New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Y omen Will
Elect C.ollalarl,
They Predict
Unprecedented Response to
Moral Issue 10 Aid Men
Against Murphy-koenig,
Committee Head Asserts
Thousands More Indorse
Chorus of Writers Praises
surrogate's Work and
Pledges Full Support

rTbe unprecedented aid of the
.omsn Of the county assures the re-
.,ac+isn Of Surrogate John r. Gohalan
), an ogerwhelnaing majority" said
wrs olive stott Gabriel, chairman of
-. women,s CoAalan Ca.uapaign Com
mittee, yesterday
ar be,ieye that the women in this
e.,,,a;gn.p She continued, will COM
r,ass the splendid work they started
.sroe years ago, when the boss turned
- s.preu,e Court Justice Joseph f.
vemhnrge7 for denomination. Then
az rrosnen taught the boss that it
,.artd s. rot be we'll for him or his
shadow TO make our courts the foot
bail Of politics. This time the women,
Who always respond to q moral issue,
wili aid the men in giving Boss Muir
shy and Shadow Boss Koenig the blow
hat will send them into oblivion. and
thus make possible better government
snd cleaner politics"
Mrs. Gabriel pointed out that the
Endorsements of Surrogate Cohalan
came frem every element III the city's
cosmopolitan population.
Moral issue Pointed Gut
aFrom the very first Endorsement,
that of the Bar Association of the City
3. New York" said Mrs. Gabriel, "the
moral issue involved that of keeping
shs judiciary free from boss control
has been emphasized 1t is admitted
even by the Murphy and Koenig parti-
ans that Surrogate Cohala1 is the vic
IN, of the most shameful and disgrace
i'll deal ever perpetratea on the COM
runity. These MurphyKeenig parti-
sans, whose shibboleth is, The boss
can do no wrong frankly admit that
Charles T. Murphy engineered the deal
and that his Shadow boss, Samuel S.
Koerig, aided him to the full extent
If his power And, as so ably ex-
pressed by William Trayers Jerome,
The reason was Murphy had a grudge
and Koenig had a brother
aThe Endorsements of the Surrogate
come not only from the bar associa-
lion, which investigated his every act
ua Judge before giving him its un-
qualified Endorsement, but clergymen
d every denomination, business men,
bankers, diplomats, pedagogues, labor
leaders,, have publicly pledged their
support.
aWomen without number and, like
Tie men, of every shade of political
belief are working without stint for
Surrogate Cohalan's reelection. Not
enly Democrats and Republicans, but
leaders OF the radical and ultra-pro-
grsssive parties, have volunteered to
DO oil in their power to bring about
Surrogate Cohalan's election and thus
repudiate this brazen assault upon the
judiciary"
Letters Praise His Ability
In the last three weeks among the
thousands OF letters of Endorsement
Which have been sent to Surrogate
(halan several hundred are from
ading citizens who have served in his
aurt as jurors. All oenounce the deal
nd praise the fair and just manner in
Etich the Surrogate conducted the
tsses on which they sat. Typical of
se letters from these jurors are the
blowing:
Emil Tausig, past president of the
israel:
Il often have spoken to my friends
m how much satisfaction | derived
from my service as juror in your court,
az compared with several others.
also mentioned your fairness in all
your proceedings and the very gentle
manly. courteous treatment which
everybody enjoyed at your hands.
wss glad to learn that you ignored the
command of the political leaders and
entered on an independent campaign.
Without repeating any of the fattering
remarks ] hear so often about your
ability and fairness, nobody can change
my intention to vote for you, and |
also can assure you of eight more
votes in my own family"
Albert j. Farmer, manufacturer:
You will have not only my vote, but
mean to do, and am now doing, all
can IN persuading my friends and ac-
qaalntances to give you the support
which You SO justly earned. My OBJ
seryation as a juror in your court has
served as sufficient evidence to con-
since me of your stand for clean
court and an independent judiciary.
rarty affiliations may stand for some
iang, but when the independence of
sas Judiciary is assailed, every clean
hnking citizen should protest against
Meh action by registering his vote in
Yposition TO the political leaders who
eslre to shackle the actions of a
sdge.n
fledge Hearty Cooperation
]. A. Skinner, broker:
a want you to know that never in
experience as juror have I been
1eotded the kind of treatment which I
,,eosasWed in your court room in May,
s@ ! was also very much impressed
me way you handled cases, and
.sI .aee being on that jury / have many
nGes remarked to my close friends
KY we needed more judges of your
ssasacter sste on the bench. As citizen
y New York, expect to cast my vote
WI ~ you and shall do everything in my
sSper p,.,to TO have other people do so"
rFlnliip j. Gavio, manufacturer:
. am writing to assure you of my
ssasty cooperation in the effort to