The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-20
! 'GUIRE'S
MEMORY
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continued, FROM rage one
or more charges Of contractors being
forced to make, contributions. These
he told Hennessy last October at
Utica and Hennessy a written
them down: as he talked. The memo
randum was introduced and MCGUIRE
scanned it, but failed to recall some Of
its contents. Nor would Mcclure give
the district attorney the name. Of q
single person who had given him in
formation. .'..
How did you learn this?" Mr.
Whitman asked repeatedly.
II heard 1t" was McGuire's invari-
able answer.
who told you?' and McGuire's
stock reply was: IT don't recall"
Although McGuire's memory had ap-
parently weakened much since he col
lapsed on the witness stand last week,
when forced. to admit the falsity of
previous testimony. he recalled that he
had made mistakes" when on the
stand before. These he corrected by
reading into the record a twelve page
typewriter statement. In this he
fatty ~contradicted much Of his
previous testimony especially his
denials of having told Hennessy any
thing concerning the alleged hand
bagging" of contractors.
w AIdL NhCOuliS udu mere luCluOSu
charges hat forty-three contractors
had been forced to make campaign
contributions to politicians in 1912
and that Everett Fowler of Kingston,
now under indictment on a charge of
eXtortion, had been appointed at a
meeting between G. Gordon Reel, for
mer superintendent Of highways; Nor
man E. Mack, democratic state chair
man and John A. Dix then governor
Of New York, to make some Of these
collections.
The meeting was held at the execu-
tive mansion at Albany, he said, quail
flying the entire statement. with the
assertion that "he had learned" but
had forgotten who had told him.
What Mcclure knew definitely was
that he and his brother, James K. Nc
CURE, for six years mayor Of Syracuse,
had profited by commissioners on the
sale Of asphalt and oil to the state
n to contractors on state work.
They had been credited with commits
sions of II cent a gallon on 5000 0
gallons Of asphalt sold the state and
ESQ, 900 gallons sold contractors and
with a commission of 1 cent a gallon
on ESQ, 900 gallons of oil sold the state,
altogether between $4,000 and $4,000.
OF this sum $1,000 had been paid, he
testified and the rest was still owing.
The commissions, Mcclure testified,
were paid by the Barber Asphalt Co.
by which his brother had been long
employed and by the United States
Asphalt Co.. Mr.. whitman switched
to McGuire's contributions to Sulzer
when he was governor. The witness
corroborated his previous testimony,
that he had given Sulzer $4,000. OF
this sum, he said, $4,000 was given
"out Of sympathy" last June when the
governor sent for him and told him
he needed money.
after I had given the $4,000. Nc
CURE further said: II got to thinking
1T over, n concluded that it was a
larger contribution han 1 could af-
ford. So 1 went to Arthur Johnson
he was the Barber Asphalt Co.'s
! AGENT told him l wanted him to re-
imburse me for some of it If he felt
that he could. Johnson said he would
pay half. In any event I got a check
for $3.50 from him a few days later"
isn't it the TRUTH" demanded Mr..
Whitman. that Governor Sulzer sent
for you and told you that the Barber
Asphalt Co. was making money out of
the sale of it's asphalt to the state
and that you had to come across to
aim. with some of the profts?"
No sir" Mcclure answered quick
thing like that"
"Why did you give Mr.. Sulzer
$3,500?' asked Mr.. Whitman.
Mcclure evaded the question sew
eral times. At length he said that 1t
was partly out of sympathy and partly
because he felt that it might be to
his advantage to see that the state
got the Barber Alphabetically get
ting full value for every dollar it
spent.
When the hearing was concluded to
be resumed Friday afternoon, Mcclure
was instructed to appear. : Mr.. Whit
man said that he probably would send
for Arthur Johnson, the Barber AS
phalt upstate agent, to testify, and
that ex-Governors Dix and Sulzer, Mr..