New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
Admits Meeting Governor" at
McCall's House to Talk About
Public Service Commis-
sioner-Judge Proposed
Over His Objections.
SENT BACK BRADY's $4,000
Tammany Leader Also Declares He
Did Not Demand "Gaffney or
War" Nor Did He Threaten
to Wreck the Ad-
ministr alton.
ministr alton.


many Hall, broke his characteristic ST.
lence on political topics last night and
issued long statement from the 18th
street wlgwam in reply to the charges
made by former Governor Sulzer
against the Chief" His statement.
like that OF Edward E. Mccall, the
Tammany candidate for Mayor. was
general denial Of the conversations
credited 10 Murphy at the conferences
between the three men.
Mr. Murphy dwelt upon the fact that
Governor Sulzer was discredited by his
impeachment. which. in Murphys opin-
ion. destroyed Suffers integrity.
Coming as they do after Mr.. Sulzer
was convicted for perjury in the high
est court in the state" said Mr.. Muir
ply, by the significant vote of 43 to
u. fair minded men and honest men
will question the truth of these
charges"
Denies Threatening Sulxer.
Murphy admitted the conferences
with Sulzer and Mccall at his owns
house on April 13 and at McCalrs house
on February ., to which Mr.. Sulzer
referred. but he declared that Sulzer
lied about the conversations that took
place. He said he never suggested
Gaffney, McManus or other Tammany
strong men for state offices. The
phrase. 'It will be Gaffney or war;"
Murphy declared was merely a Sulzer
invention.
The Tammany leader denied that he
ever threatened, plotted or planned to
wreck Suffers administrat ton. and was
not instrumental in having him i'm
peached The only man responsible for
the downfall and disgrace Of William
Sulzer." he said. was Governor Sulzer
himself Murphy asserted that he re-
turned the $4,000 campaign .contribu-
ton from the late Anthony ". Brady.
and that he never received a $1,000
contribution from Allan Ryan, as Mr..
Sulzer said he did,
MI Murphys statement in full fol-
lows:
The series of allegations made bv
Mr.. Sulzer in an evening paper sors
Gays ago would have deserved prompt
ana serious attention had they been
made under oath, either before the
legislative investigating committee or
before the Court of Impeachment.
Coming as they do after Mr.. Sui
'er's conviction for perjury by the
highest court in the state. by the sie-
niticant vote OF 43 10 u. fair minded
and honest men will question the truth
of these charges
III Mr.. Suffers recent statements are
| true why was he afraid to face the
| High Court of Impeachment and there
make them under oath on the witness
stand? ] was willing TO appear He
declined 10 appear. He feared 10 go
himself, but he begged other men to
testify and perjure themselves for him.
up to the very day the court con-
vened he promised to go before the
court and expose me. He failed to
DO 90 Even after the case was closed
and the members OF the court were in
/ conference the prosecution consented
to reopen the case If Mr.. Sulzer would
testify. still William Suzer refused to
face the court Why? Because he
knew he would convict himself
Convicted Himself Says Murphy.
The fact remains that William Sui
zer was convicted of perjury and re-
moved from office by the highest court
ir this state. The vote to remove him
consisted OF eight judges Of the Court
of Appeals and thirty-five Senators.
-Four of the judges and eleven of the
Senators are Republicans.
Mr.. Sulzer tries TO arouse prejudice
nv publicly asserting that the solemn
verdict rendered by the highest court In
the state was due to my influence. The
fact is that the only. man responsible
for the disgrace and downfall of Gov
ernor Sulzer is William Sulzer himself.
"He saws that in December. at Del
monico's, I offered him money to pay
his debts, ETC. This is an infamous
falsehood. I never offered him dollar
in my life. never knew he was IN
debt. I saw him often at Delmonico's
but never alone.
He claims that at the Presidential
Electors meeting in Albany | saw him
in the Executive Mansion and invited
him to my hotel for conference. This
lis untrue. I never asked him to my
room or to any other place for con-
ference.
HE states that l met him at Judge
McCalrs home on February , and
talked about the choice Of a Public
Service Commissioner. that l suggested
the name Of John F. Calvin and he