Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-08-22
intellectually Sterile, Socially
Vulgar and Morally 0btuSe'
Is SCaIding Characterization
by Jerome.
NOT SURPRISED AT
STAND OF Mr.. MURPHY
Declares He Will Fight to Drive
Out of Democratic Party.
'BaSe Bosses Who Insult.
Decent People of State" T."

New York, Aug. 21.-Charles f.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, to-
day said he had not observed any sen-
timent in Tammany for the nominal
tion of District Attorney william Ira
vers Jerome for governor by the DEM
ocratic state convention, but thee
was, he said plenty of sentiment fJr
w. II. Hearst, Mr.. Murphy declared
that he was not committed to any
candidate, but it was the rule Of
Tammany to be guided by the sen.i-
ment of the organization. and he
would be guided by it at the state
convention. Mr.. Murphy said the
Tammany delegation to the conven-
ton would be bound by the unit ru q
District Attorney Jerome tonight
gave out the following statement:
1T is no surprise to me to fad
Murphy practically declaring for
Hearst. The only reason for my talk
ing an active part in politics this wear
is to carry on the fight of last year,
which was fight to free the people
and parties from the domination of
Just such political panhandlers.
Birds Of a feather flock together"
and when person intellectually ster-
lie, socially vulgar and morally OBJ
tuse' insults the decent people of the
state, irrespective of party, by seek
ing the nomination of a political
party by advancing dollars and not
ideas, and by methods akin to those
Of the backmailer, no thinking man
could doubt where Murphy could be
found
II should fear / had lost all my
ideals if | found men of this tyne
supporting me, except under absolute
com9ulson.
IF ever come to have any innu-
ence in the democratic party 1t will
De used to drive out of it base bosses
of this type.
Both the democratic and repub!l-
can parties have long enough been
disgraced and dominated by men of
TINS type, controlling party organizd-
tion.
Party organization was created or
iginally to render effective the will Of
the people
The servant has become the mas
ter, and the executive machinery.
controlled by small groups of selfish
ana unusually corrupt men, has beea
USED TO deprive the people of the par
ties of their political freedom.
The fight is not to destroy par
ties. Parties are essential to the pro-
per working of our political institd-
tons. The fight is to free the parties
from just such men as Murphy; TO
deprive them Of their control of thor
executive machinery; to restore to IT
the discharge Of the functions for
which I,n
preston of the will of the people who
compose the party When this is done
we shall have leaders and not bosses.
We shall then have conventions of
real delegates seeking to determine
whom the people want placed in nom-
| nation"
We shall have candidates and pub
| lie Officers In whose choice the pee-
| pies voice has been potent and who
VIII feel that their responsibility Is 10
| the people and not to some political
boss who created them"
Murphy Is Mum.
Murphy Is keeping his own counsel.
one of his friends, in talking with a
reporter, said:
Murphy Is for Hearst not because
he likes Hearst, but because the DEM
ocratic masses have gone crazy on the
| radical Issues raised by Hearst and
Murphy has got to fall in line in or
der to hold his organization together.
| He viii swallow the Hearst state
ticket whole, no matter what sort of
ticket 1t is, and the strong probable
ity is that the state convention will be
captured absolutely by Hearst. That
| Is what Murphy wants. as it will en-
able the regular democratic organ-
zation. whose emblem is the star, to
appropriate all the credit for the DEM
ocratic vote. Hearst will run a coll
umn of his own. but as the Hearst
ticket and the regular democratic
state ticket will be nearly alike, the
ticket headed by the star will get the
| bulk of the democratic votes. II
| Hearst should be elected governor
Murphy believes that 1t will be the
end of him, and that the Hearst ma
chine will then disintegrate and Tam
many will retain control of the elec-
tion machinery In this county. Muir
ply can name his own men for local
candidates, taking chance on the
ticket made up by the regulars being
as popular with the Tammany masses
as the one nominated by the Hearst
men. He will get the Hearst men to
20 into n deal, If he can. and IL he
cannot accomplishe that he will sur
render to Hearst. He has got to save
election machinery out of the wreck,
and he cannot do 1t unless the regular
democratic ticket receives more votes
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