The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-20
SUFFERS REMOVAL
SADDENED GLYNN
Governor Says Statements That
lie Favored impeachment
Are DiabOlical Lies.
PUBLISHES HIS REPLY

ALBANY. Dec, 1e.--"The man untruth-
| full enough to say that favored the i'm
! parchment Of william Sulzer has a heart
as black as hell and a tongue that de-
serves to wither." declared Gov. Glynn
In his public papers, which have just
gone to press.
| In asserting that he never attended the
Demonico conference with Charles F.
Murphy and other Democrats when. as
charged by Sulzer. II was determined to
lift Sulzer out OF the Governors chair.
Gov Glynn insists that the Hrst he knew
Of the Impeachment as fact was when
the articles OF impeachment were intro
duced In the State Assembly.
Ever since election day reports from all
over the state. brought to Gov. Glynn
. indicated that he had been severely dealt
with by the voters because OF the Sulzcr
charge that he had conspired TO Dust Sui
GER
Gov. Glynn's public papers contain his
revised Cobbeskill speech. made to Scho-
harie Democrats Just before election. so
that history shall record tn. Glynn atti.
tude toward suffers impeachment as
stated by Glynn himself
at Is not my purpose to Discuss the Inn
parchment of Gov. Sul1er," says Gov.
Glynn, "or the merits OF the charges
which led the Court OF Appeals to JON
with the senate and Assembly In 'emov-
ing him from office. But in justice to
myself and in justice to my state I have
a right to make plain the ta,;s as to my
personal attitude during the trying hours
OF the Impeachment Is-oceed,ngs
mo man can honestly and truthfullI
say that | ever favored or advocated the
impeachment OF William Sulzer. either
Ia
ful enough 10 say I did has a heart az
black IS he'll and a tongue that deserves
to wlther. The record. open to all men.
shows that not once from the beginning
10 the end of the impedchm mt did ! ever
utter single syllable tending 10 disturb
my predecessor in his enjoyment OF the
office 10 which tho people Of the State
OF New York had elected him.
Because my public attitude was ad-
mittcdly trreproaCha0le, those who were
seeking to undermine me whispered that
advocated william suffers Impeachment
secretly and under cover with all the
earneStncss and force | can command
brand this accusation a. diabolical
falsehood. concocted by schemlng trick
sters Tor sinister political purposes
ITO bolster up this fabrication, 1t is as
serted that | participated IN "A conference
in a New York restaurant at which the
inn, achment Of GOV. sulzer was discussed
anu IItflllF'la TX I'm uftttit WIN I0t
utmost frauk~"ss ana upon my honor that
I never attended a conference anywhv re
or at any time when this matter was ever
mentioned, let alone plotted and planned.
with my personal and intimate friends
discussed this delicate matter and TO
these frteuIs-triends OF a lifetime. and
no mere casual acquaintanCes. | expressed
my real opinions ana hopes. | told IN m
and they will bear me out in this--that
| hoped Impeachment would not be made
uoCe.sdry by the evidence.
Il hoped that there would not be visited
upon my State the humiliation of shame
and proof that the Governor ~ New York
Tad been guilty ot imPeachable wrong
cong.
These We're my personal and individual
sentiments and none other ever escaped
my lip, 4t any time or any place. SELF
interest inpriei th. hope on my part that
thu evidence would not cJmpc, the i'm
parchment OF GOV. Sulzer.
Il wanted 10 avoid the misrcpreseuta-
ton that knew would follow and the
suspicion that felt Evil minded men might
foster against me.
II was not the beneficiary OF the i'm.
peachm M tr1nl, | was victim ~ the I'm.
pea chmvnt trial | was compelled 10 face
an a.most .n'olcrable situation IS Cover
mora situation harder than any other
Governor was asked 10 meet
WAS 7 the bench AIRY Of a proceeding
which Left me IT tho head OF party
divided against itself" Wa ] the bene-
ncIary OF a proceeding 'hlt gave room
for my enemies to di.color my sincerity
and my oppo0 ntS 10 d.st1rt my motives3
Was | tire benerciary ~ "a proceeding
which threw me INTO maelstrcm OF
pllitca! hatrcis' Was | The beneficiary of
4 proceeding which gave me nearly tho
hollow sh-ll OF lfe'- ambition and
made harder the road to that ambition in
it's future realization?
The people who think | am the bene-
nclary of the Impeachment proceeding
have poor imagination and poorer powers
OF reason. The impeachment trial weak
ended for me the result OF twenty years Of
labor iu politics and public lite made me
enemies that otherwise | would never have
had and caused me to become the target
of men who never knew the sanctlty Of
truth or the sweetness OF fair play.
In the face Of these facts could any
sane man cali me the beneficiary Of the
impeachment trial My record iu the
Governor office refutes the assertion that
] ever raised my finger or uttered a
sentence TO further my own election
"Thcse facls swamp IA, in-inuHtions
of my enemies and the SIaudeIous wh.s-
perings Of men To whom trutn is a
stranger and tu pOsteritv they viii speak
louder ana more effectively than tho
back audcd WhlspernEs of present day
political scandal mougrrs