St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-18
Whitney, Of Brooklyn. Fires
Grape and Canister Into
the Hill Camp.
Murphy's Manifesto Hit in the
the Bread Basket and Sent
to the Rear.
A Strong Recruit to the Hill
Forces Inspires Croker
to UnlimbeP.
Tammany's Chief Works His
Guns With Unsparing
Severity.

CHICAGO, June 17.-The delegates
from the Syracuse convention were a
good deal stirred up today over the
Murphy manifesto. and number or
them were prepared with responses to
it designed to cOunteract its effect ana
to show that Cleveland was not only the
strongest man in the Democratic party
in New York, but that he could carry
the state and would get large numbers
of independent and Republican votes
which no other Democrat could get.
A number of the ''anti-snap" dele
gates came in on today'S trains. Among
them was Edward B. Whitney, of
Brooklyn. Mr.. Whitney, on being
shown the interview of yesterday with
Edward Murphy Jr., did not hesitate to
freely express his opinion. lie said:
Mr.. Murphy in his interview seems
desirOus of giving the impression that
the leaders in the May convention move
ment have been in the habit of
Opposing Democratic Tickets
in New York, and particularly that of
1891. AS 10 this | can only say that Mr..
Murphy knows very we'll the fact to be
contrary, as | can state from personal
knowledge. Last fall Mr.. Murphy and
the state committee were very anxious
TO make the fact as prominent as posi-
bic that Mr.. Fairchild and his friends
were warmly supporting Gov. Flower
and the Democratic state and Legislative
ticket. To that end that state committee
requested Inc to prepare an address TO
the Democratic and independent voters
of the state for publication.
did prepare that paper and secure
the signatures to il, and had several IN
teryiews about 1t with the chairman of
the Democratic campaign committee, at
some of which Mr.. Murphy was present.
The address was published in New
York papers on Oct. 26, 1891. having
been given out TO the papers by the
Democratic state committee, with the
statement that it was one of the most
important events of the campaign.
Among the Signers were tire following
delegates from the Syracuse convention
to Chicago: Charles s. Fairchild, Ii. ii.
BOyeSen. Edward b. Whitney, Fred A.
Heinrichs, Edward NJ Shepard, g. F.
Peabody, r. ID. Woodward and many
others. Mr.. Murphy knows very well
that there we're
No Better Workers
for the Democratic party than these
men. Mr.. Murphy says that the rank
and file of the Democratic party are
prepared to vote against the most pOpu-
lar Democrat in the country for the
presidency, because they fear his cleo
tion would please the Syracuse deiega-
ton. l will simply say to this that if
Mr.. Murphy believes what he says, he
considers his own followers TO be mug
wumps and not Democrats, and that his
t interview is an insult TO the regular De-
mocracy of the state of New York.
There are two men prominent in the
Hill organization who are regarded
with suspicion by the Democracy in
general on this point. These men are
| Mr.. Murphy himself and Lieut.. Gov.
| Sheehan. There is a &c neral impve-
lzSion in the state of New York that they
were treacher0us 10 the national tl.ket
in 1883, and think it not unlikely that
they will be so again this year if they
do not happen to be pleased with the
nomination made, but they will not be
I able to carry with them AS many Demo-
| Gratis as they were before, and | have
yet to find any evidence that they
would be
Supported in Treaebery
by Tammany hall or the Kings county
organizations. The me / who. pretend
ing to be friend. slips his stiletto in
your back" is a man who is known
only among Mr.. Murphy's own follow
erS. His power for evil is minimiZed
this year by the new ballot reform att.
He is man who will be treacherous TO
anybody, and there is no use trying TO
humor him i'll nomination, because he
will not know until election day wheth-
er he will be true or false.
Every other Democrat in The state of
| New York will vote for Mr.. Cleveland
| if nominated, and ne can hold an indie
pendent and Republican vote of a size
never known before in national cam
paign. Nobody else can do this or come
! anywhere near it. For that reason, al
though there are many Democrats
whom l would have personally pre-
ferred to Cleveland fer a presidential
nomination. have no doubt tirat he is
by far the NEST available candida te fol
the slate of New York