New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-31
Says Break with Murphy Came
When He Disapproved
Yard-HeaIy Bill.
EASY MONEY FOR THE BOYS
That's Way Chief Referred to
Trolley Project, Deposed Gov
ernor Asserts-McCall Prom
ised Chief Judgeship.


and Tammany Hall" He asserted he
first incurred Murphy's enmity when he
vetoed the Yard Healy trolley bill after It
had been passed by the Senate and AS
semby.
The bill aimed. he said to destroy the
beauty Of the old Boston Post Road in
Westchester County by granting a fran
chise TO a few dummies to construct
trolley road along the highway which IS
fanked bv some OF the handsomest resi-
dences i'm the state.
Mr.. Suzer said Murphy called on him
and asked him to sign the bill as a per-
sonal favor. lie said IT wouldn't destroy
the highway and all that was wanted vas
the franchise so that the boys" could
sell 100000 worth Of the stock 10 the
wealthy residents whose estates bordered
the road He said Murphy told him II
would be- easy money for the boys ana
Sulzer would be very unpopular II he
vetoed il.
Mr.. Sulzer said:
when ! returned 10 Albany | sent for
the papers in this matter and dictated
memorandum giving reasons why the bill
should he vetoed and subsequently disap-
proved the legislation.
by doing this | incurred the bitter hos
tility of Mr.. Murphy, acting Controller
Walsh Assemblyman Yard, Senator
Healy and others in the Legislature who
were personally interested.
What Mr. Murphy told me was amply
corroborated by several other persons
who told me substantially the same thing.
People wonder why | had so many
enemies in the Legislature. and why 1t
was so easy for Mr.. Murphy TO get the
votes 10 bring about my removal The
answer is plain and needs no calculation.
| did my duty fearlessly as | saw the
right. regardless of personal or political
consequences.
I'm disappearing certain legislation IN
which the members of the Senate or the
Assembly were financially interested
brought down on my head their bitter
ermity. and they welcomed the oppor-
tunity when Murphy gave the orders to
throw me out of office.
Il could tell OF dozens of other cases
somewhat analogous-som worse ana
some rot quite So bad. But this will give
the people OF the State Of New York
an insight into the way law is sold by
the bosses through their wax figures IN
the Legislature
In an interview in The Evening Mall
Yesterday. Mr. Sulzer declared that Judge
Edward H. Mccall was the first person
who tried to persuade him TO call OFF
Blake and Hennessy, his investigators IN
the Prisons and Highways departments.
Mr. Sulzer said McCall's massage was:
Tho chief SAYS II you will end Hem
nessy's Investigations everything will be
all right lie Ithc chieD has promlseu
me the nomination for Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals, and says you can name
the associate Judge. Unless you stop IN
v,stigating they will throw you out oil
Office
Senator John T. Hcaly came back with
a warm reply 10 Sulzer last night 1t
was currently rumored around the Capitol
Heaiy said Sulzer received very sub
stantial contribution from the wealthy
people along tn. road affected by this
bill toward defrayirg his expenses in his
campaign for direct primaries.
"IIe was playing TO people who had
millions" he went on. IL was playing
to the common people only and to my mind
he was. I'm the words OF Allan Ryan, the
same old Bin When / first campalgned
my district | found there was strong
demand among the poor people for the
repeal OF the Burn: bill. which prohibited
the use Of the Post road for trolley.
/ pledged my support. and when | was
elected I proceeded to make good TO the
people. The repeal bill was supported by
resolutions from every village and town
board but one md by every newspaper
in the district.
1T was opposed by two or three hum
dred wealthy residents living along the
road who had up to this time succeeded
in blocking all efforts to have it repealed.
The opposition was represented by such
wealthy families as the Rockefelers,
Goulds, Mattniessens, Archbolds and Viii
lards. The bill was introduced by Assem-
blyman Yard, and passed, and when it
came to the Senate | found the invisible
speaks of and seems to be so well ac-
quainted with against me.
However, ! succeeded in doing what
the people requested me to do Sulzer
says | appealed to him TO sign the bill |
did, and would do ii again, for | repre- |
scented The wishes of 80 per cent of my |
constituents When Sulzer said I stated |
was his friend he is stating an untruth. |
but that's customary of him. | never |
said / was his friend. did say il was
his duty to sign the bill. and that / |
would be under no obligations to him If |
he did, for, If he was the friend of the
common people. which he professed to be- |
he would not hesitate one moment He
vetoed the bill, knowing that there was |
no such thing as trolley grab behind 1t
and never was.
"He stated that Mr.. Murphy could make |
81 10000 on "A franchise. This bill gave |
no franchise. II only repealed a law
prohibiting trolley, and to show the !
Stiffness OF Suffers talk wish To say |
that no trolley could be built without the |
consent of two-thirds of the assessed |,
valuation along the road. The wealthy |
people have it in their own hands to pre-
vent trolley. so why should they pay |