Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-10-06
TOLD HIM TO SEE BARNES
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE EN-
DEAVoRED TO GET AID OF
REPUBLICAN, LEADER
WILL not AFFECT The CASE
JUDGE CULLEN ORDERS THIS
PART OF THE EVIDENCE
THROWN OUT

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Ryan testified at the impeachment
trias Of Governor sulzer this after
noon that sulzer requested him to
go to washington and ask Senator
Root to use his Influence to get Will
liam Barnes to attempt to induce re-
publican Senators of the iripeacn-
ment court to hold that the impeach-
ment proceedings we're invalid.
! Allan A. Ryan, a son or Thomas F.
Ryan, was questioned concerning a
telephone conversation which he said
he had with Governor sulzer in which
he said he referred the governor to
Mr.. McGlone.
Mr.. Ryan was temporarily excused
and /. v. McGlone was called to the
witness stand. He said he had been
private secretary to Thomas F. Ryan
for 12 years. He said he talked with
Governor Sulzer in October. 1912.
"I went to Sulzer's office" said
Mr.. McGlone. HE spoke about his
campaign. I said there was no ques-
tion about his election. He said no,
there was not. but he wanted me to
make persolfal cafGpaigrr ais
the organization ought to supply the
money for his campaign. He said no,
he needed certain money for his
campaign through the state.
~Te- said he needed some money.
I told him I could not get it to him
without consulting somebody else. 1
told him I'd do that and that I'D give
it to him when he got back from his
campaign trip. spoke to somebody
else about it and we agreed to give
him sum of money which we did
after he got back He said he want
ed $500, or as much as he could
get"
Mr.. Ryan was then recalled and
questioned regarding a conversation
he had with Governor Sulzer a week
before conyening Of the impeachment
court. He said that he had seen the
governor alone at his New York office.
He made certain requests of me,
the witness began, in relating the CON
versatioR. He asked me to go to
Washington and see Senator Root for
him.
Judge Herrick and Attorney Mar
shall of the governors counsel made
strenuous objections.
What did he say to you on the
subject of his approaching trial?"
He told me- said the witness, IF
was subpoenaed before the commit
tee not to pay any attention to the
subpoena"
THE Frawley committee?" asked
Mr. Stanchfield
''He said no one had right to
subpoena NE.
The answer was stricken out.
"He also said he wanted the trial
to be declared illegal" the witness
continued, @and that he hoped it
would be held that the assembly in
extraordinary session had no right to-
impeach him. He asked me to go to
Washington
Another objection BY Mr. Herrick
stopped the answer
Didn't you have a talk with Gov
ernor sulzer with reference to influ-
ence on the action Of this court?'
Before he could be stopped by an
objection the witness answered 'yes.
state that conversation, said At
toTney stanchfield, after Judge Gull
len ruled that the witness might an
swer.
"He asked me to go to washing
ton" Ryan replied, Ito see Senator
Root and request him to see William
Barnes and get him to endeavor to
have republican members Of this
body to vote that this court had no
right to try him-to impeach him.