New-York tribune., 1892-01-09
TIE COI.L:;S DERBY CONTEST.
H. 6. EURLEICH's SECRETARY G1vfs TteTINoNY
DIiAPr0INTING 70 TIE n MOCRtTS, N RE
T. ARD TO NN Di.HITfsUS WOHkNEN.

DIiAProINrING r. THE pF MocRtTS, ~ RE
GARD To MR. BrHLrtGn'S wo2KNEN.
hIlany Jan. : ,sp.cal.- To cnortN u the lawyer,
who are assisting Edward Murphy IT,. the chnirman
Of the Democratic State Committee and eN senator
Nicgl"l F. Collins ~ Murphy hecers. - steal
the senate seat 20 which John IL. Derby elected
by plurality OF more than 600 votss turning out
10 be Ridiculous The law, - arr living In the air
50 to speak In the hope that luck. may favor them.
and something may turn up on which an excuse can
bc made - seat The man 80 fa:. however. toe e'i-
dcnce that the Democratic LAWYERS have c'n':d hh-
acted Lie current oi Intermittent cIcctrc'. II has
kicked those who touched g.
This morning the senate C,mmltt-r on Pr.vil ge-
and Election, met again l,tcn to tn. testimony II
witnesses who had been summoned to app'ar for TIC
purpose Of giving oppor unity 70 the Demo "a Inv
yers 10 brUwbcnt. bully. caolc or tn *
item into making admission, that might
reflect rr1ect upon senator Dcrby's ught -
ls seat. For TN, purpose these lawyers had -uni-
uoncd twelve or fifteen isnonnt vori.mcn, cgPloJc1
by Henry Eurlelsh. at Whitehall. %one Of thcr'
men tad ever appeared Ia court bcfor'. and they dM
not know h, meaning u the formidable looking tOc4
which III" Sergeant at Ann, u The >eia' pdt IN
their hands, Nj. HulleiylI away, thc went 10
Irncy Cowen. hl, private -ecelar,. 10 ma "ut irom
him what VII, required of them. Mr. COwcn promised
10 70 Albany with them. and see that hey werc
not injured in any way. but lie first impress ed upon
them the irco- ,ity of ceiling the Truth.
The entire party reached heIr tnis morning. and
with them came Democratic hcccr named Walker.
who Immediately rushed 10 the tOllIns's lNyer, with
a Wild sory that C0wcn had accompanied Lee mcn
10 prevent them from tcsuiying. The lawyers cA-
am.ncd tic before the committee mr,, bat could
get nothing from them because The men knew nothing
Of any fraud bribery. None Of them had been paid
to vote But the Democratic lawyers wanted - make
a and try to show that the men really were
told To keep from tc.tifyine 20 they put Mr.. COwcn
on the stand. lie is not at all shrcwd. cl,c
he soon could have put the lawyers 10 rout. But.
il wa, they obtained from hin little molc than
simple statement that the men did not know what
do he with item 10 tell them whore ~ 20.
in every conceivable way the lawyers tried t. get him
10 admit that he had Instructed tho men as TO what
they should tcStfy. Eut these efforts proved futile,
for he replied with prOmptncss that he merely told
them not be frightened, but 10 tell the truth II tho
appearance Of the Indicated anything. the al
monition not 10 be frightened was timely. They clung
Together like frightened sheep In snow-torm The
fact that they had been told TO tell the truth evidently
greatly disconnected the lawyers plans, for the
cifiicd upon 10 testify. Ner the three
Democratic lawyers and the chairman OF The committee
lad put Cowem through II Of examination
and examination. he WIS recalled, TO testify ~
the st OF money election day by the. Republicans
Sow run Your mind back TO the Friday before
election DAY. aud tell il you did not from Mr..
Bureigh to senator Derby with request for money
said one Of Coliin,'s lawyeIs with the bIandcst OF
smiles.
Tho witness ho,itatcd moment before answering.
aud the Democrats In the began to laugh think
ing that at last they had caught hold Of something
that they could 10 advantage. 'ies," finally
answered the witness, there was deficiency In the
campaign expenses and Mr. BurleIgh wanted 1t paid
before election day.
Well, YOU got IT, didn't you ?" inquired the lawyer.
NO, did nO' wa, the answer.
Who did, was asked
Nobody answered COwcn.
Did not Mr.. Derby send 1t by some else,'
N0,' was the answer.
How do you know - persisted the lawyer now
Thoroughly angrY.
Because Mr.. Derby said mo- positively mo-
happened 10 have mileage book with me, else |
would have been compelled to walk back" the witness
rctOrt"d. Al this, the lawyer sat down utterly dis
concerted
Michael BrOdeIick, the only man from whom the
contestant could get satisfaction. testified that
named Peter Casey, whose politics lie did 10,
know, paid him - for voting a ticket which lie dn
not look at. This was about all the testimony oh.
tanned to-day, and the hearing In this case was ad
ourned until Monday afternoon. ON Monday morning
The committee will take up the Donaldson case.