Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-18

fee. am glad it is all over. I am tired
Of being illuminated, tired of being hunt
ed and bounded. tired of trying to do my
duty and being traduced.
THE court ruled in everything against
me, and ruled out everything liz my favor.
The well settled rules of evidence were
thrown to the winds. A horse thief in
frontier days would have received a
sQuarer deal.
''Mr. Murphy controlled the assembly
and ordered the impeachment. He con-
trolled most of the members of the court
and dictated its procedure and wrote the
Judgment He was the judge, and he
was Judge and the jury, the prosecutor
and the bailih.
"High Court of Infamy."
They called it the high court of inn
parchment. but history will call it
'Murphy's high court Of infamy.' The
trial was a human shambles. a libel
on law, fragrant abuse Of constitution
al rights, a disgrace to our civiliza-
ton, and the verdict overturned the
safeguards Of liberty and the precedents
of three centuries. The judgment will
not stand the test of time. The future
historian will do me justice and pos
.erity will reverse the findings of the
court.
There is a higher court than Muir
phy's-the court OF public opinion.
when I declined to obey the orders
Of the boss about patronage; when l
refused to call off Hennessy and pre-
vent further investigations Of graft.
and. finally, when l SET in motion the
wheels of the machinery of the courts
to bring the criminals to justice and to
not until then did, Mr.. Murphy threaten
me with degradation. From that day
to this all that money. all that power.
all that influence can do to destroy me
has been done.
"only Temporary Victory"
which / antagonized have won a tempo
rary victory, but the fight for reform and
for honest government will go on. The
farce Of trial will have a good effect in
the end 1t has opened the eyes of the
people to the graft of millions Of dollars
annually, and it will hasten the adoption
of the initiative and the referendum;
bring about the recall Of public officials.
including judges and judicial decisions.
and write upon the statute books other
reforms. especially at direct primary law,
SO that the voters instead of the bosses
will nominate as well as elect all officials
to public Office.
AS the governor, nave oSeH HOTTEST
and faithful to my trust. No influence
could control me in the performance Of
my duty but the dictates of my con-
science. I have lost my office, but L have
kept my self-respect 1 would rather lose
the governorship than lose my soul, and
no governor can serve God and Mammon,
the people and the boss.
eff my undoing shall be the humble
means of forever destroying 'bossism' in
the state of New York 1 shall be content.
Why He Did Not Testify.
when the court determined to exclude
the evidence of Mr.. Hennessy, and thus
prevented my discrediting the testimony
of Mr.. Peck and showing his motive for
telling an untruth, which would also dis
close what has been discovered in the
way of corruption in the departments Of
the state government, / became satisfied
that 1t was useless to present myself as a
witness because the defense l could make
would not be permitted to be told by me
In court.
II wanted to take the witness stand