New-York tribune., 1922-11-04
MURPHY, ,;nFear,
Makes His First
Personal Plea
Tammany Chief, Dreading
Own Fall, Begs Workers
to Spare No Effort for
State and County Ticket

For the first time in his career
Charles +. Murphy has made per-
sonal appeal over his own signature
to the members of the county commit
tee to work for the Tammany ticket
from top to bottom.
Politicians declared that Murphy's
appeal spelled but one thing--fear that
if Smith and the Tammany county
ticket-which Murphy stresses-are
beaten it will mean the end of Murphy.
Work for the entire state and
county ticket" pleaded Murphy in his
letter. much depends upon the last
week of the campaign in this county"
House-to- House Canvass
Within the last week the Tammany
workers, also acting under orders from
Murphy, have been making a house-to-
house canvass for Smith and even Wis
iting Republicans in an effort to get
them to vote for Smith.
In his letter to the members of the
county committee Murphy saiG.
Remember there is always a vote
to he had if you seek it. Don't let
somebody else do it. Do it yourself.' 2
Another rathes significant part ,of
the letter Of the Tammany boss reads
granted. See that the registered
voters in your district vote. Work
from now on until the polls close SO
that the entire ticket may be elected
by. the largest majority ever given in
this county to Democratic nominees.
Practical politicians saw in Murphy's
line: much depends on the last week
OF the. campaign in this county," a
confession that the local Tammany
organization, and it alone, could save
Smith from defeat by Governor Miller.
Saw Peril Weeks Ago
That Tammany leaders sensed this
$ tuation weeks ago was manifest by
the zeal with which their followers
worked during registration week. pet-
ting ex-conyicts and other election
1loaters to register and increasing the
registration in two of the Tammsnv
districts although there had been M
Increase in population in these dis
tricts and general falling off in
registration throughout the city.
=, lammany leaders brought in word to
4uui Phy tHat the absorption of the
small business of little truckmen ali
over the city by the big trucking corno-
ration OF which Smith is president had
cost the Democratic party many votes
Then there were others disgruntied
especially among labor unions. who re.
sented a handful of men meeting in a
back room and adopting resolutions
pledglng the entire labor vote to the
Democratic candidates. Some of the
unions have passed resolutions con-
demHing this and asking the Central
Labor Union to consult It's unions on
political matters before speaking for
organized labor.
The fact is that the inside reuorts
received by Tammany indicate that
Smith will not have anything like the
walkover Tammany's press agents talk
about in their canned speeches and state
ments and that Governor Miller will get
a big majority up state. From reliable
sources-in fact, one Of The Tribune's
lnformants is man who helped Mur-
ply in the past in his various cam
palgn dodges--it was learned that Tam
many had raised huge fund for bet
ting purposes, and is charging the
amount expended in this way to ain
fncncing public opinion"
Tammany, in the next twenty-faur
houls, according TO the we'll informed.
is going to run up the odds on Smith
end be prepared to spend few more
thousand dollars in this fashion.