Evening star., 1932-08-12

Walker then launched into his fiery
| grafton.
Once the Governor, who had been
| trying to keep the discussion away from
| personalities, interrupted him, as
| Walker excitedly declared that the
Committee of 1000, basing its charges
on Seabury'S conclusions, "manifestly
or evidently, did not care" whether
there was any truth in the conclusions
II am sorry to interrupt you" the
Governor said, particularly because
this is your hearing, but"
II am sorry to delay" Walker ex-
claimed.
But I hope" Roosevelt concluded
you will also keep in mind the question
before you at the present time"
With no more interruption from the
Governor, Walker continued-bi bitterly
his face quivering, his voice trembling
! Maybe I am wrong" he said. May
be countless others are wrong in aSsum-
! ing that there was a disposition to
railroad me by these men who made the
| complaint.
But maybe after all they would like
to have the comfort, the conscientious
renef-maybe they would like to have
| the moral satisfaction of bringing ia
you and pouring into your own ear the
testimony upon which they relied. tes-
! timony which I never heard, which you
never heard, and which was adduced
in an ex parte proceeding.
Hasn't Seen Witness.
"This thing will have finished, your
excellency, with this procedure. From
the very inception of this investigation
| to its elimination, which may result in
removing me from public Office after
% years, not one witness have 1 been
permitted to cross examine, nor have
I been permitted to look one witness in
| the face.
"If I am not going to have that op-
! portunity here, it means that will have
| been removed from Office. I must see
my life career snuffed out. without an
opportunity of looking into the faces OF
the men who would deprive me of place,
reputation-the men who would tear
up my past, present and future.
It submit that that sort of thing can't
be done any place in the civilized world
| There must be recourse-some place
| for me- I can't be unlike every other
! human being in the world. / can't be
driven this way without an opportunity
| to look into the faces of my accusers.' '
In answering questions about the
| S26 900 in bonds and the Reliance bonds
Walker followed the stories he told on
| the stand before the Hofstadter Com
mittee and in interviews given out after
| he left the stand. The matter of the
| Reliance bonds was not introduced at
! the committee hearings until after he
had been witness.
Mckee Would Get Post.
Should Mayor Walker be removed
| from office his post automatically would
! be filled, for the rest Of this year al
! least, by Joseph " Mckee, president OF
of the Board Of Aldermen.
! Whether a special election would be
! held this November To fill the Office
from January 1, 1888, to January l
| 1884, when Walkers present four-yea1
! term expires, is a moot question.
The predominant belief, one that
| prevails unofficially in the corporation
counsels Office and the Board Of Elec-
| tions, is that a special election would
| have to be held this year.
| In that event bitter fight in Tam
many Hall over a candidate is antici-
pated by political observers. Mayor
| Walker. If removed, would not be eli
/ gible to seek reelection and ''vindica-
! ton" until next year. If, however, he
should resign, the charges against him
would be nullified and he would be
eligible to run again this year, assum-
| ing a special election is held.