New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-10
CENTRE ARGUMENT
ON THREE CHARGES
Continued from first page.
stitution. the law and the essential
spirit of justice.
Tilden's Words Quoted.

iIQenS WOr0S QNolcu'
Mr.. Parker answered him by quoting
Samuel ]. Tilden as saying that under
the constitution and laws of this state
an officer was Improbable for acts
committed before taking office or acts
wholly disconnected with his office,
such as the commission Of a crime for
which the official had been convicted.
"Unhtness, inability TO serve the pub
lie" said Parker, creates not merely
a cause but a necessity for removal
Can il be possible, your honors, tnal
with the record which lies before you
snv one of YOU could say that the Gov
ernor who has not appeared at THIS
trial is At longer to be Chief Executive
of this state? Isn't the proof which
has been spread on this record, stand
ing wholly uncontradicted, convincing
that IT is absolutely impossible 10 con-
ceive that the time can ever come when
he can ever regain the confidence OF
the people of this state?
1T is the duty of this high court to
find a verdict Of guilty as 10 each one
of these three articles" argued Parker,
referring to the false statement. per-
jury and theft articles.
He contended that the evidence pre-
sented by the Assembly Board of I'm
parchment Managers sustained them
and they were not contradicted by the
respondent. The testimony, he went
on, showed that the Governor must
have known the campaign statement
was false, because ii did not contain
items of checks and cash delivered 20
him personally. The testimony showed
that. notwithstanding Sarecky's at
tempted CLOSING over Of the acts as
purely formal, the Governor swore 10
and signed the affidavit annexed TO the
! false statement, thus constituting him
self a perjurer And, finally. he was
guilty Of theft, because he converted to
| his use money obtained as campaign
contributions, larceny being the OBJ
! tanning Of money under false pretences
and silence as TO the uses to which he
intended to put the money being
| false pretence.
Two Differing Personalities.
Parker's manner in making his ad.
dress was strikingly different from
that of his adversary. Marshall, with
prepared address Of about $4,000
words, acclaimed the more human ana
personal parts like the finished orator
that he is. He held the attention OF
the members Of the court closely, es-
pecially during his passionate appeal
! to the court not to convict the Cow
ernor "on the grotffid Of moral turpi-
tude or on general principles" Parker
read his argument in a low, monoto-
nous voice. 1t was the kind OF an ar
gument he would have presented 10
the Court Of Appeals, delivered in ex-
actly the same manner.
| No answer had been made by the &C.
| fence. Parker said. to any of the ma
terial facts brought out by the prose-
cution. He traced the growth Of the
statutes governing the use of money
at elections down to the awakening Of
public sentiment following the insur-
ance investigation. showing the de-
bauchery OF political life by corpora
ton funds. Then Charles E. Hughes
drafted a law, the purpose Of which
was TO prevent any contribution being
made to candidate for political Office
and any expenditure of money without
such publicity as would make the leo
pie Of the state fully aware OF the
financial connections and transactions
of the candidate.
He analysed the provisions Of the