The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-08-11

The GOs~rnOr's D~uiaIs.
II deny that used any campaign con-
tributons for personal use
Il deny that | speculated in Wall
Street or used money contributed for cam.
pagn purposes to buy stock either in my
own name or otherwise.
81 never had an account with Fuller n
Gray or Boyer 4 ,;riswold
Il never heard of thes. firms do not
know III. firms testified to befor. th..
Fra"l-y committee until recently threat
| ened with exposure and tn. alleged tram
!, actions We're brought to my attention by
the Frawley committee.
THE stock matter with Harris Fuller
was not a speculative account or matter.
bu, "A loan made upon stock as collateral,
which stocks had been acquired and paid
for years before my nomination for th.
! office OF Governor and from other sources
than Harris Fuller
Certain ch.chs given to Inc for cam
| paign purposes were deposited 10 my per
sonal account and thereafter ! paid tn.
amount ~ said checks To nay campaign
| committee
"In iilns my statement Of receipts and
| Il disbursements with th. secretary Of state.
| relied upon information furnished me by
| the persons In immediate charge of my
| campaign and in whom ! had and hay"
| the most implicit confidence. and ! be
| liev.d the statement furnished 10y them 10
me to he accurate and true"
| The members Of the Frawley committee
| and the committees counsel did not come
] to Albany tonight. Th. suggestion that
| the committee is divided on the question
| OF impea chment or instituting criminal
prosecution against the Governor In re-
| gard to the disposition Of his campaign
| funds resulted in the declaration from a
! prominent Democratic attorney connected
! with the state Government that II i'm.
peachment by the Legislature was not
possible tn. Democratic State organza-
| tiOn leaders should end the controversy
and not resort to the courts as they
surely would meet defeat there.
Would Not Convict.
| He argued that even in the case OF in
| dictment "A trial jury would not convict
| the Governor and that the court proceed
| ngs would be 70 delayed in any event that
| Impeachment could not follow II tn. trial
failed OF conviction. as by that time there
would be a new State Assembly. which
| in his opinion would be- anti-Tammany.
Gov Sulzer's friends insist that the
| Legislature cannot consider impeac chment
| at this extra session or before it's next
regular session. which convenes on Janu-
AIRY 7, and they point out that the Court
OF Appeals Judges will not sit In court
OF Impeachment the legality OF which IL
| questionable These friends OF the
Governor declare that the only way In
which the Governor can be proceeded
| against is In the criminal courts. and
| they feel that IL the Democratic organiza-
ton leaders resort to such Il procedure
the Governor will he able to outwit his
| political enemies
Gov. Sulzer mas not been permitted to
spend much time alone and when Mrs.
Sulzer has not been with him one or
more OF his friends have kept him COM
pany both day and night. The Governor
took walk this morning on the mansion
grounds with his dog Patsy. After
, luncheon he and Mrs. Sulzer enjoyed a
long ride In the country. returning in TIM.
| for the conference at the mansion to-
night
MTs. CulLeT dTlHouHCfu tHe eHkdkeInent
| of her youngest sister. Miss Ernestine
| Rodelheim of Philadelphia. to Andrew
, Freeman OF Cleveland. Ohio. an old friend
OF the Rodelheim family
J In answer TO the Governors contcn-
/ tion that the law would not permit him
. to spend more than $4,000 as Il cand-
date. II was insisted that the Governor
acted AZ a trustee for all campaign funds
exceeding $4,000 and should have re-
turned the excess to the donors under
penalty for grand larceny. All the State
constitutions except those Of New York
and West Virginia specifically name tho
grounds upon which impeachment pro-
ceedings against Governor can lie. This
, omission In the New York State Con-
stitution would permit his impeachment
| for unitness even.
The Democratic State Organization
leaders feel that II the Assembly begins