaign, announced Hines meeting
for tonight as follows:
Twenty fourth Street and Eighth
Avenue, Thirtyhfth Street and Eighth
Avenue, Forty third Street and Eighth
Avenue. all in the Sd Assembly Dis
trct. Of which the leaders are Charles
W. Culkin, William Dalton and Frank
}. Goodwin; Fifty ninth Street and
Columbus Circle Ninety Street
and Broadway, 103d Street and Broad
way. Fifty eighth Street and Third
Avenue, Eighty-sixth Street and Lex
sngton Avenue. 1ssth Street and St.
Nicnoias Avenue, 18ist Street and st.
y Nicholas Avenue. Many of the speak
ers assigned to these meetings are
regular Tammany Hall spellbinders
re meetings tonight will be covered
~ hvc hying squads in autom obiles.
we shall cover every election dis
trict in Manhattan before we wind nm y
said Mr.. Lynch. I'VE have been denied
access 10 the district clubhouSes on
Iurphy's orders, but we shall take the
fnessage direct TO the people"
Ross Williams. former leader OF The
nth Assembly District, who was de-
fcatcd for control Of his district on
the orders of Mr.. Murphy three years
sro, was At thc headquarters Of fines
yesterday with his coat of. When
asked il he had joined. forces vim
Hines he sald that he was "out ~