Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-18

Il deny that | used campaign con-
tributions for personal use.
II deny that | speculated in Wall
Street CT used money contributed for
campaign purposes to buy stocks, eth
err in my own name or otherwise.
u never had an account with Full
Lev & Gray or Boyer & Griswold ] new
er heard of these firms: do not know
the members; and knew nothing about
the transactions with these firms, tes-
titled to before the Frawley commit
tee until recently threatened with ex-
posnre and the alleged transactions
were brought to my attention by the
Frawley committee. The stock market
with Harris Il Fuller was not a spec
uIative account, but a loan account
made up On stocks as collateral. which
stocks had been acquired and paid for
years before my nomination fer the
office of Governor and from other
sources than Harris K Fuller
Certain checks given to me during
the campaign We're deposited to my
personal account, and thereafter
paid the amount of said checks to the
campaign committees.
Relied on Managers.
I'm filing my statement of receipts
and disbursements with the secretary
of state relied upon information fur
nished me by the persons in immedl-
ate charge of my campaign. and in
whom | had and still have, the most
implicit confidence; and | believe the
statement furnished by them to me at
the time to be accurate and true
No legal evidence was addueed on
the trial which disproved that state
ment.
subsequently. on Sept. IA, | gave out
another statement as follows:
1.-THE stories that l am going TO
resign are false and malicious The
purpose in circulating them must be
evident to anyone. l am not going 10
resign. am going to stand trial.
- have said some hard things about
some Of the senators and they nave
eaia some hard things about me; but
This is a trial. not a political fight
They are both judges and Jurors,
and ! believe most of them are holiest
and above personal feeling they may
entertain toward me because 81 what
I have said about them, and do me
Justice.
",rhose are the only statements OF
interviews | have made or gwen gu.
since the Assembly. by the orders Oh
The Boss passed the resolution VI
Impeachment.
"Of course, when / issued the last
statement. on Sept IA, l did not think
senator Wagner. Senator Frawley,
senator Transporter, Senator Sannef,
Senator Brown, Senator BlaaVelt anu
Senator Thompson would act as my
jurors and judges, as they were eith-
or interested personally in the out
come of my trial, or had acted as my
prosecutors and condemned me before
trial, or on account Of personal grey
ances had expressed an opinion as TO
my guilt. The improperly OF these
senators voting for my conviction must
be apparent, and vitiates the 1udg-
ment because had they refused to vote
as a sense of decency should nave
induced them to do would not nave
been convicted on any one OF the ar
ticles of Impeachment.
Trial a Farce.
NV trial from beginning TO end
So far as the Tammansized part or
the court was concerned--was farce
the contamination of We'll iaia
conspiracy to Dust me from office. |
am glad it is all over. l am tired OF
being illuminated, tired of pelns
hunted and bounded; tired of trying
to do my duty and being traduced.
"The court ruled in everything
against me and ruled out everything
in my favor The we'll settled rules OF
evidence were thrown to the WINDS.
A horse thief in frontier days wouia
have received a squarer deal.
Mr.. Murphy controlled the Assem-
bly and ordered the impeachment.
He controlled most of the members
of the court and dictated its proceed
ure and wrote the judgment He was
the judge and the jury, the prosecu-
tor and the bailiif.
THE meetings of the court were IN
secret and behind closed doors. 1t was
a star chamber proceeding, where the
enemies of the state could work for
my conviction undisturbed.
Hiah Court of Infamy.
"They called it the high court OF
Impeachment, but history will call IL
Murphy's high court of infamy. The
trial was a human shambles; libel
on law: fragrant abuse of constltu-
tional rights; disgrace to our civil
ization; and the verdict overturned the
safe guards of liberty and the prece-
dents of three centuries. The 1uds-
ment will not stand the test of time
The future historian will do me JUS
tice and posterity will reverse the
findings of the court.
There is "A higher court than Muir
phy,s-the court of public opinion. 1
appeal from Murphy's court OF poiitl-
cal passion to the calmer judgment Oh
the future and the sober regulation Oh
public opinion.
when / declined to obey the or-
ders' of the Boss about patronage;
when | refused To call off HennessS
and prevent further Investigations Oh
graft, and finally vixen l set In mo-
ton the wheels of the machinery Oh
the courts To bring the criminals 10
Justice and to stop the looting OF the
state, then, and not until then Ga Nj.
Murphy threaten me with depreciation
WON