Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-03-11 | Page 1 | Politicians Are Deeply Stirred

POLITICIANS ARE DEEPinriRRED Ousting of Tammany Leader and Others From Club Good Move. APPEAL VOTED DOWN Twenty New Men Elected, Including In-cluding Governor Glynn and Collector of Port. New York, March 11. The oustlns of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Tam-many Hall, and several of his followers fol-lowers from membership -in... the No-tiohaT No-tiohaT Democratic- club,-created a stir in political circles today. The ostensible osten-sible reason given during the heated debate over the matter at the club last night was that Murphy was behind be-hind in his dues. Judge Edward F. O'Dwyer, president presi-dent of the club, who has been leading lead-ing the fight against Murphy, introduced intro-duced a resolution calling for the elimination of the Tammany leader and the others, but this reason was not formally adopted, as the point was raised and upheld by the presiding presid-ing officer that under the rules the men were automatically dropped, as they had not paid dues for two months. Thomas W. Smith, secretary or Tammany Hall appealed against the ruling and tendered a check for the money due. When the check was refused, he asked for a vote. Seventeen Seven-teen members of the board of governors gover-nors were present and they decided against the appeal, 10 to 7 Smith said the men named would not submit to such humiliation. "The names were picked out .for an obvious purpose," lie said, "and we will have them restored to tho rolls." Judge O'Dwyer replied that he could givo a very good reason for the club's action. "They were dropped," he said, "for the best interests of the club and the Democratic party." Besides Murphy, James E. Gaffney. Thomas F. Foley, Thomas H. Darlington Darling-ton and George W. Plunkltt were dropped. Twenty new members were elected to tho club, including Governor Glynn, Dudley Field Malone, collector collec-tor of the port of New York, and Thomas Tumulty, brother of the secretary sec-retary to President Wilson.