Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-24
TO DELAY DECISION
ON SULZER MOTION
Continued from First Page,

Ject1onS pro lorna simply, WITHOUT
meaning to express any opinion what
ever on the merits"
The presiding judges opinion hav-
ing been sustained and the governors
denial of the impeachment charges
filed and read, the actual trial OF the
case against the governor was at last
ready to commence.
Mr.. Richards began his opening ad-
gdress shortly after IL o'clock.
Governor William Sulzer was buster
getting money than getting votes dur
ing his campaign for election, de-
clared Eugene Lamb Richards, of
counsel for the prosecution, today, in
his address, opening the case against
the impeached executive.
"All the technicalities and bubbles
raised by the respondent have been
swept away by this court" began
Mr.. Richards. land he must now meet
this case on the merits, so that now
the question must be answered: Is
William Sulzer guilty or not guilty
of the offenses charged In the arti-
Giles of impeachment?
High crimes and misdemeanors.
High is the office, high is the position
of William Sulzer, but low and sordid
the crimes and misdemeanors which
we are prepared to prove against him.
i
are plain ones of fraud. larceny and
perjury"
Outlines Election Law.
After outlining the provisions of
the election law relating to the re-
porting of campaign contributions. the
attorney continued:
with these provisions in force,
what did William Sulzer do? He was
nominated on October Q, 1912. and we
propose to show that almost imme-
diately he began to solicit and obtain
large sums of money for campaign
purposes. We shall show that he was
buster in getting money and in trying
to get money than he was In getting
or trying to get votes. He went at
his campaign for money with system,
cool elaboration and cunning schemes
70 conceal what he got.
Five days after he was nominated
he made public announcement that
he would have no campaign collectors
or financial managers. and yet at that
moment his private secretary was al
ready running a secret campaign ac-
count, and the respondent already
had collectors working for him,
securing the city and State Of New
York for checks and cash.
Tells Order of Alleged Preference.
I'VE expect to show that he pre-
ferred, first, currency which has no
earmaflxs, next checks to bearer or
cash, next, checks to the order of
someone other than himself, and, If
these were impossible. he was willing
to take checks to his own order. He
had more than one 'bagman,' which
IL believe, is a favored expression of the
respondent. He had a bag himself,
which was as open to $4,000 con-
tribution as to a 81 one.
HE did more than collect and hold
these checks. He intended to keep
them He had no thought OF return
ing the surplus to the contributors,
for it will clearly appear that he used
and intended to use their contributions
to buy stocks and to supply margin
for stock speculations.
1.-THE respondent had many ways OF
getting money, and he had many ways
of disposing it. 1t will not be necessary
here to reveal all our testimony.
Among others there was an account
in the Mutual Alliance Trust Com
pany in the name Of his secretary,
Louis A. Sarecky; there was the per-
sonal account of the respondent In
the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
panyf there was speculative &C
count on margins with Harris & Full
Ter, brokers'; there was an account
for stock purchases with Boyer, Girls
void & Company, brokers, and there
was a further account for stock pur-
chases with Fuller & Gray, brokers.
What witnesses VIII Testify To.
"Other ways of getting and dispos-
ing of money will appear when our
witnesses are called.
During the period from October to
November, 1912, into ana out of the
Sarecky account went practically
s12 600 about 81 900 more than the de-
PENDANT reported in the post-election
statement Into the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company went fully $4,000
more. To Harris and Fuller there
went 81 900, to Boyer, Griswold &
Co, $12025, and to Fuller & Gray,
SIT 1880 The documentary evidence
in this case will show that of these
amounts over $4,000 was in currency.
We shall show beyond peradventure
the respondents knowledge of and
participation in the receipt and de-
post of these moneys, not only by
transactions and conversations with
disinterested witnesses, but by checks
and deposit slips bearing the re-
spondent's own signature and filled
out by the defendants own hand.
when evidence of these charges
first became public the respondent
claimed that he was away campaign
ing when the contributions were re-
ceived and that they were received
only by his committees or agents.
To Follow suIzer's JOurneyfngs.
For the purpose of demonstrating
In advance the falsity of this claim,
1 am going to outline briefly the facts
as to the respondents whereabouts
and his personal participation In the
receipts and deposits of these moneys.
ION October 4, 1912, after his nomi-
nation, the respondent returned from
Syracuse to New York city, where he