New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-29
Despite Their Opposition, the
Governor Determines to Take
the Witness Stand at His
Impeachment Trial.
LEGISLATORS TO TESTIFY
Several Assemblymen Will Be
Called to Tell of Alleged Bar
tering of Political Infu-
ence by the Chief
Executive.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I

[By Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Albany, Sept. 2S,-Unmoved by dib
ferences among his attorneys, heedins'
not the damaging evidence Of Friday
and that which the prosecution prom
ises It has yet In store, Governor Sui
ger persists in his determination TO take
the witness stand before the High
Court Of Impeachment as soon as the
prosecution finishes it's case.
d. Cady Herrick, Harvey d. Hinman
and Roger Clark. of the Governors
legal staff went TO the Executive Man
sion early to-day, and. il is understood,
that the question OF Mr.. Sulzer testify
ing was finally thrashed out. IT was
reported tonight that the Governor
had won his point. The legal advisers.
who doubted the advisability of such
course. being unable to alter his deter
mination. il is said, are now assisting
in shaping the testimony they VIII ask
the Governor TO give.
The intention Of Governor Sulzer TO
work out an elaborate defence has been
indicated by the action Of his secretary,
Chester c. Platt, in securing from Pat
rick Z. McCabe. clerk Of the Impeach-
ment Court, fifty subpoena blanks,
which will be used in summoning wit
nesses for the defence some time this
week. Friends OF the Governor insist
that several OF these will be used in
summoning Charles F. Murphy, Will
lam II. Fitzpatrick and other Demo-
cratic leaders 10 testify as TO the al
legged conspiracy 20 oust Sulzer from
Office. The story which Mr. Sulzer Will
tell, they say, will necessitate the call
ing os the party leaders TO corroborate
its details or TO answer the charges II
makes.
Promise Startling Story.
Counsel for the defence declare that
the rulings of Chief Judge Cullen in re-
moving many limitations in getting al
the facts will enable the Governor 10
tell his story Of conspiracy in its full
est detail They. therefore. expect TO
introduce some startling evidence which
will show motives behind the attempt
70 oust the Governor, and that Will
make anything Mr.. Sulzer may have
done lcok insignificant in comparison.
Sulzer supporters admit that the Gov
ernor may have unwittingly made some
mistakes" but declare that these VIII
be completely lost sight of when the
maze of corruption and coercion and
tyrannical demands to which the Gov
ernor says he was subjected is un-
folded
Mrs. Sulzer II is expected. will fol-
low her husband on the stand and will
tell the story she told Senator Palmer
Oh the night Of August l3, when she
confessed 10 using certain of the checks
received by the Governor for invest
ment in stocks.
II is said tonight by friends of Gov
ernor Sulzer that the prosecution is not
now overanxious to call Louis A.
Sarecky, who handled the Governors
campaign checks. They declare that
when taken I'm hand on cross-examina-
ton by the Sulzer lawyers his evidence
will bear out the story OF the Governor
concerning the receiving of money and
checks from his friends 10 assist in
paying his debts, and that the effect Of
such testimony is feared by the AS
sembly managers.
While the names of witnesses for the
Governor have not yet been divulged, it
is practically certain that John A. Hen
nessey, the Sulzer investigator, will be
one Of them. II is said that he will de-
vote his efforts largely to Duncan w.
Peck, State Superintendent of Public
Works, who testified against the Gov
ernor on Friday. Peck has control
over the states canals, and an effort
will he made TO connect him with an
alleged system by which canal en-
ployes have been forced 10 give up
portion of their pay under the guise OF
campaign contributions. 1t is said
that numerous canal employees have
made affidavits that when they re-
ceived their pay envelopes every two
weeks there was missing from 30 cents
to 81 80, even though no political cam
paign was near. Through this testi-
mony 1t will be sought TO discredit the
testimony Peck gave against the Gov
ernor, but many here doubt that II will
be admitted, in spite OF the liberal rul-
lngs of Chief Judge Cullen.
LEGISLATORS To Be Called.