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CHAPTER IV.
Inferno.
The Inexorable voice went on In Ite
monotone, as If he had not spoken.
"And when you are really sick ana
have to stop work what are you going
to do then? Do you know. Mr. Glider,
that the first time a straight girl
steals It's often because she had to
have a doctor?or some luxury like
that? And some of them do worse
than steal. Tea, they do?girls that
started straight and wanted to stay
that way. But, of course, some of
them get so tired of the whole grind
that?that"?
Tm not their guardian. I can't
watch over them after they leave the
store. They are paid the current rate
of wages?as much as any other store
pays." As he spoke the anger pro
voked by this unexpected assault on
him out of the mouth of a convict
flamed high in virtuous repudiation.
"Why," he went on vehemently, "no
man living does more for his employees
than I do. Who gave the girls their
fine rest rooms upstairs? I did! Who
gave them the cheap lunchrooms? I
did!"
"But you won't pay them enough to
live on!"
"I pay them the same as the other
stores do." he repeated sullen.'y.
"But you won't pay them enough to
live on!"
"And so you claim that you were
forced to steal, mat s tne ptea you
make for yourself and your friends."
"I wasn't forced to steal." came the
answer, spoken In the monotone that
had marked her utterance throughout
most of the interview. "I wasn't forced
to steal, and I didn't steal. But, all
the same, that's the plea, as you call
it, that I'm making for the other girls.
"Won't you do something about it?"
There are hundreds of them who steal
because they don't get enough to eat.
I said I would tell you how to stop the
stealing. Well. I have done it. Give
the girls a fair chance to be honest.
You asked me for the names, Mr. Glider.
There's only one name on which
to put the blame for the whole business,
and that name is Edward Gilder!
Now, won't you do something about
itr
At that naked question the owner of
the store Jumped up from his chair
and stood glowering at the girl who
risked a request so full of vituperation
against himself.
"How dare you speak to me like
this?" he thundered.
"Why, I dared," Mary Turner exolained,
"because you have done all
the harm you can to me. And now I'm
trying to give you the chance to do
better by the others. You ask me why
I dare. I have a right to dare. I have
kaati airaio-Vit all mv lifa T hovo u-ont.
ed decent food and warm clothes and
?a little happiness all the time 1 have
worked for you, and I have gone without
those things just to stay straight.
The end of it all is, you are sending
me to prison for something I didn't do.
That's why Ijdare!"
Gilder could not trust himself Just
then to an audible command. He was
seriously disturbed by the gently spoken
truths that had issued from the
girl's lips. He was not prepared with
any answer, though he hotly resented
every word of her accusation.
Cassldy faced about, and in his
movement there was a tug at the wrist
of the girl that set her moving toward
the door. Her realization of what
this meant was shown in htr final
speech.
"Three years isn't forever," she said
in a level voice. "When I come out
you are going to pay for every minutt
of them, Mr. Gilder. There won't be
a day or an hour that I won't rememher
that at the last it was your word
sent me to prison. And you are going
to pay me for that. You are going to
pay me for the five years I have starved
making money for you?that too!
X OU are going 10 pay me iur an ine
things I am losing today, and"?
The gir! thrust forth her left hand,
r on that side where stood the officer.
So vigorous was her movement that
Cassidy's clasp was thrown off the
wrist. But the bond between the two
was not broken, for from wrist to
wrist showed taut the steel chain of
the manacles. The girl shook the links
of the handcuffs in a gesture stronger
than words.
"You are going to pay me for this!"
she said. Her voice was little more
than a whisper, but it was loud in the
listener's heart. "Yes, you are going
to pay?for this!"
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They were grim years, those three
years during which Mary Turner served
her sentence in Burnsing. There
was no time off for good behavior. The
girt learned soon that the favor of
those set in authority over her could
only be won at a cost against which
her every maidenly Instinct revolted.
So she went through the inferno of
days and nights in a dreariness of suffering
that was deadly. Naturally the
life there was altogether an evil thing.
There was the material ill ever present
in the round of wearisome physical
toil?the coarse, distasteful food;
the hard narrow couch; the constant,
gnawing irksomeness of imprisonment,
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away nuui ii|ui auu
all that makes life worth while.
The best evidence of the fact that
Mary Turner's soul was not fatally
oiled must be found in the fact that
still at the expiration of her sentence
she was fully resolved to live straight,
as the saying is which she had quoted
to Glider. This, too, in the face of
sure knowledge as to the difficulties
that would beset the effort and in the
face of the temptations offered to follow
an easier path.
There was, for example, Aggie Lynch
a fellow convict, with whom she had a
slight degree of acquaintance, nothing
more. This young woman, a criminal
by training, offered allurements of illegitimate
employment in the outer
world when they should be free. Mary
endured the companionship with this
prisoner because a sixth sense proclaimed
the fact that here was one unmoral
rather than Immoral, and the
difference is mighty.
For that reason Aggie Lynch was
not actively offensive, as were most of
the others. She was a dainty little
blond, with a baby face. In which were
set two light blue eyes of a sort to
widen often In demure wonder over
most things in a surprising and naughty
world. She has been convicted of
blackmail, and she had made no prepense
even of innocence. Instead, she
was inclined to boast over her ability
to bamboozle men at her will. She
was a natural actress of the ingenue
role, and in that pose she could unfailingly
beguile the heart of the wisest
of worldly men.
She had been reared in a criminal
family which must excuse much. Long
ago she had lost track of her father.
Her mother she had never known. Her
one relation was a brother of high
standing as a pickpocket. One principal
reason of her success In leading on
men to make fools of themselves over
her, to their everlasting regret afterward,
lay in the fact that in spite of
all the gross irregularities of her life
she remained chaste.
The girl saw in Mary Turner the
possibilities of a ladylike personality
that might mean much financial profit
in the devious ways of which she was
a mistress. With the frankness characteristic
of her, she proceedd to paint
glowing pictures of a future shared to
the undoing of ardent and fatuous
swains. Mary Turner listened with
curiosity, but she was in no wise moved
to follow such a life, even though It
did not necessitate anything worse
than a fraudulent playing at love. So,
she steadfastly continued her refusals.
She would live straight.
"You will find that you are up
against an awrui rrost, Aggie would
declare brutally.
Mary found the prophecy true. Back
In New York she experienced a poverty
more ravaging than any she had
known In those five lean years of her
working In the store. She had been
absolutely penniless for two days, and
without food through the gnawing
hours, when she found employment in
a milliner's shop. Followed a blessed
interval in which she worked contentedly.
hannv over the meaeer Rtinend.
since it served to give her shelter and
food honestly earned.
The police informed Mary's employer
concerning her record as a convict
and she was at once discharged. The
unfortunate victim of the law came
perilously close to despair then. Yet,
her spirit triumphed, and again she
persevered in that resolve to live
straight. She found a cheap position
in a cheap shop, only to be again persecuted
bv the nollce. so that she
speedily lost the place.
A third time she obtained work and
there, after a little, she told her employer,
a candy manufacturer in a
small way, the truth as to her having
been in prison. The man had a kindly
heart and he ran little risk, so he
allowed her to remain. When the police
called his attention to the girl's
criminal record he paid no heed to
their advice against retaining her services.
The police brought pressure to
bear on the man. They even called in
the assistance of Edward Gilder himself,
who obligingly wrote a very severe
letter to the girl's employer. In
the end, though unwillingly enough,
he dismissed Mary from his service.
It was then that despair did come
upon the girl. She had tried with all
the strength of her to live straight.
Yet. despite her innocence, the world
would not let her live according to her
own conscience. It demanded that she
be the criminal it had branded her?if
she were to live at all. She still walked
the streets falteringly, seeking some
place, but her heart was gone from
the quest. Came an hour when she
thought of the river and was glad.
So she went through the long
stretch of 111 lighted streets, crossed
some railroad tracks to a pier, over
which she hurried to the far end,
where it projected out to the fiercer
currents of the Hudson. There, without
giving herself a moment's pause
for reflection or hesitation, she leaped
out as far as her strength permitted
into the coil of waters. But in that
final second natural terror in the face
of death overcame the lethargy of
despair?a shriek burst from her lips.
On the side of the pier a man had
just tied up a motorboat. He stood up
In alarm at the cry and waa Just In
time to grain a glimpse of a white face
under the dim moonlight as it swept
down with the tide, two rods beyond
him. He threw off his coat and sprang
far out after the drifting body. He
came to It in a few furious strokes and
caught it. <
Then began the savage struggle to
save her and himself. The currents
tore at him wrathfully, but he fought
against them with all the fierceness of
his nature. What saved the two of
them was the violent temper of the
man. Always It had been the demon
to set him aflame.- His rage mounted
and gave him a new power in the
battle. Under the urge of It he conquered
and at last brought himself and his
charge to the shore.
Mary revived to clear consciousness,
which was at first inclined toward
hysteria, but this phase yielded soon
under the sympathetic ministrations
of the man. His rather low voice was
soothing to her tired soul, and his
whole air was at once masterful and
gently tender. When finally she was
able to stand and to walk with the
support of his arm she went forward
slowly at his side without so much
even as a question of whither.
Joe Oarson had performed, perhaps,
his first action with no thought of self
at the back of it. He had risked his
life to save that of a stranger. The
sensation was at once novel and thrllling.
Since it was so agreeable he
meant to prolong the glow of self satisfaction
by continuing to care for this *
waif of the river.
Joe Qarson, the notorious forger, j
led the dripping girl eastward through
the squalid streets until at last they t
came to an adequately lighted avenue, *
and there a taxicab was found. It car- [
ried them farther north, and to the
east to an apartment house that was ^
rather imposing, set in a street ot *
humbler dwelings. j
Here Garson paid the fare and then
helped the girl to alight and on into J
the hallway. Mary went with him t
quite unafraid, though now with a fi
growing curiosity.
The two entered and went slowly J
up three flights of stairs. On the land- *
lng beyond the third flight the door of
a roar flnt atnnri onen. and in the door- '
way appeared the figure of a woman. |
"Well, Joe, who's the skirt?" this t
person demanded as the man and his t
charge halted before her. Then abrupt- ?
ly, the round, baby-like face of her j
woman puckered In amazement. Her j
voice rose shrill. "Well, If it ain't Mary (
Turner!" ^
"Aggie!" was the reply.
In the time that followed Mary lived
in the flat which Aggie Lynch occu- 1
pied with her brother, Jim, a pick- ^
pocket much esteemed among his fellow
craftsmen. The period wrought
transformations of a radical and be- 1
wildering sort in both the appearance j
and the charcter of the girl.
Joe Oarson, the forger, had long
been acquainted with Aggie and her ^
brother, though he considered them far j
beneath him in the social scale, since
their criminal work was not of that
Kt?Vt Lln/1 a? nrhlnh ho nr aH hlmflp] f
But as he cast about for some woman <]
to whom he might take the hapless
girl he had rescued his thoughts fell
on Aggie. He was relieved rather than j
otherwise to learn that there was already
an acquaintance between the 1
two women, and the fact that his
charge had served time In prison did ?
not influence him one jot against her.
Mary let herself drift. It seemed to *
her that she had abandoned herself to
fate in that hour, when she threw herself
into the river. Afterward, with- I
out any volition on her part, she had .
been restored to life and set within an
environment new and strange to her,
? .? I
in wnicn soon, 10 tier surprise, sue um- covered
a vivid pleasure. So she ^
fought no more, but left destiny to
work its will, unhampered by her futile
strivings.
For the first time In her life, thanks
to the hospitality of Aggie Lynch, secretly
re-enforced from the funds of
Joe Garson, Mary found herself living
tn luxurious idleness, while her every
wish could be gratified bp the merest
mention of It. She was fed on the
daintiest of fare, she was clothed with
the most delicate richness for the first
time as to those more mysterious garments
which women love. In addition,
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mere were as many or uwno anu iu?bazlnes
as she could wish.
Her mind, long: starved like her body
seized avidly on the nourishment thus
afforded. In this Interest Aggie had no
share, was perhaps a little envious over
Mary's absorption in printed pages.
Aggie took a vast pride in her gruest,
L
Mary Wore Fine Clothes.
with the unmistakable air of elegance,
and she dared to dream of great trl
umphs to come, though as yet she
carefully avoided any suggestion to
Mary of wrongdoing.
In the end the suggestion came from
Mary Turner herself, to the great surprise
of Aggie, and, truth to tell, of
herself.
There were two factors that chiefly
Influenced her decision. The first was
due to the feeling that, since the world
had rejected her, she need no longer
concern herself with the world's opinIon
or retain any scruples over It. Back
of this lay her bitter sentiment toward
the man who had been the direct cause
of her imprisonment, Edward Gilder.
The factor that was the immediate
cause of her decision on an irregular
mode of life was an editorial in one
Df the daily newspapers. This was a
scathing arraignment of a master in
high finance. The point of the writer's
attack was the grim sarcasm for
such methods of thievery as are kept
within the law. That phrase held the
girl's fancy, and she read the article
again with a quickened interest. Then
she began to meditate.
It was the law that had worked the
ruin of her life, which she had striven
to make wholesome. In consequence
she felt for the law no genuine respect,
inly detestation as for the epitome of
Injustice. Tet, she gave it a superficial
respect, born of those three years
it suffering which had been the result
>f the penalty Inflicted on her. Now,
n the paragraph she had just read she
found a clew to suggestive thought, a
lint as to a means by which she might
latisfy her rancor against the law that
lad outraged her, and this in safety
ilnce she would attempt nought save
hat within the law.
(To Be Continued).
MARY'S LITTLE LAMB
Jtory of tho Qirl Who Would Wrap
Poor in Tax.
^ews and Courier.
Senator Tillman haa sent the News
ind Courier the full text of the dogferel
which he had read Into the Concessional
Record on Monday. His renarks,
introducing it, were as follows:
In the tariff debate of 1889 Zeb
fance, of North Carolina, read In the
lenate a piece of doggerel entitled, "A
Sir! with One Stocking?A Protective
Pastoral."
("Composed and arranged for the old
ipinning wheel; and, respectfully dedcated
to that devoted friend of proected
machinery and high taxes; the
lenator from Rhode Island.")
It is so appropriate to reproduce it
ust at this time, when we have enact;d
another tariff law, that I ask for its
'epublication.
With free wool, "Mary" will have to
orego the 56 per cent and let her wonen
friends wear stockings on both
egs instead of only one?something
hey have not been able to do in more
han twenty years. I read it years ago,
tnd cllDped it for my scrapbook. 1
lave recently had it looked up in the
Record, and find it appeared January
!1, 1889.
)ur Mary had a little lamb,
And her heart was most intent
ro make its wool beyond its worth
Bring 56 per cent
Jut a pauper girl across the sea
Had one small lamb also,
Vhose wool for less than half that sum
She'd willingly let go.
Another girl who had no sheep,
No stocking?wool nor flax?
Jut money enough Just to buy
A pair without the tax,
Vent to the pauper girl to get
Some wool to shield her feet.
Vnd make her stockings, not of flax
But of wool complete.
iVhen Mary saw the girl's design
She straight began to swear
rhat she'd make her buy both wool
uiiu lux i
Or let one leg go bare.
So she cried out: "Protect Reform!
Let pauper sheep wool free! . <
f It will keep both her legs warm
What wljl encourage me?
So It was done, and people said
Where'er that poor girl went,
)ne leg was warmed with wool and
one
With 56 per cent.
*Jow praise to Mary and her lamb,
Who did the scheme invent,
ro clothe one-half a girl in wool
And one-half in per cent.
U1 honor, too, to Mary's friend,
And all her protective acts,
rhat clothe the rich in wool
And wrap the poor in tax.
The correspondent of the Chicago
lerald of that date, in sending the ac- 1
;ount of It to his paper, commented as
b!lows:
"The reading of this piece of doggerel
was received with shouts of
aughter, even Republican senators i
eaning back in their seats and giving
inrestrained way to their mirth. As
or the people in the galleries, they
icreamea ana yeuea rranucaiiy, ana
vhen Senator Vance sat down they
cept up their uproarious applause un11
the North Carolina orator gravely
nclined his head in acknowledgment."
? Former Senator Nelson W. Aldrich
>f Rhode Island, on last Wednejday
light atacked the Wilson admlnistralon
currency bill now before congress,
vhich he declared embodied the theoies
of William J. Bryan. He denounced
the bill as unsound, Socialistic and
evolutionary, characterizing it as "an
endeavor to secure by partisan legisation
the triumph of the doctrines
end principles which had received the
epeated condemnation of the Ameri:an
people at the polls." He quoted
rom Woodrow Wilson's writings to
naicuie mai me presmeni in nis earler
days, had entertained beliefs conrary
to the provisions of the bill. "If
he house bill should be enacted into a
aw," Mr. Aldrlch asserted, "Mr. Bryan
vill have achieved the purpose for
vhich he has been contending: for a
lecade." Mr. Aldrich's speech was
lelivered at the closing session of the
lational conference on currency reorm
in New York. He made no refrence
to the so-called Aldrich plan
or curency reform. He opposed many
eatures of the Glass-Owen currency
>111, but directed his strongest criticism
at the provision dealing with the
ssue of government notes and provldng
for a central board with suoervlilon
over the system as a whole. Mr.
Aldrich said "extreme pressure" was
>eing brought to bear on congress to
enact the administration bill and the
eason given was that the adoption ot
he bill was necessary to fulfill promses
made by the Democratic party. He
raced the history of the Democratic
>arty's attitude on the subject in earier
years and quoted President Cleveand
as saying that "the people of the
Jnited States are entitled to a sound
ind stable currency." "The theory
hat the United States should issue
currency in the form of its promises to
? X* r A Urlnk "In a Dnr?,
tny, uctiaicu iv&t. n?ui iv.ii, to a x i
llistic doctrine. It had no standing as
i Democratic party principle until the
idvent of Mr. Bryan into the party
platform, In spite of the protests and
igainst the votes of the men who had
)een most prominent in the party
:ouncils, men who advocated loyalty
o the policies and principles to which
he party had adhered throughout Its
;xistence. There has been no suggesion
that an attempt was to be made
o revive the greenback or to adopt in
egislation rejected theories of the
3opulist party. The Democratic canlidate
for the presidency was silent
ipon the subject during the last campaign
and he has not, so far as I am
iware, up to this time publicly expressed
his approval of Mr. Bryan's
deas with reference to note issue. The
arge majority of the American people
vlso favor sound money believed that
he question of further greenback islues
was settled permanently by the
Sections of 1896 and the following
^ears." '
SULZEH STEPS DM
Commission Returned Untarnished
Be Says
SUBIITS IN DIGNIFIED SILENCE
The Trial the Consummation, of a
De*p Laid Conspiracy According to
the Declaration of New York's Impeached
Executive?Will Tall the
People Face to Face the Real Facts
In the Matter.
Albany. N. Y., Oct. 17.?William Sulzer
ceased to be governor of the state
of New York at noon today. He was
removed from office by the high court 1
of impeachment by a vote of 43 to 12, 1
two members not voting. 1
?* Martin H. Glynn, lieutenant governor,
was sworn in as his successor, the
first in the history of the state to step '
into its highest office In this manner.
The verdict of the court was that 1
Sulzer was guilty of falsification, perjury
and an attempt to suppress evidence
against him. Of all other charges 1
hie was acquitted, the court today unan- :
lmously voting him not guilty of the 1
four remaining articles of the Impeachment
Not Disqualified.
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By a virtually unanimous vote also,
the impeachment tribunal decided that (
Sul*er should not be punished by die- (
qualification to hold office of honor and .
trust In this state in the future. This
would have been the extreme penalty <
under the law. ,
The ousted executive was served |
witli a copy of the court's verdict at
the executive mansion?christened by
himself, "The People's House"?a few (
minutes before < q'clock tonight.
Mr. Sulzer, private citizen, will leave ,
the capital probably on Sunday? ,
where he will go he has not disclosed. (
The incoming governor Issued a (
statement in which he said his en- j
deavor would be "to give the people of ,
the state an honest, peaceful, progres- ,
slve and wise conduct of public af- ,
fairs."
The outgoing executive issued a ,
statement in which he denounced tne ,
tribunal which had removed him as ,
"Murphy's high court of infamy."
Countrolled by Murphy.
"Murphy controlled the assembly
and ordered the impeachment," he 1
said. "He controlled most of the mem- <
bcrs of the court and dictated proce- I
dure and wrote the judgment. He was <
the Judge and the Jury; the prosecutor <
and the hallifT." <
"A horse thief In frontier days," he '
s&ld, "would have received a squarer <
deal." 1
He characterized the secret sessions
of the court as "star chamber proceed- '
ings, where the enemies of the state I
coujg work for my conviction undls- <
covered." I
He asserted he had not taken the '
stand in his own defense because he
realized that his story attacking the 1
Tammany leader would be ruled out. <
He entered a general denial of all the (
charges in the impeachment articles.
At today's session of the court, which '
lasted a little more than an hour, most 1
of the members recorded their votes
without explanation. Presiding Judge 1
ir/>*A/l "nnt ontllfv" nn
OUII^U, miu VVtCU IIVIp QUO*/ v.. V.
ery article of impeachment, stuck to 1
his convictions to the last. He asked 1
to be excused from voting on the re- 1
moval or disqualification of the gov- '
ernor, on the vote for disqualification. 1
Dramatic Feature of Day.
Probably the most dramatic feature ,
of the day was the serving of the copy (
of the court's order of removal on the |
ousted governor.
It was a few minutes before 6 o'clock
tonight when Thomas C. Nolan, ser- ]
geant-at-arms of the senate, and Geo.
A. Mustard, process server, arrived at
the executive mansion. They were ad- 1
mltted immediately and escorted to the (
study.
Sulzer and Chester C. Piatt, his sec- (
retary, were seated at a table. Nolan (
handed the document to Sulzer.
He tnnk the miner, erumnled It In J
his hands, paled slightly, threw the
document on the table without reading
It and said:
"Good, I thank you, sergeant."
In the meantime a score of newspaper
men waited on the veranda outBlde.
Nolan passed out and the newspaper
men were admitted. A moment
later Piatt appeared with copies of
Sulzer's statement
"The governor will see you in a minute,"
he said.
Not Nervous Wreck.
Suddenly, from out of a -darkened
room to the right, Sulzer stepped into
the circle. If he is the nervous wreck
that some have reported him to be, he
c
did not show It. He was pale dui
smiling-.
"I have nothing more to say than
my statement contains," he said.
"When are you going away?" ha
was asked.
"I cannot tell that nor where I am
going," he replied. "But I am going 8
to get out of Albany as quickly as I 4
can." r
From authoritative sources It was c
learned that Sulzer Intends to leave *
Albany Sunday, but his destination is
a secret. 8
Says Trial Was a Farce.
Sulzer remained silent regarding the 1
action of the court until late today
when he issued a statement character- r
Izlng his trial as a "farce" and relter- '
atlng his former.denials of the charges c
against him. He said:
"In response to requests from friends c
throughout the state for some expres- 8
slon from me, I can only say at. this '
time that I am glad my trial Is over. '
"By virtue of a power, beyond the 1
present control of our electorate, I now *
hand back to the people the commis- 1
slon they gave me, and I hand It back *
lo them?untarnished and unsullied. v
"My lips have been sealed for weeks. *
during which time I have patiently c
submitted In silence to abuse and vll- *
liflcatlon. However, after stating my
case to my counsel and by their ad- '
vice." on August 11, I made the follow- 1
Ing statement:
" 'I deny that I used contributions 8
for personal use. 1
" 'I deny that I speculated in Wa'l v
street or used money contributed for *
campaign purposes to buy stocks elth- '
er in my own name or otherwise.
" 'I never had an account with Fuller
& Gray or Boyer & Grlswold. I never t
heard of these firms; do not know the
members.
Not 8psculativ* Account.
" 'The stock matter with Harris &
Fuller was not a speculative account
but a loan account made upon stocks
as collateral, which stocks had been
acquired and paid for years before my
nomination for the office of governor
and from other sources than Harris
& Fuller.
" 'Certain checks riven me during
the campaign were deposited to my
personal account, and therefore I paid
the ' amount of said checks to the
campaign committees.
" In filing my statement of receipts
and disbursements I relied upon in*
formation furnished me by the persons
In immediate charge of my campaign;
and I believed the statement furnished
by them to me at the time, to be
accurate and true.'
"No legal evidence was adduced on
the trial which disproved that statement
"On September 14, I gave out fcnother
statement as follows:
"Stories are False."
" The stories that I am going to resign
are false and malicous. The purpose
in circulating them must be evident
to anyone.
"I have said some harsh things
about some of the senators and they
have said some harsh things about me
but this is a trial, not a political fight.
" 1 believe most of them are large
enough and honest enough to rise
above any personal feeling and do me
justice.'
"Those are the only statements or
Interviews I have made or given out
since the assembly, by order of "the
boss," passed the resolution of impeachment
"Of course when I Issued the last
statement I did not think Senators
Wagner, Frawley, Ramsperger, Banner,
Brown, Blauvett and Thompson
would act as my judges, as they were
either interested personally in the outcome
of my trial or had acted as my
prosecutors and condemned me before
trial. The impropriety of these senators
voting for my conviction must be
apparent and vitiates the judgment
because had they refused to vote?as
ei sense of decency should have induced
them to do?I would not have been
convicted on any one of the articles of
Impeachment
Political Conspiracy.
"My trial from beginning to end?so
far as the Tammanylzed part of the
court is concerned?is a farce, a political
lynching, the consummation of a
deep-laid political conspiracy to oust
me from office. I am glad it Is all
over. I am tired of King calumniated,
tired of being hunted and hounded;
tired of trying to do my duty and
being traduced.
"The court ruled in everything
against me and ruled out everything
In my favor. The well settled rules of
evidence were thrown to the winds. A
horse thief in frontier days would have
received a squarer deal.
"Mr. Murphy controlled the assembly
and 'ordered* the Impeachment He
controlled most of the members of the
court and dictated its procedure, and
wrote the Judgment He w^s the
ludge and the Jury, the prosecutor and
the bailiff.
"They called it the high court of impeachment,
but history will call it
Murphy's high court of infamy.' The
trial was a human shambles; a libel
in law; a flagrant abuse of constitutional
rights; a disgrace to our clvils&tion;
and the verdict overturned the
in fpe-iinrris nf Ithnrtv nnrt thp nrcce
ients of three centuries. The judgment
will not stand the test of time,
rhe future historian will do me justice
and posterity will reverse the findings
of the court.
Court of Public Opinion.
"There is a higher court than Murphy's?the
court of public opinon.
"Wuen I declined to obey the 'oriers'
of the 'boss' about patronage;
svhen I refused to call off Hennessey
ind prevent further investigations of
graft; and finally, when I set in motion
the wheels of the machinery of
the courts to bring the criminals to
lustice and to stop the looting of the
itate, then and not until then did Mr.
Murphy threaten me with degradatloa
Prom that day to this, all that money,
ill that power, all that influence can
io to destroy me has been done.
"Mr. Murphy and the special interests
which I antagonized have won a
temporary victory but the flgh^ for
eform and honest government will go
jn. The force of trial will have a good
effect in the end. It has opened the
eyes of the people to graft of millions
)f dollars annually, and it will hasten
:he adoption of the initiative and the
eferendum; bring about the recall of
jublic officials. Including judges and
udlcial decisions, and write upon the
itatute books other reforms, especiall>
i direct primary law so that the voters
nstead or the bosses will nominate as
well as elect all officials to public ofIce.
Honest and Faithful.
"As the governor I have been honest
ind faithful to my trust. No Influence
ould control me in the performance of
ny duty but the dictates of my conicience.
I have lost my office but I
lave kept my self-respect.
"I would rather lose the governorihip
than lose my soul; and no gov;rnor
can serve God and mammon, the
jeople and the boss.
"If my undoing shall be the humble
neans of forever destroying 'bosslsm'
n the state of New York, I shall be
:ontent.
"When the court determined to ex'lude
the evidence of Mr. Hennessey
ind thus prevented my discrediting
he testimony of Mr. Peck and showng
his motive for telling an untruth,
vhich would a!so disclose what has
>een discovered In the way of corruplon
in the departments of the state
fovernment, I became satisfied that it
vas useless to present myself as a
l'llnouQ hopanqp t h o riofonflo thfit
:ould make, would not be permitted to
?e told by me in court.
"I wanted to take the witness stand ,
n my own behalf?especially to tell
he story of my troubles with the 'boss'
ind to deny the Peck falsification, the (
ibsurd story of Allan Ryan and to ex>laln
the Morgenthau controversy. 1
vas finally persuaded not to do so by
hose who have In view the real welare
of the state. \
To Save Peck's Job. l
"Those familiar with the facts can I
estlfy that Peck lied about me to save i
hla job; that Morgenthau was fooled
by the clever ruse of an unscrupulous
[ enemy and that Allan Ryan was In Al- '
bany several days under the tutelage
of astute counsel to aid the prosecution
at the psychological moment '
"Suffice it to say that Allan Ryan 1
came to see me; I did not go to see *
him and I never asked him or anyoth-. 1
er man to request any one to do (
aught for me regarding the trial. 1
"Another thing. Every dollar given
me which I deposited to my personal 3
account subsequently was turned over 1
by me to the committee in my office or
to an agent of Mr. Murphy or to the
state committee.
"I want to tell the public the truth
about my financial condition so that
there will be no more falsehoods about
It
"Before I was a candidate for the
governorship I was in debt about $70,000
and had more assets than I have
at present
Now Own |76?00.
"I owe now as follows: Lk M. Josephthai
$27,000; Hugh J. Reilly $20,500;
E. P. Meany $10,000; A. E. Sprlggs $8,500;
Ogilvle & Co., $2,000; smaller
creditors about $1,600; making a total
of $71,000 besides the cost of my trial.
'1 own no real estate; no mortgages;
no stocks or bonds and no other assets
save an equity in some stock in two
small mining companies. c
"I had on deposit In the Farmers' *
Loan St Trust Co., before my nomination
over $11,000; I have on deposit 0
there now not much more; end that is '
all the money I posaeas. Taken all In
all, I am poorer today than Iwaa before
the fight for the governorship began
last fall.
Fought Good Fight.
"I have fought a good flight against
tremendoua odda for honeat government;
I have kept the faith; I have
dared to defy Boas Murphy and I did
It in the face of threats of exposure
and personal destruction.
"Had I but served the 'boss' with
half the zeal I did the state. William
Sulzer never would have been Impeached.
"Looking back over it all. I am frank
to say that I should have been more
careful in some matters last fall, but
I was so busy in the campaign that I
gave no heed to details and trusted
nthara o/ima nf whom have nrnven
treacherous.
"So far as my administration of the
governorship Is concerned, I have no
regrets. I have done no wrong, but
my whole duty fearlessly and honestly.
"At some future and more opoprtune
time I promise to make a further public
statement and I am Inclined to the
conclusion that I would rather express
my views from the platform, where I
can look into the eyes of the people
and they can look into mine and judge
for themselves whether I am telling
the truth."
THE ACCOMMODATING 8ALT
No End to Uses of Indispensable
Commodity.
There Isn't a better friend in the r
household than common salt, and one i
can't begin to remember the half of |
the things It will gladly do for us If j
but given the opportunity. s
Salt sprinkled over a oarpet after It
is swept will brighten the colors and j
kill the germs. t
A pinch of salt in the water will help j
to keep cut flowers fresh. ,
To clean a white knit sweater or
shawl put it In a flour bag containing
equal parts of flour and salt and shake
well. No washing will be required after
this process.
For cleaning enamel bathtubs, etc.,
rub with a cloth saturated with kerosene,
upon which has been spread a
layer of salt Afterward rinse the tub
down with warm, soapy water.
Before washing soiled handkerchiefs
allow them to soak in cold water Into
which has been put a handful or so
of salt This makes them much easier
to wash.
Before washing new goods let stand
in salt and water to set the color.
For killing plantain leaves or weeds
keep wetting with a strong solution of
salt and water. Rock salt or table
salt may be used. If preferred, the
salt may be sprinkled on the weeds
and then wet with a hose. Rock salt
is the better of the two for the latter
method.
Salt in the bottom of the shoes in
winter will help the circulation and
prevent the feet from getting cold.
This precaution is quite common and
effective among Maine woodsmen.
A quarter of a teaspoonful in a
quarter of a glass of water taken a
halfhour before breakfast is a good <
laxative and generally beneficial.
The hands of fainting persons are
often rubbed with salt to help the circulation.
13 Ul U1 llie USVB U1 Ban Uig7?V owiua no
end.
?
Hundred Years of Railroads.?This ?
year marks the centennial of the steam h
locomotive. From a curious, crude n
mechanism drawing: a few tons of c^a'
at a rate of five miles an hour, the j,
steam locomotive has pushed its way ?
Into every continent, and today trains 8
de luxe are flying over superb tracks. c
across wonderful bridges and through j]
mountains, in lands which were un- ti
known or uncivllzed 100 years ago.
The locomotive has made possible our n
great cities and seaports; It has creat- a
ed states out of vacant terrl'nHo- ?
Without it the products of the world
would practically remain where they
grew, and only a small fraction of what
is raised would ever be grown. The h
Inatrnmonf nf InHtlQ. n
(? I CU. ItJOl WUII\lllfi IllOllUIIICilk V4 IIIUUW mm
try In tlm -s of peace, it is equally es- ?
sential to modern warfare. It is the e,
shuttle which weaves the fabric of the p
nation by reason of easy and constant si
intercommunication. It has become Jj
In these days the pioneer, and people, c
pulpit and press now follow in its wake b
instead of blazing for it a path. So de- t'
pendent upon its service have we be- jj
come that to utterly paralyze Its op- g
eration for long would mean death r<
from cold and famine to millions of P;
our people.
Let us, then, think kindly of this fj
magnificent machine, for it has done f?
vastly more good than harm, and,
while often used as the instrument of p
unscrupulous financiers in the past it nc
really deserves better treatment of our
lawmakers than has been accorded in
these latter days?Popular Magazine jc
8TATE LIBRARIAN
Dne Desirable Office that Belongs to
the Woman.
Columbia. October 20.?.-lators
Have been besieged with letters and
jersonal appeals from applicants for
Jie position of state librarian for
jvhlch an election will be held at the
ipproaching session of the general aslembly.
It is understood that Mrs. U. R.
3rooks, Jr., who has served as librarl
in so efficiently for the laat several
rears, will not be an applicant for rejection.
Mrs. Brooks Is a favorite w .1
nembers of the general assembly and
ihould she determine to offer for the
Mwition again would undoubtedly, In
he opinion of many, be elected with>ut
any trouble. But it is stated on
rood authority that she will not be in
he race at the next session.
South Carolina may never give wonan
the ballot, but there is one office
n the statehouse that custom has ced d
to the gen-Jer sex. There were
lome rumors scattered about the state
l few weeks ago that a mere man was
roing to be elected by the general assembly
for the position of librarian.
Naturally, this frightened a few of the
Lppllcants for the coveted office and
he cry of the ladles was, right away:
Shame on him, whoever he Is." With>ut
question the office of state llbrarlin
will fall to a woman, as In the past.
To seek to collect the list of names
if applicants for the position of libra
Ian la a Herculean task and probably
lot until the session la under way will
his be possible, but a few of those
rho are seeking the Job are known.
Among those who are making strenious
campaigna for the position and
rho are regarded formidable applf:ants
are: Mrs. V. Q. Moody, of Coumbia;
Miss Marie E. Berwick, of this
;ity; Miss Fannie Walsh, of Sumter\
Ulna English cf Winthrop college; and
>thers. As already stated there are
>thers in the race, but It la hard to
Ind out the complete list
The records in the office of the secretary
of state show that Miss Annie
notary of state show that Mias Annie "ThS
itate librarian in January, 1899. and I
was commissioned March 18, 1889.
diss Lucia Barron of Manning, was
sleeted January 22, 1991 and was comnlssioned
February 1, 1901.
Miss Lavlnia H. L&Borde was comnissioned
for an unexpired term Jan- 1
lary zz, i?03, according to tne record*
n the office of the secretary of state,
diss LaBorde, who is now Mrs. U. R.
3rooks, Jr., the present librarian, was
e-elected Jamary 31, 1904 and com*
nissioned for two years March i, 1304,
darch 14, 1900, January 32. 1909, Janlary
26, 1910 and January 21, 1913, she
ras respectively and subsequently rejected.
The term of office for librarian Is
wo years and the salary is $900 the
^ear.
GOVERNOR BLEASE ON 8UL2ER
Jew York Man Mad* Mistake in K*eping
Things Back. ,
When asked by the Columbia corespondent
of the News and Courier
ast Saturday for a statement In retard
to the verdict In the 8ulser Impeachment
trial. Governor Blease
aid:
"I feel very sorry for Mr. Sulser,
n fact, my sympathy goes out to any
nan who is in trouble, and partlcuarlv
when his trouble is brought on
inder such circumstances as his has
teen. However, I thought last sumner,
when some of the big New York
tallies were continually harping upon
south Carolina aftalrs and South
Carolina's governor, that they had
tetter have been keeping their own
inen clean at home, and when Mr.
iVllson and Mr. Bryan and other big
Democratic leaders were making
peeches and creating such a great
ow over electing this great and dlsinguished
congressman as governor
tf New York, no one for a moment
vould have thought that they were
nixed up with such a character as it
eems Sulser has been proven to be,
ind it would seem that the present
tosses at Washington are poor Judges
tf human nature, as other instances
tave illustrated.
"However, I think Mr. Sulser made
i mistake and was badly advised. He
hould have been frank and honest
vith the people, and have gone upon
he witness stand and told everything
tf his Drivate and public life, from the
xadle up to date. No public man ever
rains anything by keeping any secrets
rom the people. Let them know
iverything. If you have made a misake
they will sympathise with you,
ind if you show a proper Inclination
hey will help you to rectify It, and
trhen you have done right they will
pplaud. No man need hope to please
da enemies, but it is his duty to stick
o his friends, and to conceal nothing
whatever from them, in order that
hey may be in a proper position to
lefend him when he needs defending
C he has made a mistake, and in orler
to uphold his hands when he has
lone the right
"If Mr. Sulzer will yet follow my
etter to him, and trust in God and
he white people, he may come back,
or public opinion is now on his side?
ossibly not that he was clean, but in
lew of the fact that they feel that he
as been most outrageously treated in
he house of his friends. I believe that
lis removal from office was due largev
to political prejudice, and that if he
iad had a court composed entirely of
on-partisans that the possibilities are
ie would have been acquitted. I am
oo far, however, from the situation to
udge exactly on this, but if that Is
he situation, and if Mr. Sulser preents
himself before the people of
lew Tork and shows that he was not
orrupt and that his mistakes were of
he head and not of the heart, his
raducers will be routed and he will
>e re-elected. I consider this enIre
matter a hard blow to the Delocratic
party of New York. With
corrupt leader It Is hard for a party
9 retain power, and it seems that
f he is corrupt, they themselves
lade him corrupt"
An Editorial by Bryan.?One seldom
ears of the Commoner these days? '
ot the commoner of Chautauqua
ime, but the paper of that name,
[owever, Colonel Bryan gives some
vldence that he has not forgotten the
aper that at one time brought him
liver dollars by the cart load. In
Lst week's issue he has a signed edorlal
urging prompt action on the
urrency bill and encouraging lobby
y mall. He wants "every reader of
tie Commoner to write to his senator
t once making known his views and
rging Immediate action." Colonel
ryan says the passage of the cur?ncy
bill "will be enough for the
resent session," and after that the
emocratlc party will have another
nportant measure to consider.. He
tils to specify, but we suppose he re>rs
to the trusts for one thing. Coinel
Bryan says the party is going to
irry out the complete program, "for
resident Wilson recognises the full
teasure of his responsibility." He
elleves the currency bill will be
assed "much sooner than some pesmlstic
Individuals believe."?Charitte
Observer.