Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-12

III - IN NJ, G,ace,s shilful political workn
| Inns hut one obiective-the pulling down Oh
Tammany Hall and the erection OF orace
| Hall.
MES. MARTINS CRUSADE.
One Of the queer phases OF our American
,,oi,t,ca 10 that there 10 always some
woman who seems TO enjoy the run Oh
| be;no n sham candidate for the presidency.
| Erstwhila il was Mrs. Beiya LockWnou.
| Now il ~ Victoria Woodruff Martin. lnls
marvellously active and aggressive W1ni''i
IN Fneland to come over here and engage
In ,ba follv OF running for President on
niatform which has for its chief clause the
| ,mnroyement Of the human race. Inc
humane Mrs. Martins theory Is that II
y;c;ons diseased. deformed, and imbeclie
neonle on this earth can be kept from
| ,nterinarrying and propagating q very
| handsome and long-liyed human lani,E
will result in other words. she Is seeking
70 ;n,rodr,ee into our sexual affairs the
same principle which applies 10 the hen-
| tuckv stock farm. She Is a wonderfully
nersuaslye and magnetic woman. ana no
dorlbt she will secure some converts "
| her theory, but ms matter OF Iact' 81"
might as well be engaged IN trying 10 III
| duce vegetation to grow toward me cen
| ,re of tho earth. instead OF away from IL,
ment of human affection. l think sirs.
Martin has been q much-abused ana I'm,
necessarily mahgned woman. she mas has
| the misfortune TO be to far IN ADVANCE oI
| her brethren and sisters, and her Ire nos
| been stormy and somewhat unsatisfactory
one. Her career aud that OF her SISTER may
be said 10 be unique. / remember III Yin
| cinnati, about the closing ysa.soi .ne VA va
when her sister Iennie Claim, was pic
tured and advertised in al the local neWs-
papers as THE Wonderfully Gifted Cniiu,
| tennessee At that time Tennie was sup
nosed TO be endowed with second slght.
| She was beautiful and fascinating GIRL
| and she attracted great attention a. pre-
| cocious fortune-teller. subsequently sue
| and her sister came TO New YORK anu heio
| they achieved fame in connectioh WIN
their Wall-street enterprises ana Journal
| ;stio ventures. They shocked tine CON,
munity and were very much scanGailzed
therefor. Leaving here they took up their
abode In London, and TO the surprise OF
| everybody formed splendid matrimonial
alliances. Mrs. Woodruff married Jonii
Biddulph Martin, a man OF great wealth.
| who. as n banker, is said 10 be the legit'-
mate successor of George Heriot, the
money-lending goldsmith whom James l..
brought down from Edinburgh. Iennie
married Francis Cooke. man OF business
who was located III Lisbon for many years,
| and who to-day has Portuguese title OF
some distinction. Both women seem 10
enjoy the love and confidence or their nus
| bands, and they have been credlteu WIN
much charitable and philanthropic work in
london. Since Mrs. Martins recent ARRIVAL
| i'm this country she has been more or less
| criticised by the press. One newspaper IN
| Chicago having outstepped the BOUNDS OF
| nropriety has been sued for 100000 dam
ages. Mr.. Martin is determined, 1t -
\ said, to put an end TO the malicious at-
tacks winch are made from time TO tiine
upon his wife, and IN this ne wouia seem ~
| have the very general sympathy OF the pup
| lie. Whatever may be SAID OF Mrs. Martin's
| former career she has certainly shown her
| self TO be a good and faithful wife. and as
| such both she and her sister are entitled
| to good treatment at the nands OF the
press and society in general mat neI
theories at present may not be entirely
| in accord Nth those OF general society
| is true. but that she IS entitled 10 en-
| terrain them and propagate them is IN
questioned. What surprises me IS that she
chooses to make herself "a target tor the
shafts of calumny in her devotion to a
cause when she might be leading life OF
nerfect composure in England with most
happy and luxurious surroundlngs. ms
running for President IS mere bit OF
childs play, somewhat expensive AS q
method Of advertising and not likely 10
produce any fixed results. At the same time
Mrs. Martin has never surrendered her
citizenship, and so long as she violates no
| law. social or statutory. am IN favor or
giving her respectful attention and the
| chlyalric treatment which Is the due OF
every woman.
TOM MURPHY AT LONG BRANCH.
Ex-Collector Tom Murphy as a hotel
| keeper is one of the latest phases or our
| kaleidoscopic metropolitan lite. A kinder
hearted. more GENIAL man than Tom Muir
phy never lived. And 1 doubt whether
| there is on this continent to-day q more
| striking example of what dabbliug IN poll
| tics may do for a man who is not cut out
| for a politician. Twenty-Five years ago
| Tom Murphy was successful and highly
respected merchant. OF tins city. lie
| had come here from Albany as a
boy, had formed mercantile connec;
| tons. and in course or time had
| become a thorough going man OF al
| fairs. He knew Abraham Lincoln
| through employing him as attorney out IN
| Illinois to look after the collections for his
| house. One day, toward the close OF the
war. while he was in Washington he was
| introduced to General Grant by Mr.. Lam
| coin. That was the beginning or his
| friendship Tor the great General. Along III
II III.
terested somewhat in the development OF
| Lone Branch as a summer resort, induced
| Grant TO visit him at that point. lie had
| horses at that time and the General was
fond of driving them. When Grant be-
came President he made Murphy Collector
of the Port of New York. and there
by ruined him. In return tho COLLECTOR
gave Grant q house at Long Branch, and
this in a measure started the boom for
| for Z.
been q senator in the State Legislature an
the collectorship threw HIM into relations
with nearly all the politicians OF his time.
Being liberal they bled him. In attending
to politics he neglected his own business,
and the result in time was financial en-
barrassment. Colonel Murphy has never
lost his true and sincere friends. Or course
the people who borrowed his money and
lived upon his generosity long ago faded
out OF sight. He showed me one day
pocket-book filled with notes, due
bills. dishonored checks, ETC., all me.
mentos of kind favors rendered TO sup
posed friends. and altogether not to-day
worth q cents. He said that he had not
less than $4,000 worth of this sort OF
paper, and that some OF the men whose
names could be found thereon were stu
ENJOYING prosperity IN New York city after
a fashion. But Mr.. Murphy has found O
true friend i'll Colonel George Bliss, who
has placed him IN chai &c of the old Ocean
House at Long Branch. This establish;
ment has been overhauled and refitted, and
visitors to the Branch this summer Will hnd
the genial and ever warm-hearted Colonel
in the role of Boniface. Last year 1t
looked as though long Branch had gone
to pot" so to speak. The races at Mon
mouth Park being interdicted aud the
Queen Driveway being pretty much eater
away by the waves, there was little &c
attract visitors TO the spot. But tins
summer we are to have racing at the mag
nificent new Monmouth Park and tht
driveway has been rejuvenated and tC
some extent restored. A very large sun
of money has been expended in this work
largely through the influence of Colone
Murphy and other enterprising citizens,
and it is predicted that We shall see some
thing of the dazzling life and Joyous
pastime of the Long Branch of yore.
Celia and Cupid.