The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-03-07
THE TROY ELF
Majority Report OF - tie
Investigating G. roe
Scores MI
Ro7TENNEss PAST ! !, BELIEF
They Say Was Shown by Tes-
timony-Repeaters and
Their Protectors.

ALBANY, N. Y, March THE report
OF the majority of the special senate
committee to investigate the Troy cleo
lions is a'bitter attack on United States
Senator Murphy. After alleging that
repeating, riot, assault and even murder
have been committed, it says:
cit is the exemplified work of des-
perate and hitherto resistless political
machine, SO adjusted, organized and
run as to enable individuals in the name
OF the Democratic party and in defiance
OF law, to overthrow government and
thwart the rights of suffrage. This
machine is an organization composed Of
professional politicians, having recog-
nized, acknowledged and responsible
head, and operates through Democratic
election officers and other outlaws sup
ported by a police force and a police de-
partment obedient to it's obligation.
This organization known as the Muir
ply Machine approves, rewards and
protects it's tools and thus perpetuates
its power.
The Process Known as Repeating
is"accomplished by persons not entitled
to vote, going through the city singly
or in bands, voting in the various dis
tricts on the names of legally registered
voters. A sergeant of police, an ex-presi-
dent Of the common council, member
OF the detective force are samples Of the
official positions held by those who es-
corted and guarded those criminals in
the commission of their crimes. In rare
instances, those aiding the reporters
claimed to be Republicans, but they are
known as Murphy Republicans, a
class as much distrusted in Troy as the
Murphy Democrats themselves. They
are on theboard of police commissioners,
OH the police force and in other stations,
and abject submission to Murphy is the
apparent price of their appointment.
Their chief value lies in their pretended
utilization with the Republican party,
for Democrats can be found in abund-
ance to commit crimes; the need is to
find men who will do vile service and at
the same time, by protesting ReDubt-
canism, place part Of the odiuyn unon
the Republican party.
Say 1t Is Beyond Belief.
Under this machine system SO de-
graded and rotten has been created and
fOstered that no person who has hot
actually heard the testimony could be-
ieve that a condition so appalling and
corrupt could exist in civilized ard de-
cent community. The Republican
party is in no way responsible for this
condition, but some individual members
of that party are responsible. Year
after year Murphyism has gained
strength. One Republican has surren-
dered himself for Office; another for
business advantage, another through
fear or cajolery, until scores of prO'ni-
nent Republicans who were willing to
trade their political principles for per
sonal advantage are now serving as
Murphy Republicans.
1.-THE conclusion of your committee is
that City of Troy election crimes are due
to the utter disregard of the law by the
leaders of the Democratic party: to "a
dishonest and incompetent police force,
and the subserviency of many socalled
Republicans to atrocious service Of the
Murphy machine