New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-21


for Mayor and chairman Of the Public
Service Commission. last night issued a
long statement In reply to William Sui
zer's "own story" In which he made a
general denial Of all the onetime Governor
said about him.
| He denied that he ever acted as a 60
between for Charles F. Murphy to the
Governor, or that he ever was asked by
I Murphy TO suggest the appointment OF
any one for office.
| He asserted that he was shocked at
the falseness OF the utterances," coming,
as they did. from a man who had been
his lifelong friend"
He admitted that the three-cornered
conferences between Sulzer. Murphy and
himself, to which sulzer referred. took
place, but Mccall placed an entirely dif-
ferent construction on them. He said
that the visits OF the then Governor to
his home, and TO Murphy's home, were
sought by the Governor himself, as were
all of McCalrs visits to Albany to see
the Governor.
| The statements that he makes, SAID
Mccall, "as far as they refer to me. nave
not a word Of truth in them. and | have
more of pity for him than adherence OF
them
Murphy Speaks IS Words.
Charles F. Murphy at Tammany Hall
| last night, said:
"I have reliable information that the
! fusion campaign managers for poliucai
effect have arranged for the publication OF
q series of Sulzer statements. When the
series Is complete shall give the press
my answer.
James ]. Frawley. the state Senator
who was chairman OF the committee Wnich
investigated" Governor Sulzer last night
said he did not see that the Sulzer state
| ment answered any Of the charges on
| which nc was convicted. He said that inc
'impeachment idea" originated with VIII
! lam Barnes. the Republican state leaoer
who demanded the impeachment OF Cover
nor Sulzer az early as last February
| through the editorial columns OF his Al
bany paper.
McCaIps Statement.
Mccall defended himself as follows
ct have read In one Of the evening
papers what purports to have been an IN
terview with Governor Sulzer. and Whle
| I recognize IL is beyond the range OF
probabilities that that can have been a
manufactured statement. still | am so
shocked at the falseness OF the utter
auces purporting to have come from inc
Governor that ] have been striving all
/ day 10 locate him to get an expression
| from him as TO whether or not he STANDS
sponsor for them.
| Il have been unable TO get In touch
with him, and 1 can no longer DEFER my
answer 10 same accepting that the state
ments come from him. are couched in MS
language and that he intends the pub
lie shall take the same as being truthful.
| Until this article was given me 10
read | had. as | had stated yesterday
no personal grounds for any other opin-
ion than that the Governor was truth
| ful man. and even now at this hour. and
after reading this article. have no de-
sire TO add an atom TO his great troubles
but | cannot allow what he has said 70
go unchallenged. or 10 fail to state to the
| public what the truth OF the situation Is
| II never during the campaign for Gov
ernor last fall took even the smallest
part. | never sought. nor was ] asked
to give counsel or advice. and was abso-
lutely and wholly and entirely out oil
touch with the political situation.
never saw the Governor during his cam
paign. nor after his election. ! never
even heard from him on political mat
tiers in so far as this state was con-
cerned, nor on any subject affecting his
Gubernatorial canvass
IL did not attend his Inauguration In
January and / did not visit Albany until
some time about the middle, or after tn,
middle, OF that month
Message from Albany.
About that time received a telephon,
message from the Governor, and II my
memory serves me correctly il was on q
Thursday, asking me TO 80 to Albany al
once on urgent business. | told him
| was holding a busy term of court and
that 1t was impossible for me TO respond
and asked him If ne could not tell m,
over the wire what he wanted
His answer was that he could not, ant
that II l could not come on the following
arrange to come on Saturday? / infOrmcC
him as 10 what the situation was In ref
erence to court work and told him thai
the Saturday and Sunday to follow would
be necessarily employed in disposing Of
the matters that had accumulated durinl
the week, and that ] did not see how
could come even on Sunday.
Upon his urgent pleading. and moi
knowing and not having been appraised OF
what he wanted to see me about, l ar.
ranged TO go to Albany, and did go or
that Saturday.
my recollection is that | dned with the
Governor, and after dinner we repaired &c
his Office In the Executive Mansion. he
Immediately started in telling me wha,
he proposed to do In the way Of an adj
ministration, and as my memory serves
me he presented nothing that | did not
deem quite commendable, and so ex
pressed myself
After much parleying on his part. and
when had several times asked him what
the particular matter was that no wanted
10 talk to me about. he told me the mat
ter OF great concern and trouble and an
noyance TO him was the filling OF the
plsce of chairman Of the Public Servic,
Commission OF the list Department
which would become vacant under ex
piration of the term Of Mr.. Wilcox pr
February ].
II remember that ! distinctly said e
him: 4 do not zee what annoyance o.
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