New-York tribune., 1889-11-04
MITRPHY AND THE SALOONS
u,rr,s STATE CHAIRMAN DENOUNCED BY
LEADING DEMOCRAT.
,nnux,s p1snEpuTABLE RING. FRIENDLY
TO eRoGsuoPs AND HOSTILE TO
IRISH CATHOLICS.


TO GRoGsuoPs AND HOSTILE To
IRISH CATHOLICS.
rvpox . srArP CORRESPOND ENT OF TIE ThihoShI
Troy. Oct. 3i-Domocraac Testimony % 49,.
-.,,Itv of the scandal OF Governor Hlis dehVor
o"oi' r,ooo.r,ac marty into Edward Murphy's
~ ~, :. n,rr,sbod bv mono other than Michael f.
-,',s Ar Murphy's pet protege ana MS Prcsoh'
,ia,,o Cor re-election as State senator rom tos
,'".~,., Mr. Collins IS the Editor oil Inc Troy
ohsarvcrp In 1879, before he nan pccn i' ~
,t,s of office. Mr. Collins habltualy oonou"0'u 'io
Sorer boss, In tho most scanning 'er"is N a"
1,.ar,,, headed Nrurphy's Aspirations ana pnhea
eui'o' ,a' ~ .noa,h tbe line announcing his own
' 80 ,ho naner,s opinions Mr.. Collins, after In
-, a,airst the methods Of the ring had THIS 10
.., conccrn,nr Mr. Murphy's candidacy Ior uo iNe'
- C,ovornorship: aTho people OF this secuoh 40
-, ,r,rt n man who stoops to such low oeVlcee as
their candidate" ,,,,,,. .o,d.mned Adj
,orl.Iv the disgraceful tricks of tho macn'n' at
Greenbush caucus, identical Win 'hoso IL no" 9
ia so,d. "Tho hirellngs of Murphy wouid receive
Nv M -, haI,ots and toss them upon the hoor
.L ,ho utmost unconcern. moro hasrant piece
y, ,,uo,,oo b,s never come 10 our notice. Inc para
0ranb closed by describing the hirehss reierrcu u
as baIIotbox suffers" .,.,.
" r,ro ,veehs later {" Tho Observer IS weekly
Gamer, Mr. Collins, in speaking OF Mr.. Murpnys In
,erIorty 10 his rival In the MaSor"''y' luz,
no term too strong for ccnsre ana conden'nSoh VI '
methods. This is specimen "'N' . A.,
aMr Fitzgerald Is not mere hanger-oh Oh tno
.bina ,rattIna and trusting TO PICK up some ittlc
c,,,nbs which may fall from the Mayors INF
Murpby,s) table He has tho additional reooln,'onua m
,,on Of not being In favor with the Cly nan nne.
This alone would constitute vauaoio 'es"hio"iai
N tbe merits of any man when mal - Ia u''"'0'
,r,th sucb an ,nscrupllous and insolcnt Clique as
rffv
,i,nc radical honest and upright In his nature.
o,,.to Nth tbo dsreputabls ring which tells the
oonIo IN cgect that they must take any nominee OF
thoirs and no Other and who display such an nn-
hlushng effrontory in the management oi ih"n"p
aGo,rs would be the worst reproach that an honorable
man could be susceptible or , 49,
''Drr o., ,nst these structures were and arc
Mfr. Collins knows now as Won as % no
d,h when he congratulated his rcadcrs oh uo
SA,osoros affect on the managers OF the roughs ana
,,or,orss of the "plain and truthful exposure We
have made OF those vlanous proceedings. ho hau
already warned the whiskey boss that tno p'"Pio
,-uI not tolerate too much arrogance OF power vi
,neolent dlctation from their servants IN oloo Nno
dsrc 70 manipulate politics for their own seSn pur
poscsn Elsewhere the Murphy gang W. ~
10 obloouy IN these caustc sentences y -,
GThn c,.fy.ns Of Rensselaer, County VIII note win
,,n,not,on the miserable attempts at coercion ana
violence which Mr.. Fitzgerald's adherh's nave "a'
IN encounter from the hired mons ana throusS Vi pi
dozers who come as the outposts OF 'no hiaoA,'o
They Will also remember the rauuuienV a'u .I.
erstem Of voting pursued at elections for dccsaes
.. 9 49, co,ntv and the shameful way in which the
t,..old deIeoates were In many places cheated out
OF their CREDENTIALS .,-
Yet I'm spite Of Mr.. Collins's honest IhoieHa'io
and his vlruous attempts to stamp OUT inc 'llHuoo
~ tbe "disrcputablc ring with which he mas since
bocooe closely identified the machine has grown anu
r.
has placed It in command Of the whole Dcnio'i a'i,
nartr IN This state The following list OF city ana
county ..g?crs in Troy with thor occupations SHOWS
clearly what this control means:
CITY OFFICERS.
Msvor. Dennis J. whelan, brewer
Alderman, Michael IA a. Tieneyi 1eId0gicepsT eTew'''
Aid Aid ,r%an, r, Sichael Keating, saloon sal0onhcep'r'
T%sa AaeT%an. n scott sSs ssiGSnlesp;s. spg;ss0s.,,
Alderman W. d. Cox, barheeper.
Alderman James QUINN saloonEeeper.
Aide,man John 7. Hogan, saloonkeeper.
CITY Superintendent, John oulgley, saloon%sper isr
edco civ clGrh ,siics sOS Wism DonOhue biewer
sealcr Of weights and Measures Henry A'"N'A'
Sa'SSaHe9 SSee'sor. Michael Ticrney brewer.
Sanitary Inspector Bryan smolln. saioonHeeRer
sanitary Inspector H. o,ae ;; gGa1yin Esther Of
SSary commissioner. Pat Bolton, saloonkeeper
superintendent Of the Poor, John Fleming saioon'
keeper. vho,a, brever
president OF Civil Service Board, John F. Ahern'
Police and Excise Commissioner James Fleming
Police Captain, Edward ]. McKenna; saloonheeper
School Commissioner, Thomas d. hehuS' saoor
FIRE Commissioner. william Holmes, ealoonkeeper.
Superintendent OF Burial Grounds, John COllln''
S"'O0"A''p''' COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Clerk, Daniel T.. Conway, brewer
Coroner. Dennis J. Cummings. saloonkeepee'
Coroner. John Roy, sa0Onkceper.
Supervisor, Patrick Kenny, ealoonkeeIer'
! Supervisor, John humane, saloOnkeerer.
Supervisor, John Collins. saloonkecPer.
Supervisor, James 4. Burke; seloonke'per.
Supervisor John II. MctiIath, saloonEeeper.
Every one Of these men Is Democrat, and Muir
ply Democrat at that Is 1t any wonder that in Troy
the Sunday law IS rccklessly dlsrrgardcd that
outrageous crimes GO unpunishod, ard that
| lawhreakers set the cOmmGnIty at def
ancel The license fees from the 200 OF
! more saloons in tho city should amount annually
to between 10000 and $4,000. The sum actually
turned into the city treasury IS said rarely II eve
| 10 exceed $4,000 or $l7 900. OF the pothousG
celebrities named above, Alderman Scott, in evi
hour, gave UP the business through which and thu
grace of Chairman Murphy he had been elected, ant
as a consequence he Is now out OF his other job
But what better treatment could he expect from III,
clique who insult public opinion by appointing Il
superintendent Of the and president of tho Civi
Service Board men SO closely Identified with liquit
| damnatfon"
In the platform adopted at the Syracuse Convention
! last month BY which the present Democratic can
| dIdates whom Mr.. Murphy supports supposed Il
be governed, there Is this outspoken denunclatOn o
| trusts:
Maintaining, heretofore. that improper com
binations Ct capital which limit production fix TIT
price of commodities regardless OF the cost OF pro
ductou reduce the wages OF labor and crush out th
smaAgr INDEPENDENT dealers cnd thus stransr
lerdtimate competition, conspiracics. we demand
legislation 10 prevent such eombinationS'
mi fln nttV1I .
nrinciules Of his party by those which lead TO gen
craI Condemnation of the practices of such person
as his first lieutenant, Donohue The conspiraccs' an
cor,hinations Of capital which "stiangle cOmpet
ton he is far from holding IN adherence tha
he has just secured the CONSOLATION OF all the ga
eDcaged I'm The manufacture OF Illuminating gas-an