Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-20
Chief Executive Of New York Is.
a. Impeached by the State
Assembly. z
RESULT OF TAMMAkY'S FIGHT
Charges Include Perjury, Larceny OF
Campaign Funds fer Stock speeu.
lation and Other "Hioh Crimes
Il # and Misdemeanors.'

anu 5Lue circuit COuTll O12dQpCdAS 6AttAu6f
together as a. court of impeachment
The articles were adopted by, q vote Of
~ to AS
u; An important part of the charge 10.
that Mr., Sulzer diverted campaign
contributions to his private use and
invested them In stocks. Just before
the impeachment Mrs. sulzer made =
statement to the effect that she had
taken part OF the campaign money and,
bought stocks with it In Wall street.
She viii probably take the witness
stand at the trial to tell this story. n ~
charrss Against sulxer 53
II stripped ~ their legal verbiaEe. the!
articles a. im,,1p,ei,achment against Gov
alarn,or5 sul1ar are as follows:
THAT Governor sulzer. ia filinx
h,s statement q campaign expenses.
fsat forth; that his entire receipts were
sS6. 1867 and his expend itures s., 724;
that this statement SS.'.was false and
w. inten, ded 81 him to be false !, that
8his nat az receipts failed to- include
Isl 4 specinc contr ibutions. ranging In
amount from 100 to 81 500. N Vi
That Governor sulzer attached to
Ms statement 81 campaign expenses
an an dayit declaring that the state
smlent Wa d full and detailed / state.
mont of ali moneys received or; con.
3trihuted q expended by him directly
4 a. indirectly, That this af1davit, was
false and was corruptly made by him.
and that he was guilty OF ,willful and
corrupt perjury. =
That Governor sulzer was guilty
OF NAL and corrupt conduct in his Of,
dee as governor I and was guilty Of
bribing witnesses . & The specific charge
I Il that while the Frawley committee
/ was investigating the governors cam.
paign accounts he ''fraudulently In.
duced "A three witnesses (his campaign
manager. &a personal !; friend, and q
stock broker) to withhold their testi.
/ mony from said committee. n
That the governor was guilty OF
.'suppressing evidence in violation OF
the state penal law. The specific charge
So that he ...practiced deceit and fraud
and used threats and! menaces with
intent to prevent the Frawley commit,
tee from procuring the attendance and
Testimony Of certain witness Il,
That the governor was guilty Of
preventing and dissuading witness
from attending under 3 subpoena the
sessions 81 the Frawley committee.
The witness referred to Is Frederick =.
.Colvell. ALLEGED to have acted as Sui
GERS agent ia certain stock transac-,
tons. sg
That prior$ to his election the,
governor appropriated campaign CON.
'tributions to- his own use, and used:
the same, or large part thereof, IN
specializing in I. stocks .5$ and
thereby 1 stole such checks and was
guilty 81 larceny. Y '.5 Il 85i s53 N
THAT Governor Sulzer promised
and threatened to use the authority.
and influence 4of his office for the pur-
I pose Of affecting tie vote or political
action OF certain publict OH GERS, includ.
ing two assemblymen.
s--That he H 'corruptly used d his
authority as governor to affect the
I prices OF securities on the New York
stock exchange, In some Of which he
was specializing. = II NM !