New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-22
Tells Brooklyn Audience
Governor Is Doomed
to Certain Defeat.
SAYS HE HAS KEPT
CRIMINALS IN OFFICE
Predicts Indictments for Big
Grafters as Well as Some Of
the Little Ones.

John A. Hcnnessy INDUCED in a Bit
ter arralgnment Of Governor Glynh
and his administration for two hours
before a large audience. in Arion Hall,
AriOn Place and Broadway, Brooklyn,
last night lie occupied some time III
going over the evidence of graft which
he unearthed, particularly in the State
Highway Department. when he was an
Investigator for former Governor Sui
ger, and he "indicted" the present Gov
ernor as having kept many Of the
Criminals" i'm Office in that and other
state departments.
lie predicted that some Of these men
would yet be indicted for graft and
ultimately put in Jail, where, he said,
they belonged. They all were lad
juncts" Of Charles +. Murphy, Nc
Cooey Kelly, Fitzgerald and other
Democratic bosses throughout the
state, and helped to fill the dough
bags" of a corrupt administration
he declared.
Warming up to his subject in regard
to "the grafters," lIennessy said:
"Why, ! tell you Martin Glynn was
put IN Office to protect the grafters,
and it is the only job he has done
well. To compromise with criminals
is the standard of the Glynn admin
istration. Murphy says won't get
5000 votes. Well, perhaps | won't, II
Murphy counts the votes. Glynn says
he will be nominated by a united and
harmonious Democracy. ] want to tell
him that if he is unfortunate enough
TO get the nomination that he will
find knife out for him in every
county of the state at election time.
Whoever of the other candidates IS
elected. it won't be Glynn."
Mr.. Hennessy pointed TO many facts
and figures to support his charges
against the Glynn administration. He
related some of the circumstances
leading up to the failure Of the Union
Bank. in Brooklyn and charged that
some of the acts Of the State Con-
trolcr. which Office Mr.. Glynn held at
that time. relating to loans and other
matters at the Union Bank, were at
lease "uncthical."
Like some other banks Of this city,
i'm Manhattan and in BinghamtO ton, the
depositors trusted to the state to pro-
tect them, 10 the State Banking De-
rartment. The State Banking Depart
ment first looted or permitted them to
be looted, and then crooked lawyers got
in and took some more of the money,
and now. Of course, they are trying to
get the little that is left. and Murphy's
State Banking Department steps IN 10
take that away from them.
We'll, the J. b. Lyon Printing Com
pany, Of Albany, is a friend of Martin
II. Glynn such friend as this. Mr..
Lyon has a beautiful country place
south OF Albany, known generally as
Kenwood, and he thought so much
about the present Governor Of the State
Of New York that he gave him very
large part of his own ground, next TO
his own house, after he ceased TO be
Controller Of the State, and If ! am
under a misapprehcnsiCn let Mr.. Glynn
state how ne got it. No deed of il has
Ger been reported No sale Of it has
ever been reported. Ii he bought it
from the public printer, why, we'll and
good. But the State Controllers Of
ice has been u,Cd always to finance
people who have MT got any money OF
their own and who know enough to
divide with the proper people.
"And in this connection here is a
book promoter, L. 5. Peale, gentle
man who gets out large editions of
books and sells them on the install
mcrt plan. He wanted TO get out a
large edition Of an encyclopedia. What
did he do? He got an introduction to
j. B. Lyon, of the j. b. Lyon Print
ing Company, of Albany, and lunched
with him, and then he goes down and
gets Mr.. Sullivan. of the Union Bank
Sullivan is now in Jail for rObbing the
depositors and they go up 20 Albany
and Mr.. Lyon and Mr.. Sullivan go over
to the Controllers Office.
Mr.. Glynn is Controller. What hap
pens? After Mr.. Sullivan is taken to
Albany by Mr. Peale's representative
md introduced to MIR. Lyon, the prin-
ter. and then so the Controller, MIR.
Glynn, Mr.. Sullivans company begins
to get money. Shortly after Mr.. Sulli-
vans last interview with Mr. Glynn or
this subject state deposits are given to
the Union Bank, a grand total at that
time Of s365,0O0
ION March 10, 1907 four days after
the first deposit Of $4,000 a loan was
put throueh the Union Bank for S25 900
for the international Society, Of which
/ Mr. Peale was president. That is what
he called his encyclopedia company -
/ the International Americana Society.
/ He gets the states money for MIR. Sui
| livan and then he borrows $4,000 on
no security, and he gives the printing
/ of his encyclopedia to the J. 3. Lyon
/ Printing Company At their own price.
Referring 10 the State Printing De-
pavtment, which he said had been par