The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-26
BREWING INTERESTS
BIG CONTRIBUTORS
High Court Votes to Admit
All Testimony And This
Opens The Way For Tes-
tirnony From the Brewers
! Who, 1t Is Charged, Gave
Large Amounts To Cam
paign Fund.
BY AssocIArED PREss.

Albany, N. 2, Sept. 25.-In the inn
peachment trial of Gov. Sulzer today
Jacob H. Schiff. the New York banker,
testified he was recently asked by
Samuel Frankenstein, the former law
partner OF Gov. Sulzer, if he would ac-
cept the return of the $4,000 alleged
campaign contribution which the
banker said yesterday he gave the
governor. Schiff refused. he said.
The high court today unanimously
decided to admit all testimony of cam
paign contributions, regardless of spe-
cif1cations In the impeachment arti-
cles. This opened the way for the tes-
timony OF alleged brewing interests
contributions. The impeachment man
ayers counsel promised to prove that
the governor received campaign con-
tributions vastly greater than men
toned in the impeachment articles and
the names of many contributors were
introduced. -
Charles A Stadler, president OF the
American Smelling Company. testified
that Sulzer asked him to obtain the
support of Ts.mmany Hall He said he
secured Tammany's sllpport ard later
solicited funds for the goernor. The
assembly managers decided tonight to
against Gov. Su1zer.
ADMIT ALL TESTIMONY.
The court unanimously voted in fa-
vor of admitting all testimony in re-
ference to alleged campaign contribu-
tions received by the governor wheth
er specified In the article of impeach-
ment or not.
The point arose on the testimony of
4e NHAlrx -1u1~1
dealer and former president of the
New York City Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation. He had known Sulzer twenty
three years. he said, and considered
himself an intimate acquaintance.
When he started to tell about the or
ganizatfon's contributions to Sulzer,
Attorney Marshall objected. support
ing his objection by a lengthy argu-
ment. lie maintained there was moth
ing in the articles of impeachment re-
garding this witness. The purpose
OF the articles of impeachment, he con-
tended, was to give notice to q re-
sponaent OF the nature of accusations
against him and to AFFORD him time
to prepare to answer.
1--WE are now in the position" Mr.
Marshall continued, more than thirty
days after the fling OF the articles,
OF being confronted with a charge
which we have not been notified to de-
fend. This is merely an attempt to
recast the articles of impeachment at
the very moment of trial"
Mr.. Stanchfeld. in reply, declared
that the managers. have secured and
are prepared to prove that Sulzer re-
cetved large number of contributions,
vastly in excess of those which appear
IN the face OF the charges. There is
no question as a matter of law, but
that this is admissible.
FILED FALSE STATEMENT.
The managers charge that william
Sulxer filed q false statement OF cam
patgn expenditures intentionally. He
studiously concealed contributions
from all sources where he thought
their public acknowledgement might
inJure his political future. The
amounts were deliberately omitted by
design and intent. Therefore, we
claim 1t is proper that we should show
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