The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-02
THE TEMPERANCE
PEOPLE DIFFER

els Murphy, Helen NJ. Cougar don't need
to sign the pledge He dropped my
hand instantly and was much taken
aback. 1 then said to him, Mr.. Muir
ply, you tell me how you voted today,
and then I'll talk to you about signing
the pledge! He turned and went back
to the pulpit without a word. He tried
to gather himself together but could not,
and he dismissed the meeting as quickly
as he could. Why, at one meeting, in
the presence of 5000 people l heard him
denounced as a murderer, although the
gentleman simply did it to make point.
II was to be a debate on the temper
ance question, and because 1 was a
woman / was not allowed to debate, but
l was to speak afterward. Well, one of
these debaters, who knew that Mr.. Muir
ply was in the audience, and who had
often heard him say that legislation
never did any man good, started out
with the statement that legislation had
done Mr.. Murphy himself good.
He said that 1T had saved him from
the penitentiary for committing murder.
When he said this Mr.. Murphy jumped
up and pointed his finger at the speaker
and said, You lie!
The whole country was alive with
temperance excitement and you can
imagine the stir this created. 1t never
was very dignified. Said he, Keep your
stand, Mr.. Murphy, 1 want to ask you
a few questions. You have called me a
liar before this audience and 1 propose
to prove that l am not. l will prove my
statement. Francis Murphy, did you or
did you not commit murder in the State
of Manner
MIR. Murphy said he wanted to ex-
plain first, and began to talk, but the
speaker asked him to say yes or no.
and Mr.. Murphy replied / regret to say
that my cups brought me to do that
Then the speaker said, Weren't you
tried and convicted of murder in the
State of Maine, and weren't yoa saved
from life sentence in the pententiary
by promising the court that you would
put the prohibition laws in force around
your mouth? Francis Murphy tried to
explain but was not allowed to and
finally had to say yes That completely
killed his influence in that whole coun-
try.
ITO prove that Francis Murphy is a
hireling and working for money I will
relate little incident. AT one time he
made a speech in the city of Cincinnati
and he was advertising Keely cure
company. He had the advertisements
printed on paper with his personal rec-.
ommendation, and these he scattered
hail. Then he made his speech, ringing
in the name of the Kelley cure as often
as he could, and telling his old beef
steak story-which l presume he used
here, as it is one of his stock in trade.
] mean the one about the man that
went one Saturday night into butcher
shop with single dime to buy some
liver and bacon, and saw another man
buying porterhouse steak. He usually
tells it that the man signed the pledge
and the next Saturday night went back
and with his earnings got a porterhouse
for himself and his family. Well, that
night he changed his beefsteak story,
and said it was the Keeley cure that
the man took. You see he was plainly
in the pay of that company, and I know
that he got a percentage from them
for every man they got for the cure.
These little things show the character
of the man. He is always to be found
on the side where the most money is,
and he is not an honest man. He works