New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-25
PA RI II.
PAGES IL TO 14.
TO BEAT MURPHY'S MAN.
A STRONG CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN THE XvlTH
SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
REPUBLICANS DETERMINED TO DEFEAT
MICHAEL F. COLLINS AND ELECT GEN.
ERAL JAMES Q. ROGERS.


Troy, Oct 24.-This city is the homo Of Edward
Murphy IT,, the chairman OF the Democratic State
Committee II you look fer his in the directory
you will learn that he is member Of the firm OF Men
nedy & Murphy, brewers and you VIII ma MS p'oo
Of business I'm group Of bis brick DuidihsS III '"o
southern part of the city. There Is coui's Al"
formed BY the group of buildings when Is dp " oo
filed with big ale barrels and brewers wagons SO
,hs, ,hs nature Of Mr. Murphy's business is apparent
II WAC In consequence OF his position as IeauhS
brewer of the city that Mr.. Murphy became us hSor
Then David B. Hin formed an aillsnco' ueiehs.No "u
onensive with the liQuordealerS. and MI Murphy was
.t,,ra,v nomoted TO the chief official place in the
rrmocrstic party and became chairman OF It's stare
Committee He was the medium OF communication
h.,ueep both the "kid glove" and shorthaired" De
mocracy and the 10000 liquor dealers.
But Mr. Murphy has extracted some proht
for himself for his work for the Gov
ernor. lie needed a legislative agent at
Albany and therefore used his position as head OF the
Democratic state Committee to pour funds into this
Senatorial District. composed Of the counties OF
Rensselaer, and Washington, and elected Michael T.
Collins as Senator This was in 1887 Collins had
been an insignificant member of the Assembly, never
showing the slightest legislative ability. People won
dered why Murphy had selected poor instrument
but they quickly learned that all that was desired OF
Collins his vote. The money Of both the Demo-
cratic State Committee and of the liquor dealers was
over, there a vast amount of fraudulent voting.
There were several thousand names of dead men or
sbsenees on the rolls OF registered in this city
pf Troy. These were used by the Democrats to
,vell their vote. BY the of all these means Col
inns was elected by plurality of ISIS. Collins
went TO Albany and, as expected, showed him
self 10 be a mere instrument of Murphy, doing wha7-
ever the latter desired him to do. Murphy has re-
warded him by renominating him for Senator.
apo med In Collins.
and from present appearances despite the money
which Murphy will bring into the district, they will
accomplish their aim They may be said to have be-
gun their work of defeating Collins year ago, when
under the lead of John A. ouackenhush,
then a Republican candidate for Congressman, they
appealed 10 the courts, and had 1000 names of
dead or absent stricken from the registration
list This action materially diminished the Demo
cratic vote. One Of its results was to lead to the
election of Mr. Quackenbush to Congress by plurality
of 1922 Republicans are now asking themselves
the question II Mr. Quackenbush can be elected
Congressman by the same voters who elect Senator
this fall why cannot a Republican candidate for
Senator be elected" The Republican leaders have
responded TO this question by nominating an unusually
COON candidate for Senator, in the person of General
James o. Rogers. of Sandy HILL Washington County.
General Rogers IS Union veteran, Moreover he IS
an able man Of business, and he has had training
for legislative life in Of the houses Of the
legislature. lie was born III SANDY NH anu NdS
graduated from Union College, where he was class
mate of Warner Miller. lie then studied law with
Judge Hand. at Elizabethtown, but the
war broke out, and he at became
soldier. After the battle of Antietam he became
major Of the 1880 Regiment. which was composed
wholly OF men fOm his county, Washington
He became colonel of that regiment finally, and
fought in all the battles in which it engaged
In the Army CT the Potomac. and then in all those
in which it took part a portion Of Sherman's
army that marched to the The veterans of
ihis regiment are making the political fight
for General Rogers in Washington County. They
are influencing their fellow veterans 10 vote for
General Rogers. and II looks If the latter would re
is a strong nomination. and is every day growing
The friends of Collins are much alarmed by the
situation. Naturally. the district is Republican
one and II has repeatedly elected Republicans as
senators Thus in 1879 Isaac V. Baker, jr, was
elected; in 1851 Charles l.. Macarthur and IN ieo5
10 1877 10 find a Democrat, with the exception OF
Collins elected as senator
The Republican nominations for AssemDlymen IN
the district promise TO sustain well the senate nomina
tiou. Joseph 5 saunders, one of the abeSt OF me
new Republican Asscmblymen in the rs
semby 1852 has been TenoW Gdmnty
Ills reelection is conceded by the Democrats So
also is that OF ASselnblymsn LamOn in the LIST AS
semblv District 81 Washington County. The Demo
crats A month ago were anticipating the gain OF an
Asgembynan in the I'D Assembly DiStrct OF wash
inqton County. There were then two Republican
rgudidates for A~Semblymen. namely Assembyman
TeGt and Albert Johnson But Mr.. Tetft. IN the IN.
,ercst of harmony has Withdrawn as candidate and
ihe discussion among the Republicans has ceased
against MIR. johnson and VIII make a big effort 10
elect him No other nominations for the Assembly
have been made by the Democrats in this Senate Dis
Iict.