Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-28

Il tCOuilrnneu, OI cOuTSt, MI. WhSoA
would hold over and that would be
agreeable to a great many prominent
citizens in the city.
"Mr. Murphy was agreeable to the
appointment Of Judge Mccall, and 1t
was understood that the judge should
send me his resignation by messenger
Monday afternoon.
"Gaffney or War;"
"At this meeting, and subsequently
Mr.. Murphy demanded from me
pledges regarding legislation, and es-
pecially concerning appointments to
the public service commissions, the
health department, the labor depart
rnent, the state hospital commission
| the department Of state prisons and
/ the department of highways. He in
sisted that George M. Palmer should
be appointed chairman and Patrick T.
McCabe a member Of the public ser
vice commission Of the Second dis
trict. This Is the 'Packy' McCabe who
is Murphy's political lieutenant In Al
bany.
i'Mr. Murphy further insisted upon
having The McManus for labor COM
missioner, a man named Meyers for
state architect, a man from Brook
| lyn whose name I forget, to state hos
pftal commissioner, and James u.
Gaffney for highway commissioner, In
case I wished to supplant Mr. Keel
Mr.. Murphy said that Reel ought to
be kept as he was good man. This
is' the same Reel whom I subsequently
removed. Mr.. Murphy added that IL
I wished q new commissioner or hign-
ways Jim Gaffney was the best all
around man for the job. subsequent.
H. - I-I ln q rnH
Gaffney, and still later prominent
New Yorker came to be in the execu-
tive mansion bringing the message
| from Mr.. Murphy that 1t was 'Ganney
or war; I declined to appoint Gaff-
ney.
This is the Gaffney who, only a
few months afterward, on Sept. 4,
1918. in undisputed testimony before
the supreme court at Nyack, was
silown to have demanded and received
$4,000 In money, (refusing to take
cheeky. from one Of the aqueduct con-
tractors, nominally for advice This
iskthe man who Mr.. Murphy demand
ed should be put in position where
he would superintend and control the
spending Of sixty-f1ve millions or the
money Of the state in road contracts.
How could I, how could any honest
governor consider such man Ior
such place? How could 1 face the
people after such surrender?
F'Shortly before midnight we lett
Judge McCall's house in his automo-
bile and he and Mr.. Murphy accom-
nanied me to- the Grand Central sta
tion. where took the train for Al
Ibany. 4
SI"When. I removed Reel from the Of
fide of commissioner Of highways
began to hear pretty vigorously from
Nj Murphy, who was more determin-
ed than ever to secure the place for
Jim Gaffney."
ir'Was this over the long-distance
telephone, Mr.. Sulzer?"
KNo, sir. When saw Mr.. Murphy
at Deimonico's before I came to Al
bany I told him plainly I would not
talk over the telephone to him while
was governor"
s.Did you say 1t in that blunt way,
Or did you merely express an opinion
that II would not be good policy?"
I5nWell. I had heard good deal
about the telephone talk between Al
bany and headquarters; in New York,
either at Fourteenth street or Del
monico's or Good Ground. When MT.
Murphy at this time suggested that ne
keep In touch with me over the tele.
phone, ! told him at once that l qua
not want to talk with him over the
Telephone. Then he said: Well, II !
have anything TO say to you VIII send
Iyt,t word through some friend, or by
Mr DELANEY, or some one in the leg
islature.' I said: That will do
Under Leash Even in Washington.
about the 9Th of March, just after
President Wilson's inauguration, l
visited the president In the White
House. When I came out met Thos.
F. Smith, secretary Of Tammany Hail,
in front Of the White House. he
wanted to know what had said to the
president and what the president mao
said to me. I told him I made 1t a
rule never to discuss conversations
that I had with the president. Mr.
smith said Mr.. Murphy wanted me to
meet him and some of the Democratic
state leaders at Senator O'Gorman's
rooms in the Shoreham hotel at 8
o'clock that night He asked me IL
would be there, and I said Yes
"I went to the Shoreham that night.
There were present Senator O'Gor-
man. Mr.. Murphy, Norman q. Mack
and Mr.. Fitzpatrick, the Murphy lead
er in Buffalo; Mr.. McCooey, the Muir
phy leader Of Brooklyn, Thomas F.
Smith and myself. State affairs were
discussed in a general way. took
very little part in the talk. 1 had
made arrangements to leave for New
york with my staff and Mrs. Sulzer,
and about II o'clock I shook hands
with all and bade them good night
GAS I went out Mr.. Murphy follow
ed me into the hall. He told me ne
was very anxious to get away to Hot
Springs, but didn't want to go until
Albany matters were Strengthened out.
He asked me II would give him as
surance that I would appoint his
friend Jim Gaffney, commissioner OF
highways That place, you Will re-
member, controlled the immediate
spending of $65,000,000 for good
roads. the very same work In which
Mr.. Hennessy's investigations have
recently uncovered frauds amounting
to millions of dollars In twenty-one
counties under the road administra-
tion.
"Mr. Murphy seemed very much
aroused. He said he would like 10
have the matter settled before ne
went away; that II I would appoint
Mr.. Gaffney could have my own way
regarding other matters"
"Do YOU mean to say that a man
like Murphy had the audacity to speak
to the governor Of New York like
that?"
"Oh, yes. You don't know Murphy,
or YOU wouldn't ask that question.
"Mr Murphy assured me that he
was more interested in Gaffney's ap-
pointment than in anything else In the
state; that Gaffney was a good all
round man for the job, knew what TO
do and could get results! I told him
that, in my opinion, 1t would be mis-
take to appoint Mr.. Gaffney. l re-
peated to him practically what I had
said at Judge McCall's house, and also
at his own house, a few days before.
"If You Don't You Will Be Sorry"
"Mr. Murphy said to me, I want
you to appoint Gaffney. 1t Is an or
ganization matter. I will appreciate
1t.
IT said, I will consider all you say
about the matter. I want to go slow
and get the very best man I can find
for the position. I would rather be
slow about the appointment than be
sorry
"And he answered: If you don't ap-
point Gaffney you will be sorry.
II told him that thought the ap-
pointment for highway commissioner
should be an upstate man; that the
people up the state expected the gov
ernor to appoint an upstate man;
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