New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Dhalan illds
admissions I'm
Murphy Denial
4.,n,,,any Leader Recalls
Conversation; E,nnity Is
Knowr, 10 Have Followed,
surrogate Tells Rally
Asks Public 10 Reason
go Pulitzer Hits Man of
Straw; Dida't Imply That
sWorld' Asked Boss's Aid

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s..s,sx II Murphy's denial that he
81 A sssed Surrogate John p. Cchalan
81 hsyn him to get aThe World" off
:. .ssk by agoing easy with the es-
|s..te 81 j Joseph Puiitzer. whose reap
..:.s1 surregate Cohalan had ordered,
y. p paIph Palitser's declaration that
ILL ~ connected with the Pulitzer
sss ,s A. aThe Work." had asked the
sssssrs.nv leader to intervene, were
ss.mnraj ssnj last night by the Surrogate
sass'sys snessh as Floral Garden, 146th
Street and Broasway
cnhaIan. replying to the president
n 4, ssThs World said that he had not
VA s;thes cxpressly or by implica-
4 4 sa..' sfs .hsf aTbs World" or any one con-
4 wv, ..d III ssitA ii had asked the Tammany
!, /, nsassr .aassr 4 afo easy" with that paper.
/, 'ss Va fairsminded person." added CO.
baisn can read mtg what | said the
I eonstrvctian placed %n it by Mr.. Pu-
4 l;tzer To deny something that I
i esther said nor implied is to resort
|S.s the Old expedient of setting up a
nan OF straw in order to knock him
Assvh. Mr. Pulitzer draws an inference
ersan BY no one else, and gives an
S,iriou admittedly based on no facts. .
/ psrhaps the most vigorously an
Es:xsdsd statement Of Surrogate Coha-
r was when he said that he was
s.s,ed that Mr.. Pulitzer disregarded
facts in the case, rushed in land
EFsls statement tries to bolster up
g Murphy and confuse the issue"
Wants Issue Unobscured
4 Il would be matter of loss to tho
Esssanlty, said the Surrogate, ''it
ii msir issue in this campaign, the
sisendence of the bench from boss
sairoi, is in any way obscured by the
rssduction of controversies that bear
sy'atioa to the principle"
xurphy's denial was characterized by
Assian as an admission in everything
/ ssrt Of express terms of the charge he
g;ds that the Tammany leader broke
rss lin because he could not control
III acss as judge, and he added that
tsas wss the reason Murphy and "his
ur Friday" Samuel S. Koenig, turned
Lin down.
gehalan asked why it was that Muir
Yy broke his traditional silence to
xsh to him. and inquired why Murphy
iii not reply to the charge made two
ssss ago by William Travers Jerome
LII 10000 had been passed in Muir
Ssfsroom to facilitate the payment Of
ssssys due on city contracts.
!. sufrogate Cohalan, who was cheered
ahsdy at each pause in his speech, be-
m by reading the statements made
p,,tsf1nv.
Sher characterizing Murphy's state
nsnt in unmeasured terms, Cohalan
Aaid:
Denial Only an Alibi
aThe ether denial is made by Ralph
Pulitzer, d man who was not present
,set my interview with Murphy at Tam
!, many Hail. and that denial is an alibi
,ezd only an alibi. Both of the denials
/ Ire made by interested witnesses. Be-
fause Of that they are to be judged
B sore strongly by the probabilities of
AZ ease than would be the statements
ddisinterested parties.
What did | charge? That Murphy,
"A talk with me at Tammany Hall,
saa me to go easy with The World
4 fsu of the inheritance taxes in the
ameates' Court. This, said, .oc-
ana during an interview arranged
eSstuss bill pending in the Leg
hiiure having to do with transferring
h,Ae surrogates of the state the
nssr hhen lodged in the Comptroller
Il appoint transfer tax appraisers.
lsus see where Murphy and differ.
T.t there was such meeting | say
md Murphy admits. That it was held
| |afammany Hall say and Murphy ad-
5ass. That Murphy spoke to me about
! The World matter charge and
aurphy denies. That said some
! Aings to him which aroused his anger
and that of his fienchmen / charge and
IL does not deny. "
(which story is the more probable
3sne, the one told by me or the one told
|sy Murphy"
u imade this charge from the plat
form Of the Town Hall on the evening
Of October II at meeting at which
was the last speaker. On the same
night Murphy, contrary to his well
known custom and for the first time
IN many years, made a statement in
which he makes partial denial Of the
caafge made by me. | recall no pre-
S.oas aesicf this kind on his part since
nls statement in 1908, reading Bourke
nnoeSran out Of further activities in the
democratic party.
Action Unusual
Murphy's action Of two nights ago
as SO unusual as to be almost with
III precedent. What does Murphy
says That We had the meeting? No.
~ we parted finally then and there?
Z mat the meeting was arranged to
xass the pending bill? No. That
III I World was and had been on his
~ slor years? No. That ! used to