The New York herald., 1922-01-31
MURPHY is DELIGHTED
Chiefs Eyes Twinkle When
Ex-Governor and Power
full Leader End Feud.
EVENT HAPPY, SAYS SMITH
Big Tom OFF to Europe, JOY
Gus i'm Unity in Wigwam to
Keep Editor Off Slate.

4 dinner which the inner group Of
Tarnmany Hall gave for Thomas F..
Foley, former Sheriff, last Thursday
night was said yesterday in political
circles to have ended for William r..
Hearst any chance of a Democratic
nomination for United States Senator,
or nomination for Governor.
That dinner, the occurrence of
which was secret until yesterday,
was declared t. have perceptibly
tigftened the ranks of Tammany and
solidified the Tammany groups op-
posed to Mr.. Hearst. Through the
ranks of the organization the word
ran that Hearst's aspirations to
come back politically are to be
fought to the last ditch; that former
Gov. Alfred e. Smith is to be nomi-
mated for the Senate place. and that
the nomination for Governor will be
BANDED to a regular organization man
from upstate.
Tho three principal figures at the din
ner in honor of big Tom Foley" who
was about to sail with Mrs. Foley on
the Hrst long vacation he ever treated
himself to in his life were Charles r.
Murphy, Foley himself and "Al' Smith.
First OF all the dinner signi6ed the
reconciliation OF Smith and Foley. With
in the Organization and to a number OF
persons In more or less close touch with
the really interesting things that go on
in and around the Wigwam II has bcen
s;lo secret hut considerable OF sorrow
that Smith and Foley had been poor
friends for many months.
Cause of split Uncertain.
There are various stories concerning
what they fell out about after years
tions. Perhaps the one that obtained
most credence was that Foley. an un-
dcviating. rigid, unbending organization
man. supporting Tammany and Tam
many's officials at every turn of the
road, took umbrage when Smith as Gov
crnor made 1t impossible for Edward
Swami, then District Attorney. to OBJ
tain a place as Judge OF General Ses-
sions, a post lie ence had occupied, and
was not moved to soften his resentment
by the argument made by Governor
Smiths friends that the Governor had a
duty tn the State which ranked higher
than his duty to the organization.
They put aside the friendship of years.
hut last Thursday night with Charley
Murphy looking on. all smiles and twin
fxyfs Lii
and got together again in a personal and
political alliance stronger than ever. II
was said yesterday by men who had
heard the story OF the dinner and who
appreciated it's significance that the
reconciliation of these two men. the bit
tcrest enemies Of Hearst I'm all Tam
many. since no Tammany figure, not
even Murphy, has been moro savagely
assailed by the Hearst papers thar
they. means the finish of Hearst's hopes
for either the Senatorship or Governor
ship. They say in Tammany that the
Big Three turned thumbs down on
Hearst and agreed TO stand pat no mat
ter what powerful influences Hears,
might be able to use against the organ
ization.
Intimates of Foley expressed the posi-
tive opinion that big Tom" would not
have turned his back on his dominion
below Fourteenth street. one OF Tam
many's strongholds. at this time without
some understanding that Hearst was
"out of IT,"
Version OF Foley Adhcrcpt.
One of Foleys best friends said to a
reporter for THE New YORK HERALD
yesterday:
'1f Foley had believed that Hears,
had n Chinamans chance to get tho
nomination for either Senator or Gov.
crnor he never would have sailed last
Saturday. Not Foley. That's not his
way. He would have stayed and tough,
II out. The truth Is. when he and Al
Smith buried the hatchet Mt the inter
cesslon of Charley Murphy. Frank Far.
rell and others last Thursday night
Foley knew that he was protected"
Ex-Gov. Smith. passing through tho
Grand Central Terminal last evening "a
catch the Lake Shore Limited for Albany
where he will speak to-day on the Port
Authority hearing was asked about the
dinner TO Foley. which has set all Tam
many talking. and about many other
things including whether he Is can.
didatc for tho Senatorship. whether he
would run for any Office " Hearst was
also n candidate and what Tamnrany's
course is apt to be regarding Hearst and
the nominations. The former Governor
stood thoughtfully for a minute or two
then replied:
"As regards the dinner can only
say that Foley's friends wanted him "a
leave In the happiest and most com
Portable frame OF mind. Well. did my
part and II was happy affair. AS re-
CARDS politics absolutely cannot say n
single word. In the first place II is not
tbo time IN saw pnythipp Tho time fe
not opportunc. In the second place
whatever I said would be apt to he mis-
construed and might cause trouble for
friends of mine. You can say this hat
] am not candidate for any Office
A finish fight within the organiza-
tion. with eventual victory for the
Murphy -Foley-Smith forces over the
fIylan-IIearst elements. IL considered by
pollticians 10 be virtually certain.