Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-21
M'CALL THREATS
I. TO MRS. SULzER
ARE NOW ALLEGED
Second Instalment of "Revela-
tiOns" by DepOsed Governor
Is Published Today.

- FuDllSilGu lUudgs
The following Is taken from an
Interview written by James Creei-
man aud published today in the New
York Evening Mail and is used with
the permission of the publisher of
that paper.
ALBANY. Oct. 21.-The appalling
political abvss revealed fully In
the Evening Mail yesterday by Gov
ernor Suffers straightforward and
detailed story of Boss Muir
phys desperate efforts to seize con-
troll of the State government by al
ternate temptations and threats
with his charge that Edward p. Nc
Call the present Tammany candidate
for mayor. acted as the boss's agent
and intermediary in arranging the
extraordinary interviews that pre-
ceded and led up to the impeachment
of the governor-shocked the whole
community and stirred it to new
realization of the actual meaning of
boss domination In the public affairs
OF New York.
The charge that Mr.. Mccall acted
as Mr., Murphy's messenger to the
governor does not rest on Mr.. Sulzer
word alone.
Mr. Mccall constantly came to the
executive mansion from New York,
said Mrs. Sthlzer. He was always
urging the governor to do this or
that. He even came to me and said,
Mrs. Sulzer. your husband must do
these things; he must do them or he
Will be destroyed. You must make
your husband do them
One incident bearing on the secret
authority over the actual government
assumed by Mr. Murphy, as the
chief / omitted in yesterdays &C
count of my interview with Mr.. Sui
ger. It will further enlighten the peo-
pie about the invisible government
that controls the acts of public OH
Gals when Tammany is in power. IL
relates to his removal of State Archi-
tect Roefer, and pointedly illustrates
the difficulties he had to overcome
even to remove a public official who
was unfit TO hold office.
Governor Sulzer had a prepared
statement of this, reciting all the In
cidents just as he would have told
them on the witness stand. II reads
as follows:
After 1 took office in January l
learned that the State architect had
expended more than s4,S0O,OOo in the
previous year, that this was done
practically on the certificate of the
State architect and that there had
been no proper audit.
ut Is true that the bills were
% KID by the trustees of public
buildings, namely, the governor, lieu
tenant-governOr and speaker of the
Assembly. This was done, however,
by having a clerk carry the contracts
or bills to each of the state officials
named, and they used a regular office
he 20 cd
in the vouchers.
Il learned also that the appro-
priation for the Capitol for 1912 had
been exceeded by nearly half mill
lion dollars, and that there was no
proper supervision.
''I asked a committee representing
the American Institute of Architects
TO make a general investigation for
ne of the State architects office, and
asked John a. Hennessy TO dig into
some of the accounts which had been
presented for payment. The commit
lee of State architects comprised d.
Everett Waid, of New York; H. Os-
good Holland, of Buffalo. and A. L.
Broadway, of Syracuse. These archi-
tects reported that the State arch1-
tect. II. w. Hoofer, and the deputy
State architect, j. r. Powers, were
not by training, experience or ability
competent to fulfill their duties. Be-
fore their report was filed Mr.. Hen
messy had found several questionable
contracts and had suggested that the
State architect be asked for his resig-
nation.
Before Hennessy had reported to
me Senator F'rawley came down
stairs and made a protest to me
against interfering with the work on
the State capitol, or on other State
Buildings, and said he believed that
there was no material truth IN the
charges against the State architect.
II sent for Hennessey, who, in my
presence, related to Senator Frawley
the main facts in the case. but Fraw-
ley still persisted that nothing should
be done with the State architects
office. at least until there had been
Further consideration of the case.
IT told Hennessy to return to the
State architect and insist on his res
lgnation. What happened between
-Ahose two men l can only tell from
innessy's recital TO me HOPPER
II him that he was not a free
k~tnt. that he had no control over
deputies, that he had no control
pr his secretary, nor did he have
control over the men who
ked up the work. He said they
e all appointed through Tammany