New-York tribune., 1922-10-18
Cohalan Says
Murphy Tried
To Rum Court
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that. then, or any other time, ever
talked to him about the Pulitzer estate
is absolutely false"
Surrogate Cohalan was introduced
after a notable aggregation Of promi-
nent Republicans. Democrats and in
dependents had denounced the turning
down Of Cohalan by Mr.. Murphy rnd
Samuel S. Koenig as one Of the most
brazen attacks on the Judiciary in the
history Of the country. Among the
speakers were Supreme Court Justice
John W. Goff. who presided; Henry A.
Wise. who was United States Attorney
under Presidents Taft apd Roosevelt;
Edward Lauterbach, former Republican
county chairman; Miss Emile Bullowa,
president Of the Women Lawyers AS
sociation: CORNER District Attorney
William Travers Jerome and Moses
MaIevinsxy.
Cohalan Given Ovation
Cohalan was given an ovation as he
rose to speak. He began by denounc-
ing Murphy, subject that kept the
crowd constantly cheering, and then
sailed into Samuel S. Koenig, an ut
tack which met with equally healsy
approval, !.
said Cohalan, "is that he cannot con-
troll me, as he has discovered. It is
because OF that and that alone that
Boss Murphy and his shadow boss,
Sam Koenig, have formed their unholy
alliance against me. He tried to con-
troll my acts as judge. He could not
do SO. This man Murphy controls the
Of the Democratic party,
and through his partner and shadow,
Sam Koenig, has assumed control OF
the Republican machine in this county
and uses it as an instrument to accom-
plish his ends"
Cohalan began his speech by analy2-
ing the so-calIed machine. He said:
"What is this mysterious thing
called the machine? Let US consider
it. We see its influence on all sides.
1t seeks to shape Legislation and con-
troll the administration of laws. 1t at
tempts to speak at one moment through
the action of the Legislature or the
Board of Aldermen, and In the next
of the city government. It attempts
to direct and deliver the votes of legis-
lators. 1t grants or withholds the
smallest permit necessary to the hum
blest among us in making even the
slightest alteration in home or in the
or place Of business. 1t as
sumes to be all powerful and above
the law.
stMocks Democracy
at pretends to speak for the people
Il < \ kIex s<oot - z
ishness. 1t makes a mockery Of de-
mocracy and a iest Of our institutions.
1t makes and unmakes public men, de-
cides without consultation or discus
sion the party's platform, and uses
when it can, as piece OF personal
property, the election machinery de-
signed by law to express the will of
the people. Here in our midst it is
individual power gone mad-the will
of one man, and that man none other
than Charles F. Murphy.
Murphy brooks no opposition and
never .deigns to discuss the reasons for
his decisions, but has set up, and is
enforcing, a system Of control as ABB
solute and arbitrary as that Of the
Romanoffs of Russia. The public man
who opposes him or who fails to obey
his orders is marked by Murphy for
QeSCTucCloD, ana he SOmeLfmeS waits
for years to strike.
Murphy uses the machine solely to
serve his personal interests, and has
come to regard himself as invincible, a
habit with tyrants. He now stretches
out his hand to seize completely the
widows and orphans court. And
his action now, as il was three years
ego, when he sought to remove Su-
rrene Court Justice Joseph New
burger from the bench, is brazen
challenge to the people. He is relying
now, as he relied then, upon the failure
Of the people to grasp the issue. But
he will learn three weeks from tonight
IS he learned three years ago, that his
reliance was placed on q creature OF
his imagination. Again, as in 1919
Murphy underestimates the intelli-
gence Of the voters.
Calls Boss By-Word
"For twenty years Murphy has
maintained his Czar-like sway until his
name has become a by-word throughout
the country. Party principles have
been abandoned and the party name
dragged iii the mire.
SIN spite Of his persistent opposition
the election law Of the State of New
York has been changed SO that the
name Of every candidate is voted fo,
separately, with the result that the in.
dependent candidate stands an eoua
A.