Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Morgenthau Declares Governor
Asked Him to Testify That Cam
paign Contribution Was Pure
ly a Personal Gift.
Assembly Managers Indicate They
Will Attack Record of Executive
as Gambler in Cotton Market.
Plea for Mercy Recited.

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 27.-Despite
the determined and skillful battle
waged by his counsel the weeks
proceedings in the trial of William
Sulzer, Governor of New York, for
high crimes and misdemeanors, found
the prospects for the impeached Gov
ernor more than gloomy.
A severe blow was struck the de-
Tense when Henry Morgenthau.
treasurer of the National Democratic
Committee testified that Sulzer, aft
er being impeached by the Assembly,
urged him (Morgenthau) to treat his
campaign contribution of $1,000 as a
purely personal matter.
Asks Him for Mercy
"On September Mr.. Sulzer called
me up and asked me to come to AL
bany," said Mr.. Morgenthau. Il did
not think it right to come, so he asked
me if was called upon to testify at
the impeachment trial to be easy on
him. l told him 1 could not treat my
donation as a matter of personal
kindness"
A sensation was caused by counsel
for the Governor when they an
nounced that they did not intend to
dispute seriously the charge that
seven checks received by Sulzer at
the time he was collecting campaign
contributions had been received by
the brokerage firm of Boyer. Girls
void & Co, as a part payment for
stock. Close connections between
Mrs. Sulzer and Wall street were
shown.
Governor Sulzer gained point in
his favor when, by a vote of 49 to 2.
the court gave permission to wit
nesses to say whether or not they ex
pected Sulzer to use their campaign
contributions for actual political pur-
poses or for any use his discretion
might dictate At least one witness
stated that it was common knowledge
that while Mr.. Sulzer was running
for Governor he was practically PEN
niless.
Attorney John B. Stanchield, coun-
sci for the managers, hotly resented
this testimony, claiming that Sulzer
had $4,000 on deposit when elected.
Destroyed All Evidence.
Daniel NJ. Brady, president of a
brass company, who contributed 800
to the Sulzer campaign fund. testified
he had destroyed all evidence of his
contribution after the Governor had
been impeacehd "to avoid trouble"
The vote had been taken while ex-
Judge Conlon was being questioned
about a $1,000 contribution to Mr.. Sui
zer's campaign from the New York
brokerage house of Boyer, Griswold &
Co. through which Mr.. Sulzer had
bought a big block of Big Four stock
A number of the members of the
court explained why they
voted as they did. The re-
.uIt was a hard blow to the prose-
cution. as it took many of the props
from under the charge that the Gov
ernor had made wrongful use of the
money contributed for the express
purpose of helping elect him Cover
nor.
Cotton Gambling Questioned.
Before former Judge Conlon took
the stand there were evidences that
the managers would try to show that
Mr. Sulzer was specializing in the
cotton market as well as in the stock
market at the time of his election.
Former President ]. Temple
Gwathmey, Of the New York Cotton
Exchange, and George F. Neville, an
other power in that mart, appeared to
testify.
Judge D. Cady Herrick, chief Of
counsel for Sulzer. denied that
Charles F. Murphy, Tammany Hall
loader in New York City, had been
subpenaed as a witness.
Fx-Judge Conlon began his testi-
mony by telling of money he had
turned over to Governor Sulzer.
While former Judge Conlon was
tastifvfng, William T. Jerome, former
District Attorney of New York, ap-
neared and took a seat among coun-
sci for the board of managers.