The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-21
THE VIEWS OF NEW YORK.
What Messrs. Murphy and Fairchild Have
10 Say.

Chicago, June 16.-By Associated Press
to The Constitution.)-Th following inter
view with Edward Murphy, Jr.,, of Troy,
n. T., delegate at large to the democratic
national convention from New York state,
and at present, and for the past SIX years,
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee, was obtained today by an Associated
Press reporter. Mr.. Murphy was asked:
''You say that Cleveland cannot carry
the state of New York in case he is noml-
mated? What reason do you advance for
that assertion?''
''The democrats of the country at large
who favor Cleveland believe the demo
Gratis of New York to be obstinate and will
full i'll opposing their wishes to that or
great majority, and they regard the action
Of the New York delegation in insisting
that we shall have our choice, notwlth-
standing Il ma iority are against us. I'M
reasonable. They do not know that the
democracy of our state would not be 1or
Cleveland ii Hill were not q candidate.
They Are Against Mugwumps.
'"They don't understand that opposition
to Cleveland is based upon an idea, scnti-
ment, which has become as fixed and alb
solute as a principle. The idea is the dis
like, of mugwumps. 1t matters not whether
the editors i'll New York, or democratic
mugwump, like ex-Secretary Fairchild, or
eX-MayOr Grace, the democrats dislike
them all, and all their followers, aiders and
abettors, with a bitterness far exceeding
any possible i'll 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 a friend, slips his stiletto
into your back while you are opposing the
common enemy"
The hIugwumps Are Mischievous.
''Why do they dislike mugwumps"
I'm 1885 The New York Times and The
New York Evening Post and their follow
ers, bolted Governor Hill. Ever since that
they have assaulted him at every step;
nisrepresented the reasons for every action
taIen-more, they have since that time OPP
posed Hill again and again for the office
of governor, after a unanimous nomination
in 1883, openly and boldly opposing. at the
same time charging that Cleveland, who
was also n candidate for office did not
want him elected, nor could prominent mem
bers of the national committee induce
Cleveland to so much as say that no one
had been authorized to say that he was op-
posed to the election of Hill. Every one
knows what they did in 1890 i'll the con-
test against Tammany hall. the regular
democratic organization of the city of New
York, in which contest lfairchild and Grace
were prominent in an open and undiSgused
combination with the republican orSaniza-
ton of New York city, at the head of which
was ex-senator Thomas G. platt,and had the
combination been successful, the whole cleo
ton machinery of that great democratic
the republican party, and not only would
that election machinery, now controlled by
the democratic regular organization be i'll
the control of the republican party, but that
same party would absolutely control It in
this presidential election. As the people
know and understand various other acts
of treachery occurring in several years from
1881 down to the present time, | will pass
them and come to the convention of 1871,
when the democratic party, smHrting under
.lJ,r, TING nI,f ItGt
hcaped upon it by these mugWumps, deter
mined 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 2llies, the com
mon enemy, on the principle that our party
could more easily fight its enemies when
they could put them all in front of it. SO
they elected the county democratic official
representatives of mugWumpS from the con-
Ycntion tumbling Grace and the rest of
them III a heap together What was the
result? Even Lieutenant Governor Shee-
han, whom they hated most and against
whom they strove hardest, received over
thirty-fiye thousand majority. When that
result was reached, the, democracy OF the
state of New York thought they were not
troubled longer with the hypocrisy and
theory of mugwumps, and they took steps
accordingly, which resulted in the holding
Of the February convention and its action.
The Disruption OF The Party.
What would the nomination of Cleveland
mean?'
1T would mean the destruction of regu-
lar organizations i'll the great democratic
cities of the state, and the state itself, I'M
der which organization the party has sue
cessiyely won victories by increasing the
ma jOrities for the past seven years. 1t
would not be possible for Governor Hill
and every member of the national delega-
ton, taking from now until the day of
election, with the aid of the state and local
organizations, TO convince the rank and file
of the democracy that the nomination of
Cleveland would not be to put i'll power the
mugWumpS or 'conditio! al democrats as
they are called. over those who have con-
tributcd so much to the success of the dem
ocratic party of the state, and our people
lool. upon The contemplated action of the
democracy in some of the other states as
intending the reward of the wOuldbe dem
ocratic mugWumpS. Therefore, the feeling
is growing very bitter in New York state
towards Cleveland and we sincerely trust
that all the democracy Of other states will
not humiliate the democracy of the state
of New York by nominating 4 resident Of
the state whom the organizations are posi-
tive could not be elected. What would
other states say if New York tried to force
them to take a candidate from their state
whom their united delegation opposed and
whose nomination would mean certain de
feat? The democracy Of the state of New
York is inspired by something besides 10y
atty and friendship for Governor Hill.'