New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-22
MCGUIRE NAMES
MURPHY, JR., AS
BOND PARTNER
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out" Mcclure stammered. II thought
| if they made the contribution | might
! be able TO negotiate with the state. l
suppose | thought there could be more
| sales made, and ! thought that in re-
turn for the contribution ! could
negotiate more sales of their material.
l thought | might get those specifica-
tons into the contracts"
Fought Against Admissions.
Mcclure stumbled and whitened
under Whitman's flashing He seemed
to physically dodge the questions that
drew from him piece by piece the fab
| ric of his schemes-all Of them predi-
Gated upon his influence with the
state administration, an influence
which he apparently kept strong both
with the Governor, Sulzer. and with
| the Tammany powers that put that
Governor in-and despite his weak at
| tempts to evade Whitman's questions
the very momentum Of the disclosures
! he was making seemed to carry him
along almost against his own VIII.
| Following MCGUIRE four road con-
| tractors, OF Syracuse, took the witness
/ stand, one after the other, TO explain how
| Everett F. Fowler had solicited and
obtained from them contributions to
the 1911 and 1912 Democratic state cam
paign funds.
All were Republicans. and admitted that
their interest in Democratic success In
those years. or any other years for that
matter. had been nil, but they thought
il was for the best interests Of their bust
ness" 10 fall in with Mr.. Fowlers polite
suggestions. which were subtly coupled
with casual questions as TO the progress
of their respective contracts on road work
for the state
John r. Weidman, with contributions
Of 5000 in 1911 and $3.50 in 1912. Guy b.
| Dickinson. 500 and $780, respectively in
the same years. Charles o. McComb, 800
| in 1911. and William J. Burns, 800 in 1911
and 500 in 1912, all of whom received from
William II. Kelley, Democratic boss Of
| Onondaga County. the same series Of let
ters that Seneca p. Hull received, were
the contractors, and their experiences
with Fowler practically paralleled those
of Hull, with one difference.
Dickinson portrayed the hold-up scene
! i'm the rooms of the Democratic head
quarters in Syracuse best when he said:
| Fowler said to me that he was looking
! for contributions TO the Democratic State
| Committee. I said | hoped he understood
| that | had said | was a Republican"
What did Fowler say to that?" asked
| Assistant District Attorney John Kirk
| land Clark, who examined the four con-
| tractors.
! He just smiled" Dickinson explained
| with reminiscent grin, and then he
explained that | should draw the check
| TO the order OF Norman f. Mack"
! Henry +. Burgard the Buffalo con-
| tractor, who is Democratic leader Of Erie
! County, since he defeated William II.
! Fitzpatrick in the last primaries there,
was the first witness OF the afternoon.
| and from his testimony Whitman was
/ able TO put on the record the fact that
| Reeve Smith. formerly of Fulton County,
a consulting engineer who did consldera-
| BILE business with contractors on canal
/ work, had handed him two checks. one
| for 5000 and one for $1,000. in the 1872
/ campaign, asking him TO deliver them to
| Norman +. Mack, at state headquarters,
| No. West 34th street, New York.
! McGuire's Admissions Come Hard.
! McGuire's admission Of his 80 per cent
split with Charles +. Murphy, jr. proba-
| bly, the most startling of his many ad-
missions within the last few weeks. came
near the finish of his session on the
J stand
! Whitman had been chasing him from
| corner TO corner, drawing out in single
file from his reluctant lips the names Of
/ one company after another from which
| Mcclure received a commission on every
| bit of material said company sold either
| to the State of New York or to the con
| tractor working on state jobs.
! Starting with the Barber Asphalt Paw
ing Company, from whom Mcclure ad-
United he drew half a cent for each
gallon OF asphalt or asphalt oil they sold
to the state or contractors, Whitman
finally got into the record. one after an
other. the following list of corporations
| from each of which Mcclure admitted he
drew similar. though larger commissions:
The United States Asphalt Refining
| Comany.
| The Kentucky Rock Asphalt Company
and the Wadsworth Stone and Paving
Company.