Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-17
SULzER'S CLASH
 WITH TAMMANY Impeachment of Sulzer Grew Out of Direct Primary
 Fight. HE OPPOSED MURPHY Dealings In Wall Street Unearthed- Chairman Frawley PilOted the
 Investigation.
HE OPPOSED MURPHY

Albany, N. Y, Aug. 16.-When Gov ernor William Sulzer. the Peoples Governor" and the Poor Mans Friend" refused to do the bidding of Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall. the most remarkable political drama New York State had ever seen was enact ed. From that very moment Tam many Hall carried out a steady and consistent programme of guerilla warfare against Sulzer and all things Sulzer. The Governor replied in kind. as we'll as he could. A Tam manyized legislature instituted an investigation" of Sulzer, and Sulzer reciprocated with an "investigation" of some Tammany-controlle state de- partment.
 What was it all about? Direct pri- maries. mainly. Also about appoint ments. Boss Murphy sought to have certain more or less unsavory organi- zation men appointed to office Sulzer declined to appoint them, although he had been something of an organiza- tion man himself for great many years, and immediately after his elec- tion to the Governorship, had been extremely intimate with Murphy. So intimate that MT. and Mrs. Murphy were welcome at the Peoples House. as Governor Sulzer asserted himself ill an interview.
 Sulzer probably told the truth when he said that his life was in danger. He declared, after his break with Tam many Hall, that he had employed guards to protect him against possible assassination. Attack after attack, from all sources, but mostly traceabls to political enemies, was made on Sul- ger. He was accused of perjury, the alleged offense having been commit ted, according to his accuser, in 1890. That accusation didn't seem to have much effect in the way of ruining Sulzer, so suit was filed in Philadel- phla by a young woman of the name of Mignon CPolly) Hopkins, charging Sulzer with breach of promise This action, Sulzer said also, was a move on the part of his political enemies. Miss Hopkins asked $3O,OOO damages for her wounded heart Sulzer ad- mitted having known Miss Hopkins some years ago. but denied that he had ever proposed marriage to her. When William Sulzer promised real direct primaries to the people of New York, he evidently meant what he said. When he went into office he made it his business to start legisla- tion for direct primaries on it's way He discovered, however. that his pol itical associates had very different ideas of the kind of direct primaries New York wanted than had William Sulzer. A bill was introduced at the i instigation of Sulzer, but before it was voted upon Tammany direct primaries bill, which Sulzer charac- terized a fraud upon the people" was introduced in both branches of the legislature and passed. Governor Sulzer vetoed it, and then called upon the legislators to pass his bill. The Assembly and the Senate killed the Sulzer bill. amid scenes such as the Senate and Assembly Chambers had never before seen. There were shouts of rage and shakings of fists in the direction of the capitol. Even some profanity was directed at the Governor. There were cheers and shouts when it was announced that the bills had been killed.
 Sulzer then inaugurated d campaign to obtain direct primaries. He enlist ed many kell known men in his cause. and called the legislature in extra ordinary session. It had then become a case of open warfare. It became 
 Sulzers object to make himself leader of the Democratic party in New York. He had lined up with him some 3S county chairmen and about seventeen State Committeeman. In one of his speeches at this time Sulzer said that he had been attacked, villified and threatened as no other man ever had been who had occupied the Cover, norship of New York.
 Tammany lost hundreds of thous- ands of dollars in patronage. No ap- pointments of Tammany men were made by Sulzer. George w. Blake was made a special investigator by the Governor and set about unearth- ing incompetency in the state prisons. John A. Hennessy was made an inves- | tipatOr by SulZer and he conducted