The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-29
Governor Believes Judge Cullen
Will Admit His "Human
Interest Story"
TO SUBPOENA MURPHY MEN
Hopes to Show That Local Lead.
ers Instructed Their
Assemblymen.

tonight that the court Of impeachment
would not permit Gov. Sulser to recite
on. the witness stand the human interest
story he 10 preparing. This outlines IN
alleged conspiracy on the part Of Charles
r. Murphy and local Depocratic leaders
throughout the State to get rid Of the
Governor.
With . view to leading up to such re-
cital on the part Of Gov. sulser It was
learned tonight that the suiser forces
were to subpoena every member Of the
Democratic State committee who accepts
the Murphy State leadership. The idea
10 to show that these local Democratic
leaders throughout the State labored with
their local Assemblymen at the behest Of
the leader Of Tammany Hall TO get them
to vote for sulser's impeachment.
Counsel for the managers declare that
this evidence 10 not semissible. even n
Il could be proved that Sulssr's impeach-
ment was brought atput through the
connivance Of the Democratic leaders.
by Gov. 6ulser and his friends 10 no part
Of the Issue before the court Of impeach.
Ment.
II seemed certain tonight that II Gov.
Sulser's human interest story 10 to reach
the public Il must be over his own sigma
ture and not ~ . witness before the
high court Of impeachment.
Peck Nay De Recalled.
Er,>rA. ~ sha cov>rro. ,r.,.s>A IN
night that he never advised state Super
intendent Of Public Works Duncan w.
Peck to lie under oath regarding Mr..
Peck's $500 cash contribution. They de-
ciared Mr.. Peck would b recalled for
cross s-examination by counsel for the de-
fence. II was pointed out that the quss-
tiohs to be asked Peck were based upon
a report hled with Gov. Sulser BY John
A. Hennessy . month before Sulser was
impeached. This report was utilized BY
Gov. SSlssr 70 keep Psck under his posit.
ical thuub.
0sv. suissr enjoyed bis usual automo.
bile eide to-day. His friends marvel It
his good physical condition and his TN.
ceasing declaration that the high court
OF impeachment will not convict him. The
Governor was In conference for q long
time to-day with his counsel.
1t 10 expected that testimony for the
prosecution will be all In by Wednesday
or Thursday. 1t 10 thought that all the
evidence may be In by the end Of two
weeks and a decision by the court
reached by the middle Of October.
salser Relies 81 Jsage Csllea.
Gov suises seems confident that Pre-.
siding Judge Cullen viii permit him to
tell the story Of his life In his own way
on the witness stand and especially to
review the events which Gov. Sulxer de-
clares led up to his Impeachment The
length OF the trial will depend on Judge
Culien's ruling on this point.
Gov. Sulser hnds time each day when
not In conference with his counsel to 20
over every newspaper Of standing in the
State.
After rising this morning the Governor
buried himself In the morning newspa-
pers. He did not attend church. Later
on he closeted himself with counsel and
for several hours talked over his case.
II was said BY one Of his friends that
to-day he recited for the beneHt Of coun-
eel the story he has prepared to tell a.
Judge D-Cady Herrick refused to say
tonight who would be subp1naed BY the
defence. He was silent on the where
abouts of Frederick l.. Colwell. Sulzer's
alleged dummy In the stock market. II
is said that he will tell the attorneys for
the board Of managers just where this
important witness IL when the impeach-
ment court reconvenes tomorrow after.
noon.
Sermon 81 Impeachment.
III Gov. sulser had been . religious
man his impeachment would have been
declared the Rev. Edward r.
James, pastor OF the First Presbyterian
Church of Rensselaer,. across the river
from Albany. This utterance was made
during sermon tonight on Religion N
Politics"
'srhe leader Of Tammany Hall and his
satellites have no religion" continued DR.:
James, land again l say II Gov. Sulsef
had been q devout religious man the i'm
peachment trial would not have been
possible"
DR.. James was recently designated
Progressive county committeeman In
Rensselaer, county and 10 quite active In
local politics. He prefaced his sermon.
which created much discussion In this
with the declaration that re.
lision played no part In the impeach.
ment trial.
"Ths church a. an institution" he said.
"cannot interfere with civil government
and cannot discriminate against any one
on purely religious grounds. Much 0f tbs
antipathy toward the Catholic Church 10
and preposterOus. a. 10 the
charge that II u attempting to seise the
govetnment by installing Lieut.. Gov.
0lynn In the 0ubernatorisl chair. II We
we're to line up the Catholics and Protes.
tants into opposite POLITICAL parties and
Inject religion Into the political issues of
the day our nation would be ruined"
The sermon tonight was an answer to
the statement made BY the Raw. o. r.
Miller. editor Of the Reform 81llsttm and
. close friend Of Gov. sulser's. that the
Jssuits were conspiring to seiss the State
Gen. Amasa J. Parker has called
meeting OF the executive COMMITTEES. of the
suiser Direct Primary. State Lsagpe for
cs~ttsss1 ~ SssrsA Psss.