New-York tribune., 1922-08-23
M
u T1cEsSss Insist
C'ollalan w ont
Bow to Bosses
Supporters Declare Leaders
Cast Him OFF w hen
He Declined 10 Name
Politicians TO Office
Irish in Strong Protest
Various Societies Insist
They viii Fight TO End
for His Re-elecIiOn n

One of the chief questions in the
controversy over Surrogate John 4
cohalan is whether the Surrogate =
Court is TO be considered q judicial
Office or merely d political plum. Co
haian has refused to name as admins =
frators os estates men whose only
Qualification is that of professaoonai
politics.
It is said that Samuel S. Koenig looks
upon the Surrogate's Court as an office
where all patronage should be dictated
By the party boss. This, TOO, is Charles
f. Murphy's attitude. and Cohaian
failure to see the Job in the same light
caused q break between the TWO.
The Surrogatcs Court is the guard
ian and administrator of estates OF
widows and orphans and annually con-
trolls property worth $500, ,0oo,ooo.
Koenig Remains Silent
Koenig was asked point blank yes
terdav if it were true that he and
Murphy had entered into a scheme to
tnrn down Cohalan. He refused to
discuss it.
"A Justice Of the Supreme Court, who
has been a life-long Republican ana ana
prominent in party councils before ms
elevation to the BENCH, ssid yesteroaS, Y
that the deal would tar everyone
,,nlesa Frank J. Coleman. koenig' $
hand picked candidate, withdrew IN
favor of Cohalan, who has been IN
dnrsed for denomination by the bar
dissertations of tho county.
3Koenic. it was learned yesterday,
net only sent several of his district
leaders to Cohalan assuring him that
he would be indorsed, but. assured
prominent members of Tammany Hail
that he would indorse Cohalan because
of his excellent record. &hen hoe-
mig was making these pledges 1t
should be said, in justice to him, he
bought that Cohalan would be IN
dorsed by Murphy.
Most of the Tammany leaders were
cold that Murphy would indorse Coz
haJan. as many Republicans, who
talked with Koenig were given to uil-
derstand.
Friends of Governor Miller feared
that Koenig's readiness to do Tam
many's bidding in this instance would
be used by the enemies of the Gov
ernor. One of these friends of the
Governor who is prominent in the Re-
publican State Committee. said:
"The attitude of Governor Miller to-
ward the bench was we'll illustrated
last winter when in seYecting the fnen
to fill two vacancies on the Supreme
Court bench in this county he dis
played absolute non-partisansnip by
appointing a Democrat and a Repub-
lican of the highest type available,
Edward J. McGoldrick and Robert McC.
Marsh"
Says Coleman VIII Win
Koenig said yesterday:
"Coleman will be elected If Cohalan
runs on third ticket"
Impartial observers who made a
study of the figures Of last year, when
Koenig's brother, Judge Morris Koenig,
was defeated, declare that the best
Coleman can do viii be to run third.
Last year, when Koenig's brother
proftad by the trading made in his
behalf, as was manifest by the vote,
he ran $4,000 behind Judge Alfred Tai
ley and nearly $4,000 behind Judge
Mancuso. John H. Iselin, on whose
behalf the Koenig forces made little
endeavor, polled 81, 900 votes less than
Judge Koenig. The vote was:
Republiean--Koenig, 150,292; Iselin,