El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-18

n Sulzer, a victim of corrupt bosses,
A October II, 1913" is the inscrip-
tion on a silver loving cup which
committee Of local citizens has planned
"a nresent to governor Sulzer. 1t IS
announced that Suffers admirers VIII
e-ather tonight ami preceded by a banu,
narade to the Peoples House TO make
the presentation ..+,-,-
while he was governor. said Mr. Sulzer
will deliver speeches. IN TINS sIdlS
wherever campaigns are beng Wageu
ical bosses, and that ME-. Sulzer had
received requests from lecture bureaus
to tell his story.
Today was moving day IN Albany
Governor Glynn was busy preparing 70
move his office equipment from tHe
quarters on the third floor OF the
Capitol which he has occupied since
ceedings. to the executive suite on the
second floor. At the peoples rouse
William Sulzer and Mrs Sulzer were
collecting their personal belongings
and making ready TO leave Albany
Mr. Sulzer gave no intimatlon Where
he and his wife would go
The outgoing executive issued
statement in when he denounced the
tribunal which had removed MN as
''Murphy's high court of infamy.
Glad Trial Is Over.
The SuIzer statement in part follows:
On response to requests from 1rlenos
throughout the state, for some e1ptS2
sion from me, I can only say at this
time, that I am glad that my trial Is
over.
"Bv virtue of a power beyond the
present control of our electorate, now
hand back to the people the comhns-
sion thew gave me and 7 hand II back
to them-untarnished and unsullied-
my lips have been sealed for weeks,
while I patiently have submitted In
silence to abuse and villification
Prosecutors as Judges.
st did not think senators Wagner,
FraWIey, Ramspberger, Brown, Blau-
Welt and Thompson would act as my
judges, as they either were interested
personally in the outcome of my trial,
or had acted as my prosecutors ana
condemned me before my trial. or De-
cause of personal grievances had eS-
pressed an opinion as to my guilt.
THE casting of votes by these sena-
tors Yitiated the judgment, because had
they refused to vote-as a sense or
decency should have induced them to
de- would not have been convicted OF
one of the articles of Impeachment.
Trial. n Political LynehinE.
MY. trial, from beginning to end-so
far as the Tammanyized part was con-
Cerned-WaS a farce. a political lynch
ing-the consummation of a deep laid
political conspiracy to GUST me from Of
flee.
The court ruled against me in every
thing. The well settled rules of evil
dence We're thrown to the winds. A
horSethief in frontier days would have
received q SQuarer deal.
Mr. Murphy controlled the assembly
and ordered the impeachment. He
controlled most of the members of the
court and dictated its procedure and
wrote the judgment He was the Judge
and jury, the prosecutor and the bailiff.
1.-THE meetings of the court were be-
hind closed door It was a star cham
Der proceeding where the enemies OF
the state could work for my conviction
undiscovered.
They called it the high court of i'm
parchment, but history will call it Muir
phys high court of infamy,' The trial
was a human shamble; a libel on law;
a fragrant abuse of constitutional
rights; a disgrace to our civilization
and the verdict overturned the safe
guards of liberty and the presidents Of
three centuries. The future historians
VII do me justice and pOsterity will
reverse the findings of the court.
Appeals to Public Opinion.
There is a higher court than Muir
phy's-the court of public opinion. I
appeal from Murphy's court of political
passion, to the calmer judgment of the
future and the sober reflection Of pub
lie opinion
when I declined to obey the orders
of the boss about patronage; when I
refused to call on Hennessy and pre-
vent further Investigations of graft:
and finally, when I set in motion the
machinery of the courts to bring the
criminals to justice to stop the looting
of the state, then and not until then
dld Mr.. Murphy threaten me with de-
sradaIlOn and removal from office.
FROM that day all that money. power
and influence could do to destroy me
has been done.
Fight Will Go On.
Mr.. Murphy and the special inter-
ests, which antagOnized, have won a
temporary victory; but the fight for
reform and for honest government will
go on The farce of my trial will have a
good influence in effecting the end 1t
mas opened the eyes of the people to the
graft of millions of dollars annually
and II viii hasten the adoption of the
initiative and referendum: bring about
the recall of public officials including.
Judges and judicial decisions. and write
upon the statute books other reforms
especially a direct primary law so that
the voters, instead of the bosses. will
nominate as well as elect all of the
public officials
The people now know that the now
er 10 nominate public officials is the
power to control those offices and that
we cannot have honesty in the state of
new York until the voters nominate
anu control all public officials.
Faithful to Trust
As the governor, I have been honest
ana 1althtuI to my trust No influence
DuI conscience could control me in the
performance of my duty. I have lost
my office but I have kept nv seIfre-
Let US indulge in the hope that nv
loss OF the governOrship will be the
peoples gain If my undoinp- shall be
!he humble means of destroying boss
ISM IN New York, I shall be content
EVERY dollar given me, which I de-
posted to my personal account subse-
queht!y was turned over by me to the
committee in my office. or to an agent
OF M Murphy OF to the state commit
Owes Over $4,000.
want to tell the public the truth
ABOUT my financial condition:
Be1ore 1 was a candidate for the
goEernorship I was in debt abOuf s7O
present. nav al
- owe now as follows: [. NJ Josan-
u Inal, $4,000; Hugh J. Reilly. SOS 500.
y, p; Meany, $4,000: A. r. Snrierers'
2o'oVU; Ogilvie and Companv "a an,
smaller creditors, about SI.600' msixin9
my trial 'ost VI
= own no other assets save an
equity IN stocks in two small mining
camps rms stock has no market val
7 had on deposit before nv mamma
tloh over $1,000; I have on denosit now