New-York tribune., 1922-11-03
Boenig Feared
Murphy in Deal,
Says Cohalan
s,pubIican Boss Had Cole
mans Resignation i'm His
Pocket TO Insure Place
for Brother, He Charges
l;fizens Union Meets
surrogate F1ays Wolves
Who Seek Control of Es-
,a,es Left Inn Public Hands

tf3 4uuCH&RI @tiioClC0 gSsI0JGaY TO
- candidates for the judiciary in
a-sed By the Citizens Union. attended
ssaembers of the Supreme Court and
..ssr judges, Surrogate John P. Co.
sslan charged that Samuel S. Kocnig
Id in his pocket on the night of
assnss is the resignation of one OF
j. Murphy Koenig candidates for
Surrogate.
Ths candidates for the judiciary and
,rersl hundred friends cheered Sur
rssss cohalan as ne said:
aksnig did not trust Murphy, He
x,s srepared to- announce Coleman's s
uaesation if Murphy failed to secure
aorrss Keenig, Sans brother. the DEM
cratic Endorsement of the formers
e,raidscy for Judge of General Ses-
sons. Murphy, however, did not trust
gosnig either. He waited until he was
sure that Cohalsn had not been given
lie Republican nomination. He wanted
20 reduplieation Of the situation which
,tuited in the Republican nomination
~ Supreme Court Justice Newburger
tsrte years ago, when Newburger was
reelected after Murphy turned him
isvn."
Other speakers at the luncheon were
Jshn A. Bolles, Republican candidate
i, City Court; Robert Nee. Marsh,
,saaidste for Supreme Court in the
Is. District; Robert S. Johnstone, Jus
tee Of the Court of General Sessions,
sho was denied nomination by the
Democratic organization. his own
,srty, but who was nominated by the
hyublicsn party, and S. John Block,
4. Socialist-Farmer-L Labor candidate
m Municipal Court Justice in the I'd
District.
Indorsed by Citizens Union
Tie other candidates indorsed by the
Citizens Union are Justices Irving
Lehman and Edward J. McGoldrick, in
dorsed by both parties for justices of
the Supreme Court; Justice Frank S.
Cannon and Judge William r. Bayes,
Republican candidates for justices of
the Supreme Court, Cd District, and
Daniel Noble. Democratic for Surro-
gate Of Queens. William Jay Schief-
felin presided.
In speech at the Central Opera
House last night Surrogate Cohalun
said that Coleman, Koenig's man, was
carrying out Sam Koenig's game even
70 the extent of hurting the rest o.
the Republican ticket If he could do so.
Let me prove to you from his ac-
tions the truth of my charge that Cole
man who is running on the Republican
ticket as Surrogate, has been sets up
hts Knocked down and to assist MuTs
phyin his present deal to get complete
control Of the widows and orphans
court" said Cohalan.
II there were only two candidates
IN the held the emocratic candidate
would beat the Republican in this
county II each were TO get his party
vote. koenig's man is running as a
republican out and out. He calls for
votes on that ground alone, and assails
ne because when / was elected as a
Democrat | appointed Democrats to
once, and says that if he is elected he
s'll appoint only Republicans. That rs
inconsistent, to say the least. In other
words, he is acting in such a manner as
vii notify the Democrats and 1nde-
NHdsnts that he does not seek or
want their votes and does not expect
get them.
He knows there are not enough Re-
ssalican votes in the county TO elect a
@Foican in straight party fight,
- that IS the sham fight which
MS openly and purposely making.
gay! Because under the terms Of the
arYhy-Koenig deal he was put up to
o beaten, and with false sense of
eaty to Republicans, to whom he has
given his word and to whom he owes
eseFything, he is doing his best to
sairy cut Koenigs end of the agree
ment He is doing more than that: he
y putting in all his time and directing
an ais arguments to attacking ME and
Tying 70 prove that l will not win the
Tht Why? Clearly because he wants
nulpay to win it. If he can get
eaoaeh Republicans to follow him TO
S.nMn defeat he hopes to drag inc
es.n with him and turn over the Sur
''tses Court to Murphy.
WIZ the Bargain Work Outs
ms an is his plan. There is no other.
oo!emaa Is playing, as he thinks, q
$50 So. game and one that will help
.,s stpay 70 seize the Surrogates' Court
p:a KY leave him a good record as a
spaoliesn. .s Will 1t have any such
s., s..1, Clearly il will not, for he is
~ s'.S MS best to destroy the fine record
~. \ ae Republican party in the ques-
a... aoa of non-partisanship in judicial
lisss Hes Shd to bring the entire Repub-
dsnas s"set into position of great
;asss:i ;ssssr, This is no walk-over this year
i ~ 4 ei.aef side in the state election and
a, therefore we'll within the range
p;0ssioiiities that the acts of even
os,.aU .a0. individual could determine the
u,.a sas perhaps Murphy-astute manip-
b.,,.s b.s mat ne is-has got even a much
gose; bargain out of his shadow,
T..s,,s The price of putting Morris
Ep,.tsoh Es on the bench is to be not alone
osasys osspays control of the widows and
IA .as .. court but also his control of
sp;I1e sp.s1e Tor the next two years.
sso,s;ss no mistake about Murphy's
h,ssay or his desire for power. He
s;,. ssaoaotediy driven a hard bargain
gsss,s Al, ana you may trust him to
Il.s; All the returns he can reach on
.soenig's price, or at least part of it.
Nv Ssr - IN this campaign. What Muir
nas,a.s taken from him for it is
essss. es. OF speculation in so far as we
But-ss. see all of it on the surface,
III, om the records of these two men
ear " sertain that he has taken all he
he ~, which may very we'll include
bo,s,hg that is the very essence of
VA Inspector. 0'N'10i oi 'he eiec-
4r, Issue Not Personal
Ia
g.des law says these are to be di-
liant nsqsy qsasily between the two domi-
toa. pass.,es. Nominally that must be.
.ssto ame'aaily we may we'll speculate
sisgu;ssoss many wolves are going to be
election y, IN sleeps clothing in an
sp,e a. .nat means so much to the f,I-
san.h Nne boss. II will not ha Of