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Show DRIVE OUT GRAFTERS Mbany. N. V, ug. 1 A widespread wide-spread house cleaning of the state de-partment de-partment Is Governor Sulzer's answer to Boss" Murphy's defiance of last night Tne governor today without making mak-ing any answer to Murphy s offer '.o appear before the Frawley commit- I tee annoumed the appointment of his conlldential adviser. John A. Hen j nessy. as a special investigator with authority under the Moreland act "to examine and investigate the manage- I ment and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission in th--stale of New York." that being the language of the official designation j filed today In the office of the secretary secre-tary of state. The special Investigator Is empo j ered to subpoena and enforce the ui- ! 'endance of witnesses to administer! oaths and examine witnesses under oath, and to require the production of i any books or papers deemed relevant 1 or valuable." No mention is made of any salary to be paid Mr Hennessy, whose tlvities as confidential investigator In the highway department have already resulted in several grand jury inquiries in-quiries " The designation speaks for itself ' said the governor, who at ih" same time announced that he and Mrs Sulzer were to leave Albany on Sat urday to look at a farm. Is It in line with your announced policy of driving grafters out of the state'" he was asked. "Vou are almost a mind reader." was the only reply vouchsafed |