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^ TOPED WMI-WEKHL^ ==^== l.m.ousts80H8. PnbUihert. | & #mil8 Jettsjapn: 4for fh$fromotion af th$|oIitt(aI,^oqiat, ^urienllni^l and Commercial Jnterestsof flt<feojlj. { ""SuSS? established 1855. ~~ YO RKYILLE, 8. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER -28. 1913. NO. 86. Aift A AAA AAA A?1 VwV -ww w wwTV www www www wT WITHIN r BY MARJi i ?? FROM THE FLAY OF Copyright, 1?1I, by the H. K. F CHAPTER VIL A Legal Document, i Mary Turner spent leas than an *? ??--? ?Imnnrtnnt IlOUr in UUU ui;awiivu>v engagement with Dick Oilder of which ahe had spoken to Aggie. After separating from the young man ahe went alone down Broadway, walking the few blocks of distance to Slglsmund Harris' office. Harris regarded his client with an appreciative eye as he bowed in greeting and invited feer to a seat. '1 sent your cousin. Miss Agnes Lynch, the release which she is to sign," he explained, when she gets that money from General Hastings. I wish you'd look it over when you have time. It's all right, I'm sure, but .1 appreciate your opinion of things, Miss Turner?particularly of legal documents." "Thank you," Mary said. "And have you heard from them yet?" "No," the lawyer replied. '1 gave them until tomorrow. If I don't hear then I shall start salt at once." Then the lawyer's manner became unusually bland and self satisfied as he opened a drawer of the desk and brought forth a rather formidable appearing document, bearing a most Impressive seal. i "You will be glad to know," he went on untlously, "that I was entirely successful in carrying out that Idea of yours as to the injunction. My dear Miss Turner, Portia was a squawking baby compared with you." "Thank you again," Mary answered as she took the legal paper. For a moment her glance ran over the words of the page. 'It's splendid!" she declared. "Did you have much trouble in getting It?" "Why, no," he declared. "But at the outset when I made the request the Judge just nearly fell off the bench. Then I showed him that Detroit case to which you had drawn my attention, and the upshot of It all was that he gave me what I wanted without a whimper. He couldn't help himself, you know." That mysterious document with the Imposing seal reposed safely in Mary's bag when she returned to the apartment. * - Mary had scarcely received from Aggie an account of Casstdy's threatening Invasion when the maid announced that Mr Irwin had called. "Show hhn In," Mary directed. "Who'e -the kink?" Aggie demanded. "You ought to know. He's, the lawyer retained by General Hastings in the matter of a certain breacn or promise suit." "Hope he's brought the money." "Leave the room now," Mary ordered. "When I call to you come in, but be sure and leave everything to me. Merely follow my lead. And, Agnes? be very ingenue." /t: V I "Oh, I'm so frightened 1" nodded as she hurried out toward her # bed-room. "I'll be a squab?surest thing: you know!" Next moment Mary gave a formal greeting to the lawyer who represent( ed the man she planned to mulct effectively. Irwin lost no time in coming to the point. "I called in reference to this suit which Mis Agnes Lynch threatens to bring against my client, General Hastings." "It's not a threat," Mr. Irwin. "The sun win ue urougiu. "You realize, of course, that this is merely plain blackmail." "If it's blackmail, Mr. Irwin, why don't you consult the police?" Mary turned to the maid, who now entered in response to the bell she had sounded a minute before. "Fanny, will you ask Miss Lynch to cone in, please?" Then she faced the lawyer again, with an aloofness of manner that was contemptuous. "Really, Mr. Irwin," she drawled, "why don't you take this matter to the police?" "You know perfectly well," the lawyer said bitterly, "that General Hastings cannot afford such publicity." "Oh, as for that," Mary suggested evenly, and now there was a trace of flippancy in her fashion of speaking, $ ? ? ? ? +?+ ? ?*? +@+ rHE LAW IN DANA BAYAHD YEILLER ly company. 14 A4A A4A A^A 7v WTV WTw WTW WTW WTV VT TWT Tm sure the police would keep your complaint a secret Really, you know, "- l ?ln T thlnlr vnn had hotter takA jut* it n*?i| * / v%? your troubles to the police rather than to me. You will get much more sympathy from them." The lawyer sprang up with an air of' sudden determination. "Very well, I will then," he declared. Mary pushed in his direction the telephone that stood on the table. "S4OO Spring." she remarked encouragingly, "will bring an officer almost immediately." She leaned back in her chair and surveyed the baffled man amusedly. "Nevertheless," he rejoined, "you know perfectly well that General Hastings never promised to marry this girl. You know"? He broke off as Aggie entered the drawing room. Now, the girl was demure in seeming almost beyond belief?a childish creature, very fair and dsJnty, guileless surely, with those untroubled eyes of blue, those softly curling lips of warmest red and the more delicate bloom and the rounded cheeks. There were the charms of Innocence and simplicity in her manner as she stopped just within the doorway, whence she regarded Mary with a timid, pleading gaxe, her slender little form poised lightly as If for flight "Did you want me, dear?" she asked. "Agnes," Mary answered affectionately, "this is Mr. Irwin, who has come to see you in behalf of General Hastings." "Oh," the girl murmured, her voice quivering a little as the lawyer, after linflSi .WmnJL1BT$SM I Jf jSiJ H | HL| "We can't afford any scandal." a short nod, dropped again IntQ his seat, "oh, I'm so frightened!" She hurried, fluttering, to a low stool behind the desk beside Mary's chair, and there she sank down, drooping slightly and catching hold of one of Mary's hands as if in mute pleading for protection. "Nonsense!" Mary exclaimed soothingly. "There's really nothing at all to be frightened about, my dear child. You musn't be afraid, Agnes. Mr. Irwin says that General Hastings did not promise to marry you. Of course you understand, my dear, that under no circumstances must you say any irung mar isn i sinciiy irue auu mai if he did not promise to marry you you have no case?none at all. Now. Agnea, tell me. Did General Hastings promise to marry you?" "Oh. yes?oh. yes, indeed!" Aggie cried falteringly. "And I wish he would. He's such a delightful old gentleman!" The legal representative of the delightful old gentleman scowled disgustedly at thto outburst. "Was that promise made in writing?" "No," Aggie answered gushingly. "But all his letters were in writing, you know. Such wonderful letters! So tender and so?er?interesting!" "Yes. yes, I dare say," Irwin agreed hastily, with some evidences of chagrin. tJUi you re ijuue >uie, Agues, Mary questioned gently, "that General Hastings did promise to marry you?" "Oh, yes," Aggie declared tensely. "Why, I would swear to it." The limpid eyes, so appealing in their soft luster, went first to Mary, then gazed trustingly into those of the routed attorney. "We're beaten," he confessed dejectedly, turning his glance toward Mary, whom plainly he regarded as his client's behalf. "I'm going to be quite frank with you, Miss Turner, quite frank," he stated, with more geniality, though with a very crestfallen air. "We can't afford any scandal, so we're going to settle at your own terms." He took from his pocket a thick bill case and from this a sheaf of banknotes, which he laid on the desk before Mary, with a little laugh of discomfiture over having been beaten in the contest. As he did so Aggie thrust forth an avaricious hand, but it was caught and held by Mary before it reached above the top of the desk, and the avaricious gesture passed unobserved by the attorney. "We can't fight where ladies are concerned," he went on, assuming as best he might contrive a chivalrous tone. "So, if you will Just hand over General Hastings' letters, why, here's your money. You have the letters, haven't you?" he demanded abruptly. Aggie coyly took a thick bundle from its resting place on her rounded bosom. "They never leave me," she said. "Well, they can leave you now, al! right," the lawyer remarked unsympathetlcally. He reached quickly forward for the packet, which Aggie extended willingly enough. But it was Mary, who. with a swift movement caught and held It. "I think," Mary explained tranquilly, "that you had better see our lawyer, Mr. Harris in reference to this. We women know nothing of such details of business settlement" "Oh, I see."' he said disagreeably, with a frown to indicate his complete sagacity in the premises. "I thought you would, Mr. Irwin," Mary returned. "If you'll take the money to Mr. Harris Miss Lynch will meet you in his office at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and, when her suit for damages for breach of promise has been Io<m11it oottlo^ ntif r\f nnnrf v/\n ttt ill 4 *- 6 . Ov UUW VI V.U V, / VU TT ?! get the letters. Good afternoon, Mr. Irwin." The lawyer made a hurried bow which took In both of the women, and walked quickly toward the door. "Oh, you forgot your marked money, Mr. Irwin," Mary said. The lawyer wheeled and stood staring at the speaker with a certain sheeplshness of expression that bore witness to the completeness of his discomfiture. Without a word he walked back to the desk, picked up the money and restored it to the bill case. "Young woman," he said emphatic cally, "you ought to have been a lawyer." And he took his departure, while Mary smiled In triumph, and Aggie sat gaping astonishment -you've darn near Drone my neart," she cried, bouncing up violently, "letting all that money go out of the house. Say, how did you know It was marked ?" (To Be Continued). STATE POLITICAL NOTES 8ome of the Things that are Being Talked Over the 8tate. Columbia, October 27.?The fair week time revives political talk. Many conferences are arranged for this week and especially will several of the candidates for governor commence to get their "ducks in a row." Governor Blease's letter sent out to some of those whom he expected to see In the city during the fair has occasioned some comment and it was Btated that a plan of action would be outlined to capture the next state convention. The governor has since let it be known that the letter sent out did not contemplate any especial plan of action, but insofar as he could reach his friends whom he expected to see here, he asked that they "drop by the office" so to speak. Governor Blease stated he would not mind a copy of the letter being published. It is as follows: "Dear Friend: "I presume and expect, that you will be In Columbia, in attendance upon the state fair. Tou will-please call at the governor's office sometime between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday or Wednesday, - the 28th and 29th of October?whichever is most convenient to you. I desire to see you on a very important matter. Please do not fail if you are in the city, to be A ?11 TITliK 1>t 4 sui t? aim uau. ttiui ninunoi v^u> Very respectfully." It Is not known yet whether there will be any meeting of any sort by the administration forces. If it is regarded advisable to hold one, it would take place, very likely, Wednesday evening of this week. It is very probable that many visitors to the city will call at the executive offices during the week. The recent statement from this bureau of the possibility of A. F. Lever's entering the senatorial race has brought forth an expression from Mr. Lever of his plans. Mr. Lever is now in South Carolina making an announcement of whether he Intends to enter the race or not. He is scheduled to speak at Rock Hill, November 1. The report had it that, Mr. Lever was Senator Tillman's candidate for the United States senate and that, at one time, efforts were being made to get E. D. Smith to run for governor and leave the senatorial race between Governor Blease and A. F. Lever, the present congressman from the seventh district. No verification of the Smith report could be had, but it is now definitely known that Senator E. D. Smith will stick in the race for the senate against Governor Blease. There is a general opinion that Lever will not enter the senatorial race but It remains to be seen just what he has to say about It after his visit Is concluded to this state. He and Congressman Ragsdale came down by auto from Washington. This prediction Is made: When all is said and done it Is likely that E. D. CmI + V* nn/1 Hnlo T. PloQQA will hA thP sole candidates for the United States senate In the summer of 1914. The possibility of W. F. Stevenson's entering the senatorial race seems to be ended by the announcement published in some of the papers recently that he will make the race for congress from the Fifth district if Congressman Finley does not run again on account of ill health. From that district also would run Claude N. Sapp member of the house from Lancaster. There would probably be others in this race. Next in interest to the senatorial race at this time is the gubernatorial race in this state which might later on warm up to be the battle claiming the center of the stage. Those who have positively announced within the last few weeks Include: Richard I. Manning of Sumter: John G. Clinkscales, of Spartanburg: Charles A. Smith, <5f Tlmmonsville; John G. Richards, of Liberty Hill; R. A. Cooper of Laurens: Geo. R. Rembert of Columbia, who would have run had his health permitted: Mendel L. Smith, of Camden. Charles Carroll Sims, of Barn?'?ii vuaa rennrted a candidate some time ago and the probability is that he will run. John L. McLaurin of Bennettsvll!e, is also considering Tuning for governor. There may be others but in most quarters the list is regarded large enough at this time. Most of those in the above list have been in public life for some time. Richard I. Manning of Sumter, made the race for governor in 1906 when Ansel was elected. He was in the house from Sumter county and was state senator from the same county, being chairman of the senate finance committee. John G. Clinkscales was superintendent of education for Anderson county some years ago. and (Continued on Page Four). SULZEH TELLS HIS STOHY. Deposed Governor of New York Mokes Clean Breast of It. LOST 00T IN F168T VITB TBE BOSS. Inside Lights of Thrilling and Sensational Interest, Showing the Tremendous Sacrifices that Must be Made by Men Who Would Serve the Pa?Die Rather Than Unscrupulous Ring?ter?. During the recent impeachment proceedings Wm. Sulzer wanted to go on the stand and tell the senate a full, frank story of how It all came about His attorneys, however, argued that since the majority of the senate was made up of hardened rlngsters, as unscrupulous as Boss Murphy himself, that a proceeding would be a waste of time. The creatures of the ring would listen and then do the bidding of the boss just as certainly and as surely as If nothing had been said. The best thing it was decided was to let the senate go on with what it had planned to do from the beginning, and after It had done Its do, Mr. Sulzer could go into the papers and give the facts to the people. Mr. Sulzer told his story last week in the New York Evening Mall, and as It is well worth reading, it is herewith reproduced in full: "At last, thank God, my lips are unsealed. I can now tell the people of New Tork what the court that has convicted me would not have allowed me to tell under oath, and which I promised my lawyers not to speak of until the verdict was given. "I was impeached, not because of the offenses with which I was charged but because I refused to do Charles F. Murphy's bidding, and because, as the records show, I have relently pursued Mr. Murphy's corrupt henchmen in office. The real charge, the real offense, the real ground of quarrel between myself and the corrupt political machine that strove to destroy me, should be known to the public. This has not been a fight about politics, but a naked fight of dishonesty to crush a governor of the state of New Tork because he dared to be his own master. Murphy Offered Him Money. "Just prior to taking office as governor?either just before Christmas or between Christmas and New Tear's I spent an afternoon with Mr. Murphy at his request fit his private room at Delmonico's. His attitude was very friendly and confidential. He said he was my friend; that he Knew of my financial condition, and wished to help me out. As he went on I was amased at his knowledge of my intimate personal affairs. "To my astonishment he Informed me that he knew that I was heavily in debt. Then he offered me money to pay my'Befits and haVF"e^o)3gKiW to take things easy while governor." "Did he tell you where this money was to come from?" "He said that this was really a party matter and that the money he would give me was party money; that I had been a popular candidate elected and for less money than any other candidate in his recollection. He said that nobody would know anything about it, that I could pay what I owed and go to Albany feeling easy financially. He then asked me how much I needed, to whom I owed it, and other personal questions. "As I did not want to be tied hard and fast as governor in advance, I de cllneci Mr. Murpny'8 oner, saying mat I was paying off my debts gradually; that my creditors were friends and would not press me; that I was economical, that I would try to get along on my salary as governor. "He repeated his offer of money, saying that It was for the good of the party; that the 'organization' did not want me to be hampered financially, and he (Murphy) would allow me whatever I needed above my salary for my living expenses while I was at the executive mansion. But again I refused and then he said: " 'If you need money at any time let me know and you can have what you want. We cleaned up a lot of money on your campaign. I can afford to let you have what you want and never miss It.' "I am telling all this because the people should know just how their elected officials are approached and tumntoH onrt hnw the boss seeks for the weak side of a man to control him. McCall and the Service Commission. "Mr Murphy did not attend my inauguration. He came to Albany for the presidential electors' meeting, and I saw him at the executive mansion. He wanted me to go to his hotel to confer with him. I wanted him to meet me in the executive chambers or to come to the executive mansion. He refused to do this, and I declined to go to the hotel. "The next time I saw Mr. Murphy was at Judge Edward E. McCall's house, in New York city, on the night of the 2d of February. I talked from Albany with Mr. McCall over the telephone about the public service commissionership. We made an appointment to meet at his house that night. I left Albany that afternoon for New Ynrk. and Judge McCall met me with his automobile at the 125th street station. He told me Mr. Murphy was at his house, waiting for us. "We talked going down to his house. He said he would accept the public service commissionership If I would insist on it. But he wanted Mr. Murphy's consent, so there would be no difficulty about his confirmation. When we reached Judge McCall'8 house we went upstairs and I met Mr. Murphy in the front room. We talked over several matters. Judge McCall was present part of the time. Then we had dinner. "After dinner Mr. Murphy and I discussed matters at considerable length regarding appointments. Mr. Murphy urged me to appoint his friend, John Galvin, public service commissioner, in place of Mr. Wilcox, whose term had expired. The subway question was very acute in New York, and great pressure had been brought to bear on me by prominent citizens to reappoint Mr. Wilcox, or let him remain in office until the subway contracts were disposed of. I urged the appointment of Henry Morgenthau or George Foster Peabody or Col. John Temple Graves. Mr. Murphy would not hear of these men. He talked long and earnestly in behalf of Mr. Galvin. "Finally, I suggested as a compromise, Judge McCall. McCall himself said that he would accept, provided it was agreeable to Mr. Murphy. We discussed the subway question, the proposed contracts, and various other matters. The hour was getting late, and finally I said that unless Judge McCall was agreeable to Mr. Murphy I would send in the name of Henry Morgenthau to the senate the follow Ing Monday night, and if he was not confirmed, of course, Mr. Wilcox would hold over and that would be >greeable to a great many prominent citizens in the city. "Mr. Murphy was agreeable to the appointment of Judge McCall, and it was understood that the Judge should send me his resignation by messenger Monday afternoon. "Gaffney or War." "At this meeting, and subsequently, Mr. Murphy demanded from me pledges regarding legislation, and especially concerning appointments to the public service commissions, the health department, the labor department, the state hospital commission, ? * * -s -a-* I uie aepanmeni 01 outio primsuo auu the department of highways. He insisted that George M. Palmer should be appointed chairman and Patrick E. McCabe a member of the public service commission of the Second district This Is the 'Packy* McCabe who is Murphy's political lieutenant in Albany. "Mr. Murphy further insisted upon having The McManus for labor commissioner, a man named Meyers for state architect, a man from Brookmi whose name I forget, to state hospital commissioner, and James E. GSffney for highway commissioner, in case I wished to supplant Mr. Reel. Mr. Murphy said that Reel ought to be kept as he was a good man. This Is. the same Reel whom I subsequently removed. Mr. Murphy added that if I fcvished a new commissioner of highways 'Jim' Gaffney was the best allaround man for the Job. Subsequently* he demanded the appointment of Gaffney, and still later a prominent New Yorker came to be in the executive mansion bringing the message frbm Mr. Murphy that It was 'Gaffney or war.' I declined to appoint Gaffnaw "This is the Gaffney who, only a Sw months afterward, on Sept. 4, IS, In undisputed testimony before the supreme court at Nyack, was shown to have demanded and received 110,000 In money, (refusing to take a check), from one of the aqueductcontnu:tors, nominally for 'advice.' This ls-'the man who Mr. Murphy demanded should be put In a position where hd would superintend and control the spending of sixty-five millions of the money of the state In road contracts. How could I, how could any honest governor consider such a man for such a place? How could I face the people after such a surrender? !"8hortly before midnight we left Jddge McCall's house in his automobUe and he and Mr. Murphy accompj nled me to' the Grand Central statl n, where I took the train for Albj ny. "When I removed Reel from the offl< e of commissioner of highways I b< (an to hear pretty vigorously from II '. Murphy, who was more determined than ever to secure the place for 'Jbn' GafTney." { 'Was this over the long-distance telephone, Mr^ Suiter?" fj, sir. When l saw Mr, aa.urpuj ilmonlco's before I came to AlI told him plainly I would not >ver the telephone to him while governor." d you say it In that blunt way, 1 you merely express an opinion t would not be good policy?" "Well, I had heard a good deal about the telephone talk between Albany and 'headquarters' In New Tork, either at Fourteenth street or Delmonlco's or Qood Ground. When Mr. lturphy at this time suggested that he fleeep in touch with me over the telepbone, I told him at once that I did want to talk with him over the phone. Then he said: Well, If I e anything to say to you I will send word, through some friend, or by, Mr. Delaney, or some one in the legislature.' I said: That will do.' Under Leash Even in Washington. "About the 5th of March, Just after President Wilson's* inauguration, I visited the president in the White House. When I came out I met Thos. F. Smith, secretary of Tammany Hall, in front of the White House. He wanted to know what I had said to the president and what the president had said to me. I told him I made it a rule never to discuss conversations that I had with the president. Mr. Smith said Mr. Murphy wanted me to meet him and some of the Democratic at flonstnr O'Oorman'i OltLIC icauo O u V WWHW.W. rooms in the Shoreham hotel at 8 o'clock that night He asked me If I would be there, and I said 'Tea' "I went to the Shoreham that night There were present Senator O'Gorman, Mr. Murphy, Norman E. Mack and Mr. Fltzpatrick, the Murphy leader in Buffalo; Mr. McCooey, the Murphy leader of Brooklyn, Thomas F. Smith and myself. State affairs were discussed in a general way. I took very little part in the talk. I had made arrangements to leave for New York with my staff and Mrs. Sulzer, and about 11 o'clock I shook hands with all and bade them good night "As I went out Mr. Murphy followed me into the hall. He told me he was very anxious to get away to Hot Springs, but didn't want to go until Albany matters were straightened out. He asked me if I would give him assurance that I would appoint his friend 'Jim' Gaffney, commissioner of highways. That place, you will remember, controlled the immediate spending of 865,000,000 for good roads, the very same work in which Mr. Hennessy's investigations have recently uncovered frauds amounting to millions of dollars in twenty-one counties under the road administration. "Mr. Murphy seemed very much aroused. He said he would like to have the matter settled before he went away; that if I would appoint Mr. Gaffney I could have my own way Afhor mottArfl " iceaiumg uv?*v* "Do you mean to say that a man like Murphy had the audacity to speak to the governor of New York like that?" "Oh, yes. You don't know Murphy, or you wouldn't ask that question. "Mr Murphy assured me that he was more interested in Gaftney's appointment than in anything else in the state; that Gaffney was a good all round man for the Job, knew what to do and could get results! I told him that, in my opinion, it would be a mistake to appoint Mr. Gaflfney. I repeated to him practically what I had said at Judge McCall's house, and also at his own house, a few days before. "If You Don't You Will Be Sorry." "Mr. Murphy said to me, 'I want you to appoint GafTney. It is an organization matter. I will appreciate it.' "I said, *1 will consider all you say about the matter. I want to go slow and get the very best man I can find for the position. I would rather be slow about the appointment than be sorry.' "And he answered: 'If you don't appoint Gaffney you will be sorry.' ,<T tViof T thnnchf thft An X IU1U 111111 kttuw jl v?>v?o"* - ?r polntment for highway commissioner should be an up-state man; that the people up the state expected the governor to appoint an up-state man; that there was a prevailing sentiment to that effect. He replied that there was nothing In that; that New York city paid most of the money and was Just as much entitled to the place as the up-state people. "Again, Mr. Murphy said that Gaffney, in his opinion, was the best man for the place; that he would see to it that Gaffney was promptly confirmed; that Gaffney would make good, and that I would never have cause to regret it. He asked me again to give him a promise to appoint Gaffney. I told him I would not make a promise about it; that I would consider all he said, but that in my opinion Mr. Gaffney would not do; that would be a mistake to appoint him; that the people would not stand for it; that Mr. Gaffney was too close to him. "Mr. Murphy finally said, 'I am for Gaffney. The organization demands his appointment and I want you to do it.' I replied, 'I will make no promise about it.' He said: 'It will be Gaffney or war.' "I had several talks with Mr. Murphy and In some of these talks I told him I was the governor; that I intended to be governor; that I was not going to be a proxy governor or a rubber stamp." "What did he say when you asserted your Independence?" "He laughed at me and rebuked me for this, and said that I might be the governor but that he controlled the legislature; that unless I did what he wanted me to regarding legislation and appointments I could not get my nominations confirmed and that he would block everything. I listened to these boasts and threats from Mr. Murphy, not once but frequently. It was all disheartening and dlscourag ing, but I tried to be p&ueiu to get along with him, and do my best. Oailey Peremptory Demands. "While I was governor, Mr. Murphy communicated with me frequently, and always along these lines. From the beginning of January to April IS there was hardly a day he did not send some one to see me with peremptory demands to do this or that Some requests were reasonable and I granted them; some were so unreasonable and so much against the people's Interest that I refused to consent "Prior to April 18 our relations politically were badly strained. I could not comply with his demands. I realized that we had come to a parting of the ways. I was determined to be governor, to make a good record, to do my duty according to what I believed to be right and to carry out, as far as possible the platform upon which I had been elected. I also wanted to treat all the up-state Democratic county organizations squarely, whether these county organizations were friendly to Mr. Murphy or otherwise. That was not his plan. "One talk with Mr. Murpny, wmcu I remember very distinctly, was at his house In New Tork on March 18. He expressed great indignation because I had removed Colonel Scott, the superintendent of prisons. I told him the reason* He poh pohed them, and said Scott was a friend of his. "It was In this very conversation that-Mr. Murphy said to me: 'Unless you do what I want you to do I will wreck your administration as governor, block all your legislation and defeat all your appointments.' He said: 'Remember, I control the legislature and the legislature can control the governor.' He also threatened me with public disgrace unless I agreed to his programme on legislative matters and appointments. "It was at this conference, too, that he talked about the things he 'had on me,' and said that I had better listen to him and not to his enemies up the state; that if I did what he told me to I would have things easy and no trouble, and that if I didn't do what he wanted me to I would have all the trouble I wanted. "Think of the governor of the great state of New Tork having to listen to such language from such a man! I told him that I was the governor and that if he would let me alone I could succeed, but that I could not succeed If I was to be a catspaw for him. I told him that I wanted to give the' state an honest and efficient adminls ?ha? in mv nnfnlon that would do more to help the party than anything else." "What did Mr. Murphy say to that, governor?" "He was very insulting. Then I asked him what he could do to destroy me. And he said: "Never mind, you will find out in good time. Stand by the organisation and you will be all right If you go against the organisation I will make your administration the laughing stock of the state.' "I told him that all T wanted was to do right, be honeet, and carry out my oath of office. He laughed at this, and said that some of the men I had around me would run away from me just as soon as trouble began. Order to "Call Off Blake.** "It was at this time that he asked me to call off Oeorge Blake, the commissioner who was investigating the prisons. He said that Blake must be called off and that he didn't want the prisons investigated urlees we could agree upon some man lo do it I told him that Blake was an efficient man and that I was going to Let him go on with his work, and he said: 'If you do you will be sorry for it. Mark what I tell you now!' "I told him what I had heard about tha vilenoM of thinars in the Sing Sing and Auburn prisons. I said: 'We certainly ought not to stand for them. I want to get at the facts, and If there Is anything wrong, stop it; if there is any graft, eliminate it.' "Mr. Murphy told me that he didn't want anything done in connection with Sing Sing prison by Blake or any other man; that the warden there. Mr. Kennedy, was a friend of his and a good man, and he wanted him let alone. This, remember, was the warden whom I afterward removed from his place on charges and who was since Indicted by the Westchester grand Jury. MoCall the Emissary. "When Mr. Murphy found out that he could not use me and control me he sent emissaries to see me frequently to demand that I do certain things and threaten me if I refused. You must not forget that I was then governor of the Empire State. These threats began in a small way in February and continued with greater vehemence up to the very night the Assembly pas^d the resolution of impeachment in obedience to Mr. Murphy's orders. "One of the agents through whom Mr. Murphy most frequently communicated with me was Judge McCall. Judge McCall usually spoke of Mr. Murphy as 'the Chief,' and would say to me that 'the Chief wished such and such a thing done or demanded that I follow such a course of action. "Every Tammany member of the legislature of either house who approached me from day to day used the same language, saying that 'the Chief demanded this or demanded that, or that 'the Chief had telephoned to put through such a piece of legislation, or kill some other piece of legislation. I was impeached, not because of my misdoings, but because I declined to recognize Mr. Murphy as 'the Chief? the invisible and all-powerful 'Chief,' in the government of this state; because I would not obey 'the Chiefs' telephone orders, sent through emissaries at the end of the line. "I was impeached and it is time that the whole people should realize the truth in all its enormity, because I tried, with whatever shortcomings, yet with all sincerity and earnestness of purpose, to be the servant of the whole people and not the servant of 'the Chief, who desired, through me, to make his rule over the people of the state as absolute as it is corrupt. "This 'Chief,' remember, tried last December to put me under financial obligations which would have bound me helplessly to him and which he believed would have insured my slavishly appointing the McCabes and the Gaffneys and the McManuses. "Through Mr. Murphy and the people he sent to me everything that was orougnt oui Dy me rTawiey committee. by the Vermont perjury fabrication, and by the breach of promise frame-up In Philadelphia was used in the secret effort to coerce me Into obedience to the boss. Blocked At Every Turn. "My efforts for truly progressive government were blocked by the refusal of the Murphy legislature to let me install in office men capable and willing to work out progress. Some of my plans were thwarted by the treachery of men I trusted, who took 'orders' from Mr. Murphy when I refused these 'orders.' Some other reforms I had undertaken, like the advancement of conservation and the effective regulation of public service corporations, were never even brought under way because Mr. Murphy planted his legislature and his other tools squarely across my path. I was blocked at every turn. "Perhaps the chief service done for the state in my administration was the stoppage of monumental frauds on the highways and canals so far as I could, In spite of the desperate opposition of Murphy and his lieutenants in the legislature and in the departments. The reason why the revelations of thievery up to date are no greater than they are is that Mr. Murphy. when he saw that I meant to bring the thieves to justice, caused his legislature to cut off every dollar of appropriations necessary to an eifectlve investigation. "Good God! Do the people of this state realise that for tjie first time in more than a generation the present legislature refused to make the usual and customary contingent fund appropriation heretofore placed at every governor's disposal for Just such purposes as these investigations? Does not this one incident clearly show the vindictive character of the boss and his creatures in their opposition and their desperate determination to prevent the exposure that my investigations were beginning to produce? "It is a literal fact that all that has been done to show up fraud was furnished by Commissioner Henessey out of his own personal resources, by volunteer work by several engineers and others, by a contribution of $2,(00 out of the funds given to me by friends during last fall's campaign, and by other funds subscribed recently by some of the same men as well as by others. "Limited, thwarted, obstructed, by Murphy's henchmen in all of the departments and in the various counties, I have nevertheless managed to secure indictments in Erie, Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, Suffolk and ' other counties. Approximately more than a score of men have been actually Indicted during the past two months for gross frauds in the good roads department "Above all, based on the Investigations of Mr. Blake, to whom Mr. Murphy so vigorously objected, within the past two weeks, while I was actually being impeached, the Washington county grand Jury returned twelve Indictments against the grafters in the ' Great Meadows prison Job. Murphy On Stilwell. "My final interview with Mr. Murphy in the late night of April 13 was marked In my memory for his insolence to me and for the sordid brutality of his demands. It was after the Jefferson banquet at the Waldorf. Mr. Murphy had gone home, and afterward Judge McCall had gone to my rooms with me from the banquet and waited an hour for Mr. Murphy to Join us. He called him up on the telephone and said that Mr. Murphy asked me to go to see him at his house. "Judge McCall and I got into a taxicab and went to Mr. Murphy's residence. It was after midnight and Mr. 1 Murphy, let us In at the door. We sat In the rront parlor and talked over j the situation at Albany?appointments, ! legislation, and so on. Mr. Murphy would agree to nothing I wanted, and j I didn't agree to anything he wanted. '1 asked him not to Interfere with the trial of Stilwell in the senate. 1 said: 'What are you going to do about him?' "'Stand by him, of cqurse,' replied Mr. Murphy. "Stilwell will be acquitted. It will be only a three-day won- j der. How do you expect a senator to live on $1,500 a year? That is only ! chicken feed.' 1 "At this conference I urged Mr. Murphy, to let me carry out in good faith the platform pledges of the Democratic party for direct nominations. We talked over the bill. I told him there was a strong sentiment throughout the state In favqf of Jhls legislation. He said 1. was mls.taken, that, there was no sentiment for direct primaries -ex cept frodn a few^ cranks. "I called his attention to the pledge In the platform. He aald he vu opposed to any bill that abolished the state convention and eliminated the party emblem. I said that there could be no honest direct primary law unites that were done. He answered that the organization would never agree to any bill that did It, and that such a bill would be overwhelmingly defeated in the legislature. I said to him that unless we made good on direct primaries we would lose the state. He replied that I did not know what I was talking about "We again talked over appointments to vacancies on the supreme court bench, and I said that I was being criticised by the Judges and others for not filling the vacancies. He talked over several names that would be agreeable to him, Mulqueen, Gillespie, and others. I told him that I thought I ought to select the very best lawyers I could get, and said again that I would make no appointments unless the names were approved by the Bar association. That was the last time I saw Mr. Murphy, and I returned to the hotel very much disheartened. Threat to Destroy 8ulzer. "Before we parted that night I warned Mr. Murphy that he would wreck the party and accomplish his own destruction if he persisted In shielding grafters and violating platform pledges. His angry retort was that I was an lngrate, and that he would disgrace and destroy me. "Every man who has borne the ! weight of a great office like that of the governor of New York, will appreciate my position. I wished to keep in with the organisation; I was anxious to * avoid a break with It I knew only too well the legislature would obey Mr. i Murphy's every order, whether given 1 over the telephone or In person. I i knew the terrible odds against me in < the fight which I courted when I de- > clined to submit to Mr. Murphy's die- < tation; when I declined to turn my of- ' flee Into an instrument for the corrup- * tion of government and the debauch- < ing of-the state. I was reluctant to < break with Mr. Murphy. I did It only < because It became Impossible to do < otherwise, and not betray my oath of 1 office and forfeit every shred of self- 1 respect. "When I returned to Albany after 1 my last interview with Mr. Murphy, I 1 carefully considered my plight and the i whole state situation. It was only at < that time, not since, that any thought s of resigning my office was in my mind. ? "There were three paths for me to C travel; to surrender to Murphy and t ho unmindful of everything except his ( j ordefs; to flgtit for what I believed I was right, regardless of Murphy, or to t | resign my office and give the people my reasons. 1 "It did not take me long to deter- ? J mine not to surrender. I could not i do that and maintain my self respect, t "Could I fight and win? It did not 1 seem possible. I knew that Mr. Mur- i phy told the fact when he said he I could and would block me in the leg- ? islature. I knew also that every state t department was under his control, save the few I managed to hold against him. More than all I knew from many years' knowledge of state, he J would stop at nothing to thwart me, t even to the extent he has gone, which < is not his limit. Tore Up His Resignation. \ "I thought long and seriously about I It all. My impulse was to fight; my t knowledge of Murphy's control of ev- 1 erything, and the fear In which he was c held by every legislator and office- j holder made fight seem hopeless. ] "I alone would be the victim in .the < end. I was deeply in debt and Mur- i phy knew it. I was without power g lodnlatiire and Mnrnhv knew I It. Even friends of good government t stood by, cynical, offering much crltl- r clsm but little real help. I "Then I wrote out and signed my c reslenation as governor." J "You actually signed your name to your resignation?" 0 "Yes. I signed my resignation. It t seemed then the only thing to do. r "But as I thought it all over finally j it looked so cowardly. I tore up my a resignation. The old determination to t fight came to me and I made up my II mind that no matter what the cost to t me personally I would fight and fight r hard. , a "And I have fought hard from that a moment to tne present day or my unjust condemnation?how hard is proved by the enemies I have made and the conspiracy they have worked out against me. Every agency these enemies could use to destroy me has been used. It is a long, pltable story, miserably contemptible in its meanness and pettiness. Gaynor Said, "Do What's Rioht." "Wise, honest, old Mayor Qaynor, he knew Mr. Murphy. When we got together at the Maine memorial luncheon at the Plaza hotel on May SO, Mr. Gaynor said to me: 'I see you are bavins plenty of trouble at Albany.' . I answered that it dm true and ha do Id 'I, too. am having trouble down here with the organization. It is almost Impossible to get along with Mr. Murphy. I predicted after your election that you would never be able to get along with him.. Murphy is impossible. He wants public officials to do things which they cannot do; then he abuses them. I have had my share of if 1 explained to the mayor that while my difficulties with Mr. Murphy had partly arisen over appointments and legislation, the most serious trouble was due to another cause. '"The real fact, Mr. Mayor,' I said, 'is that I am after the grafters and Mr. Murphy wants me to quit I have told him that I will not quit and that I Intend to give the people of the state an honest administration.' Mayor Qaynor replied; That is right: keep up your fight I want to see you win.' 'The mayor asked me what progress I was making in my fight for direct nomlnatlona I told him that in my opinion 75 per cent of the voters of the state were In favor of nominating the candidate! themselves, but that some of the leaders were opposed to It because they feared it might militate against their power. "Mayor Gay nor answered: "Let me tell you we win never have good gov-' emment In the state of New York until the voters, Instead of the bosses, nominate all candidates.' I said: 'I agree with you, and I wish you would give out a statement to that effect and In favor of our bill.' He said: *1 will see about It I hope you win, but lam afraid that with Mr. Murphy's control he will beat your bill again. However, do not give up the struggle. It Is right and It will win some of these days.' "As I was leaving the mayor he said to me: 'Take the advice of an old man. You do what you think is right and not what Mr. Murphy tells you to do. If you do what Mr. Murphy tells you to (MHfvstead of what your conscience Mia you u> do, you will he a very murk discredited man before your term of office Is over.' Cefcruptien the Real Trouble. "Now many people believe that the troubles between Mr. Murphy and myself have arisen largely from disagreements over patronage or appointments and removals from office,'1 said Mr. Bulaer. "This Is so to some extent Many people believe that Mr. Murphy ..J T a- -AAAMni auu a i|uai i vtou vu avvuuut v? lation which he wanted approved or disapproved. This is also true to some extent The real trouble, however, arose when I discovered through agencies which I set at work the tremendous frauds and overwhelming corruption existing in various departments of the state government by which a few politicians and contractors were robbing the taxpayers of millions of dollars every year. "When I discovered these frauds and had the overwhelming proof of them submitted to me I determined, as a matter of duty, to defy Mr. Murphy regardless of political or personal consequences. Even now, condemned by the court of impeachment and tripped of my great ofllce, I am not sorry that I did my duty to the-poople. I would do it again in sptye of the danger. "A prominent New York City man came to me from Mr. Murphy one day In June and told me In plain language that I would be Impeached unless I abandoned my opposition to Mr. Murphy, and especially unless I abandoned the effort to indict the criminals who were connected with the highway md C&D&1 steals. "At that time Commissioner Hennessey was beginning to get close to the thieves. This man said that if I would consent to call off Mr. Hennesley the Impeachment proceedings would not be begun. I said I would aot for a moment consider any such action. The truth Is that It I had been willing to connive at corruption ?if I had been willing to aot as a pliant and servile tool for the man whose sole conception of politics la plundering the public?there would not have been so much as a breath of attack upon me, or a suggestion of impeachment proceedings. "I was Impeached because I refused to call off Mr. Hennessey, because [ set in motion the machinery which led to indictments by several grand juriee, and which have unearthed Btate-wlde frauds running Into millions of dollars, In twenty-two counties, In connection with the highways and canals of the state. This, and my fight for direct nominations, severed ill relations between Mr. Murphy and myself and marked me for political daughter. It was a matter of selfpreservation for Mr. Murphy And his lieutenants. His Impeachment Ordered. "The signal for my destruction was toon given. It was on Sunday, the 18th of May, I think, that a New York lewspaper published an Interview with ne about my Aght for direct primaries. Mr. Murphy accepted this as an jpen declaration of war. He summoned a few of his Democratic lieutenants to meet him at Delmonlco'a rhey met the Tuesday night after this irtlcle appeared. The facts of this meeting came to me from Judge Mc-all and others. The conference last?d many hours, and It was Anally de:reed, after they had gone over everything, that they had to 'get me,' and that I must be removed from office. "Every agency known to these poit leal conspirators was set In motion, tfy life was raked from the time I vaa born down to the present day by letectlves, investigators and various ileutha, with a view to Anding out lomething that would Injure me. Criminals and perjurers were utilised o defame me. I was hampered and ibstructod In my official duties, and irivately hounded, denounced and hreatened. 'The flrat thing the conspirators did n the plot to poison the public mind igalnst me was to put out that Vernont business. I promptly told the ruth about the matter and It fell flat, t was a forgery and I have sworn >roofs to that effect Then came the Philadelphia breach of promise frame* ip. That also fell flat when I told the ruth about it" Evidence That Was Shut Out "And the campaign contributions, dr. Sulzer? What was your side of he story .that was shut out by the :ourt of impeachment?* "I am glad you asked that. Take he case of Judge Samuel Beardsleyof Jtlca. who went on the witness stand. >ut whose evidence was ruled out by he court During the campaign last all Judge Beardsley came to me and ffered me $25,000 in cash in behalf of ^ntiony N. Brady. I told Judge 3eardaley that I appreciated the genjrosity of the offer, but that I could tot take the money. Mr. Brady had treat interests which might be affected >y legislation, and I felt that if I took he $25,000 from him it might embarass me afterward, should any of Mr. irady'a matters come up for my offl rial action, one way or the other, 'udge Beardaley agreed with my view. "Judge Beardaley then took the $25.00 to Mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy haa lever made any accounting of that noney in any filed statement of cam* laign recelpta, ao far aa I know. It la 1 fact aa I was prepared to prove in he court of Impeachment by evidence ike Judge Beardaley's, that I declined o accept more than $100,000 offered to ne in cash during the campaign, and it that time I waa desperately in debt ind borrowing money.