New-York tribune., 1922-11-05
sease Declares Time
nonored Devices of Whis-
,ering and Betting Squads
So Longer Fool People
asuding on ecord
,s;,ts Ont 1ammany and
Kloenig Candidates Attack
hin, and Not Eaci, Other

sr;zsu to his wits end in this
s..;cs, ard was resorting to desper-
s4srernes to. capture the election
ANS save himself from destruc-
tsna
q recalled the time-honored devices
ssrsAy has trotted forth to swing pub
4. ss;niorl, his whispering squads. who
-sa i'm anything that comes into their
s.s1s regarding an anti-Tammany can
,s.,e: his betting squads. VINO will
~.s,, ridiculous odds on the Tammany
.ros,in.es. But these things, he added,
,voald not avail Murphy now, as most
81 the people we're familiar with them.
"rhe campaign" said Judge Cohaian,
] n practically ct an end. l have con-
tcted II from the start upon q plan
4 devotion to principle. have not
2I,dulged in personalities and have not
S,5erred to my opponents except in so
3tv rs was necessary to discuss the
rncipie at stake. / have made neither
nIigious nor racial appeal to any
) ,ssion or group of electors. but have
! rsas my appeal for reelection upon
: q record, upon the principle involved
"a TO all my fellow citizens as fellow
lrsricsnss all standing upon plane
4 I equality, all entitled to exercise
: asY right Of suffrage and all equally
I arrested in the maintenance of jus
! sn and the proper administration of
law. For fourteen years have con-
3 iq4ed my court on these lines, and
III began and continued, so end.
i have already shown TO the people
! hs Koenig's candidate for Surrogate
hs given all his time and attention
b lie campaign to attacks upon me
spi has sedulously refrained from any
sts,k upon Murphy's candidate. Is it
hi surprising to find that the attitude
Il Nurphy's candidate is exactly Che
/ zane toward Koenig's candidate? In
sA.r words, neither one of them has
! sid ore single hostile or unfriendly
ting about the other.
ayhat is this but the most convincing
4 s'oti Of the brazen deal which was
i hsde between Murphy and Koenig?
Naphys candidate has rushed into
/ rnnt 10 tell Of the manner in which
he has occupied various positions in
Incorporation Counsel's Office for the
list twenty years, and has not given
one single reason why he should be
elected Surrogate of this county. To be
sure, he has said that after quarter
'ef a century of strenuous work on be-
half of the people he was anxious to
retire to the dignity and ease Of the
bench and take rest.
Now let me tell him that the onlv
way he or any one else can get rest
in that busiest of courts is to do what
II would not do--let Murphy run the
court.
Should Rest In Present Job
IF be wants rest let him stay in
the positen where he is now and
where, when he has real cases to try,
hs hires seme one else to do it. And
also let him remain there until he has
obtained at least one decision in the
rgmerous cases that he has started on
ishaf Of the city.
-lhey cannot beat me at the polls.
Aarphy knows it. They may try to
steal the election, but if they try it
shs7will 60 to Jail. Murphy knows he
,sanos beat me fairly and is sending
tessppeals that prove that to be SO.
Never before in his twenty years as
boss has he been compelled to make a
p.rsaual appeal over his own signature
% iAa members Of the county COM
laiHn.
sMnrphy's only ally among the news
fi3ers Of the city has been 'The New
feh World which, because of my ac-
ton in increasing the taxes on the
Pulitzer estate, has been my consistent
.tsEry. In every edition of this sheet
Nshrieks out its opposition to me and
ssaws Its bitter animus because, like
aarphy, 1t has been unable to control
n But its shrieking. like Murphy's
lppeals and the silence of his candi-
aste, will meet with their well-merited
ronke on Election Day.
=, The young Pulitzers have brought
lhe World to the same state of
Ieecadenee to which Murphy has
trought the Democratic party. More
shd more, as the official figures of its
srcalatlon show, The World is be-
mming of less Importance. In two
,Ms, according to its own sworn fig
AZ s its evening edition has fallen
y circulation an average of more
aaa 200 daily from September, 1920,
Veteoer, 1922. It's Sunday edition,
..m .,Vm March, 1921, to October, 1922, has
slsen OFT more than 10000 in circula-
s.i;s. s us morning edition also has
IL ia H. on thousands of copies day
ana ,Ie np period between September, 1921,
snd October, 1922.
ar Aseoro In Present Campaign
=. aould any better proof be given
4 - 10 waning influence and standing
M.s sns y community? Does it not show
ls MAJ 1ae people have to recognize how
s,s. .s truth is to be found under it's
s. sssss yoldme of pretentiou. and If con
d.ssa tessons DC sought for this deca-
sreat ~ what many thought to be 8
sot hs gan Of public opinion, can it
pss,sr, round In it's record in this
esssnt y. campaign?
h., 1ae ne people have awakened to the
,a.sssd ' paper, like a man, must, to
tims nave character. 1t may for
ssisaa ! saosist upon a reputation
sss IL !. ior IT In former years. But un-.
so., = actions conform to its preten-
,ritss ~ a,a must go the way of ali hypo-
ssi,sb,sa Saa meet with the end which in
vii s.s. overtakes the insincere. It
ef ae more than the maintenance
prtses. .leoi Of Journalism to keep the
apos - ptoprietors eff THE World,
sss vrs my plane of public esteem which
'sadexh;. Ior that paper under other
generation ago.
IL