The Washington herald., 1913-10-22
SULzER STARTS
HIS new RACE
Campaign Of Deposed Gov
ernor for Assembly Opens
with Rush In New York.
POLITICIANS ARE BUSY
Their Powers of Invective Increase as
Campaign Start Draws
Nearer.

New York, Oct. 2i.-Charges and coun-
tercharges continued to fill the air today
in the Sulzer-Tammany controversy,
which has now been made a part of the
mayoralty campaign. The second INSTALL
inent of the Sulzer expose of the die
tatorship of Charles f. Murphy gave
further details of the pressure brought
10 bear upon the Governor to force him
to abandon his campaign against graft
throughout the State.
SuIzer arrived in New York tonight to
take up his campaign for the Assembly,
and was given a rousing reception by a
great crowd Of admirers. He declined to
respond.
John \. HenneSsey, SulzeTs chief graft
investigator, returned to the attack on
the Tammany mayoralty candidate to-
night and challenged Mccall to tell wnere
he got the money Hennessey declares he
paid to George w. PIunkitt and Charles
F. Murphy E,'r his nomination to the
Supreme Court bench.
Tonight Mccall denounced his opponent,
John Purroy Mitchell the fusion candi-
date, as a demagogue, and declared his
intention of being free from domination
by newspe pers."
No reply was forthcoming today from
Tammady Leader Murphy to the Sulzer
charges. When questioned today about
the Hennessey and Sulzer accusations
Murphy said:
I'll not reply to Hennessey ut all III
just ignore him. When l make my reply
will make it direct to Sulzer."
Plans 10 Keep Him Cut.
John Purroy Mitchell will probably de-
mand that the grand jury call Charles
F. Murphy and Philip Donahue to ac-
count for the $4,000 contribution from
Samuel Beardsley for the late a. n.
SrrTz hat Pear IGtn
this money to Tammany after he re-
fused it. Tammany legislators began
plans to keep Sulzer out of the Assembly,
if he is elected from the Sixth Assembly
district. where he is the progressive
candidate. The charge will be made that
he is not a resident of the district.
Sulzers campaign for election as a
member of the Assembly from the sixth
district of this city formally was open
ed tonight with parades and speechmak-
ing.
We want TO give Sulzer show said
Max Steindler, leader of the Progress
sives, who broke away from their lead
ers to nominate Sulzer, and were going
Ia give him such majority as no can
diGate of the Assembly has ever received
in this district.
Hebrews Pray for Him.
Thirty or more rabbis in the Sixth dis
trict, which is strongly Jewish, have
been praying ior Sulzer ever since his
troubles began and have taken an active
part in working up the sympathy for
him which has brought about his nomi-
nation. They are now working for his
lection.
'''y-hy are the East Side Jews for Sui
zer?'' repeated Rabbi NJ Weinberger at
his home today Because William Sui
zer is prosecuted He put up d far fight
against Tammany, and ne lost Now, We
are going to help him back on his feet,
50 he can renew his war. In Congress
he showed. by his support of the Russian
treaty, that he was in sympathy with
the Jews. But racial feeling is not
actuating us in this fight
VIII Attack Levy.
One of Sulzers opponents in the Sixth
District will be Aaron Levy, one of the
leaders in the impeachment ceilings
Levy is running for municipal judge.
Sulzer intends to direct most of his fire
against Levy. He will also attack
Speaker Alfred L. Smith, of the As
sembly. who is a candidate for re-elec-
ton in the Second District.