The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-09
Murphy tells HIS story.

reporter In Chicago on Tuesday, ana
among other things gave this interest
Ing account of his work, and some OF
the sad passages In Ills life.
R.-Can you tell me something
about the ~ !, ..og /.
STATISTICAL RESULTS OF YOUR WORK!
q Mr.. Newell, you see I've done
very little myself. Whenever / found
q man who had a desire tn work, and
the ability to work, have set him ut
work. / am looked on as as0rt Of lead
er, but these other men did most OF the
work. They have what Is called the
headquarters of the Murphy move
ment'in Pittsburg, where some pains
have been taken to get at the results of
our work. They believe on the best
information they can get that froin
Nov. 70, 1875, to the PRESENT time, three
and one-half millions Of people have
signed the pledge, Sas D. result Of our
lnea Ohio, Pennsylvania,
southern New York, and parts Of In
diana and C0nneCticuteE oai La eair
q R.--Of course, not. nearly. all that
vast number were drinking men?
tMntM.--Oh, no, no. Aigreatmany
of them were teetotalers beforehand,
and 3 great many others were women
and childrenl . q That's the difference
between DIR. Reynolds and me. He
has only drinking men sign the pledge.
Nine is fol. everybody. on,
R.-A great deal of this work, then,
was done by your "boys 2" = a~esR
MIR. M-Yes. indeed. only spoke
four times In Ohio, but there's hardly
a town In the State where the move
ment hasn't reached, and reformed
drunkards and closed saloons. In
Pittsburgh, for instance, two Of the
most, eminent lawyers In the State,
Marshall Swartzwelder and Captain
Pollock, aligned the pledge. Their i'm
fiuence assured the success of the work.
There are several Of these men who
lave done O great deal more than /.
What / have done 1 have done only
through Others. Now there was Ec-
Giles Robinson, young gnan. q college
graduate. His father left him $75, 900,
and he squandered IL In dissipation I'm
six years. He signed my pledge and
went right Off to save others. He went
TO EImira, N. Y, aud got ten thousand
signatures to the pledge right there.
One OF the first men who signed the
pledge In Pittsburgh was David Hall,
one Of the most prominent saloon
keepers. David consecrated himself
to the work, and went right out of the
business he was in. There vas
A QUEER THING ABOUT DAVID.
> You see how gray my hair rs and
how black my mustache 10. David
heard me the first time I spoke In
Pittsburgh, and he said to himself.
Murphy dyes his mustache, he's no
gOod.o A day or two afterward he
met me on the street, and spoke OF
hearing me Sunday night. David got
up pretty close to me, and saw there
werea few white hairsin my mustache,
and he told me what he thought when
he heard me speak, but said he was
mistaken, and then he began talking
about the liquor business, and he said
he'd had about enough Of 1t. Irwin
was with him and they talked about
the pledge, and they concluded IL was
high time they signed 1t, and they
went home with me to the hotel where
/ was stopping, and signed the pledge,
and they've kept 1t. 1t went all over
town like wild-fire that Dave Hall and
John Irwin had signed the pledge.
They worked hard for the cause, too,
and so did George Hall, Dawes brother,
who has been working in Cincinnati.
R.-What were the numerical re-
suits of your work in Pittsburgh?
Mr.. M.-We got in Pittsburgh and
Allegheny $4,000 signatures to the
pledge, and between $1,000 and 10000
Of the signers were drinking men.
Nearly all the hard drinkers In the
two places signed the pledge. Hun
.dreds of saloons were closed up, and
they stay closed. The churches of
Pittsburgh received additions Of from
one hundred to three hundred each as
a result of the temperance movement,
and the Christian people of the city
did their duty by the reformed men.
There Is Joseph Dilworth, leading
iron master; he went from house to
house in the quietest way possible,
carrying food and clothing to the
needy. James Park Is another wealthy
master. He gave work to q mum.
Der of reformed men Just to help them,
when he didn't need them. Mr.. Thaw
did a great deal and Mai. Frew. Mr.
Thaw gave money and also gave passe
over.tlre Fort Wayne and Pennsylva-
MIA roads to help reformed men who
didn't belong to Pittsburgh to their
homes. In fact, i received. the most
generous support i'm money and influ-
ence from the business men of Pitts
burgh, and / am indebted to them,
under God, for whatever success l met
therey
RIO what-do you attribute your
Mr.. 'M.--WAT, I'm tell you frankly.
L was worth nothing to the world un-
til, by the grace of God, I was myself
redeemed. Il felt then that If I could
only show to other people what the
love of God was to me, they would
want 1t themselves. If I have he'd
success, 1t has been due to humility,
patience, and loving kindness.
/. R.--You referred In your address on
your career to some -
PAINFUL EVENTS IN PORTLAND.
the nature of which you didn't ex-
: Mr.. .M.-Yes. y / never told about
that affair in public, but / don't mind
giving you the story IL 1t would be of
any interest. In 1859 / was proprie-
tor of the Bradley hotel. corner of In
dia and Commercial streets, In Port
land, opposite the landing of the st
John boats. On the morning Of Sep
TENDER Sd party of travellers from
the boat came up to my hotel for
break fast. After they had washed up
and gone into breakfast, / found one OF
them remained In the Office, and sat
with his face In his hands. asked
him II he wasn't going to break fast.
and he said he had no money. told
him to go'in and get break fast, and IL
would besllnght. BE said he didn't feel
well and would like glass OF liquor,
and I gave 1t to him. I saw from his
face that he was recovering from de-
bauch. He told me his name was
Murray, that he was tailor, pennl-
less and q stranger. I felt sorry for
him, and told him that II he would
avoid drink and get work, I'd trust
him for weeks board. He seemed
grateful, and soon got work in q tailor's
shop. Two days afterward, unknown
to me, he began to drink again, and q
few days later, while drunk, he Insult
cd . lady boarder ct supper, and after.
supper when she was going to her
room he attempted to outrage her. My
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