New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-04
Candidate Challenged to
Name Specific Cases
of Corruption.
DENIES HAVING
MURPHY BACKING
Governor Asserts He Prosecuted
More Grafters than Former
Controller Accused.
10y Telegraph 10 The tribune. ]


Albany, Sept. 3.---"Mr. Hennessy has
the unhappy knack Of saying things
that are not 80"
This is the crux of the reply Of Gov
ernor Glynn to the accusations Of John
A. Hennesqy in his speech last night
in New York, opening his Campaign as
a Democratic candidate for Governor.
In answer to the charge that he IS a
Murphy Governor, Mr.. Glynn said:
THE truth Of the matter is that
Murphy selected Sulzer and denied me
the nomination at Syracuse"
Mr.. Glynn asserted that, since Mr..
HennesSy was merely private citizen
and he the Governor Of the state, he
must refuse to make the primary con-
test a street corner brawl.
"For instance" said the Governor,
"Mr. Hennessy AYERS the state is bank
rupt. As a matter of fact, after all
state expenditures, including sinking
fund contributions, have been made
next year, the state will have a surplus
of-S2,000,0e0 from its indirect revenues
alone.
"Mr. Hennessy says that the work
mems Compensation law is unjust to
employers and employees and was
passed in disregard Of property rights.
The New York Chamber Of Commerce
has approved it; John Mitchell and
Samuel Gompers say it is the best com
pensation law in the world, and the
State Federation of Labor Endorsed it
only last week ,y .,
"Mr Hennessy says that there will
be direct tax next year of $4,000, 600.
There will not be and there cannot be a
cent of direct tax. The fact is that I'M
4 L. 1s,gvy L., 80 =,
money than the Legislature appropri-
ates. l can only explain his attitude by
his fear that the Democrats Of the state
will give me credit for vetoing $S,000,-
900 of unnecessary appropriations after
the Legislature had already made cut
of 100000 under the budget passed
while Mr.. Hennessy was the executive
auditor of the state. -. -
"Mr. Hennessy says | am a Murphy
Governor. The truth of the matter is
that Mr.. Murphy selected Mr.. SulZer
and denied me the nomination at SYRIA
cuse. Mr.. Hennessy disregards the fact
that Of the AZ appointments | have
made 10 were independent Demo-
Gratis, Ia of whom are avowedly hostile
to Tammany Hall; 10 were upstate or
ganiZation Democrats, 8 were Endorsed
by the Democratic organization of
greater New York, were organization
Republicans and l was a Progressive.
81 challenge Mr.. Hennessy to show a
single dishonest act of any of these
appointees. And | ask him either to
confess that his generalities are mean
ingiess or to inform me specifically of
ono appointee to whom he objects, and
why.
"Mr Hennessy says have protected
printings rings, banking rings, canal
rings, and heaven knows what not
II he knows anything criminal in any
branch of the state government, why
has he failed to call the facts in his
possession, if there are any, to the
proper prosecuting authorities?
81 know of no banking ring. know
of no printing ring. | own a news
paper, but have no job printing office.
"Mr Hennessy poses as a graft
hunter, and insinuates that am the
sort of man who would blink at dis
honesty. He is careful, however, to
me in compelling him to retfaot hls
innuendo through a libel suit.
"Let me say to Mr.. Hennessy that
out of his mass of accusation of. graft
during the past years, there have been
convictions on only two contracts and
III only two counties. While / was
Controller, | caused the prosecution
of more grafters than Hennessy has
even accused, as he will discover if he
CSamines the criminal, records Of
Schenectady, 0swego, Clinton, Oneida,
Warren. Broome, Genesee, Westchester
and Orleans counties. For every dol
lar that Mr.. Hennessy's investigations
have restored to the state, my investi-
cations as controller restored a thou
sand
"Mr Hennessy asserts that ne will
show that the Highway Department is
worse under this administration than
under the last, challenge him to do it.
There is one very significant sem
tence in Mr.. Hennessy's speech last
right. 4 shall not he said, give you
tonight specific instances of graft
The reason, of course, is that there is
nothing to be specific about. And
challenge Mr.. Hennessy to make. one
specific charge of graft under my ad-
ministration. ''
During the last municipal campaign
in New York City, Mr.. Henessy, it will
be remembered, roamed from one end
of the city to the other, waving
little black book 49,.
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aloft and informed his audience that
at the proper time the little black
book would be opened, and terrible
revelations would be made
"In spite of a general demand, Mr..
Hennessy refused to open the little
black book until it had fulfilled it's
purpose Of keeping Mr.. Hennessy in
the limelight during the entire cam
p&ign. =
when the little black book was
finally opened, a disappointed public
discovered that, so far as any revela-
lions were concerned, the little black
book was full Of little blank pages.
Having once been deceived by Mr.
Hennessy's promise of future revela-
tions, the people Of New York are not
likely to believe that there is anything
substantial behind his present gen.
eralities.