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The sun., 1913-10-24
GRAND JURY HEARS HENNESSY
inquiry Into Highway Graft IL Re-
gum in Westchpstrr.

WHITE PLAINS, oct o3-The West
chester county Grand Jury began an In
vestigation to-day into alleged graft in
the construction of State roads in the
county. District Attorney Winslow
called John \, IIennessy. former Gov.
Snlzer's special investigator. az the frst
witness. j. L. Curran, an associate Of
Mr., Henn"ssy. was another witness
The investigator had considerable docu-
ii"ntarN evidence to submit. but n
could not be learned what his testimony
related To " Is said that three men
, subppnacd did not appear. Warrants
may be issued for their arrest The
htaring Was adjourned until October q.
The sun., 1913-10-24
Fear. Ia m many Fra meup,

Let Mr.. Mccall come back to the charge
that | made against him and let me tell
this To Mr Mccall: have been shadowed
since the fifteenth Of May and my wife
and my daughter have been shadowel
and ] have never been without two peg
Sons with me all the time. Not that 7
am personally afraid OF any violence. but
am personally afraid OF q frame up
from Tammany Hall"
The crowd checred this statement
The fusion campaigner then said he
would refresh Judge McCalrs recollection
as to the seventh meeting with Hen
messy. lie said they were both dining
AT the Peoples House In Albany. and
continued:
THE question then was on direct nom
nations and Judge MoCall--this may AZ
tonsh his friend Murphy but the truth
must he told--said to the Governor. hitting
the table in the centre OF the library
good and hard, I believe you are right
Nn this direot nominations. but don't
wobble on It. 90 through with II all
the way or drop 1t. II you go through
with 1t will stick to you. l have told
Murphy that I believe you are right
Norman f, Mack said to the Governor
You are right; l will be behind you
but when Gov Sulzer went right ahead
with direct nominations Mack went away
The sun., 1913-10-24

"In the hopelessncss of canvass that
is destitute OF issue SO far as our op-
ponents are concerned they hav. sought -
inject within the last forty-eight hours
topics which they hope may lead to dis
cuss,ons which will divert ourselves from
what are the real questions that are
agitated IN this canvass do not pro-
pose that they shall do any such thing
Il think ! have III. rccord-at least
am going to De- honest enough with YOU :.
leave II to my record in this great city
my record Of ten wears upon the bench
and with the Public Service Commission
and | believe that nv associates bn,.
faith and confidence enough IN tne whc'
ask them to let me adopt my own WAY
and my own methods IN handling thes.
Individuals,
Take my solemn pleds, hat they o,l
be attended to- Bui / shall allow no h--
fug2;ng or becioudine Of these !ssurS tuat
1 have raised ia accordance with thu plat
form that have been nominated upon
Judge Mccall was asked yestei do y
morning about the story mat h. had re-
tained William Travers Jerome to lay The
cases OF Hennessy and Sul2er before the
Grand Jury. lie said Mr.. Jerome was not
employed in his interest at all.
Judge Mccall also declined to take vi
IN de'ail a story printed in one OF the
papers Yesterday that he had helped
while he was a Justice of the Suprem.
court. 10 leave in the hands Of philr
Donohue treasurer of Tammany Hail
certain dock property which Donohue hat
leased while Charles r Murphy wa
Dock Commissioner. IN Mavor Van Wycl',
time. According 70 the story Judge Nj.
tall had been the means OF giving Douo-
hu" additional r"repue by DELAYING thu
time when the leased property should re
vert 10 the city.
"l.ool> up tne papers. sa'd Judge NJ.
can. They speak for themselves,
The sun., 1913-10-24
More Graft Charges.


wan. 'o 'sN VI, Murphy Ah" N"t-
man r. M"cN ana M''-"dh "i N'" "o"'sh
why '''N M'n' " 'l'' 6c ,"l'hI '"''
tractors hhu pla'N"nil'" ,hth mo giving
up money WLS wi. i'"hesSH ny
QUESTION ~ 'ii'' 'nr i'aS"" WY VI"
iuhber o"hea py tne Hta'e oi Ne" norh
IL used ny tn" 'o.'rae.ors "ltmput is Pay
m'h' Is 'h'' III, artso" WHY No, NJ,
pausn' "ho gave S.o'o"V "Nu s''V""'
"h'cn ~ not r'cor"ea' was perh,'''eu |"
use 'he graNel ot tnr H'"'e VIII" "hi'"
h' mane ms eohcre.f , ~
want M"Fphy, now 'na' ne mas nm
p"ached 'oV' Suiher Inr NOT "po'.hs
campaign i"nuS' 10 ven us Mh',r ',ls
money went anu , wan. W asN mutp'N
on" more 'nng ABOUT nus iriehn from
Ne"purk"' in'N nav '"N' l'S' w 'n'
secretary o, H'"1e "'''c' oI c.,I,'nu,"rs
10 the caInPa'sh anu 'n''E nv nrN.oF "'
,sew io'k """" as '"''' ."ut'is f.,"""
,ou '',h o,I ne u'u n'' ton' "u.' ~"
v'n.s' ' ~. MS na','' 10 'uM,, " n'"o we
, name VI son'e ''', tn'i o'n ar" hlaN'
puu,n H"'ne '''un ',os 'avM,'''t''' o'' ,i
l''o.e., an n'Ms"S n".,' ~ nIt l,o
oI,S 'i"i' ,ne,' ,' ''n" o'sus
o".. u" NV ".m',. w. Wv. .,NoS "nH
.nJ .,Just"n w"e. WIZ say ,,"' LIZ 'a",' n'eu. %
o,..u ~ t,''1 'n, ". 'unH' ',,, 'nr' W. !. VIM.
.,''''', :" '"'''''"'' ''"'' as ''''''''E
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The sun., 1913-10-24

"Mi Wise said TO me; Well | Will
WORK for nothing. but this is big job
and 7 will need two or three Young
lawyers To pr-pnr" the evidence and few
accountants and cannot afford to paw
them | came down 10 New York to try
tu raise enough money from privat. citl-
Z"us and was unable tu do II. That Is the
reason that that prosecution has not come
vet ard that J. nu" Oi th- reasons why
they forced Su!aer out Of Office
Mr lieuucsSy said he had "put one over
ON Murphy because IL was he VINO in.
trodur,d Mr. Lynch To the Governor and
the .,,nat" "u Wednesday confirmed Gov
'HNuD> appointment of Nj l.Nnch as
state Labor Cummlss
As a final shot. MIR. Hennessy said:
Down in FoleYs district last fa!l an
election Inspector. when he took the top
of the ballot box shifted the bottom and
substituted another with another stt of
ballots in II. ] heard a Tammany man
huasting about II IN Albany last July"
Borough President Mc.An.uy. who fol-
lowed Mr.. liennessv on the platform. said
cur opponents are wagng their whole
campaign "n tissue Of lies. one Of the
lies is that ! am trying TO drive push
carts out OF the East Side "
Comptroller lrendereaSt was another
speaker.
The sun., 1913-10-24

Mr. Hcnncssy arrived at the Terrace
Garden fusion mass meeting while John
Purroy Mitchell was speaking The 1000
men and women there chcvrsd wildly FOR
suffers investigation He was introduced
a. "a piece of dynamite
- Will admit am Irish" he said
hut | am member Of the advisory
board of the American Peace Society
After this campaign | ought not 20 pay
amy more dues
Others who spoke AT this meeting were
Max :. Griffenhagen, William A. Prem
dcrgast, Marcus NJ Marks. Francis W
Bird. George McAneny and Banbridge
tnlhN.
The sun., 1913-10-24
Goes ON Speaking.

This had been Mr. SulZers prepared
. speech, but after he got rid of that much
he was so we'll warmed up to his work
. that he kept right on going. His voice
was weakening. but his gestures were as
strong az ever and those who saw him
thought he had not been In such form for
many months.
Il would have been acclaimed az tho
greatest Democrat since Andrew Jack
son." howled Mr.. Sulzer. 1T l had beel
willing to betray the people, il j had
taken orders from the chief"
He linked the name of Murphy now
for the first time with 'the special inter
ests'' and said he was fighting tho whole
corrupt alliance He also told how he
had been "persecuted," not only while
he was at Albany. but long before that
when he was in Congress and how he had
been obliged to contend against great
odds for years In his fight for "clean
government"
"lf the loss OF my. Office helps to de-
stroy corrupt bossism." no shouted, ~
am content. II my sacrifice helps the
cause OF honest government then l have
done more than have been able TO do
thus far"
Murphy and his agents are now talk.
ing OF having me indicted" he said IL
challenge Mr.. Murphy here and now TO
do 1t. l would lay down my life for a
chance like that They do not dare pre-,
sent my Cams " any iur jury murphy Is
afraid to go to any fair court to meet
his accusers unless he Is dragged there.
Hennessy has ths proof and Murphy 10
afraid TO meet IT,
Defends Mrs. sulxer.
In referring to the story that Mrs Sui
zrr had bought a rug for tho Executive
Mansion and then returned It and got
IN exhange some things for herself Mr.
Sulzer said.
Whoever assails the honor OF my wife
l'l SEQ to him. Mr.. Murphy and his
dummy GAndIdate for Mayor had better
The sun., 1913-10-24
Way Meet Issue Later.

PERHAPS the exigencics of this cam
uaisn later on may call out the question
and If II does We will have to meet tnat
issue. hut M to now all say about that
$50. 400 mote Is tNis that held 1t in my
hand that 4 was signed by Supreme
Court Justice and that the very time
held IL Ia my hand was Il little more than
on. year after lie had been elected TO the
supreme Court. don't suspect that TINS
member of the supreme Court ganhles
down in Wall Street or of any vices that
would induce him 10 borrow $4,000.
Know very we'll t;hat he Is a very good
citizen and that II he had to pay $4,000
ur more for his nomination he simply foi-
lowed tradition in the organization to
which hs belongs.
In his own peculiar way Of asking
questions and leaving the answer to the
stars Mr HsHucssy repeated HIS charge
that Edward T.. Mccall paid for his nom,-
nation to the supreme Court bench
Il want To ask the Tammany candi-
date" We said when he saw George
Washington Plunk.tt, then leader Of the
Fifteenth Assembly district-the gentle
man best known N local history as the
. man who defends honest graft want to
Ask III" Tammauy candidate II he did
rot meet plunkctt in q room III the Hon-
man House. in a room then owned by II
third party who brought them together.
| waht 10 ask him II on that same night
Anthony Brady was in another room on
another moor.
# want to ask Judge Mccall whether
his sponsor Charlie Murphy. had not seen
d Anthony Brady a. respect Of McCal!s
I nominations IN the Hoffman House. and
> want TO ask Judge Mccall II the gentle
! man who brought him and Plunkett to
gethei to discuss that nomination did
not also have something to do with
Murphy and Mr. Brady in respect Of that
, nomination
And now that I have gone so FAR in
' that ! just thought that Judge Mccall
Viii tell a waiting multitude Just how ha
got his nomination. who proposed he
should get II where was il settled that
h, should get il where did he get the
money TO pay for his nomination and
whom did h. pay. One man he paid was
George W. Plunkett Who was the other
man. | don't know whether he paid
MIR Murphy. ! don't know whether he
paid it to somebody who paid Mv
Murphy / do say this II you are go.ns
10 have a candidate for Mayor big enough
to look after the interests OF city OF
more than hve millions he ought not to
remain silent for four days when he is
asked the question: How much did he pay
for his nomination and where did he get
the money ] may be wrong in my
intimation OF where he got the money
The sun., 1913-10-24

But even that automobile ride" he
went on. may turn out to be an incident
in this campaign. \ SuH reporter was
with u.s. I never saw that ScN reporter
before and ! don't recall that ] ever saw
him since. but | have been newspaper
man for twenty-five years and | cannot
recall the time when there was ever re-
porter or an editor of THE Sun who was
not gentleman As Judge Mccall has
brought him into the situation | ask that
gentleman on TIE sun II he recalls what
Judge Mccall said to me when | got out
~ the auto. ask him II he recalls that
and If he does wasn't IL: Good night.
john
You bet it was, Johnny yelled an
East slider in the audience.
MIR. Hennessy then left Mr Mccall
alone for a few minutes while hs
warned" Tammany chiefs that they had
better not Investigate Gov suffers eN-
ponses IN the Executive Mansion.
"If they saw anything more about
those expenses IN order to throw mud at
"A citizen they already have deposcd,' he
continued. II will read the next time ]
have an opportunity the account OF the
expenses under the last administration.
You know 1t was my business as eNecu-
tive auditor to lind out some things ami |
have got them ALL | took them away with
me because thought we might need them
some time
The sun., 1913-10-24

great disgust that brother OF the
notorious Aaron J. Levy" had also been
appointed to inquire into the text book
situation in the Education Department.
He said that Leo G. Doran when thrown
out Of the Highway Department by John
y. Carlisle Immediately began earning ~
a day in the Department of Efficiency and
Economy. He had found out also that
Commissioner Delaney's confidential mes
sengcr at 81 day IL "one OF the ablest
leutenants In Albany county or the hon.
Packey McCabe." get Delaney testified
under oath, said Henuessy that the man
walked into his office and ne liked his
looks So well that he appointed him CON
ndcntial messenger.
Workers Forced 10 Pay.
Mr il.nnessy told about "a fellow
named Bogue." a barge canal employee.
vino testified that he took money from the
pay envelopes of the men every two weeks
Ou all the sections from Albany TO Water
ford. From twenty-one men he collected
S3uS.5u. and remember said Mr.. Hen
tessy. There are 5000 men on the canal
Some of these unfortunate fellows whom
I subpunaed brought me their little en-
Nclup"s. There ~ Decker. S23.IJ. That
Is what the envelope says, but all he got
was s22 every two wecks-with "A wifi.
and four children. This fine Tamnany
Hail department OF Public Works was
taking money out Of the envelopes OF
thes" poor fellows during the entire sea
son
Nlr. Hennessv said this was only the
beginning of the recitals he intends &c
make IN this campaign. That he said
is the real reason for the Impeachment
nt " il!dm SulGer. not that he took
-tuV money before election, but that aftei
lie took the oath OF Office he was de
jcrmued 70 see that nobody got any
money from tho State that he did no
earn honestly"
He mad one more revelation lie sale
mat Duncan W Peck. Superintendent o.
Puulo Works. John A, Bensc state En-
ginccr and surveyor, and e. Gordon Reel
who were the Highway Commission unit
, April of this yra-, approved on Oc.obei
20. i9l". 3l2 contracts. some OF wh.cl
had already been finished aud tn. mon.
actually paid from the State Treasury.
~ showed this fact to the Governor
said Mr. Ticnnessy. and he determine
{" call an eNtrau, dinarN Grand Jury IL
July of this Year. | said To him: 'Tou
have got to get fgltug bulldog lawyer
Tor this H.. said Whom do YOU sug-
g"St said. 4 suggest Henry A. Wise
| former United States Attorney in New
| York We sent for Mr.. Wise showed
! him some ~ the evidence and told hir
We had tao money. We told him that whr.
We began the investigation Murphy
Legislature" cut of all the personal sup
q pics OF the Governor and his contingent
! fund and made no appropriation FOR any
! invests cation.
The sun., 1913-10-24
llungcs Into tttnck.

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..
"'' ''' ''u""'" wv" "''' Wv
"''"'N h' mas h'"' '"uS Tar on NJ
MJr'h!. JUdg" Mccall and others who
ppuuS" han III, said
Through III" columns of Mr. Murphvs
fa\uritr u,Nspap,r read that he now
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iigh court OF Impeachment t" disable me
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-, a., .,,bi.c. ~ ,.I b,, h.,.,us, D.. js
i.er.d and bnnt,J ,.v,,v tim,. I sneak his
nam. tn TN, pubI,,, II. has insult.d tIe
- ,1nrtiti.d tn learn that when he, had
w.. I,.rrbad iu. II bors, ,bic, and th,
,nob Ief, ,,,. f,r J.nd thar. was s,iIl
breath enough IN my body Ia fight rorrupt
bnssisn IN New Yor; ,itv
Mr. Murphy - shaking with the vel
founded fear thut when 1 go back 10
Alb,r. I will hay. th.. unwer to hiring
.omc of his criminal agents TO Justice
. nower he thought n. had taken away
from, mo whom b. had M. mn ius,l> aud
u,cons,t,utinpnllv ynnol,d from .,,,re
Ny ,,turn ia tho Assemble ~ assured
h.yund an ouestiou snvc death and any
,,,r wbn saw m, outnour,ng nf yarn,
bear,s IN my. b.lnv,d nli stnmnin. rrourd
last nipht knows thnt IN. verdict of the
.ix,b dis,,,c, ,,.iii la. ,,...ri,- ,,,,,ni,nous
Darcs Murphy to Indict.
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The sun., 1913-10-24

to Europe and his newspaper ignored
direct nominations and Mccall played golf
in East Hampton"
One OF the campaign issues which ap-
parcntly seem most vital 10 Mr. Hen
messy is whether or not Judge Mccall ever
called him "John." lie said last night
that the automobile ride from the Peoples
House to the Tub. where Mr.. ilennessN
lived in Albany was not the ride he had
In mind as being of great significance.
The central record., 1913-02-28
GROWTH OF The
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
It Is the Oldest Thing In the
WOrId-EVOlution.
A LOGICAL PHENOMENON.
The Present WorIdwide Unrest Did
Not Come In Night and Is Here to
Stay, Says Noted Authoress-A Many
Sided Question.
By MARY JOHNSTON.

What is at the root OF the worldwide
unrest among women: What is at the
root of the woman movement? The
oldest thing in the world is ut the root
of the woman movement Evolution IS
ut the root of the woman movement
growth. the divine yearning outward
and onward and upward. Stop it: Still
it: Stop the ocean with your hand: stop
the wind with straw; stay the great
mind of the world with your plaintive
Day before yesterday was just the
right weather.
1t did not come mp i'm a night, the
woman movement. and il is in no dan
ger of peri>hinG from view. 1t is here
to stay and to grow. u is not the work
of 81 few fanatics and fIddi>ts. II IS q
perfectly logical pncromenon born out
of the fuIIueSs Of time and the larger
mind of the world, evideucin2 itself in
all the countries of the world and un-
der the most diverse circumstances,
participated in by individuals of every
social stratum. by the rich and the
poor, the learned and the uniedrned,
the young and the old II is indeStruct-
ible. il is moving on with au ever in
.rcaSing depth ANA velocity. and it is
going to rcvOIHtiyniZp The world, II
has many sides .IurutIOHaI economic.
Industrial. eC=euic. political. In Il
.houSand speerhtS We could only slight
~ touch the irideScent. many angIed
woman movement. To-day we are to
speak aHd that most briefly, only to
its political aspect iii our own country.
Then what are We asking here in
America:
We are asking that democracy be
| a democracy. We are asking that the
government of this country be a gov
ernment of the whole people, for the
whole people and by the whole people,
| and not a government of. for and by
| half the people We are asking that
we who live under the laws of a state,
laws which we must obey and which
| affect our relation in life, may have
| something TO do with the making OF
those laws. We are asking that we
who pay Il very considerable portion
of the taxes of the state and of the
country may have voice in the ap
The central record., 1913-02-28


South Dakota does not require that an
amendment be agreed to by two Icgis
latures. Therefore it will be submitted
TO the voters in November, 1911.
Governor Oddie of Nevada in his
message to the legislature called atten
ton to the isolated position of his
state, entirely surrounded by states
which had enfranchised their women.
and said, The sentiment in favor here
seems to be overwhelming"
Governor Stewart of Montana strong
ly urged the amendment in his inau
gural message ana the same day re
ceived the delegates to the suffrage
convention which was in session nj
Helena. Ten members of the house
offered to introduce the bill. and the
day it was voted on Miss Rankin
state leader and field organizer for the
National Suffrage association. WAS in
vited to seat with that body.
a suffrage bill has passed the lower
house of the Pennsylvania legislature
by vote of nearly two to one. Suf
frage amendments have been intrOduc-
ed in Michigan (where many claim that
the loss of the amendment last No
vember was due to election fraudsI.
Iowa. Minnesota. Texas. New Jersey
North Dakota. Delaware. Missouri, Ne
braska. Maine. Arkansas, Connecticut
and North Carolina The legislature OF
Alaska, which meets on March I. will
consider an equal suffrage amendment.
Alaska. Maine. Michigan. New
Hampshire. Nebraska and Nevada are
possible campaign states for 1918. II
the Maine amendment goes through
the present legislature il will be
submitted to the voters In Septem-
ber. The chance for New Hamp
shire women lies in the fact that the
constitutional convention of 1912 will
probably reconvene this summer. II
the Michigan legislature passes the
suffrage amendment (as there seems
little doubt it will dOi the voters will
have an opportunity to ratify 1t In
April There seems to be strong sen
timent IN favor of a special election in
Nevada next fall. The principal OBJ
lection to a special election is the ex-
pense that IS incident thereto. Ne
braska suffragists are waiting for
construction of the initiative petition
law recently passed in their state be
iore they can decide upon program.
Suffrage possibilities for 1914 are
Arkansas. Florida. Georgia. Illinois.
Maryland. Massachusetts. Minnesota.
Missouri. Montana. New Jersey. Ohio.
Oklahoma, Rhode Island. South Caro-
lima. South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas,
Wisconsin. North Dakota. and for
1918 Della ware. Kentucky. Mississippi.
New Mexico. New York. Pennsylva-
mia and Virginia This will leave for
1916 only Alabama. Connecticut. In
diana. Iowa. Louisiana. North Caro-
lima and West Virginia. In Vermont
the constitution can be amended only
at constitutional convention, and the
next con yention cannot be until 1920.