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Show DEMOCRAT BOSS LEADER OP PARTY! (By James J. Fitzgerald.) As boss of that powerful organization organiza-tion for public plunder, Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall, represents more than a pillar In the temple of the Associated Political Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Bosses of the United States of America. Besides being one of the pillars, Murphy Is also the kcyetone In tho main arch as well as thc cornor sloue of the boss system. By extending hiB dictatorship beyond the limits of New York City and Belzlng control of tho Htate of Now York, he has attained a joint which no other ruler of the Fourteenth Street Wlgrvam ever accomplished. ac-complished. John Kelly tried It and failed. Richard Rich-ard Croker undertook the same con- 1" 7 tract and lost. Murphy, moro cunning cun-ning and more astute, has obtained complete control of the state. Murphy now dictates to the 8,000,-000 8,000,-000 residents of tho Empire state without regard to their own wlshos In the matter. He forced the notorious noto-rious Levy eloctlon law upon them, designed only to ttghton his grip upon up-on the state for an Indefinite period. peri-od. He wns a mombor of the dock board during the Van Wyck administration adminis-tration and helped Croker "work for hia pocket all the time." When Croker retired to Ireland in oxile eleven years ago and left a vacancy va-cancy as boss of Tammany, Murphy quickly and neatly appropriated the job to himself. Besides bossing tho city and the state, he takes a keen interest in bossing contracts. As boss of thc state he has made certain that all contracts awarded on the $50,000,000 appropriation for stato roads and tho $101,000,000 barge canal are In the minus oi trusted lieutenants. As boss of New York City he takes the samo interest In the contracts for the new $161,000,000 Catsklll water wa-ter improvement and the $200,000,000 which the city Is spending In the construction con-struction of new rapid transit linos. Berides these there arc hundreds of other contracts to be looked after aft-er annually out of the $275,000,000 which the city of New York spends for maintenance and permanent improvements. im-provements. Murphy seldom talks. It is not necessary; nec-essary; his dictatorship is so complete com-plete that .i nod of the head Is generally gen-erally sufficient. "It's a nice day. chief," one of his friends said recently In greeting him. "Is it?" vas the only reply His rule 13 not disputed. He Is bosEing the biggest city In the country coun-try and the most Important state In the Union. Ho is also making careful care-ful plans toward thc bossing" of thc United States in case Governor Wil-eon Wil-eon Is elected. Murphy Is the boBs; all others are counterfeits. |