The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
MURPHY TORETIRE
Republican State Chairman
Desires to Give the Reins
to Someone Else.
MAY RUN FOR GOVERNOR
His Withdrawal Is Construed
to Mean His Candi-
dacy.
Especial to .'rhe Jersey city News.''l

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! That is the Interpretation Of remark
Mr.. Murphy made at the State Republi-
can headquarters, in Walnut street, Tues
day night. To a knot Of friends he had
said
This is my last battle. I have been
through five campaigns, and it is time
should make way for an ADLER and a bet
ter man."
! Those of the assemblage who heard this
We're Immediately all attention The
prospective withdrawal of the chairman
of the State Committee, announced by
himself, was piece of news of much i'm
portance. When the speculation it gave
rise to had been sufficiently sifted it was
the consensus of opinion that the real
| significance of the remark was that Mr.
Murphy would be the next Republican
nominee for the Governorship.
| Before Mr.. Murphy could be asked about
the matter he was on his way to the Ma
York City. With him were his son, Frank
lin Murphy, Jr., Governor Voorhees,, Rep
resentative Fowler of the Eighth Con-
gressional district, and Eugene Wander
pool.
Mr.. Murphy said yesterday he waS
much pleased with the results of the cleo
tion, and, when asked If he would re-
main chairman of the State Committee
| he reiterated the statement of Tuesday
night to the effect that he had served
| his last term in that position. Mr.. Muir
| ply said:-
II desired to retire two years ago and
| only retained the craftsmanship at the
unanimous request of the State conven-
/
and which, learning of my desire to re-
| tire, took the somewhat unusual course
| of requesting me to continue by resolu-
! ton unanimously adopted. That request
| representing the party from all sections
| of the State, was one that could not be
| declined In the natural course of things
| a new chairman of the State Committee
! will be chosen next fall, and I have no
| doubt that the party will then yield to
my desire to retire, which I made known
| two years ago.
Il have served the party as chairman
of its State Committee through five cam
| paigns and have seen the State change
| its political complexion from Demo-
cratic to Republican State, for think
now the normal Republican majority in
the State of New Jersey on party ques-
tions would be from 10000 to 10000. I have
every reason to be satisfied with the re-
suits that has been obtained during my
craftsmanship, which have only been made
possible because of the cordial and un-
failing support have received, not alone
from my associates on the State Commit
tee, but from the members of the various
County Committees throughout the State
! of pryia 10
chairman.
! Next referring to the election Mr.. Muir
ply continued:-"I regard the result in
| New Jersey yesterday as an expression,
not alone of the Republican party, but
of the independent vote as well as of
| that large class, which, perhaps, may be
| described as Mckinley Democrats. who
| dislike Bryan and all that he represents
as cordially as the Republicans. The
| vote is really an expression of the sentf-
| ment of the people of the State, regard
/ less of party, who believe in honest gov
| ernment. AS for Mr.. Bryan, regard
| him as one of the most dangerous men
| that have appeared in the politics of the
nation in my time-perhaps the most dan
| gerous.
HE is, I hope, politically dead; but he
has sown the seeds of discomfort which
will bear evil fruit for many years to
| come 1t is impossible to measure the
| extent of that mans influence for evil in
this country He may have been honest
when he started. but he developed into
the worst kind of demagogue. and ap-
pealed to the worst passions of men for
| his support. The best thing that hap
pened yesterday was the reelection of
President Mckinley. The next best thing
was the closing forever, as hope. of the
political career of the Nebraskan hypo-
| crite'
In the assemblage at Republican Head
quarters Tuesday night, were Eugene
| vanderpool and General Plume, Gold
Democrats; WiIberforce Freeman, of
Orange, one of the Republican Presiden-
tial electors; Sheriff Virtue, Colonel Hine,
| William Riker. Jr.. Treasurer of the Re
publican State Committee; David c. Dodd
Benjamin f. Jones, Speaker of the
House; Adrian Riker, Joseph M. Riker,
Horace AEing former Senator Ketcham,
| Wilbur A. Mott and County Counsel
Mum and Louis Lippman. The two last
named made all the estimates. Secretary
John S. Gibson read the bulletins.
| Early in the evening when a particular
| ly favorable bulletin showing Mckinley
gains in the borough of Brooklyn was
read Chairman Murphy said:
UNLESS all signs fail this sounds the
death knell of Richard Croker In New
York"
1t was nearly o'clock before report
| from any district in Newark was received
at the State headquarters. This led
Chaidman Murphy TO make a favorable
comment on the value of sunset ballot
law for New Jersey.
.If New York State is carried by Nc
Kinley," he said early in the evening,
at is an evidence that the same senti-
ment prevails all over the country and
that means McKinaey's election
Mr.. Murphy's auditors u moment later
vigorously applauded the reading of a
bulletin setting forth that Maryland had
gone Republican by 5000.
The silent vote OF the people has been
with u.s." was the sole comment OF Chair
man Murphy at the State Committees $
headquarters last night. when asked TO
explain the Republican Victory.
1T means tho desire OF the people for
good government" observed Governor
| VOORHEES,. who. with Representative E'ow-
ller of the Eighth Congressional District,
arrived 1t the committee headquarters
from Mli1aheth soon after . e'eleek.