New-York tribune., 1913-10-24
What Hennessy Said.

What Hennessy Said.
Now precis sely what said about This
s35. 90 note was this" Hennessy SAID,
that | had held in my hand note Tor
So, 900, signed by member OF the Su-
preme Court who had been an alternative
candidate of Murphy's for Mayor. ] did
not say that that $4,000 note was ever
paid to anybody I did not say who 1t
was made payable to. l did not say that
il was campaign contribution. or
course. if left that inference with those
who heard me last night. | wish TO leave
the same inference tonight.
81 don't suspect that this member OF
the Supreme Court CANDLES down In well
Street ] don't suspect him Of any wees
that would induce him TO borrow S35,"Hl
| know very well he IS very good citi-
zen, and " he had to pay $500 or more
for his nomination. why, he simply fol-
lowed a tradition in the organization TO
which he belonged"
Coming down then 10 McCalFs own
campaign assessment when he was ju-
dieial candidate, Hennessy added infer
entIally a few details TO that transac-
ton. which he put up to the Tammany
Mayoralty candidate In this fashion:
az want to ask the Tammany candidate
for the Mayoralty when he saw George
Washington Punkitt, then leader of the
18th Assembly District, the gentleman
best known in local history as a man who
defends honest graft | want to ask the
Tammany candidate for Mayor If he did
not meet George Washington Plunkitt IN
a room in the Hoffman House, in room
then owned by third party, who brought
| them together.
"I want to ask the Tammany candidate
for Mayor If on that same night Anthony
Brady was in another room on another
| floor | want 10 ask Judge McCal
whether his sponsor, Charley Murphy.
had not seen Anthony Brady in respect OF
McCalrs nomination in the norman
House: and want TO ask Judge Mccall
II the gentleman who brought him ana
Plunkitt together TO discuss that nomi-
nation did not also have something to 90
with Murphy and Mr.. Brady in respect OF
| that nomination.
Hopes Mccall Will Tell.
! And now that have gone so far in
that, | just thought perhaps Judge Nc
| Call will tell waiting multitude In TINS
| city Just how he got his nomination. VINO
| proposed that he should get his nomlha-
tion: where was II settled that he shouId
| get his nomination, and where did ne get
| the money to pay for his nomination. ana
| who did ne pay? One man he paid was
George w Plunkitt. Now, who was the
other man? l don't know whether he
| paid Mr. Murphy. ] don't know whether
he paid IL to somebody who paid Mr.. Mur-
ply. / don't undertake to assert anything
| in respect OF that. But do say this: That
/ IL YOU are going TO have a candidate for
Mayor big enough to look after the In
terests of a city OF more than five millions
he ought not to remain silent for four
days when he is asked the question now
much did he pay for his nomination ana
where did he get the money!?
Hennessy went on then with few more
convincing details concerning his one
hour conference, with Mccall. when he.
as Suffers representative. got from Nc
| Call, as Murphy's representative, the
! "nnai offer OF terms from boss to Gov
ernor," and explained that he could prove
the truth OF his assertions both as TO
the time he spent with Mccall upon that
occasion, and as TO the substance Of parts
of the conversation, by the men who are
constantly with him to prevent Tam
many frame-up." and by the secretary
OF the Public Service Commission, who
was called in by Mccall to produce a
brief the commission wanted the Cover
nor to see.
Incidentally, Hennessy described in dra-