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Show phy waa m friend of mine for years. Tag nitrt sa.id. "t think that under Tammany admlnlstratkHt New York bad Ita boot irovemment. "Murphy was an Intelligent political politi-cal 1-ader. II was loyal to his friends and thousands of them thrutiahout the rmintry will deplore his untimely and." TaKRart declined to diectiaa what effert tha death of Murphy might have upon national politics. ALBA NT, N. T, April Jl Almost Al-most prostrated with fiief. Governor Gover-nor Alfred K. Bmlth today could hardly discuss the death of Charles F. Murphy. Tammany loader and close friend of tha coventor. Hto eyes filled with tear, hla voice choked with rlef and bio faro twltchinr. all the vovernor could aay waa: "It's awful; It's awful: no man had a better friend and no man could havs such a friend aa' ha waa to me." The aovrnor received word of the Tammany rhifta.TTa death about 1 n. from Major General he,rle Berry In New York. SMITH BREAKS DOWN. I The governor refused to believe the report and Immediately put In telephone rails for Tammany Hall and pollco headquartera In New York. He received verification about H o'clock. Then he completely com-pletely broke down. Ho waa preparing at that time to leave the executive manalon for hla office in the copltol, but couldn't control himself. Ha received a few newspaper men In hia office tha mansion, but ha could not talk to them. Later In tb day h miMTrrTOT a statement. Tafgart Expresses 1 Deep' Regret KRKNTH LK'K. Ind.. April t Thomas Taggart. Indiana. Iemo- i cratic chieftain and political friend of Charles Murphy, today Issued a statement exprvsstng regret over, the death of tha leader of Tammany Hall. "As head of Tammany Hall, Mur- |