The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-09
MIrRPHY,S PLATFORM.

Mr.. Murphy, the imperturDaDle
statesman of Tammany Hall, has
drafted a platform for the national
Democratic party. Why not? thinks
Murphy. And the observation finds
echo somewhere among the specta-
tors that crowd the galleries of the
Denver auditorium. Hasn't Mr.. Muir
phys organization piloted Democracy
triumphant through many hard
fought contest? And haven't his
political methods recently been vindi-
Gated by the highest courts of law?
And hasn't his own personal WORTH
ness to sit in the councils Of Democ-
racy been negatively established by
|Mr. Bryan's attitude of not reproach-
ing, but rather approaching him,
since Mr.. Bryan has not hesitated to
speak out against such undesirables
as Roger Sullivan, OF Illinois. and
Colonel Guffey, of Pennsylvania?
Moreover. who better than Mr.. Muir
ply should know what sort OF plat
form would attract the masses to
Democracy's standard? Certainly not
the FAR south, where they never en-
joyed the advantage OF necessity; GER
tainly not the Kentucky aggregation.
once repudiated by their people at
home; certainly not the delegates
from Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois and Nebraska. whose people
are predominantly Republican.
Mr.. Murphy is not OF an excitable
temperament. He arrived in Denver
with his ~ delegates. all bound to do
one thing. Like aliens in America
they sit there unmoved by the clamor
and excitement of presidential NOM
nation.
Mr.. Murphy was approached by
both sides. The antiBryan faction
proved to him that with his ~ votes
they could prevent Bryan's nomina-
ton, and they wildly indicated to
him the national prominence into
which he would spring by defeating
the peerless One" on the very eve
of his apparently inevitable triumph
Bryan's ENJOYS offered Tammany the
second prize for its votes. Mr. Muir
ply remained outwardly calm, and
Iinwardly as persistent as when he ar
rived. He inquired who controlled
the national committee and the COM
mittee on credentials. He was told
Bryan did. Then New York was an
nounced for Bryan and Pat McCar-
rem, of Brooklyn. was ANONYMOUSLY
thrown out of the national conven-
ton, Just as he was thrown out OF
the New York state convention.
That is the consummation fol
which Murphy and his 70 braves
Travelled to Denver in their private
train. But when Mr.. Murphy. sue
cessor to the Grand Old Man
of Tammany Hall. found wha
national figure he had become and
interpreted by his own method Of
reasoning this eager obedience OF hi
slightest word. he conceived the no
unnatural notion that the delegateI
PROBABLY would wish him to draft
platform along the lines most pleas
ling to Tammany Hall. y was M
presumption on Mr.. Murphy's part tt
Anticipate this request, and the char
acter of the instrument he promul
gated marks Mr.. Murphy as a diplo
mat and man of advanced IDEAS
lMr. Murphy manifestly is actuated b.
desire to bring peace and harmon!
between capital and labor land so
ne has hit upon the simple plan o
giving everything they desire Il
those representatives of capital an'
labor, who demand recognition from
political organizations. Commercial
Interests that don't interfere in poll
ltics are never considered in tn
school of political economy in whicl
Mr.. Murphy was trained. observe
how he out-Gompers Gompers in hi
prohibition of the injunction, ant
how complacently he ignores suci
things as federal control Of inter
state commerce and common carriers
which might offend those who furnisl
Tammany with its sinews of war.
i Il may not be much of a platform
for a presidential candidate before
the people of the west; but Murphy
is not bothering his head about tn
presidency. He has his eye on tn
next municipal election and he know
what will please the "B'yes" on TIL
East Side. and draw campaign con
tributions from the metropolitan cor
porations. And. after all. Murphy 4
justified in subordinating the presi
dency to local needs. He stand
some show of electing the board o
aldermen in Create rNew York.