Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-23
THE NEW YORK sENATeRSHIP.
Story About Mr.. Cleveland and the Troy
Aspirant and His Backers.

n STORY ABOUT mr. Cleveland and the Troy
Aspirant and His Backers.
New York world.l
Mr.. Cleveland has said to his friends that
while he Is opposed to Mr.. Murphy. he does
not intend to take part in a Senatorship
night; that the people did not elect him to
make Senators, but to act as President How
the President announced his opposition to
Mr.. Murphy Is rather humorous story. 1t
is worth telling.
One day recently Richard Croker and Ed
ward Murphy, Jr., called at No. l2 Fifty
nrst street. They were received we'll, warm
~, indeed, and sat down with Mr. Cleveland
In his library, the front room on the second
noor. The three distinguished LEADERS, lust
like most men that feel they have a tick
llsn Dit OF talk on hand, began talking about
something else. They started in with the
question Of an extra session, its perils, its
possibilities. Then they discussed the tariff,
the campaign, the election returns, the far
West
Having got comfortably away from New
York, the two callers rose after about a half
hour In the library. "Well, we must be
going, Mr.. President said Mr. Murphy,
Yes. we must be going, Mr.. President
said Mr.. Croker. And, If the two men had
gone thus, they might have truthfully told
their old friends: Eyes, we saw the old man,
and had quite pleasant chat with him, and
he's all right He didn't say word in oppo-
sftion; he's all right"
But the "old ma n" was not all right with
all due respect to the President-elect, that
like the captain of every ship, his crew
always call him, affectfonately. or other.
wise, "the old man." As the two men arose,
he suddenly said: "See here, Murphy, you
don't want to go to the Senate. do your" 81
didn't some time ago." said Mr. Murphy,
"but now think 1 would rather like #.
Yes, think l want to 60" ooh, moi you
don't want to go to the Senate" said Mr..
Cleveland. You're an active man of affairs
and the Senate is dull place: it would be
morgue for you. don't think you want to
go there" Mr.. Murphy said that on the
against you," said Mr.. Cleveland. "I don't
think you ought to CO." Here Mr.. Croker
took part in the conversation and began to
expostulate, hut the President-elect would
not hear him. sits no use eXpostuIatine,"
were his words, "I'm against Mr.. Murphy.
! don't think he ought to 90 to the Senate.
I'm against you, Mr.. Murphy"
Even after that Mr.. Murphy said he would
try to go, and the two gentlemen left Gov
ernor Flower made visit to Mr.. Cleveland
and tried to induce him to withdraw his
opposition, but he did not succeed. Mr.
Cleveland said that the Senator from the
State should come from the city OF New
York; that he should be broad man of
affairs and that the proper man for the
place was Mr.. Whitney. Not only to Gov
ernor Flower did Mr. Cleveland talk thus
but to all his visitors
Governor Flower did not agree with Mr.
Cleveland. He thought that Mr.. MurDhy
has served the party well, and that. in the
interest Of peace and harmony, Mr.. Murphy
should be allowed to have the honor II he
desired It, and day or two later, when
Prentiss Bailey. who had been CleveIand's
Postmaster of Utica, came out in his paper,
the Obseruer, of that city. for Mr. Murphy,
Governor Flower promptly appointed him
Civil Service Commissioner, at a salary OF
$1,000. This is the kind OF influence Gov
ernor Flower exerted against the candidate
opposed by Mr.. Cleveland.