New-York tribune., 1922-11-01
s,i.aIl Stands
itIl C,ollalan,
iglltingBosses
France, of Mary.
as,dI Also Sends Telegram
is Meeting, Urging Re
,icc;ion of the Surrogate
oes Motives Analyzed
Candidate Says Murphy Is
Frightened and Spreads
false Run1ors About Him

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4s,asYan,s from United States Sen-
.,as, william E. Borahs OF Idaho, and
.I..snh Irwin France, of Maryland,
.s<asat;ng the cause Of Surrogate John
il cehalan, were read last night at a
s,s,psr Union meeting in support OF
Surrogate Cohaian's candidacy. SEN
sser Borah said in his telegram:
sshe FIGHT for Gohalan is far more
I'm fight for capable and faithful
.saiic servant. 1t is a noble contest
IS preserve the independence and honor
ii HE judiciary. The whole country
Ii deeply Interested. If the judiciary
4 10 pass under the domination of
sardid politics and boss rule it means
thafthe las; citadel of free governmen.
mas been taken. sincerely trust the
rx,rsesie men ana women waging the
axis msy win q signal victory,
Senator France, in his telegram, said; !;
eYour cndeayor To- keep the courts Of
your state out of politics and untram.
;nsled by bosses, deserves the whole
hearted support OF all who believe in
god government. Freedom of the
courts is the very fundamental of our
political institutions. Ny hope is that
Surrogate Cohalan will be reelected.
Henry Nynans Jessup was in the
chair, and besides the Surrogate, the
speakers were Rabbi Harris. of Temple
Israel, William W. Wingate and VIII
liam Travers Jerome.
The Rev. DIR. John Haynes Holmes,
pastor of the Community Church, cx-
pressed by letter his regrets that a
throat affection which prohibited pub
lie speaking forced him to remaii,
away from the meeting. He con-
dsmned the actions of Murphy and
Kcenig in refusing Endorsement to the
Surrogate, and pledged his influence
IN support of the Cohalan campaign,
Murphy Scared, Says Cohalan
In his address the candidate re-
pested the charge that he had been
refused the support of the two politi-
cal machines because of his refusal
to subordinate his duty to Murphy's
wishes and as a result of the deal
whereby a brother of Samuel Koeaie
was given place on the Democratic
ticset. Murphy's recent actions, he
/ added, showed him to be badly fright
ened. "and whenever Murphy is badly
frightened he resorts 10 tie same old
asne OF tricks The cid tricks were
again being used, the candidate said:
the Murphy rumor squad was spread
ING absurd stories, his betting men
were offering fake bets at extravagant
soaas and inside men" would shortly
De giving out the results of polls which
hac either been doctored or lever ..aken
stsIl.
SMurphy's real candidate and his
Dummy candidate" Cohalan said. "are
gcW engaged in an intense effort to
sao@ tnat nave no chance OF election
mat were so, of course, they should
ey all the experience of the pasSS she
ngn,,hg one another-but as it is not
70, sney have lost their heads completes
" and are giving all their Joint and
several attention to fighting me. Why
IS this so If ! have no chance? Why
should they waste their time in an. eff
5ort to beat a man who, they say, will
have no strength at the polls? Their
actions belle their words and show
clearly that am the man that each Of
tnem fears---M Murphy's man because. in
his heart, he knows shall beat him.
and Koenig's man because he knows i
shall get the great bulk of the Repub-
licah and independent vote. The ma
lorlty of the men and women of the
Republican, party resent the deal which
has brought the county organization ~f
their great party into a position where
i IS only the shadow of Murphy's
Machine.
Murphy Not His Boss
The exaggeration of the claims of
The bosses shows the intensity of their
fears; Murphy's man says he should
8 De elected because he wants rest
after twenty years of strenuous work
for The people, No one could give 8
peter reason for keeping man out of
the busiest and most highly specialized
court In the country.
"koenig's man says | have appointed
Democrats to Office after l had shown
flurphy that he could not control me.
30 nat recognize Murphy as the owner
or proprietor of the Democratic party
ana have no quarrel with the party
even though ! do not bow down to the
noss and his machine. Murphy's men,
ehIough his managers, say | will not
get luo00 votes. He is. whistling to
heep .p his courage because his boss
can teil him that there are single As
sembly Districts in which that number
., voters will vote for me. And let
.here .h be nb doubt about it, the votes
8enas are cast for me are going to be
counted for me-
surrogate Cohalan referred again to
,ue opposition of "The New York
.',a .efid. na lhis, he repeated, was due
the antipathy of The World to
'.s a...o oecause insisted that the Pulitzer
sssate when it came before me some
sssIs sasa ago should pay Il tax upon its
80. ssa value and not upon the under
tsisea estimate which the Pulitzers
aau ppt upon it. They will neither
S,s've nor forget the fact that I, in
dr., dlass performance of my judicial
a.les s;as would not permit the Asso-
s.asea Press franchises which theg
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