New-York tribune., 1921-09-09

Draws Backfire
From Murphy
Stuart and Campbell, Both
Candidates Last Year.
Accuse the lIth District
insurgent Of DisloyaIty
Deal With Lewis Alleged
Answer TO Charges Prom
ised "a. the Monongal,ela
Club Meeting Tonight

-~eunS oS sHe growing popularity of
James j. Hines, the anti-Murphy leader
O. New York, who says he will beat
ex-senator Julius Miller, the candidate
OF the organization for the Democratic
nominations for President Of the Ror-
ough of Manhattan, the Murphy men
cut loose with counter shot against
Hines last night
Charles j. Stuart, Of 2l0 West 10bth
Street, candidate last year for member
of Assembly in the 18th District of
which Mr.. Hines is leader, and John r.
Campbell, candidate for Congress last
fall against Walter Chandler. Repub
lican, who easily beat him. made sort
OF joint statement tending TO show that
= nlnes last year was disloyal to the
lammany organization. throwing votes
TO the Republicans in deal with
Robert Lewis. the Republican leader OF
the 11th District
Messrs. Stuart and Campbell saw
Charles F. Murphy yesterday at Tam
many Hall and told him that Hines
played into the hands of the Republi
cans last year. selling" both of them
out ana working in the interest of the
Republican candidate for Assembly. Mr.
Nichols. aud also in the interest Of Rem
resentative Chandler.
Recreancy to Tammany Charged
They told Mr.. Murphy that for vears
Hines had been an adjunct to The ~
ganization of his Republican opponent
Robert Lewis; that he never distributed
campaign money obtained from Tam
many Hall and that campaign liters-
ture, SUCH as cards and circulars. sent
from Tammany Hall to the Monongahela
Club, the Hines Headquarters, for dis
tf1bution, We're not distributed at all
but were found after the campaign was
over IN the original packages in the dis
trict clubhouse.
Moreover Stuart and Campbell told
Mr.. Murphy that last year on election
night an O. the Hines watchers in the
!lth District deserted their posts
IN the various precincts, and that by II
o'clock the Hines clubhouse was closed
and dark.
"Hines kidded my head off, said
Stuart. "by telling me last wear that
ne was for me and that I stood a good
chance of being elected to the Assem-
bly,. He got me into the fight He
went clear to Saratoga to ret NE to
run, and when he talked il over with
me ne aiibied himself by saying that
probably the Republican was too
strong for me and that stood poor
chance Of success. On election night
when ! was 600 ahead on the count at
. o'clock Illness watchers quit. and
when the result was announced was
lost in the shuttle. Robert Lewis. the
Republican leader of the 11th. is work
ing openly for Hines. Last year Hines
threw his own candidate for Congress-
in favor Of Chandler. Republican.
Also, year ago cards boosting Was
Servogal for judge we're circulated from
Illness clubhouse.
Declares War on Hines
Il told Mr. MurDhy to-day that Hines
never represented our district in the
Iammany executive committee, to
which he was elected. We are rot
with Hines IN any private fight he may
nays nave With Mr.. Murphy. Hines waa
perfectly satisfied with the way things
were run in Tammany Hall until he
had his private fight with Mr. Murphy;
then he began to talk about hand
picked candidates. We have refused to
help him in his deals with Lewis"
The official count shows that Nichols.
Republican. was elected over Stuart,
democrat, by vote Of 12.1l4 to o,448
James j. Hines said last night that
ne would make suitable answer to
stuart and Campbell at a mass meet
ing Io-night at the Monongahela Club,
292 Manhattan Avenue. Enrolled Dem
ocrats from the 7th, 9th, l1th, o1st,
22d and 23d Assembly districts will at
tend the meeting and Jimmy" Will
make keynote speech, paying his re-
spects to Charles r Murphy and deal
ing with the charges made last night
by Stuart and Campbell.
Mr.. Hines was the hero Of the hour
yesterday during the luncheon recess
at the Vocational Training School OF
the College OF the City OF New York,
l3sth Street and st. Nicholas Terrace.
Many of the students in the school
served under Lieutenant Hines over
seas, and scores of them following their
discharge, obtained assistance from
him in their vocational courses