The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
MURPHY ON THE ISSUES
Meeting of the Virginia Demo
cratic Association.
The Former Commissioners of PEN
sions Dcnounccs the ImPerinlistfc
Holds That WorlSingmcn HIVE Am
billions Above the Full Dinner Pail.

The Virginia Democratic Association
held rousing meeting last night in Har-
per's Hall About three hundred enthusi-
astic Democrats were present Twenty
FIVE new members were added to the roll
Robert n. Harper, President of the assc-
citation. presided. The speaker of the
evening was Hon. Dominick l. Murphy.
formerly Commissioner of Pensions. He
delivered an address that spanked with
telling truths against the imperialist
policy of the Administration. He spoke
for nearly an hour and during that time
was frequently interrupted with outbursts
of applause, and once or twice, at the
mention of Bryans name, the audience
fairly howled themselves hoarse.
Mr. Murphy commenced by saying that
the Republican managers in the present
campaign seemed to rely upon two factors
to give them four years more of power.
The first and foremost in their calcula-
tions. but for obvious reasons not loudly
proclaimed, was the enormous campaign
contributions exacted from the trusts and
the beneficiaries of Republican rule. The
other" said the speaker, lis the full din
ner pail of the workingman, which these
gentlemen widely herald as the choicest
| fruit of Mckinley prosperity AS to the
| first factor it was stated in the Republic
can press that Mr.. Hanna had confer
ence with the representatives or the
moneyed interests of the city of Philadel-
phia. and had made a levy upon them of
$eG0,000 day or SO afterward it was
announced that Mr. Hanna had been to
New York on q similar fat frying eXpe
dition. and we may judge that he Was sue
cessful, for he came from the conference
so it was said-wearing an expansive
smile and announcing his satisfaction
with the result. We have the same story
from other commercial and manufacture
ing centres. and it is fair TO assume that
the corruption fund has already reached
huge proportions.
''The very existence of such vast
fund" continued the speaker, ''in the
hands Of unscrupulous manipulatoTs, is
menace to the purity of an election. 1t
means a great deal more than paying the
legitimate expenses of a campaign; it
means the purchase of the venal and
infamous voter; it means determination
to carry the election by means both dis
honest and Illegal
Mr. Murphy briefly sketched TIE work
Of Jay Hubbell the Chairman of the Con-
gressional Committee in the Presidential
contest of 1850, when the Government en-
ployes were assessed a certain per cent
of their salaries TO pay the expenses Of
the campaign which resulted in the cleo
ton of GARFIELD. Hubbell boosted that he
secured from the Government clerks and
other employees $40. 000.-"And at the close
of III afeyr,
the chairman of the Republican com
mittee in a burst OF confidence stated that
the State of Indiana had been carried by
the use of crisp 81 bills. And in a later
campaign the voters of that same State
were corralled in blocks of five by order
of the Republican managers"
Commenting on Hanna, Mr.. Murphy said
there was nothing of the hypocrite about
the Republican boss. You never hear
him." said he. ''prating Of his reliance on
Divine Providence to carry his party
through an election. He is the type of
the buccaneer and, the freebooter in poll
tics He bluntly puts it that money is the
essential thing. In this campaign let US
hope and pray that Mr.. Hanna and his
fellow manipulators all spend their money
in vain but let us do more than hope and
pray; let US work from this time on until
the polls are closed on election day, for
you know that heaven helps those who
help themselves.
Mr. Murphy paid his respects to the Re-
publican argument of the full dinner pail
and said the workingman had ideas above
a full stomach. The workingman, he said,
had hopes and aspirations. but according
to the Republicans the full dinner pail
YVES the acme OF the workingman's life.
The question for the workingnan to con-
slider was, Does he enjoy fair share OF
the proceeds of his labor? Under present
conditions, Mr.. Murphy said, he does not.
Referring to the Mckinley prosperity,
Mr.. Murphy quoted from the report of r.
G. Dun & Co. TO show that the failures in
business for the first six months of
this year were nearly double those of
the corresponding period OF last year. But
among the failures, he said, not trust
was to be found.
He denounced the Philippine policy of
the Administration in no uncertain Ian
guage. The Republicans, he said. want us
20 become a world power. Well" he add
ed. I'VE became a world power over a hum
dred years ago when we issued the Decla-
ration Of Independence, and as long as we
uphold that declaration and stick by tie
Constitution we will continue to be
world power. The American people will
never consent to policy that makes the
gatling gun and not the schoolhouse the
means Of enlightenment"
Hon. Charles H. Turner, formerly a Re-
publican from New York. was introduced
by President Harper. The United States
he said. would cease TO be world power
when it attempted TO govern people with
out representation. The Republican party,
he said, once condemned slavery, but now
it had made a covenant for slavery and
polygamy with the Sultan Of Sulu. who was
under the jurisdiction OF the United States.
Representative Jones of Virginia, was
called on for speech. bit declined, saying
that two such able talks he had listened
TO were enough for one evening