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to the public service. Murphy could accomplish this if he desired. I was
silent, and he knew I disapproved. He therefore asked me the direct question
whether I thought his reasoning sound. I replied that I did not; that he
could accomplish Fitzgerald's defeat himself without the help of Tammany. I
told him Tammany was not to be trusted; that they had no desire whatever for
his re-election; that they were playing for position in order to re-elect a
Tammany man Mayor of New York in Mitchel's place a year from now; that the na-
tional and state situations were unimportant to them in comparison with the City,
for it was there that the loot lay.
He still clung to the belief that it was wise to appoint Johnson, affirm-
ing Burleson declared he was the best man that had been brought before him.
Johnson was honest, he was able, he was not a Catholic, which was desired by
the Protestants.
The President appeared almost more interested and absorbed in these
local situations than by the foreign crisis. I myself am so little interested
in them that I talk of them with reluctance, and it is immaterial to me whom he
appoints. Ordinarily, I should insist that he should not appoint one of Mur-
phy's henchmen, but it seems so insignificant compared with the vital questions
now on the boards, that I find myself not caring what he does so he drops it
from our discussions.
There is another thing I cannot bring the President to realize, and that
is the importance of making ready to meet the crisis which may fall upon him
any day. He was compelled to go into Mexico at a moment's notice. The same
will happen in the European situation, and yet, we are as inert as if it were
a remote possibility of some future age. I have urged him ever since the war
began to make ready, and we are no more ready today than we were two years ago.
For the first time the depletion of the army is beginning to be filled, and
this only because of the chase after Villa, and the consequent realization
| Title | ms_0466_s2_v4_121 |
| Transcript | to the public service. Murphy could accomplish this if he desired. I was silent, and he knew I disapproved. He therefore asked me the direct question whether I thought his reasoning sound. I replied that I did not; that he could accomplish Fitzgerald's defeat himself without the help of Tammany. I told him Tammany was not to be trusted; that they had no desire whatever for his re-election; that they were playing for position in order to re-elect a Tammany man Mayor of New York in Mitchel's place a year from now; that the na- tional and state situations were unimportant to them in comparison with the City, for it was there that the loot lay. He still clung to the belief that it was wise to appoint Johnson, affirm- ing Burleson declared he was the best man that had been brought before him. Johnson was honest, he was able, he was not a Catholic, which was desired by the Protestants. The President appeared almost more interested and absorbed in these local situations than by the foreign crisis. I myself am so little interested in them that I talk of them with reluctance, and it is immaterial to me whom he appoints. Ordinarily, I should insist that he should not appoint one of Mur- phy's henchmen, but it seems so insignificant compared with the vital questions now on the boards, that I find myself not caring what he does so he drops it from our discussions. There is another thing I cannot bring the President to realize, and that is the importance of making ready to meet the crisis which may fall upon him any day. He was compelled to go into Mexico at a moment's notice. The same will happen in the European situation, and yet, we are as inert as if it were a remote possibility of some future age. I have urged him ever since the war began to make ready, and we are no more ready today than we were two years ago. For the first time the depletion of the army is beginning to be filled, and this only because of the chase after Villa, and the consequent realization |
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