The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-02


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II began 70 talk OF getting the bill
out or the Assembly Codes Committee.
wanted to know. as l put II. whether
| the $1,000 would cover both Houses.
He said. no that the $4,000 was all
needed in his committee and that he
did not know how much it would cost
! TO get 1t ont of the Assembly commit
tee. 1 said that ! did not want to pay
Anything unless the bill came out of
both committees and that even then 1
had no assurance that the bill would
pass.
going up TO Albany next day and that
ne would line up the Assembly commit
tee and telegraph me a number which
would Indicate in hundreds how much
1t would cost 10 get the hill out. The
next day he sent me a telegram read
ing: Fifteen is the right number in.
dica,ing that the Assembly committee
deua rlded 81. 800 in addition to the 81
900 Sulwell needed for his Senate COM
81 ra,Iiaa u,,h a,o,h ..I.,,o,, tn
tending to string him along. Five thou
saho collars Tor the passage or the bill
would be better than $500 for present
uncertainty. When ne received that
telegram Stlwel! called me up on the
lonS distance telephone. That was what
expected. and ! was ready for him
with witnesses. There are four branch
telephones on the same trunk line In my
once ana men were listening 10 what
SIliWeII shld over the telephone. one
man Is willing 10 swear that Il was SUI
Well talking, The others d'd not know
nun 80 they can swear only as TO the
conversation.
Stiiweii wanted /" KNOW VIVA |
meant by my telegram, saving that i
seemed that | was backing away from
the proposition ~ pay for getting the
Dill OUT or The committee. / said that |
had no assurance the bill would pass
even II l. dld get out of the committee.
he said that the bill would never get
/ out OF committee unless paid this
money Kept him talking FOR six or
seven minutes, during which he re-
pealed the effect of this threat several
heard a
A'"'e WI"
The next day 1 called St,lw.u ON In.
telephone and was going 10 make him
! report my bill. read him a telegram
stating exactly what had happened ND
, to date II was a shorter telegram Than
the one | sent GOV. Sulzer, but II stated
. about the same things. This telegram
was to b. sent, told Stilweu, to the
,s,a,u,a upl.s. h.. ra,,,,.,,d ,n,. h,, I,n
mediately
ne SAID tHat he could not do IT, |
said that would give him until O'Clock
OF 'ha' day, lie said. Give me until g.
sald' All Right, and AT o'clock hs
called me to say that the bill was re-
ported Then | demanded that he get
the p'li out on the Assembly side lie
SAID that It was impossible. told him
mat II mad go, 20 be done or the tele-
gains would De sent. He told me that
ne would have to have until the next
gay ana the Dill was reported by the
Assembly codes committee
! now haa everything ] wanted and
! hadnt paid any bribe money 10 GET II
out was very much worried. AZ an
honest man | did not know what to do.
The Governor had treated ME so white
that did not want 10 do anything 10 In
| lure his party 1 wnrriad greo, d..l