Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-21
heard of these firms; do not know the

heard of these firms; do not know the
members.
Not Speculative Account.
1.-The stock matter with Harris &
Fuller was not a speculative account
but loan account made upon stocks
as collateral, which stocks had been
acquired and paid for years before my
nomination for the office OF governor
and from other sources than Harris
& Fuller
Certain checks given me during
the campaign were deposited to my
personal account, and therefore paid
the amount Of said checks to the
campaign committees.
I'm filing my statement Of receipts
and disbursements relied upon in
formation furnished me by the persons
In immediate charge of my campaign;
and believed the statement furnish
ed by them to me at the time, to be
accurate and true ac
the trial which disproved that state
ment. tae s
"On September IA, gave out anoth-
er statement as follows:
"storiss are False
1.-The stories that am going to re-
sign are false and malicious. The pur-
pose in circulating them must be EVIL
dent to anyone.
II have said some harsh things
about some of the senator's and they
have said some harsh things about me
but this il a trial, not political fight.
ct believe most of them are large
enough and honest enough to rise
above any personal feeling and do me
Justice
Those are the only statements or
interviews have made or given out
since the assembly, by order Of "the
boss" passed the resolution Of i'm
peachment.
"Of course when issued the last
statement I did not think Senators
Wagner, Frawley. Ramsperger, San
ner, Brown. Blauvett and Thompson
would act as my judges, as they were
either interested personally In the out
come of my trial or had acted as my
prosecutors and condemned me before
trial. The impropriety Of these sena-
tors voting for my conviction must be
apparent and vitiates the judgment
because had they refused to vote-as
a sense Of decency should have induc-
ed them to dol would not have been
convicted on any one Of the articles Of
impeachment.
Political Conspiracy.
my trial from beginning to end-so
far as the Tammanyized part Of the
court is concerned-is farce, a polit-
ical lynching, the consummation Of
deep laid political conspiracy to oust
me from office. am glad it Is all
over. am tired Of being calumniat-
ed, tired Of being hunted and hound
ed; tired Of trying to do my duty and
being traduced. 49,, ...
"The court ruled in everything
against me and ruled out everything
in my favor. The well settled rules Of
evidence were thrown to the winds. A
horse thief in frontier days would have
received squarer deal.
"Mr. Murphy controlled the assem-
bly, and ordered the impeachment. He
controlled most Of the members Of the
court and dictated its procedure, and
wrote the judgment. He WIS the
Judge and the jury. the prosecutor and
the bailiff.
They called 1t the high court of i'm
peachment, but history will call II
'Murphy's high court Of infamy' The
trial was human shambles; libel
on law; a fragrant abuse Of constitu-
tional rights: disgrace to our civil
zation; and the verdict overturned the
safeguards Of liberty and the prece-
dents Of three centuries. The judg-
ment will not stand the test of time.
The future historian will do me JUS
tice and poslerity will reverse the find
ings of the court.
Court Of Public Opinion.
There Is a higher court than MUIR
phy's-the court Of public opinion.
when declined to obey the or
ders' of the boss about patronage;
when I refused to call off Hennessey
and prevent further investigations Of
graft; and finally, when I set in mo-
tion the wheels of the machinery of
the courts to bring the criminals to
justice and to stop the looting of the
state. then and not until then did Mr..
Murphy threaten me with degradation.
From that day to this, all that money,
AL that power. all that influence can
do to destroy me has been done.
"Mr. Murphy and the special inter-
ests which antagonized have won a
temporary victory but the fight for
reform and honest government will go
on. The force Of trial will have good
effect in the end. 1t has opened the
eyes Of the people to graft Of millions
of dollars annually. and 1t will hasten
the adoption Of the initiative and the
referendum; bring about the recall Of
public officials. including judges and
judicial decisions, and write upon the
statute books other reforms, especially
a direct primary law so that the voters
instead of the bosses will nominate as
we'll as elect all officials to public Of
flee.
Honest and Faithful.
"As the governor / have been honest
and faithful to my trust. No influence