Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-30

lowing:
John A. llennrssy. suffers investigator
whose work resulted in numerous ndiCt-
1nonts for grating on highway contracts,
stirred an audience which iammcd Coop
er Union with intimate disclosures of sui
zcr-Murphy- McCal relations that con-
Gr,ned. and even went beyond the mark
reached by suffers own story
The "CiaHncy or war utimatum which
Sulzer said had been delivered to him.
was corroborated by Hcnncssr who gave
the name Of the man who carried that
message to the governor from the boss.
William f.. Paine, president of the Vel
low Pine company of No. ~ Beaver
street. a director of the American Malt
ing company, a trustee of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society and. as Hcnnessy
put it, lumber king, speculator and
friend Of Murphy and Gaffncy," was the
man named by Henncssy as the bearer
Of the message.
Paine. Hcnncssy said, told him he had
lent 100000 to Murphy and Gafincy when
Thomas +. Ryan was with Mayor Me
Clellan in his fight against Murphy and
when the banks were tight on Murphy
and Gafncy"
THEY needed that $70o.N0 to carry them
tom" Hcnncssv explained, land Paine,
the man Who loaned it to them. is the
came man who later appears as the man
telling Sulzcr the governor, that its
Gaffney or war
SPEAKS BY THE BOOK.
1Iennessy spoke in this matter ana Of
the conferences between Murphy and
Sulzer at which Mccall was present as
we'll as about everything else with in
innate details ana with the utmost con-
1idenco. He was so fun of his subject
that he had scant need of the few notes
he had at his side. and only referred to
them casually when. as he put it, he
wanted to be careful not to do any man am
Injustice.
Hcnn"ssy told Of the arrangements
made hv Mccall for the private inter
view between Murphy. Mccall and Sud
zor in Murphy's house i'm East 18th street.
and he challenged Mccall to 90 further
nnd relate what was said Ivy each of the
three men present from midnight of A0rl
u until four o'clock I'm the moruu. ot
April H.
How does Hcuuessy know ths:" mel
shouted, after making the suggestion
himself that someone might challenge
crnor Suffers own story Of that Incl
dent well, sulzcr told mo first, and
Mccall told me second"
Henncssy opened his address by say
ms that he would not at any time at
tompt to defend the acts of William Sui
yer before he was governor lie said that
he new him as an honorable man in his
official capacity as governor, who stood
out against every at"mpt to hIibc him
ASK JUDGE M'CALL.". HE SAYS
I'm tell YOU what I know, ana what
] don't know I'll ask judge Mccall to
tell you. If he doesn't, h" pleads guilty"
Hcnnessy challenged.
With that Introduction the chief in
vestigator laid bare a brief hat we'll de-
tailed summary Of the activities Of the
governors Office of which he had per-
sonal knowledge each Of which, Hen
messy said. constituted one of the rea-
sons for Suffers Impeachment.
II don't believe Glynn will be more
plant ho said, before plunging into his
main subject "and if Murphy will find,
as with Gaynor and with Sulzcr, that he
has picked another lemon"
Hennessy's schedule of the incidents
which h" said wer" responsible for the
impeachment, includcd
The discovery Of a payroll padded to
the extent Of 70 per cent. in favor of what
he called "a happy Tammany family from
Jimmie Hagan's district. the 18th. of
Manhattan. This was Oh the state Cap
itol rebuilding Job
The refusal to appoint James f.. CAT
fncy highway commissioners this story
Hennessv backed up with the detailed
story of the delivery of that ultimatum
70 Sulzcr and with letters recommending
Gaffney'S appointment from Louis Stew
art. stephen Baker and Arthur A. Nc
Lean;
The indictment of Bart Dunn in Rock
land county and of William II. Fitzpat-
rick's men in Eric;
suffers refusal to appoint George NJ
Palmer, as chairman of the up-Sta e pub
lie service commission; and
Suffers attempt to appoint John Nit
chell as labor &c mmissioner.
'Sulzsr never was governor Of New
York State" said Hennessy, "except in
name. The real governor of New York
Is to be found sometimes at Delmon-
ico's, sometimes in East 18th street,
sometimes at the Marlborough- Blenhem
In Atlantic City, sometimes at the Shin
necock Golf club, sometimes at the Oak
land club, and sometimes at Hot Springs,
where he goes to boil out. 1t was only
when Sulzer got to thinking he was the
governor that he got into trouble
Let MS be under no deusons about
Sulzer. When he went to Albany he
knew he wasn't governor. but he hoped
he would be. He took orders through
Cram and John Delaney, and ne was
glad to take them until he found il wasn't
even fifty-hfty between Murphy and the
public, but one per cent to the public
and 90 per cent to Murphy II was then
that his conscience asserted itself and
his friends came to him with the advice
to h"It"
| Hennessy referred to the case of COL
one Edward Duffy, a veteran of the
Goth regiment, whose appointment as port
warden and later 10 any job. Murphy had
refused to CountcnanGc because he
wasn't right
because he wasn't right with the
chief that meant" Henncssy explained
Coming down 10 what he said was Sui
GERS first trouble, he said the governor
found that the expenditure of something
like "a, 100000 by the state architects office
mad been certified by rubber stamps on
behalf Of the speaker, the lieutenant gov
ernor and the governor, in the previous
administration. Sulzer stopped that Hen
messy said, and ordered that no bills
would he paid without examination by