The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-11-28
THE MURPHY FRAUDS AT Ma
VARRE

THE MURPHY FRAUDS AT Ma
VARRE
Continue to wrigge under our exposure
and castigation, for in TIE Cleveland
Leader of the 2lst was another long rig
marole from Captain" Windbag, of that
locality, on the Murphy-McKinley bHsi-
ness This was long since exhausted
for it has but one side, but likesome CAB
by old maudlin body, this gas bag will
blather.
This hoodum gave away his case
when he admitted that Murphy did
make a speech for Mckinley on the oc-
casion of their getting this evangelist"
there lust before the election, to lecture
on temperance. What connection had
a candidate for Cougress with the cause
of temperance Congress is not the
body to enact temperance laws, That
body, under Republican rule, taxes
whisky heavily, and then the party lead
ers manipulate whisky rings to run the
stuff crooked, so they may get few mil
lions to carry elections and reward
friends. Besides, Republican Congresses
have been much distinguished for whis'
XIV consumption, and Republican Presi-
dents have been notorious ia this respect
The party leaders are only temperance
here and there, now and then, to get
votes.
In contemplate games of this kind
the knaves don't rule the kings, even
though they think 80. They have their
little part to perform, it is true, and no
doubt they think it important and chief
part, but we beg leave to say to these
Navarro frauds they are small factors in
the game, though they may have cost as
much or more "honest money" than
Murphy himself, The knaves OF the
pack cost as much as the royal cards, but
that don't give them much value or sig
ni6cance in the game. AS to the Roman
virtue of these Navarro members OF the
pack, they are not like Cesar's wife,
above suspicion. This "Capt." Wind
bag, who don't sign his name in the
Leader, is quite indignant as A. j. Rider
in the Rep. at our mention of McKin'
ley's "honest money" in that Navarro
Mckinley affair; when the fact is, Muir
ply himself, on that occasion admitted
receiving money from Mckinley in
Washington city, and gave this as an ex-
cuse for his speech for Mckinley So
there was money in it.
No roads are so rough as those just
mended, and no sinners are so intoler'
ant as those who haveiust turned saints.
Temperance converts seem to be no ex'
ception to the rule. AS to the personal
abuse of this Navarro "Captain" in the
Leader, we have long since learned to
ask what description Of characters our
vilifers admire, and being able to ans
wer this usually, it is quite consolatory'
The fact is, our Murphy Captain at Ma
varre seems willing to hold anything, ,ex-
cept his tongue, and he is fond of wag-
ging it in print. His head seems quite
full of windy virtue, but we cannot say
as much for his heart.
In this connection we extract from the
New York Sun of the 10Th inst, the re-
marks of Mrs. Emma Gates Conklin in
Rev. Afflick's church, on Eleventh st.,
on the evening of the 18th;
Mrs. Emma Gates Conklin said it was
useless to get out Of patience with Mr.,
Murphy. She had attended his meeting
on Sunday evening, and was greatly per-
picked on hearing his unkind remarks
about Mr.. Gibbs, President of their as
sociation. At one time the Helping
Hand Association had desired to support
him, and had passed resolutions to that
effect. But the association had learned,
Enthusiastically, that it was less the cause
of temperance than of Francis Murphy
himself that he had espoused. He was
the alpha and omega of his own work.
He must have seen the resolutions pass
ed by the Helping Hand, and doubtless
he liked them, because, above all else,
he liked flattery-not quite above all
else though. He liked money better.
He was satisfied when he could get 5000
for talking few minutes to a drunken
man; but who had ever seen him look
after that drunken man when he went
out of the door. He cared nothing what
became of him afterward. His work
was done when he had induced him to
sign the pledge, the keeping OF which
was the business of the signer, not his.
The speaker said she had known of
drunken woman who went to one of Mr..
Murphy's meetings, and was there per-
suaded to sign the pledge. That was a
grand thing for Francis Murphy; but did
he or any of his delegates 60 with that
woman to her home to comfort and sus'
tain her? Not one of them. They left
her all alone.
Mr.. Murphy's assertion, that the Help
ing Hand Association had taken fees at
the door of the Cooper Union, was ut
terly false she said. A collection had,
indeed, been taken up, to pay expenses,
for without this no meetings could be
held. 1t would he well if Mr.. Murphy
was contented with this means of OBJ
tanning money for his work. But be
took all be could get from the signers of
his pledges, and put it in his pocket. 1t
was quite time, Mrs. Conklin said, that
Mr.. Murphy rise to explain. She did
not think he was perfectly sincere in his
work. She knew he lived high, and
spent money foolishly. 1t was not a
good thing for man to come to city
and work in the temperance cause only
to get few hundred dollars.