Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-12

A. Sarecky and Frederick L. Colwell,
who refused to answer certain ques-
| lions propounded by the committee s
counsel. be held in contempt of the
Legislature and punished. Sarecky' and
Colwell are characterized in the report
as Gov. Suffers dummies.
Never in the history of the state has
her chief executive been impeached.
The fight in the senate over the adop-
| ton of the report was brief. the session
lasting but forty-five minutes. The upper
house was dark long before the question
came to a vote in the crowded assembly
chamber. For two hours there q throng
| that crowded every niche and Granny oil
the big chamber stood patiently and
i silently-save on one OccasiOn-Waitine
/ for the vote.
! The light in the library of the eXecu-
tive mansion was burning low and the
rest of the big house was dark when the
assembly voted to receive the report.
| Gov Sulzer had waited there all evening.
contrary to his usual practice of visiting
| the capitol when the legislature is in
session and heard the news over the tele-
phone. He made no comment thereon.
Seriousness of Facts.
/ I'VE submit TO the senate and assem-
bly," the report recites that the facts
stated are sufficiently serious in char
acter and are so violative of the laws
of the. state and the rules of fitness for
and conduct in high Office that the public
| interests demand some action in refer
ence thereto. whether through the exer-
else of powers of the legislature or by
referring facts and evidence to other
| duly constituted officers charged with
duties in respect thereof"
| he conclusions of the Frawley COM
mittee. embodied in it's report to the leg
iG ma S1IIv IN CT AI1
| under oath his campaign contribution
account diverted some of these contribu-
| tons to the purchase of stock, speculat-
ed in stock at the time that, as COVER
nor, he was earnestly pressing le2isla-
| ton against the New York Stock Ex-
change, punished Legislators who opposed
him by vetoins their bills, traded execu-
tive approval Of bills for support of his
! direct primary measure and did everything
in his power to conceal proof and OBJ
| struct the Frawley committees efforts
| to bring it to light.
The report is signed by James J. Fraw-
ley. chairman; Eugene Lamb Richards,
counsel, and Matthew T. Morgan, secre-
tary of the Investigating committee.
Epitome of the Evidence.
An epitome of the main evidence
brought out before the committee pref
| aces its conclusions. The affidavit of
| Gov. Sulzer accompanying his declara-
ton that he received and spent only
| 5,46O. directly or indirectly. as candidate
| for governor, is followed by the state
ment that the testimony shows a much
larger sum to have been paid him for this
purpose. This unaccounted-for surplus
included checks for $500 from Jacob III.
| Schiff and $500 from Abram /. Elkus. in
addition to various amounts. including
$500 from William +. McCombs, chair
man, and $1,000 from Henry Morgan
thau. chairman OF the finance committee
| of the democratic national committee,
| which. it Is asserted, that mo one can
doubt" were contributed specifically for
campaign purposes.
| With reference to Sareky's refusal to
| testify concerning the account he opened
| as Snlzers agent with the Mutual AL
| lance Trust Company, the report says
that lit Is and was the opinion of your
committee from the answers Of said
| witness and his demeanor on the stand
stance and direction of Gov. Sulzer."
This account alone. the report says,
contained $12.4Oo contributed for cam
palgn expenses, or nearly S''oVO more
than Gov. Suffers sworn total.
Details are given Of Mr.. Sulzer's alleged
account with the stock brokerage firm of
Boyer, Griswold & Co., engineered by
Frederick l.. Colwell. showing one trans
action of $12O25. OF this, $500 Is said to
have been in the form of check from
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company.
500 is the check which Lyman A. Spauld-
ing testified he had contributed for cam
paign purposes. and the committee nnds
| that the other items were originally sent
to Mr.. Sulzer for the same purpose. 1t
Is estimated that the total currency de-
posted and paid out by Mr. Sulzer in
various stock transactions between the
dates of his nomination and inaugura-
ton amounted to $43,9O Your COM
mittee.'' says the report, leaves to the
| legislature the inference to be drawn from
the possession and use of this currency.
Resolution of Impeachment.
The impeachment resolution introduced
by Majority Leader Levy follows:
! Whereas the joint legislative inves-
ugating committee has filed report in
the assembly on the tn day of August,
1918. together with testimony annexed
| thereto She wing. or tending to show, that
Gov. William Sulzer of the state Of New
York made false and fraudulent report
TO the secretary of state under his oath
as required by law. that the total con-