The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-22

wings and the fdmNiar great dark liz"
His hands were behind him as he walked
around to the witness chair and he drew
mis- chin In as he glanced over the court
room. lie shook uauds with the chief
Magistrate and bowed pleasantly to a
few friends lie took the oath with hand
raised high aud then sank into the wit
ness chair. crossing his legs and fiinging
back his hair.
Sulscr Looked straight Ahead.
Ills hand rested his chin during most
Of the hearing and his eyes were fixed
straight ahead except when the CHIEF
Magistrate questioned him.
your name Is William Sulzer"' asked
Mr.. Whitman.
"Yes."
You were elected Governor Of the State
Of Ohio" then the District Attorney.
realizing that he had made II slip. cor
rscted himself and added "of New York;
Yes"
And you became Governor on Jan
uary I. 1892"
You are under subpoena to testify here.
are you mott"
II am"
"And before taking the stand YOU have
waived immunity. ut your own request
and without solicitation from the Dis
trio Attorney
Eyes. In this connection | wish TO say
that have no information care to con-
ceal and certainly have no one to shield.
I am here to tell the truth. came in
answer to a subpoena to answer any ques-
lions you may ask.
Did you. on or about December is,
1912. receive a telegram from George II.
MCGUIRE of SYRACUSE
II did"
Have you that telegram"
No"
.xl-iit ,.,,, das,riho its con,auts "a psar
a. you can remember?
II was returning from Washington to
New York about the middle of the month.
Ny judgment is that on December Is.
1912, ] received telegram from George
H. Mcclure 10 the effect that the Canal
Board had been hastily called for a spe-
cial meeting to reject the bids OF James
Stewart & Co. for work on the barge
canal, that the meeting was TO take place
the following day or the day after. that
Stewart & Co. were the lowest bidders.
that the rejection of these bids would be
an injustice to them but greater injus-
tice to the taxpayers Of the State and that
I ought to do what could to prevent
this injustice"
Quick Message From Murphy.
NJ knew MCGUIRE. had confidence in
his representations and thought II was my
duty TO save the money OF the taxpayers II
Board. asking them. II ! recollect, TO look
into the matter and to delay action until
I could get to Albany and confer with
them
A copy OF the telegram was read to Mr..
Sulzer and he identified II. Mr.. Whitman
then asked him to tell what took place
after ne sent the telegram.
'~rhe next day John II. Delaney called
me on the telephone" said SulEer
~You have known Mr.. Delaney for sew
eral years. interrupted Mr.. Whitman.
Yes. At that time he was a Newspaper
man on the Morning Telegraph. He came
to SEQ me at my office, us Broadway. after
telephoning. and I observed that he was
very much excited. had never seen Mr..
Delaney 30 mentally perturbed. His frst
expression was: My God. CongressmanI
what have you done? | couldn't under.
stand. said TO him: why. John, what
have done? What is the matterT He
said: You have spilled the beans. The
Chief Is wild. ! have never seen him so
worked up in my life I'm afraid every
thing is OF between you. My God why
did you do ity ! said: DO what" He
repliedt Didn't you send that telegram
I said did. He said: Why did your
1t has angered the Chief more than any
thing I have ever known He wants to
see you right away at Delmonicos' I
said John, that's the simplest thing in
the world ] handed him the telegram I
I had telegraphed the Canal Board to take
no action. said: That's all. I'm sur
prised you're 30 excited and I am sur
prtsed that It should anger Mr.. Murphy
Delaney always calls Mr.. Murphy tho
Chief. and ne said ne wanted me to so
right up to square myself with the Chief"
says Murphy Called II state Matter
Did ne say that Mr.. Murphy had sent
him.
Yes. told him l thought It was a
tempest in a teapot and that Mr.. Murphy
ought not to get mad whom ! was trying
10 give some one a square deal. Delaney
called up Delmon,cos and after ne had
talked few minutes he asked me to talk
with Murphy. Mr.. Murphy said he wanted
me to come right mp, that II was matter
OF importance-a State matter. ! went up
later that afternoon. Mr. Murphy was in
his big room with two of his friends and
he took me into smaller room"
Did you recognise Mr.. Murphy's two
friends"
II think not He took me into a
smaller room He looked at me and
could see he was very much perturbed
He said: why did you send that tele
gram told him It was a simple matter
that had received McGuires telegram
and that had sent my telegram on my
own responsibility. He said You've made
a great mistake. You have no right &c
mutt IN on Things tnat DON'T concern you
I'm attending to that matter and wan,
YOU to keep your hands off,
"Then he looked at me in a quizzca
way and said: Didn't O'Gorman gel
YOU to do this ] said: No; he never
spoke to me about this matter He said
DO you know Stewart? I replied: NO
never have met Stewart. l don't be
Ieve I've ever seen him Then he said
Are you positive?' and I said. or course
why are you so sceptical?
Murphy Threatened, Says sulser.
He said. I'm handling this matter
and II you don't keep your hands off
can see where you're going to land al
Governor. Don't do anything unless 20,
consult me- He said other things ant
listened patiently, because that wa.
my first revelation of the workings of tn,
unseen government"
Mr.. Sulzer then described his telini
Mr.. Murphy that he proposed to be tn,
Governor and quoted the Chiefs observa
tons on the character OF Mr.. Sulzerl
prospects. lie said that Mr.. Murph,
wanted to keep McGuire's telegram. bu
that he took it from his hand and late
filed 1t among official papers at Albany
Asked to continue his narration of tn
events which followed his telegram Mr.
SuZer said
THE next 7 heard was at a banque
given to me at the Waldorf on Decembe
II, AT which Senator Otiorman presided