Evening journal., 1913-10-18

ana uloettu the impeachment. he con-
trolled most of the members of the
court, and dictated it, procedure and
wrote the judgment. He was the Judge
and the jury, the prosecutor and the
bailiff
secret and behind closed doors. II was a
star-chnmber proceeding, where the enc
mics of the State could work for my
conviction undiscovered
'Murphy's Court Of Infamy"
"l'hey called it the high court Of inn
lpeachment, but history win call il Muir
phys high court infamy The trial
was a human shambles libel on law,
! ilagrant abuse Of constitutional rights,
a disgrace TO our civilization; and the
verdict overturned the safeguards of lib
lerty and the precedents of three cen
turtles The Judgment will not stand the
test OF time. The future historian win
do me justice, and posterity will re-
verse thc findings of the court
There Is a higher court than Muir
lphy's-the court OF public opinion.
appeal from Murphy's court of political
passion TO the calmer Judgment of the
future and the sober reflection of public
opinion.
"When l declined 70 obey the orders
of the boss ABOUT patronage; when |
refused 20 call OF Hennessy and pre-
vent further nvestiga. ions Of graft; and
finally, when set in motion the wheels
of the machinery of the courts TO bring
the criminals TO Justice and to stop the
looting OF the State, then, and not until
then, did Mn Murphy threaten me with
ldcgradation, and with removal from Of
fee From that day TO this all that
money, all that power, all that influence
can do TO disgrace me. and destroy me
has been done. II is long story, but il
viii all come out sooner or later.
Mr. Murphy and the special inter
csts, which | antagonized have won a
temporary victory; but the fight for re-
form and for honest government will go
on. The farce of my trial wiz have a
good effect in the end II has opened
the eyes of the people to the graft Of
millions of dollars annually, and IL will
hasten the adoption OF the initiative and
the referendum, bring about the recall Of
public officials, including judges and ju-
dicia decisions, and write upon the
statute books other reforms, especially
direct primary law, so that the voters,
instead of the bosses, will nominate as
well as elect all officers 70 public office.
"The people now know that the
power to nominate public officials is
the power 10 control these public OF
ficials and that we canot have honest
public officials in New York State
until the voters nominate and control
public officers.
"As Governor | have been honest
and faithful TO my trust No influ
a., ,rfr
ance OF my duty but the dictates OF
my conscience. | have lost my office,
but ! have kept my self-respect.
would rather lose the Governorship
than lose my soul; and no Governor
can serve God and Mammon, the State
and the special interests, the people
and the boss, the visible and The in
visible government
Let us indulge the hope that my
loss of the Governorship will be the
peoples gain. Misfortunes are often
blessings in disguise. II my undoing
by an arrogant and corrupt and des-
perate boss shall be the humble
means of forever destroying bossism'
in the State of New York, ] shall be
content and feel that have not strug-
gled In vain for better things
Why lie Did Not Appear.
when the court determined to ex-
cude the evidence OF Mr.. Hennessy
and thus prevented my establishing
facts which would discredit the tes-
timony OF Mr.. Peck and show his
motive for telling an untruth. which
would also disclose what has been
discovered in the way of crime and
corruption In the various depart
20 .al "a nd
which we're largely the inducing caus-
es in bringing about my impeachment
In order TO prevent further disclos-
ures and prosecutions, / became sat
isfied that Il was useless to present
myself as a witness because the de-
fense that | could make which con-
sidered my best and most efficient
means OF clearing my name would not
be permitted to be told by me in court
Let me say here that wanted to
take the witness stand in my own be-
half-especially to tell the story Of
my troubles with the boss and to
deny the Peck fabrication; the absurd
story of Allan Ryan and to explain
the Morgenthau testimony. But I was
finally persuaded not to do so by
those who have in view the real well
fare OF the state; and because under
the rulings of the court refusing to
accept the testimony of Mr.. Hennessy
and other witnesses in my behalf II
was apparent that my story Of the
reasons Murphy ordered my i'm
} peachment would also be ruled out
as incompetent and inadmissible;
and | was further advised that as no
evidence against me had been adduc-
cd OF 'wilful and corrupt misconduct
in office that therefore / had COM
mitted no impeachable offense, as
the Governor of the State; and hence
could not. on the evidence before the
court be legally or justly removed
from office.
Says Peck Lied.
Those familiar with the facts can
testify that Peck lied about me to save
his job; that Morgenthau was fooled by
the clever ruse of an INSCRIPTIONS en-
emy; and that Allan Ryan was in Al
lbany several days under the tutelace of
astutc counsel TO aid the prosecution at