New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-09
Supreme Court Justice,
Friend of Hearst, Picked
stead d of Smith.
Leaders Friends Say
Surrogate Foley
New State Boss
Juggling. and Trading
With Republicans Over
Tickets PART of Scheme

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Supreme Court Justice Robert r.
Wagner has been decided upon by
Charles F. Murphy as Tammany's COM
promise candidate for Governor, ac-
cording to we'll informed Democrats,
including intimate friends of Justice
Wagner.
Surrogate James A. Foley, who is
said by supporters of Surrogate John
T. Cohalan to have advised with Mr..
Murphy before the latter and Samuel
s. Koenig, the local Republican boss,
turned down Cohalan for denomination,
IS credited with the choice of Wagner
for Governor.
Back of the selection Of Wagner and
other recent political moves of Murphy
politicians see the grooming of Surro-
gate Foley. tho Tammany leaders SON
in-law, for the Democratic leadership
OF the State and an attempt to elm
mate Al Smith entirely from politics.
Wagner Hearst's Friend
Wagner has been regarded for years
as the closest friend William Randolph
EearsS has had in the inner circles of
Tamnlany Hall, and while the selection
Of Wagner wonld be displeasing to All
Smiths friends It would not displease
the editor-poIitician.
Wagner returned hurriedly from
Europe in response to urgent cable
messages on Tuesday, August 20. His
return was known to only few Tam
many leaders. and most of his col
leagues on the bench did not look for
his return until the first week in Octo-
Der, as 1t was generally understood
when he left these shores, on or about
August /, that he would not return
until it was time for him to resume
his labors on the bench.
Now it is said that Wagner NAV rev
er SIT again on the Supreme Court
pench,, for ii he is nominated at SYRIA
cuse by the Democrats on September
2s ne will resign at once, according to
his friends, from the bench to engage
openly in the campaign
Wagner is said to have had a eonfar-
essce with Surrogate Foley and Mr.
Murphy shortly after his return to New
York at the TaASmany leaders, estate
at Good Ground. sree played golf
on the Tammany leadars private course
which is one of tie finest pr;yate
links in the country.
Wagner on All Night Visit
When efforts were made to see the
justice at his home in this city yes
terday 1t was said that he was out on
Long island playing golf at the Oak
land Golf Club. This course is one on
which Mr.. Murphy and his son-in-law,
Surrogate Foley, have FREQUENTLY
played. Justice Wagner was expected
home for dinner, but telephoned in
that he would remain away all night
Whether he went on to Good Grounds
from the Oakland links could not be
learned
Surrogate Foley. who is one of the
ablest Of the younger men in Tam
many Hall, also will have another
friend elevated to high place if Tam
many succeeds in putting through the
rest OF the judiciary slate, This sec
ond friend is John Godfrey Sake, who
has been promised the Tammany nomi-
nation for the Supreme Court bench.
Sake a protege Of Folcy's
Foley is largely responsible for
Saxe's rise in the political world, and
gave him the largest reference at his
disposal since he was elected Surrogate.
This was in the will contest of Samuel
Kraus, vice president Of the Eagle
Pencil Company, whose nephew. Bert
kraus, contested the will. The fee Of
Sake as referee in this case was S17,500.
Sake was also appointed counsel to
Governor Martin II. Glynn in 1914
through the instrumentality of Foley,
who was then member of the State
Legislature from Tammany Leader
Murphy's district. Prior to this Sake
was member of the State Senate, be-
ing elected in 1910 from the nth, and
was one of the insurgents in the fight
made against the late "Blue-Eyed" Viii
liam Sheehan for United States Sena-
tor, which resulted in the election of
United States Senator James A. O'Gor
man,
Power for Boss's Son-in-Iaw
The selection Of the Supreme Court
ticket, according to both Democrats
end Republicans who are in the know,
is linked up with the deal which aims
at the retirement Of Cohalan, because
he would not permit politics to in-
fuence his decisions involving estates
left TO the widows and orphans. Should
Murphy and Koenig succeed in dis
placing Cohalan, Murphy's son-in-law
would be the presiding judge OF the
court which deals with the estates
left widows and orphans, and which
never run below $500, ,000, 900 9 year in
this county.
Prominent Republicans and Demo
Gratis especially the women are ir,-
censed not only at the attempt to make
Fl fconsinued on paso five,