Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-28

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him was the governor; that intend
ed to be governor; that was not go
ing to be proxy governor or rub
Der stamp"
what did he say when you asserted
lyour independence?
HE laughed at me and rebuked me
for this, and said that I might be the
governor but that he controlled the
Legislature; that unless did what ne
wanted me to regarding Legislation
and appointments I could not get my
nominations confirmed and that ne
would block everything. ] listened to
these boasts and threats from MT.
Murphy, not once but frequently. II
was all disheartening and discourag-
ling, but tried to be patient TO gel
along with him, and do my best.
Daley Peremptory Demands.
while was governor, Mr. Murphy
communicated with me frequently,
and always along these lines. From
the beginning of January to April 13
there was hardly day he did not send
some one to see me with peremptory
demands to do this or that. Some re-
quests were reasonable and granted
them: some were so unreasonable and
40 much against the peoples Interest,"
that I refused to consent.
"Prior to April 13 our relations po-
litically were badly strained. could
NOT comply with his demands. real
ized that we had come to parting OF
the ways. I was determined 70 pe
governor. to make q good record, 10
do my duty according to what Pc
lieyed to be right and to carry out, as
| far as possible the platform upon
which I had been elected. I also
wanted to treat all the upstate Demo-
cratic county organizations squareiy,
whether these county organizations
were friendly to Mr.. Murphy or oth-
erwise. That was not his plan.
zone talk with Mr.. Murphy, which
remember very distinctly, was az
his house in New York on March IL.
He expressed great Indignation De-
cause I had removed Colonel Scott,
the superintendent Of prisons. told
him the reasons. He poh pohed them,
and said Scott was friend OF his.
| "It was in this very conversation
that. Mr.. Murphy said to me: Unless
you do what I want you to do VIII
wreck your administration as govern
or, block all your legislation and de-
feat all your appointments he said:
Remember, I control the LEGISLATURE
and the legislature can control the
governor He also threatened me
with public disgrace unless agreed
to his programme on legislative mat
ters and appointments.
"It was at this conference, too, that
he talked about the things he had on
me- and said that had better listen
TO him and not to his enemies up the
state: that IL I did what he told me
TO I would have things easy and no
| trouble. and that II I didn't do what
he wanted me to I would have all the
trouble I wanted.
.sThink of the governor Of the great
state of New York having to listen TO
such language from such a man! l
told him that was the governor and
that IL he would let me alone could
succeed, but that could not succeed
IL was to be q catspaw for him. l
told him that I wanted to give the
state an honest and efficient adminis-
tration; that In my opinion that would
do more to help the party tnan any
thing else"
What did Mr.. Murphy say to that,
"He was very insulting. Then ask
ed him what he could do to destroy
me. And he said: Never mind, you
will find out In good time. Stand by
the organization and you Will be all
right. II you go against the organi-
zation will make your administrators
the laughing stock Of the state
"I told him that all ! wanted was
| TO do right, be honest, and carry out
INV oath Of office. He laughed at this,
and said that some of the men had
around me would run away from me
Just as soon as trouble began.
Order to "caIi of Blake"
"It was at this time that he asked
me to call of George Blake, the COM
missioner who was investigating the
prisons. He said that Blake must be
called off and that he didn't want the
prisons investigated unless we could
agree upon some man 10 do 1t. told
him that Blake was an efficient man
and that was going to Let him go on
| with his work, and he said: II you
do you will be sorry for 1t. Mark
| what tell you now!
'I told him what I had heard about
the vileness Of things in the Sing Sing
and Auburn prisons. I said: We GER
| tainly ought not to stand for them. l
want to get at the facts. and II there
Is anything wrong, stop 1t; II there is
any graft, eliminate It, =.
"Mr. Murphy told me that he didn't
want anything done in connection
with Sing Sing prison by Blake or any
other man; that the warden there.
Mr.. Kennedy, was friend Of his and
good man, and he wanted him let
alone. This, remember, was the war
den whom I afterward removed from
his place on charges and who was
since indicted by the Westchester
grand jury. "4
Mccall the Ennissary. p1S
when Mr.. Murphy found out that
he could not use me and control me
he sent emissaries to see me frequently
to demand that do certain things
and threaten me II refused. You
must not forget that I was then gov
| ernor of the Empire State. These
threats began in small way in Feb
ruary and continued with greater We
hemence up TO the very night the As
sembly passed the resolution Of i'm
peachment in obedience to Mr.. Muir
phys orders.
Zone Of the agents through whom
Mr.. Murphy most frequently commu-
nicated with me was Judge Mccall.
Judge Mccall usually spoke Of Mr..
Murphy as the Chief and would say
to me that the Chief wished such
and such thing done or demanded
that follow such course OF action.
Every Tammany member OF the
legislature Of either house who ap-
preached me from day to day used the
same language, saying that the CHER
demanded this or demanded that, or
that the Chief had telephoned to put
through such piece Of legislation. or
kill some other piece Of legislation.
was impeached, not because OF my
misdoings, but because I declined to
recognize Mr.. Murphy as the Chief
the invisible and all-powerful Chief,
In the government Of this state; be-
cause I would not obey the Chiefs
telephone orders, sent through ennis
saries at the end Of the line.
IT was impeached and 1t Is time
that the whole people should realize
the truth in all its enormity, because
tried, with whatever shortcomings,
yet with all sincerity and earnestness
Of purpose, to be the servant Of the
whole people and not the servant OF
the Chief, who desired, through me,
to make his rule over the people OF
the state as absolute as 1t is corrupt.
This Chief remember, tried last
December to put me under financial
obligations which would have bound
me helplessly to him and which he
believed would have insured my slav-
ishly appointing the McCabes and the
Gaffneys and the McManuses.
Through Mr.. Murphy and the peo-
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