The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-26

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gained the lead on the twelfth. Miss An
derson took the thirteenth and fourteenth,
1t in substance today-that he had not
intended his $500 gift for any par
| ticular purpose.
Blow for Prosecution
This was an admitted blow to the
prosecution.
| Egdar T. Bracket. counsel for the
| Impeachment managers, argued that as
MIR. Sulzer had asked for the money to
help his campaign 1t made no differ
ence what the intent of Mr. Schiff in
the matter had been. He raised the
point that the banker might have been
| giving expression to his feelings in re-
gard to the gift at the present time
rather than at the time the gift was
made. Judge Cullen agreed that the
point was well taken, but he reserved
decision on the motion to strike the
| testimony in question from the record.
/ Ibid the governor state to you any rea-
SON why he wanted your check made
out to Louis A. Sarecky?" asked Mr..
Bracket when Mr.. Schiff took the stand.
| He did not" replied Mr.. Schiff
Was it given to him for the reason
that he was candidate for governor"
| II suppose If he had not been a candi-
would have come up at all. | think II
Governor Sulzer had come to me at any
| time for a check for $500 | would have
given it to him."
The latter part of this answer was OBJ
jected to and Judge Cullen upheld the OBJ
lection.
Had you heard that he had suffered
any reverses or trouble except his nomi-
nation?"
| s'I had not - rpDlied the vVifnpss
The attorney went at length into the
notation on the back of his check, Jacob
Fl. Schiff's contribution to Governor Sui
zer's campaign expenses"
| Did you intend to put there truthfully
and correctly exactly the purpose for
which the check had been drawn?" he
asked.
Mr. Schiff reiterated that his sole pur-
pose in making the notation was to iden-
tify the check for purposes of record.
why did you tell Mr.. Sulzer that you
wouldn't give him more?'
| IT told him | had given $1,000 for the
Straus campaign and as probably would
| not get that back I couldn't give him
| any more
| Il would like to ask a question"
interrupted Senator Foley.
~ would like to know Mr.. Schiff, ii
you have had any communications with
Governor Sulzer since this matter was
disclosed in the last two months?"
! Il had not except that he invited
me to come to Albany and / declined.
To be correct, about four or five weeks
| ago his secretary invited me to come
| to Albany to see Mrs. Sulzer. who was
| i'll. have seen Governor Sulzer only
once since he went into office
| Did anybody communicate with you
| in New York city in behalf of Mr.. Sui
zer and discuss this matter of your
contributions"
| me and told me that If j would ac-
| cept it, Governor Sulzer would be very
| glad to refund to me the $2500 TO which
| | replied that / could not now, since
the matter was under investigation.
permit the status to be changed"
| You refused to accept refund of the
S2500?' asked the senator.
Declined to Be Repaid
81 did not. 1t was never rendered to
me. The question was only asked me as
to whether / would accept it, 10 which
1 said no. The exact words were, so
| far as 1 remember, Governor Sulzer
would like to repay you this $2500.'"
The name of Mrs Sulzer. who it
is reported, will be one of the star
witnesses for the defense, was fre-
quently brought into the testimony to-
! day. 1t was developed that she had
| telephone communication with Ralph
| Trier, vice president of the Frank V.
| Straus company, in regard to $1,000
| check which he had sent to the gov
ernor in behalf of Mr.. Straus, who
was abroad. Trier testified that Mrs.
Sulzer told him over the telephone that
| the check he had sent was not in the
envelope. Witness said he stopped pay
ment on this clIeck and sent dupli-
cate which Mrs. Sulzer told him had
| been received. He added that Mrs. Sui
ger and Mr.. Straus were related.
Judge J. Conlon of New York.
| friend of the governor for more than
/ 30 years, testified concerning three
checks given to the governor by him
as follows:
! Mark Potter, $500; Lyman H. SpaulG-
! ing. $l00, and John Delehanty, $10e.
and his personal gift of 500
Judge Conlans first gift to The gov
ernor's campaign fund, the Potter
the governors hands, as told by Con-
Ian. was thus:
From seven to ten days after the
| convention / went down to his house
in the morning about 10 O'Clock. His
wife was getting his breakfast and I
went to his room. We shook hands and
talked over things generally, the cam
palgn. the possibilities of success and
the line of campaign he intended to
| undertake. He told me he was going
to make a state wide campaign and
going to make 1t as active as he could
during the time he had. We talked
/ that way for some time.
Did Not Limit Use of Money
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