Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-07
SULzER TRIED
TO PLACATE
MURPHY
TESTIMONY TO-DAY BROUGHT OUT
THAT ENJOYS FROM THE Gov
ERNOR WENT TO MURPHY TO
GET HIM TO CALL OFF lMpEACH.
MENT INQUIRY.
SUFFERS DEFENSE
WAS TO STAND TO-DAY

Albany, N. Y, Oct THE ground
work for the defense of Governor Sui
zer was to be laid today by Louis A.
Sarecky, formerly Suffers campaign
secretary and expected to be the
days first witness at the Impeachment
trial
In outlining the defense yesterday
former Senator Harvey d. Hinman
told how the governor turned his cam
paign funds over to his secretary and
trusted him to keep them straight.
The court after an executive session
lasting an hour. voted to retain in the
record the testimony of Allan A.
Ryan, regarding Governor Suffers al
legged attempt to bring pressure to
bear on Republican senators to vote
that his Impeachment was illegal.
RYAN was then recalled to the stand
and asked what further conversation
with the governor on the occasion OF
the latters request that he see Root.
81 suggested to Mr.. Sulzer that now
that certain charges had been made
against him, did not see that he
could afford to put himself in posi-
ton in which he could not answer
the charges. He said that the reason
was that he did not want to drag his
wife into the situation and put her on
the stand
81 told him 7 would not go to Wash
ington, but ! would try to ascertain
the Republican sentiment on that
question, whether the court had a
right to impeach him.
'Is that all of the conversation"
asked Attorney Stanchfield.
mo he said, "he said that if they
voted that the trial was not legal he
could make a public statement and eN-
plain the situation satisfactorily"
Ryan testified that Gov. Sulzer ask
ed him to ask Delaney Nicoll to see
Charles f. Murphy in an effort to
have the impeachment proceedings
stopped. Governor Sulzer attempted
to secure the influence of Charles F.
Murphy to stop the trial Of his inn
parchment and in return therefore
said he "was willing to do whatever
was right" according to the testimony
of Allan A. Ryan at the trial today.
The testimony was given, after the
court by secret vote of Al to IA de-
cided to admit in the record Ryan's
testimony Of yesterday, This was
that Governor Sulzer had asked him
to see Senator Root and request him
to induce State Chairman VIM. Barnes
to influence the Republican members
Of the court to declare the impeach-
ment proceedings illegal because they
were brought during an extraordinary
session of the legislature.
The admission of this testimony
Yesterday was stricken from the rec.
ord. 4
Ryan's story of the governors al
eged attempt to make peace with
rammany hall on the event of his
rial was next given.
Ryan said that Sulzer asked him to /
Zee Deancey Nicoll his fathers attor' .
ley and request him to see Murphy.
"He wanted me-" the witness said.
to have Mr.. Nicoll sway Mr.. Murphy
o call off this inquiry by getting his
ollowing to vote that the assembly
ad no right to impeach him. He said
Ir. Nicol could be go-betwcen and
hat he (Sulzer) was ready TO do
yhatever was right" j.
"A statement which was placed in
vidence, and which Ryan said was
ictated to him by friend whom he
id not name, said in part:
"The Republican organization, as
UGH, will do nothing; it will give no
dvice, no order, and will leave every
epublican senator to do as he sees
t. The chairman says distinctly he
i'll not permit any one, high or low, !
speak to him on the subject
Ryan was not cross examined +
The defense then opened its case, /
.lling Samuel A. Beardsley of Utica.
ldge Herrick said he proposed to r
low by the witness that Beardsley r
fered to contribute $4,000 for "a i
lent" to Sulzer and that the contri-
ltion was declined. The court, by
vote of go to "a then voted not to "
ceive any testimony tending to
low contributions were refused.
Beardsley is said to have been an
torney for the late Anthony n y
'ady.
Herbert Fl. Lehman of New York, =,
easurer of Governor Suffers cam =
ign fund, testified he gave SulZer v. :"
900 in cash on September 25, 1912,
thout any reservation. The gov. a
nor's attorney declared they propos- VI
to show that this was part of the II
oney the governor used in Wall
rect
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