Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-19
Says His Fate win Have Good
Effect and Destroy Ter /
rors of Bossism. -
WELL HAVE you BACK,v
ONE ENTHUSIAST SHOUTS
Red Fire, 0ratory and Music Are
Part of the Program When Friends
Present Loving Cup.

ALBANY. n. Y, October fs.-Thers
were red fire. oratory and music by a
brass band over at the executive man.
sion tonight when several hundred ad-
mirers of William Sulser called to pre-
sent him with loving cup.
A driving rain fell while the marchers
were en- route to the mansion. Sulzer
started TO shake hands with all or his
callers. but he could not complete the
task. They crowded around him and
refused to move Some one said a few
words OF consolation TO him, only to be
interrupted by Mrs. Sulxer
THE action OF the court is the least
OF our troubles" she said
The crowd began 10 cheer We'll have
you back here next year, BILL" one man
yelled
Another enthusiast even cried 'Hurrah
for the next President of the United
States" whereupon there Was more
cheering. Cheers for Mrs. Sulzer fol-
lowed.
Chester c. Piatt. Suffers secretary,
read speech assuring Sulzer that he
had been removed because he would not
obey the bosses. Mention of the name
OF Charles +. Murphy brought Kisses.
Would Lynch Assemblyman.
Lynch him. shouted one man, at
the mention of the name Of an assembly
man.
The cup presented to Sulzer was in
scribed. ITO William sulzer. a victim OF
corrupt bossism, October IL, 1913" Mrs.
Sulzer was presented with a bouquet
Sulzer. In a speech. reiterated his as
sertion that his removal was due to hts
disnleasing Tammany Hall.
Had / obeyed the boss instead % my
oath of office, / would still be the COVER
nor and the organization world be
pattine me on the back and telling the
people that was second Andrew Jack
son." he said. My condsmna ton b, the
boss Is intended to serve as a warning
and precedent to all who may follow
me of what will happen to them N they
do not obey orders: but I believe my
fate will have good effect IN. the end,
ard do more than any other single
| terrors of corrupt 'bossism' In the state
of New York"
letter which Col Roosevelt wrote
Sulser on October last was given out
by Plaft- 1t was In response to one from
Sulzer telling Roosevelt that on advice
of counsel Sulzer could not permit a
| letter he wrote the former President re-
| gardng the impeachment case to be
made public.
Letter From Roosevelt.
| The letter follows:
i thank you for your letter. and I am
sorry that have to leave before your de-
Tense is made public. I wish Ii had been
possible for you to write to me the letter
Of which you wrote. giving me the def
| mite facts as to the effort by Mr.. Muir
ply and his associates to bend You to
their interests against the cause OF hon.
esty and decency In popular government.
and their promise OF immunity to you
from impeachment II you would cease
your attacks on the men who have been
guilty Of misconduct and theft In connec-
ton with public ONCE. and II you would
cease your demand for direct primaries.
| Such a letter, giving me In detail the
| facts, would, OF course. have enabled me
| to speak much more strongly than I have
| spoken
Platt also gave out copies of several
| kilograms Sulzer had received offering
| him lecture dates. Kansas City man
| bid $1,000 for one lecture; a New York
| er $2O.UOO for ten lectures, another New
Yorker $4,000 for fifty, and Chicago
promoter topped the list with $4,000
for a season. AS yet the former gov
| ernor has closed no contracts for public
addresses.
This was the last n ght Sulzer occupied
the executive mansion. He will .eave
tomorrow morning for Cooperstown,
where he will spend three or GU days
in a summer hotel owned by .l.end.
He will be accompanied only by Mrs.
Suzer. From Cooperstown Sulzer VIII 60
to the mountains for few days, prob
ably. and then return TO New York.