St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-17
Chairman Edward Murphy, of
New York, Analyses Oppo-
Sition to Cleveland.
0ut-and-Out Democrats De-
test the Stiletto Work.
ers Bitterly.
Instances Quoted Of Active
and Quiescent Treachery
in Campaigns.
CleVeland'S Nomination, He
Claims, Would Involve
Destruction.

CHICAGO, June 16.-Edward Murphy
Jr.. delegate at large to the Democratic
convention from New York state. and
at present and for the past six years
/ chairman of the Democratic state COM
mittee, was today asked:
You say. Mr.. Murphy, that Mr..
Cleveland cannot carry the state of New
York in case he is nominated? What
reason do you advance for that aSSer-
/ ticn?"
1.-The Democrats of the country at
large who favor Mr.. Cleveland believe
/ the Democrats of New York to be O6sti-
nate and wilfuL in opposing their wishes
! to those of the great majority, and they
regard the action of the New York dele
CATION in insisting that we shall have our
/ choice, Notwithstanding the majority are
against us, unreasonable. They do not
/ know that the Democracy Of our state
would not be for Mr.. Cleveland if Mr..
Hill were not a candidate. They do
not understand that the opposition TO
! Mr.. Cleveland is based upon an idea, a
sentiment, which has become as fixed
and absolute as a principle. The
! idea is
Dislike of the MugWunnp;
it matters rot whether he is Republi-
can mugwump. like some of the editors
in New York, or Democratic mug
wump, like ex-Secretary Fairchild, or
ex-Mayor Grace. The Democrats dis
like them all, and all their followers,
aiders and abettOrs. with a bitterness
far exceeding any possible ill-will which
! they entertain towards their Republican
opponents, for the reason that the latter
are open and manly antagonists, while
the mugwump, pretending to be d
friend, slips his stilettO in your back
while you are opposing the common
/ enemy.
"Why do they dislike the mugwump?
In 1885, the New York Times and the
New York Evening Post and all theiI
followers bolted Gov. Hill. Ever since
that time they have assaulted him al
every ep-miSrepresented the reasons
/ for every action taken. More; they have
! since that time opposed him again fol
/ the office of governor after unanimous
/ nomination in 1888. openly and boldly
opposing him. at the same time charg-
/ ing that Mr.. Cleveland, who was also a
! candidate for office, did not want him
elected: nor could prominent members
of the national committee induce Mr..
! Cleveland to so much as say that no one
/ had authority to say that he was opposed
! TO the election of Gov. HILL"
An UnhOIy Combine FIoored.
Every one knows what they did in
/ 1890 in the contest against Tammany
ball, the regular Democratic organic
alton of the citv of New York. in which
contest MeSsrS. Fairchild and Grace
! ! were prominent in an open and undiS-
guised combination with the Republi-
can organization of New York city, at
| the head OF which was ex-senator
| Thomas {. Platt. and had the cOmaina-
| ton been successful, the whole election
machinery of that great Democratic
! stronghold would have been turned
over to the Republican party, and not
only would that election machinery,
now controlled by the Democratic reg
ular organization, be i'll control of the
Republican party, but that saIhe party
would absolutely control it in this
presidential election.
"AS the people know and understand
the various other acts of treachery Oc-
curing in the several years from 1884
down to the present time, will pass
them and come to the convention of
1891, when the Democratic party, smart
| ing under the indignities and Insults
which have been heaped upon it by
these mugwumps, determined
To Drive Them Out
| of the party, to force them out of all
connection with the organization of the
state, so that their only home should be
with their allies, the common enemy,
on the principle that our party could
more easily fight its enemies when they
we've all in front of it; so they elected
the county Democracy, the official rep
resentatives of the mugwumps, from
the convention, tumbling Mr.. Grace and
the rest of them in heap together.
What was the result? Even Lieut.
Gov. Sheehan, whom they hated most
and against whom they Strcve hardest
received over $4,000 majority. Wher
that result was reached the Democracy
OF the state of New York thought they
! were not troubled longer with the hy
pOcriSy and treachery of the mug
| wumps, and they took steps accordingly
which resulted in the holding of the
| February convention and its action.
Fear of fDisruptiOn.
"What would the nomination of Mr.
Cleveland mean? 1t would mean the
destruction of the regular organizations
| in the great Democratic cities of the
state. and in the state itself, under
which organizations the party has sue
cessiyelY won victories by increasing
majoritics for the last seven years
1t would not be possible o
Gov. Hill, and every member of the
national delegation, talking from now
until the day of election, with the aid oi
the state and local organizations, to con
vince the rank aud file of the democracy
that the nomination and election of Mr.
Clevelane would not put in power the
| mugWGmpS or the conditional demo
crat.' as he is called, over those whC
have contributed so much to the success
of the Democratic party of the state.
Our people look upon the contem
plated action of the democracy in some
of the other states as Intending reward
of the would-be democratic mugwumr
assassin. Therefore, the feeling i:
growing very bitter in New York state
towards Mr.. Cleveland, and we sincerely
trust that the Democracy of other state:
Will liOb lllC DCLlOCl dC1 Vi Iilt
state of New York by nominating {
resident OF the state whom the organ
iZatiOns are positive could not be elected
4 Struggle for Life.
"What would other states say if New
York tried to force them to take can
didate from that state whom the unitet
Democracy opposed and whose nOmina
ti0n would mean defeat? The Democ
racy of the state of New York are in
spired by something besides loyalit.
and friendship for Gov. Hill. They ar
fighting for the life of the party, ant
they would be opposing the nomination
of ex-President Cleveland as Strongl
today as they are now doing whethe
Gov. Hill was a candidate or not. Ii
addition to this is the fact that the ram
and file of the Democracy of New Yorl
state believe i'll organization becaus
they have become convinced that tn
present organization of the Democrat
party means success.
"Mr. Cleveland, by acquiescence, a
least, in the action of the mugwum
convention, proves that he is willing t