The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-24
SulZer Enters Formal
 Denial To All Charges
Chief Justice Cens Advice Followed Reserng Final De- cision On Contention Of Governors Counsel That "Noney" Articles In Impeachment Charges Should Be Stricken Out.

! ing of money will appear when our witnesses are called.'
 Mir. Richards entered into details of i the contributions by checks and in l cash to the SuIzer campaign fund, es-
 timating the total at $4O,O00 in round i figures and then took up and disputed
 in detail the claims of the respondent 1 that he was away campaigning when l these contributions were received. Sul- | zers alleged stock deals also were l canvassed by the attorney for the 1m- 1 peachment managers and the disap-
 pearance from his home and office of I Frederick l.. Colwell, the governor s ! alleged broker, was connected with communication between Sulzer and 1 ColweT the second day of the hearing 1 before the Frawley committee. Concerning the alleged corrupt bar gaining by the governor of the power 1 of his office for votes in favor of meas l ures in which he had a personal po- liticaI interest, MT. Richards reviewed the testimony brought out at the Fra,wley committee concerning certain negotiations alleged to have been con- | ducted by the governor with three as Semb1ymen.
 in conclusion, that the respondent continued to speculate in stocks after he became governor and that, while so interested, he caused to be introduced in the legislature and advocated the adoption of legislation vitally affect ing the rise and fall of securities on
 said exchange and we shall leave it to
 this court to. say whether his act as governor in fathering such legislation was not influenced by his personal in terest in the fluctuations of securities affected by that very legislation"
 Several members of the court were absent when MT. Fox resumed his ar gunoent shortly after 10 o'clock. The attorney opened by attacking the state ment of Judge Parker at yesterdays session, that the constitution permit ted the assembly to impeach at any tune for any cause. He conceded that there was a broad power of remov-| aT' but held that in regard to inn peachrnent, the assembly had no pow CT to accuse an official for acts com n1ittcd before having taken office
 This attempt on the part of the1 managers to remove William Sulzer for acts performed while he was a private citizen MT. Fox continued, fore in any court of justice in this state, never broached in any consti- tutional convention, never submitted to any English speaking people,
 'If they who have been summoned to the defense of the man whom the people of New York have chosen to be their governor, continued MT. Fox, were under responsibility then that which is involved in the question of his personal influence, the question which would arise would begin and end as a question of fact and only a question of fact. It's determination by this court, though of terrific mo- ment to the individual, would yet in volve no precedent and touch in no way the supreme law of the land. To such an issue we could advance with confidence and such an issue this court could decide with no thought except to do exact justice to him who stands before them.''
 Counsel declared that scant ma jority of the assembly was now ask ing the court to do away with the limitations which in ''the wisdom of our fathers has surrounded the exer- else of the great power to accuse of wilful conduct in off1ce,'' and he inti- mated that back of this were men whose very political creed embodies an 1Inpatience of constitutional re- straint and who demand that the <1na1 test shall be, not a judicial interpre- tation of the constitution, but the truly ascertained wish of the majority Of the moment
 He continued: eff the view of the honorable managers be correct, then, indeed, all question of constitutional limitation or construction is beside the mark and this court should proceed to egister whatever decree it may be persuaded will best please what it may determine is the present public
 mind.
 'tWe shall all do we'll when urged to disregard the principles esta blished by law, to recall the words of one
 of the greatest judges, "To press for ward to a great principle by breaking through every other great principle that stands in the way of its estab- lishment x xx is as little con- sent to civil morality a public jus