The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-05
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Sentiment of Democrats at Albany Almo

Sentiment of Democrats at Albany Almost
Unanimous for Murphy for Senator.
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 4.-SeDator Plunkett,
chairman Of the Senate caucus committee,
to-day announced o joint Democratic
caucus, to be held In the Assembly cham
Der, Tuesday evening. Jan. 10, at 8 O'clock,
to decide on q candidate for United States
Senator There appears to be no opposi-
tion to Edward MurDhy in his canvass for
the Democratic nomination. The Repub-
licans Will renomInate Senator Hiscock.
Notwithstanding the apparent unanimity
of sentiment in favor of Mr.. Murphy, the
correspondent of the New York Herald
sends to his paper the following dispatch:
1T looks as though the machine leaders
were getting frightened. Ever since Mr..
Murphy was called upon TO prove his boast
ed party loyalty by giving way to Bourke
Cochran Democrats have been asking
each other If 1t Is well, after all. to
disrupt the party to please o man.
aver. The .Assemb!ymen gathered at
the capital have talked of the matter
until many of them say privately that they
fear they acted hastily in giving their
pied ges. Whenever such men are detected
by the machine managers they are put
through q regular course of political
gymnastics to stitfen their ~backbones and
strengthen their allegiance. To otise. the
work of the Cleveland men in the country
districts the power of the State committee
has been employed. Proofs of party loyalty
have been demanded and are now pouring
into the Murphy headquarters. These
proofs take the shape of Inducements 10
Mr.. Murphy'e candidacy by the various
county committees. Incidentally the
Democracy of Senator Hill is approved. By
this means the machine leaders hope TO bear
OFF Robert A. Maxwell. who has been
using promises OF future federal patronage
as a lever to pry over the tower of refuge
which Mr.. Murphy has erected. II has
been openly asserted here by the anti-ma-
chine men that the assignments to places
on the Assembly committees would DO held
back until after the caucus. This course
would give the machine a big political
club TO beat any wavering MEMBERS into
line and TO keep them there. But the story
is denied by those having the naming Of
the commit:ees They assert that the call
of the caucus for the night after the Mon
day session Is evidence of their honorable
intentions"
Not a whimper Ia heard among the men,
bers OF the Legislature about opposing the
obvious purpose of the machine To push
Edward Murphy into the United States
senate. Whether the same statement can
be truthfully made one week hence is q
consideration which involves some doubt.
Why? Because then the Assembly commit
teess willhave been made mp and announced
by the new Speaker. The Democratic ma
JOAtty III a. AtOhoO WIS SsA = IA
hence a greater number of baskets will be
held mp for droppings of position and pa
tronage. For instance. the men from Hugh
McLaughlin's Brooklyn baliwick have al
ready made formal demand upon the
Speaker-Sulzer of Tammany Hall for at
least one-fourth the Assembly patronage.
Ii this is granted. II Is believed hat the re-
naming three-fOurths Will furnish n scant
supply for the lads from New FORK city and
the balance of the State.
1t ie also believed here that the fixing
of the senatorial caucus date n week IN
advance of the usual time for holding such
caucus Is the result of apprehension that
n rumpus may be made III the family by
the certain inability of the Speaker TO sat
isfy all his party colleagues. The machine
Democrats DO not make any attempt ia
deny that the reason for holding the eau
Gus almost n week ahead OF the usual time
is simply 10 avert any possibility of organ
lied opposition to Mr.. Murphy. So It Is
thought TO have been agreed between the