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Show jm GIN flRTING SHOT IN EVIDENCE if Hr flBe of the Prosecution Re-AjKened Re-AjKened Long Enough for , fee Witnesses to Detail BDaniaging Testimony. EfflKjRT ORDERS ONE W STORY ELIMINATED iBjir York Governor Accused f Lttempting to Influence nator Root and William Wil-liam Barnes. !IiATf 3T. Y.. Oct. 6. Governor i E. Sulzor attompled lo obtain lucncc of United States Senator loot and William Barnes, chair-f chair-f the Republican slnto commit-prcvenl commit-prcvenl ilio trial of his iin-cnt, iin-cnt, according to testimony adit ad-it the trial today, although sub-hr sub-hr stricken out by vote of tho i A. Kyan, a son of Thomas F. i Now York financier, gave the ny. It was also brought out i tho testimony of Ignatius V. c, secretary of tho cider Ryan, ivcrnor Siil.or was the recipient 10,000 cash campaign conlribu-)m conlribu-)m the Uyaii8, which was not rein re-in the governor's sworn cam-liitcmcnt. cam-liitcmcnt. foil your father I am the same old V young -Mr. Ryan said the gov-r gov-r said lo him over the telophonc, in ig for the contribution, r. Rvan Tvas called to the stand to-tttcr to-tttcr tho attorneys for tho im-fcwent im-fcwent managers had obtained per-ho per-ho to reopen their case, which ; announced as complete, when t adjourned last Thursday. Tho N said that just a week before gkl of impeachment, began he had Rtocrnor Sulzcr in the hitter's of-aT.Vinv of-aT.Vinv York, bers Request. Rc'askcd mo," testified the fi nan-Si nan-Si son, slowly, "to go to Wnshiug-jWd Wnshiug-jWd sco Senator Hoot and request o sec Mr. William Barnes, get him tfravor to have the Republican ers of this body to vole that this fctatl uo righ! to try him and im-h. im-h. Iiira." w testimouy preceded the oponing weaso for the defense in tho after-by after-by Harvey 1). llinman, who coin-i coin-i Governor Sulzcr lo the Apostle , whose former friends, the attor-id, attor-id, "did not attempt to impeach V his epistles because of what ho done while acting with them, and ! one of them." cn, in the nineteenth century, JOicc bccu raised to condemn Paul M epistles for his acts as Saul?" ' Ir. Hinmau. Fhe question was." he added, icr Governor Sulzcr was imbed im-bed for corrupt conduct in office, wuso of what ho has refused to do bo toos office." Simony Stricken Out. a in tlic face of ropcated ob-F ob-F by counsel for tho defense, rcral times halted him as ho wis Mo answer, that Sir. Ryan was Fed (o tell of his conversations M governor. Judge Cullon with-' with-' final niliug on their objections. Pn as the testimony fell from his unsel for Governor Sulzcr hold ped conference and Allonicv D. flfornck demanded Umtthc tcsti- mony be stricken out on (he grounds that it was incompetent. The courtroom court-room was soon a-buzz with conversation conversa-tion and it was evident that tho words of tho wifnefcs had caused a senaation. "Tho testimony Is stricken out," said Presiding Judge Cnlluii. Senator ICIon IX. Brown. Republican leader in tho senate." demanded a vote on the ruling of the presiding Judge. "With all due deference to tb ruling of tho president," said tho senator. "I desire to move that this testimony be allowed to stand on tho record. T think It Is due to Hie people of the -slate and duo to the court that after such a matter mat-ter has been brought out that there .should be no flinching on the part of tho court In relation to the Inquiry." Ruling Sustained. The presiding Judgi; was sustained by a vote of 32 to is. John B. Stnnohncld. attorney for the Impeachment managers, attempted to obtain ob-tain from .Mr. Uyati testimony aa to another an-other conversation ho hnd with the governor, gov-ernor, but wan not permitted to pursue this lino of (mentioning further. Mr. Itynn, after court hnd adjourned, said to newspapermen: "I am unwllllnc to make any sta tonitmt other than I miide as a witness, except that I did not see or communicate with Senator Hoot upon tho subject." Mr. (RyaJi's testimony was not the only parting- shot that wus 11 red by the Impeachment Im-peachment maiiHgorii -before the dofensc opened. Edward P. Mcauy, attorney for the New Voile Telephone company, testified that he hnd "loaned" tho governor $10,000 In cash within a week or ten days after his nomination. Menuy said ho had paid the contribution in cash because he did not wish It known, for the "gift might bo misconstrued." Ho added that the goVArnor 4)ad promised prom-ised to pav It back to him whenever ho could. A 'loltur which' the governor had written supposedly In connection with tho j;ft and not allowed In evidence, wus reported to havo bona n recommendation by tho Rovernor to Prosidcnl Wilson thnt Men ii v bo appointed to an (nibaasador-Hlilp. (nibaasador-Hlilp. " Opening Statement. Attorney llinman tntcd thnt llttlo or no evidence would be offered by tho defense de-fense In :inwor 1u articles three, four, five, seven and eight. These ohnrgo barlevlng political Influence, attempting i to Intluencc tho stocK market by lugtaln- tlon. bribery and tho suppression of evidence- Tho court already had ruled out testimony offered regarding tho governor's gover-nor's ullcgtMl attempts to barter his political po-litical Influence, und tho other nrtlcles wero touched nuy lightly by evidence offered of-fered by tho hoard of managers. "k we viow It," he said. "It is not u Question tho 'probative' force or value of the evidence, but a caso where there Is an utter lack of evidence supporting tho charges, or from which any Inference, Infer-ence, against tho respondent can legitimately legiti-mately bO drawn. Wo will leave, these, articles, with tho evidence or tho lack or , cvldouco relating thereto, for the wun , to pats upon a i such time aa it seems i advisable. ' |
