The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-26

aud all around good fellow generally, was
in Houston yesterday, guest at the Law
lor. Mr.. Murphy was at one time demo-
cratic nominee for congress from Illinois
and for several years acted as private
secretary to Richard Mansfield. He has
exploited the tenets OF Simon pure de-
mocracy before labor meetings In Chica-
so and has interviewed Russian admirals
! in New York. In fact. there are not many
things he has not done. Just at present he
is in advance OF firm OF well known
comedians. but he has nevey lost his love
for democratic beliefs and principles, and
he is always doing all he can to further
the interest of the is to /. anti-imperial.
ism. antitrust, Jeffersonian brand OF
democracy,
THE real peril of democracy today"
said Mr.. Murphy to representative OF
The Post yesterday. lis not the organized
opposition of the republican party. The
friends Of the people must glance be.
hind. The real danger is in the rear The
traitors within our own camp intend next
year to insert their poinards in our backs.
l refer to the creatures-the lackeys who
wear the livery of vested wrong and mask
under the gulse of party regularity. Since
1896 they have been silently and cease
lessly working by means of money and
local patronage to seize control OF the ma
chinery Of the middle and doubtful States,
so as TO control the delegations to the
next National convention In 1000. Ihey
profess undying allegiance to Bryan, bur
they protest too much. They use Ills name
as talsmaa to win the support OF the
rank ana file. There's German, in Mary
land, there's Croker, In New York, ana
there's that little political insect in Chi
cago, Carter Harrison; yes, and | doubt
even Goebel. backed by Watterson IN
kentucky-all silver-plated goldbricbs
who will holler' for any old Issue so long
as it isn't 16 to /. Mark me, they will
TORN combination against Bryan next
year. and that brilliant leader will some
day perhaps have occasion TO eXcaim,
like imperial Caesar, Eft tn Brute?' as
he is being politically assassinated by
these hungry Cassiuses who cover Their
infamy beneath the togas of Jefferson"
DO you believe. MIR, Murphy, that bi
metallism at 16 to will be the paramount
issue next year?"
ITO use pugllistlc expression, 16 to 1
is the solar pleXus Of the money question.
We must have an arbitrary ratio. The
question is simply a matter of morals.
Let the debtor pay the creditor on the
borrowed. In the coming session Of con-
gress the republicans will attempt to
crystaiize into law the gold standard poll
icy of the different National executives in
recent years. They will attempt TO retire Z
and cancel the greenback. increase our
bonded debt and turn over to private
banking corporations the sovereign tunc-
ton of government; the issuance OF money. Z
Then these same corporations can COM (
bne, conspire. contract and expand the
money volume and send prices up and
down, bull and bear the market and rob
the productive masses at their pleasure
The fight in congress over this PROPOSE
ton will force the money question to tho
front next year"
What about trusts?' was asked.
THE trust is logical. 1t is simply at
evidence of industrial evoution-a higher
form Of Industrial organizaton-an eco
nomic Improvement on old methods. 1t
or absorbed. Governmental ownership
consider the true solution"
But that is socialism,
Terms don't brighten me-" said Mt.
Murphy IF we are going to have social
ism, let's have democratic socialism. The
present trust tendency is simply pluto
cratic sociallsm-inverted socialism. The
captains of industry are simply applying
the theories of the dreamer to their busi-
ness and they are succeeding. Mankind
is being disinherited. We must reverse
the condition and have the government
own the trusts or the trusts will own
the government"
What is your opinion OF imperialism
or expansion, so-called?"
II hate to tell you. It's question OF
whether right is right or might is right.
I'm an Irishman by birth, and If ] admit
the right OF the strong to rule the weak
in contradiction to all principles of JUS
7 IL rsrrl,tI
of England to govern my people by sheer
force of numbers, and that's something
III never admit. ! hope to God that tho
Beers will trash England, and that the
hungry powers of Europe VII start in 10 !
slice up her empire--then perhaps my s
poor people at home may come into their S
own and the genius of democracy viii rise /
from the ashes of monarchy and spread {
its wings like sheltering aegis over the
world. McKinley's Philippine policy is ,
damnable. II he came out squarely for T
I'd admire him, but his hypu !
critical cant about destiny duty and =
Christianizing influences is a blaspbemy. :
He's tTy;1g 10 make the Almighty part. :
ner to his crime and Is enshrining Mark 9
Hanna the high priest OF his creed Sons :
lay the American people vii have the .
scales struck from their eyes and then ,
look out for political holocaust.
Texas is verltable empire within IT.. !;
ei'' SHiu MI murphy uuIlHH ulSClS- |
sion e. other subjects. and predict that
he State will make wonderful progress
within the next few years. This is my s
irst visit to Houston and must say
I'm highly pleased with the progressively
spirit in evidence everywhere
Mr. Murphy left last night for Nav Or +
cans TIL. organization he represents h
Matthews a. B-tger in rThe Sad Sec I
Waves'--will be seen here next week. Il
y |
Verify" said an out-of-town news \
aPer man to representative of The : :
lost yesterday. Grey was right when he r.
'rote that the paths of glary lead but
o the grave Sometimes they don't g
ven lead that far. As an instance Of this D
act / might cite an item ! noticed in a
Galveston paper today in which 1t wac
ravely asserted that Thanksgiving week Z
III open with Darkest Russia Sgnday.
his is a fiery melodrama as are all OF !,
lincoln J. Carriers productions. Shades
I Williem Shakespeare and Francis Ba- "
on .sre is another problem which Mr.. nj
snatiis Donnelly may possibly be able TO Il
olive by the use of his famous cipher, 4 et
'ould really be interestn. to learn that Il
lr. Carter wrote darkest Russia' and a