New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-02

Does the horoscope of Tamraany
Hall disclose Boss Murphy stepping
gracefully down and out and CAP
Smith stepping up into command? Or
il AL to run for the United States SEN
ate next year and let his namesakc,
Thomas r. Smith, secretary of the
Wigwam, step into Murphy's shoes :?
Will Murphy stick to pull with Hearst
through the present city campaign and
then-is he going out? Is the boss
suffering from cold feet?
These are pertinent questions dis
cussed by the Tammany leaders just
now. Murphy is not taking them all
into his confidence. as in the old days.
The Hall on Fourteenth Street IS filled
with disquieting rumors.
Golf Better; Acumen Worse
While commissioned Murphy's
golf is improving, his political acumen
as boss of Tammany Hall is growing a
bit stale. This is the opinion of Tam
many leaders who are neither Hines in
surgents or ardent Murphy men, but
have remained quiescent while the boss
was being attacked and the municipal
campaign was shaping up. Some of
these leaders expected to meet Muir
ply at Tammany Hall yesterday after
noon, but he didn't keep the appoint
ment. 1t developed that he was on an
other golfng expedition. He left word
for Tom Smith, secretary of the Wig
wan, who was on hand, and other lead
ers who might call, that he would not
be in town again until Tuesday.
The quiescent leaders were disap-
pointed. They don't mind the chief
going in for golf on large scale, but
there are some things which he may
learn on the links besides holing the
ball which they would like to know.
They were interested to know the re-
suits of his recent excursion to Sea
Gate to see former Governor Alfred Z.
Smith, but they were more interested
yesterday to get the political talley on
an important foresome played at the
Belleclair Golf Club, at Bayside.
S q Call Sent to AL
Somebody brought the story of the
foursome back to Tammany Hall.
Murphy first sent out an rs 0 S" call
to AL at Sea Gate, where he inter
viewed the former Governor at his
summer home, but found it necessary
to repeat with foursome at Bayside
The quiescent leaders had it on re
port that the boss had appealed to AL
successfully for help in the present
Tammany campaign muddle, with the
Hearst Hylan-H Hines hazards to deal
with, and the Murphy must go" is
sue. But the quiescent leaders wanted
to get the answer from the boss himself
and fixed up the appointment at Tam
many Hall yesterday which Murphy did
not keep.
In the Bayside foursome Murphy
paired with Ex-Governor Smith and
Secretary Tom Smith with Surrogate
James A. Foley. Now, when judge is
brought into a conference, particularly
one of the three closest Murphy adj
visors---the other two being Secretary
Smith and Justice Robert F. Wagner
it adds to the dignity and Importance
to the occasion. According to the in
formant at Tammany Hall, the boss
talked long and seriously with AL, while
their caddiea were looking for lost
balls, while at other times all three
advisors to the Great Nominator'
brought their forensic powers to bear
on the former Governor. 1t was said
to be a question Of AL getting into the
campaign with both feet or remaining
neutral and attending strictly to the
trucking business.
According to report, the conversa-
ton between the boss, backed by his
advisors" and the former Governor
went something like this:
The Boss-Now, Al, we need your
help one way or the other. Hearst