The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-14
MCARREN TRIAL NEXT YEAR
IF HE DOESN'T DECIDE MEAN
TINE TO DEFY CONNERS.

Case 10 Tell for whom He Voted No
Promise Given Tha He VIII AciXnOwl-
edge the Jurisdiction Of the Committed.
Senator Patrick H. McCsrren has not
yet made up his mind whether or not he
will eight expulsion from the Democratic
State committee after q trial for treason.
The trial was TO have begun yesterday. but
he got an adjournment until January 5, and
he and his counsel minated that they were
not prepared to admit that the committee
had jurisdiction.
But II he does resolve to defend himself
before the committee it Is his intention to
make things interesting for all concerned.
It is the purpose Of his counsel, for one
thing, to call William r.. Hearst and Max
F. Ihmsen. Mr.. Hearst g political manager
to ask them how they voted at the election
whether for the candidates OF the Demo-
cratic party or the candidates OF the d
pendence League.
The charges OF treachery against Senator
McCarren were made by John H.. Delaney
and Patrick Hayes Of the Kings County
Democratic party, an anti-McCarren organ
ization. They accused McCarren OF issuing
orders to his followers just before election
day to knife Hearst. and they asserted that
il was due to those instructions that Hearst
ran so far behind his ticket in Kings. The
State committee appointed a subcommittee
Of seven to investigate. The trial was
opened yesterday at noon at the Democratic
State headquarters in the Hotel Victoria.
Senator McCarren was on hand with a large
number OF his friends. He had with HIM
Isaac NJ. Kapper. George V. s. Williams
was the chief counsel for the c~omplainants.
After Charles p. Williams, the chairman
Of the committee, had outlined the charges
made against Mr.. McCarren he said that
he had not seen the particulars OF the COM
plant until five minutes before and that II
was only common justice that he should
have time to consider the charges before
being called upon to answer them.
Chairman Williams replied that the pur.
port OF the charges had been published
and that there was no need Tor delay.
Mr.. Stapleton and Mr.. Kapper were so
persistent, however, that the committee
intimated that they would agree TO a post
ponement il they could be assured that the
charges would be defended when the COM
mittee met again.
Mr.. McCarren's lawyers refused 20 give
this assurance. There is a question az to
the jurisdiction Of the State committee IL the
premises" MIR. Stapleton said. bat II IL
jurisdiction then the Senator will answer
the charges"
1T seems to me tina the mention for adj
journment is clearly insincere,' Chairman
Williams answered, and tina il is offered
for the single purpose OF bnngin about
delay
And il seems to me-" Mr.. Stapleton
answers sharply, that such a charge Of
insincerity comes with bad grace when it
is recalled that Mr.. Corners, who is sponsor
for this investigation, il reported to have
said in Washington only a few days age
We will put McCarren on rollers and give
him the skidoo.' We lave responded to
your call PROMPTLY and are accepting the
belief that this is to be a fair and impartial
tribunal, Notwithstanding the fact that the
distinguished citizen TO whom you owe your
appointment on this investigating COM
mittee has prophesied its outcome. There
are some OF us here who are interested in
upbuilding rather than destroying what
l must call that unfortunate organization
the Democratic party. We ask for an ad-
journment in order TO study the bill OF
complaint and to look into Your powers"
Then Senator McCarren rose TO address
the committee. He admitted that he had
heard some charges read and that he had
replied to them, but that he had never
understood their specific nature.
1t is true" he said, that l heard the
document when il was first read. 1t is
true also that it came az. a great surprise
to me. and that when ! recovered from that
surprise / made a few remarks in reply
remarks which / believe were rather widely
quoted at the time. 1t is nevertheless a
fact, in spite Of all these things, that l ought
to know what l am charged with. | am
a busy man and have many things 70 occupy
my attention and I did not keep these
charges particularly in mind. | ask there
fore to have served upon me a copy Of the
bill Of complaint 80 hat / can, with my
counsel, examine into the many lega
and knotty points that appear to be in
volved."
The adjournment was finally agreed to
The evidence taken will be oral. II will be
taken down by a stenographer and sworn
70 before a notary, but il 1t ia false II won't
be perjury.
Some of the ~up-country members of the
State committee we're in town yesterday.
and they said that no good could come
Of attempting TO try Senator McCarren
on the charge of -treachery." Hearst fell
behind Chanler and the other candidates
on the Democratic State ticket in every
county in the State, and II McCarren was
20 be tried because the vote for Hearst in
Kings county fell down every Democratic
leader in every county, including Charles
r. Murphy, was In danger OF being tired for
"treachery." These State committeemen
wanted the McCarren trial stopped. One
of the State committeeman said:
Il think that some member OF the oom-
mittee ought to bring charges against Mr.
Murphy for alleged 'treachery' TO Hears
in Manhattan Borough. Hearst was dread,
fully cut in the Tammany districts sup
posed to be in charge Of Mr.. Murphy anC
Mr.. Murphy's friends, and if this row ia Il
go further We may ask Mr.. Murphy &c
explain how this came about"