Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11
LASHED
MERCHESSLY
BY PARKER
Last Shred Of Defense of Accused
Executive Gone, Jurist Declares
to Impeachment Court,

ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 1O.-Judge
Alton B. Parker dashed Governor Sui
ger numerically to-day, the last of
the great impeachment trial.
Even justice must see through its
severe eye something pathetic in this
defendants frantic efforts to cover
up the nakedness of his wrong
doing" he began, declaring Sulzer
now stands naked before this court,
without rag Of his attempted vindi-
cation clinging to his deformed and
mutilated manhood"
d. Cady Herrick followed for the
defense. claiming the court has no
power to convict for offenses prior to
Sulzer's taking office.
e. T. Bracket closed for the pros
ecution.
Judge Parker said Of sulzer:
Defiance, Justification, provoca-
ton, denunciation of his accusers,
attempts to suppress and falsify tes-
timony and efforts to cast the blame
elsewhere each in turn has been
stripped from his quaking flesh until
he now stands naked before this
court without rag of his attempted
vindication clingins 70 his deformed
and mutilated MANHOOD.
Must Protect State.
with this court alone rests the
duty of delivering this State from ths
menace that, like the sword of Da-
mocles hangs over 1t as long as this
man remains in office. The purpose
of this Impeachment is to protect the
State.
"The question is not william Sui
GERS punishment. 1t is, Is this man
guilty and a menace TO the State?'
Whether there ever was a day when
William Sulzer WAS At for public
service we need not inquire. We shut
out his past"
Judge Parker then recapitulated
the charges and the testimony de-
veloped by the prosecution.
Judge Herrick appealed to the
court in behalf of Governor Sulzer,
declaring the court without power 10
convict for offenses committed prior
to the time that an accused official
took office. He said this is the po-
sition the prosecution had taken.
Judge HeFrick attacked the argu-
ments made by Judge Parker, say
ing:
at necessarily follows from Judge
Parker's arguments that a man can
be impeached not only for any Of
IA, for any reason, political or other
wise, IT IS determined that a public
official is no longer fit for office DC
cause he believes or does not believe
in direct primaries or some other po-
liticsl issue. then he may be I'm
pesched."
The chief figure in this tragedy
slept late, Sulzer-for two months, a
prisoner in the Executive Mansion in
| the confines of the worlds greatest
| State-had chafed under the slow
moving hours of the night. He moved
restlessly about the house. hollow
eyed, pale and detected. The fight
that he had showed when he thought
that he might go before the court and
talk was gone.
1t will not be known before
night just what will be the final
procedure. There was q dispo-
sition among some of the judges Of
the Court of Appeals to vote tomor
row on the issues A few of them
wish to write opinions on the case.
Many of the Senators want TO do
likewise. All of them want something
to say in the executive session at
which the real fight of the trial will
be made.
In addition showing the trend Of
the times, there are many holders of
reserved seats for the Saturday base
ball game between the Giants and
Athletics, and the holdings of seats
is a factor In the solemn proceed
ings, where the political life of high
official is at stake.
The plan chiefly favored was ad-
tournment until Monday, although
some of the Senators wanted to OBJ
serve Columbus Day tat $3.50 PERI.