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his party interfered with me at every turn, and at last sought to dictate to me whom I ought to place on the Board of Sachems.

"Then a cable would come direct to me from Wantage (Croker's estate) to place certain men on the Board of Sachems and when I rebelled, I found that at every turn I would be opposed by this coterie of interferers.

"I found that nearly all of my important acts had to be vised before they became effective. Many of the district leaders would accept my orders, but before carrying them, out, they would get advice from Mr. Croker."

The withdrawal of Nixon brought Charles Francis Murphy into the limelight. Murphy, as leader of the old Gas House district of New York, had been an important cog in the Croker machine. In fact, he had held the post of dock commissionertreasurer of that body-and was reputed to be worth a million dollars when he was selected by Tammany to be one of a triumvirate to rule Tammany after Nixon resigned. The others of that trio were Daniel F. McMahon and Louis F. Haffen.

That was in 1902 and it was not long before Murphy emerged as individual boss of the Wigwam. He was perhaps the first Tammany leader since the Civil War to cast covetous eyes toward the White House and it was largely due to his groundwork in

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