New-York tribune., 1922-10-09
Rabbi Harris
IIrgcs v Oters to
Elect C,ollalan
gI,nounces Mlrphy-K Koenig
Deal as ssPartisan, Out
rsgeous, Scandalons, in
Statement to the Public
u Is Not Yet Revealed
professor Tompkins Says
Other Disclosures VIII
BE Made i'm Bosses Case


Be Made i'm Bosses Case
n, Maurice H. Harris, one OF this
,.sasn0 rabbis Of the country, gresiaent
smsr,tus Of the New York Board OF
Iswisb Ministers and since 1855 IN
s. s. - .s.rSs Of the Congregation Iempie
ss,sel In Harlem. in pubic statement
ns.ssrdav . nalled upon the voters to
sssa sss. the;r resentment on Election Day
sasm =. +ha surring down OF Surrogate
1 ~ rohalsn for renomination by
sohn r. S0ns rasniv and Charles F,
Murphy. ~ Harris and ths
Ing ts Irslie ]. Tompkins. pro-
pEoalss e - 81 New York University,
lessor ..,cnaI disclosures concerning
OF ss;ws dovn Of Cohalan were the
tae taetsd;re tudd; features Of the independ-
s ousss.a3 sssnns3gn Of the surrogate yes
terdsy.
sspxrtisan and Scandalous"
H. Harris, who is noted authority
I, Biblical subjects, on which he has
written several volumes, also is the
.rthor Of books dealing with Jewish
si,tory and literature and contribu-
- to aThe North American Reveiw
I'd other periodicals., denounced the
Murphy -Koenig deal as partisan, scan
dalous and outrageous. He said:
sIt gives me very great pleasure to
4 ;ndorse the candidacy of the Hon,
yohn P, Cohalan for reelection as
~ surrogate Of New York County
i;,s H;s record shows him to have been
! Judge upright, efficient and consci-
entious.
power placed in the hands oi judge,
hat largely decides the happiness and
destiny OF many men and women. En-
slrely Indifferent to political affiliation,
We should seek men most proved in
sbility and integrity to fill these posts
ci trust.
sput there is an additional reason
why / take this occasion to indorse
the denomination of Judge Cohalan.
It has become an unwritten law of all
parties in this city to unite in renomi,
I mating any judge who, during his years
of service, has shown a worthy record.
Yet, for reasons partisan and scan
dslous, into which / will not enter, the
leaders, Of both factions have agreed
% discredit Judge Cohalan and to fall
back upon the unfortunate method Of
judicial nomination entirely in the in
terests Of political exigency. 1t is
outrageous that to satisfy a private
grudge Of an individual the higher
interests of the citizens should be
brutally thrust aside.
hope that all citizens will 30
cast their suffrage this fall as to con-
denim such base political tactics and
retain on the bench an able Judge to
safeguard the welfare of the City of
New York.
e discussing the Cohalan campaign
Professor Tompkins emphasized the
need Of all regis tering this week who
Dsllsye IN an Embossed judiciary, in
oraer TO be able to vote on Election
Dsf, and thus insure Gohalansss cleo
slSa ty an overwhelming majority.
Professor Tompkins, commenting ON
ihe failure of Koenig and Murphy to
reply TO the charges made at the open
'ng rally on Friday night, said:
murphy and Koenig have had ample
ilne to reply to the charges hurled
a them by some of the most promi-
ntnt men of the two dominant parties
% Friday night, when the opening
gun OF the Cohalan campaign were
fred. They have remained silent
Their silence is an eloquent confes.
sion of their guilt.
This most despicable political bar.
gaA had its give and take. There is
nos a person above the age of ter
who does not believe, as charged b,
one of the most foremost Republicans
in the community, Henry A. Wise, tina,
Sam Koenig entered into the deaI
solely to get the Tammany nomination
for Judge of General Sessions for his
brother, Morris, and that Murphy in.
spired the deal and forced Koenig's
compliance because of grudge Muir
ply bore Cohalan, as was witnessed
by lifelong partisan Democrat, Mar
tin Conboy, Murphy's personal counsel
The baseness of the details of the
deal has not yet been revealed, nor
has the sordid element which Murphy
and Koenig injected into it yet been
made public. But all these things
Wlil be shouted from the housetops in
d9s time, and when they are the town
wlh rise IN revolt against these two
posses whose most recent and brazen
acs IN an attempt to debauch our
"Murphy's grudge against Cohalan
was not born the day Cohalan told
a'An w ko 70 nell.
Inose OF us who have heard what
SAID to be the real reason for Muir
pays desire to remove an honest. Just
ana upright judge who has the unani-
nous Endorsement OF all the bar asso-
suons OF the city, are confident that
saen the people are told the real rea-
e snort shrift will be made Of Muir
ny and Koenig and their dummy
saaadates for Surrogate.
Gwardly and base as was the
.sIang down of Supreme Court JUS
.s Joseph E. Newberger three years
s ~ iar more base and cowardly is the
sssihing down of Surrogate Cohalan by
ae TWO bosses. If Murphy were in full
p0ssession Of all his mental vigor he
seuld have learned a lesson from his
ssIperlsnce in the Newberger scandal,
wen the entire city rebuked his ticket
y : the polls and reelected Supreme
uoort Justice Newberger by hand
- ssne majority. But Murphy is sixty
~ st Years old, and according to many
sao know him he is an old man in
sO.sse, and to the impairment of his
aI;sEtal and physical vigor is ascribed
~ ~ inability to learn and the perpetra-
X 1sn 10, OF his latest bit of villainy:
lnere is some excuse, however, for
alPhy's part in the deal. He had
s.aage against Cohalan. Koenig had
=. ~ grudge. Koenig merely had un-
4. s;ssaohsbie lust to get his brother Nor
va, : iouHeen-year job at S17,600 a
y