Evening star., 1899-02-11
NO CROKER MURPHY FEUD
Of Course They Differed About Ratifying
the Treaty.
Croker Did Not "Have Fine
Old Circus" With
Murphy.
From the New York Sun

| cal sharp OF the Chicago Tribune IS a dI-
| rect descendant of the Hon. Tom OF Ohio.
| who said many years ago: IF I were a
| Mexican as / am an American, / would wei
come you with bloody hands to hospitabla
graves" They speak of the Hon. John in
| Albany. Chicago Washington, Buffalo. De-
| troit, Atlanta. St. Louis, New Orleans and
elsewhere as "Majah Corwin," and he is
! now wrestling with that intrepid and highly
| honorable body known as the Illinois legie-
! lature at Springfield. He has always been
known, like the late Hon. Tom. as a peace
maker-with an AK. All this is a short
preface TO the explanation of an article
which was apparently sent from Washing
ton on THURSDAY: and which was printed
| in the New York Herald yesterday with the
| following staiwart headlines:
CRoKER'S HEATED TALK TO MURPHY
Accused the Senator OF Misreprcsenting
| His State in Refusing TO Vote
for the Treaty.
HANDICAPPE HIS PARTY
| Troy Leader Took Refuge Behind Bryan
| and Defied the Leader of Tammany.
HE DEFENDED FREE sILvE
The Herald article goes on to say that
! when Richard Croker was in Washington
! recently as the guest Of the Gridron Club
/ he took occasion to visit Senator Edward
| Murphy, jr., of Troy at his home in Wash
ington and to heap reproach on Murphy
| because of Senator Murphy's attitude in
opposition of the ratification of the Paris
treaty" The article says that MIR. Croker
/ had a fine old circus with Mr.. Murphy, and
| that there has been a devil OF time gen
orally.
| "Majah" Corwin to some extent must be
| held responsible for the awful state Of dis
! cord which the Herald says exists between
Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Murphy. 'Ma3ah" Cor
| win is an old friend of Mr.. Croker. and he
is very fond of Senator Murphy. He is
| ten-year member of the Gridiron Club OF
| Washington. He was to receive his de-
| gree as a ten-year member at the annual
| dinner of the club, which was eaten at the
! Arlington Hotel on January N. Mr.. Cor
| win invited Mr.. Croker, Nathan Straus.
/ Smiling John Kelly and DIR. Cosby OF
| the heath board of New York city a per
sonaI friend of Senator Murphy. to be his
| guests at the dinner and see the aforesaid
MIR. Corwin invested with the ribbon and
medal which accompanies a ten-year SER
| vice in the Gridron Club.
| The Hon. Mr.. Corwin arrived in Washing
| ton from Chicago on Saturday afternoon.
| January 2S, two hours before the tram
which brought Mr.. Croker and the other
| guests of Mr.. Corwin from New York.
| All stopped at the Arlington Hotel in Wash
| ington. 1t is not permissible for members
| or guests of the Gridiron Club to tell in
| print what occurs at the dinners at that
| famous club, but concerning the affairs of
| this club, as well the affairs of the Sem
| ate IN executive session, there are always
| leaks. and II may be said that Mr. Croker
| and MIR. Corwin sat alongside of Senator
Hanna and were not far from Senator
German, Senator Foraker and other nota-
| bic people. To obtain a ten-year medal in
| the Gridiron Club it is necessary to achieve
| something great, and one of the democratic
| aspirants for the honor was put through
| catechism. Part of it was:
| Q.-Who was the father of his country?
/ A.-ThOmas Jefferson.
Q.IWho is the greatest democrat on
! earth? A.-Richard Croker.
1 Inc ,pHD diners a the IA blp IL
pleased, and Mr.. Croker grnned. The Hon.
| "MaJah" Corwin was happy. The dinner
6roke UP sharp at Il O'Clock, and Mr..
| Croker and Mr.. Corwin and all the others
| went promptly to he'd. All hands turned
out early at o'clock the next morning
| SUNDAY, January -, and the first man that
the New Workers met at the desk of the
| Arlington Hotel was the Hon Arthur Pue
German. senior senator from The state of
| Maryland. He called to greet Mr.. Croker
| and Mr.. Straus and DIR. Cosby and ia take
| a wa K, and then they all went around 10
| Senator Murphy's house for lunch. All the
| New Workers were bound back for New
| York on the Congressional Limited, which
| LETT the pennsylvania station At O'Clock.
4 AT $3.50 Senator Murphy, Mr.. Croker, SEN
| ator German DR.. Cosby, Representative
| George b. Mcclellan and ''Majah'' Corwln
returned from Senator Murphy's house and
were clIst cred in the parlor of the Airing
| ton Hotel. "Maiah" Corwin was coming
| on to New York with Mr.. Croker and his
| friends, and Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. German
| had come down from Senator Murphy's
| house to the hote. for the purpose Of seeing
| the party off. In front of the Arlington
Hotel they shook hands and the returning
party jumped into cabs and omnibuses in
| order to get the train.
| The Herald says that Croker did not
mince words with Murphy. and that Muir
ply made "a heated argument in reply"
| but the Tammany chief was merciless in
| his attack Ton Mr.. Murphy. In that case
| ii was said yesterday here I'm New York,
| ''Majah" Corwin had better come on from
al
| difference between Mr. Croker and Mr..
Murphy; bit before doing SO he may pos
sibly read what Mr.. Croker said yesterday
| concerning the Herald article:
| Wasn't that fine story in the Herald?"
Queried Mr.. Croker, about n quarrel be-
| tween Mr.. Murphy and myself? / am not
newspaper man, but could have done bet
| ter than that myself. The newspaper man
| who wrote that story was an expansonist
| in the truest sense of the term. Well. you
know the facts. We all went around and
| had dinner with Senator Murphy. OF course
We talked about the proposed action of the
| United States Senate on the Paris treaty.
/ and of course we differed, but we differed
| like old friends. | believe that everywhere
| the American flag is seen it gives encour-
agement and heart to every American. So
| do some of our democratic friends who do
| not speak openly about matters of this
| character. i would not say word which
! could be construed by the most tboughtless
| person into criticism of MIR. German or MIR.
| Murphy. They are my personal friends,
| and the Herald fellow does not seem TO
understand that men of the same party
| may differ as to policy and yet remain So
| cial and personal friends. If Senator Muir
| ply was the rankest silver man and the
rankest anti-eXpansIonist ] would remain
his personal friend and his personal friend
forever. Why didn't the Herald tell OF
row between German and myself? German
was there. Why not include German in the
alleged row? Why not tell the whole facts?
No, no, my boy. ii is all stnff and nonsense.
That's good Ameri, an phrase, isn't it? /
am going to Europe IN April. But what
have said about expansion and the ratifica-
ton of the treaty has been an expression of
my own personal and honest opinion. L
would not utter a word which might be
| construed as a criticism on Mr.. Murphy or
Mr.. Gorman- We differ on this matter but
we differ like old friends-like old friends
who sit around board and talk il out and
have a cigar at :he end and say: Good
night and God bless your"
Meantime "Majah" Corwin may perhaps
come or from Springfield and play the
peace act with an AK with the Herald man,
who has attempted to make it unpleasant
for his chief guest at the Gridiron Club