The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
veatigatIon. Of some IaInmanycon.

ments Boss Murphy sought to nave
certain organization men appointed 10
office. Sulzer declined to appoint them,
although he had been something Of an
organization man himself for great
many years, and Immediately after his
election to the governorship had been
intimate with Murphy, so intimate that
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were welcome at
the Peoples House. as Governor Sui
ger asserted himself in an interview
Sulzer may have told the truth when
he said his life was in danger. He
declared, after his break with Tam
many Hall, thai he had employed
guards to protect him against possible
assassination. Attack after attack.
mostly traceable to political enemies,
was made on Sulzer. He was accused
of perjury, the alleged offense httying
been committed, according to his &C
cuser, in 1896 That accusation didn't
seem to have much effect in the way
of running Sulzer. so suit was filed In
Philadelphia by young wt,man
of the name of Mignon fF'olly)
Hopkins, charging Sulzer with
breach of promise This action,
Sulzer said also, was move OH the
part of his political enemies. Miss
Hopkins asked 100000 damages for her
wounded heart. Sulzer admitted hav-
| ing known Miss Hopkins some years
ago, but denied that he had ever pro
posed marriage to her.
Row Over Direct Primaries.
| When 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 legislation for d.
rect primaries on it's way. He dis
covered, however, that he and his po-
/ litical associates had very different
ideas of the kind of direct primaries
New York wanted. A bill was intro
| duced at the instigation Of Sulzer, but
before it was voted upon another d.
rect primary bill, which Sulzer char
| acterized fraud upon the people"
was introduced in both branches Of the
legislature and passed Governor Sui
ger vetoed it, and then called upon
the legislators to pass his bill. The
assembly and then 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 di-
rection of the capitol There were
cheers and shouts when it was an
nounced that the bills had been killed.
Sulzer then started campaign to
| obtain direct primaries. He enlisted
many well known men in his cause,
and called the legislature in extraor-
binary session. 1t had then become a
case of open warfare.
His Campaign Fund investigated
The governor instigated investiga-
tons of several state departments, and
then Tammany retaliated in kind with
an investigation of Suffers campaign
fund by legislative committee. Sen,
ator Frawley, Tammany chieftain
was the chairman of the committee
and it commenced its sittings in Al
bany. 1t was intimated that SuIzer
had received checks for his campaign
fund which he had not listed In his
sworn statement, misdemeanor un
der the laws of New York state. Two
checks were introduced into the eyi
dence. One was for $4,000 from Kuhn
Loeb & Co., the bankers. and endorsed
Mr.. Sehiff's contribution to the Sui
ger campaign" The other check was
for $500 and was signed by Ahram ]
Elkus, prominent New York city law
yer, 1t was alleged by the Frawle,
committee that neither of these check:
appeared in Suffers campaign list.
At a later. session Of the F'rawlel
committee, held in New York. it de
I veloped that Sulzer had owed the stool
3 brokerage firm of Harris Fuller $4S
, 599.3S on January 1, 1912, when Sui
ger was in congress. According t,
testimony and evidence offered Sulze
4 had been steady loser in tbs stool
! market. The brokers to whom he owe,
: money dunned him for payment, &C
cordtng to the testimony, and Sulze
f was finally rescued by his bushes
t partner. Ex-Governor A. e. Spriggs, o
9 Montana. who paid $1,000, and Loui
d n Josephthal OF New York, who, o.
b July 10 last. paid $26.749.21.
: It also developed before the CON
d mittee that Sulzer had traded wit
Boyer, Griswold & Co. Charles H
i Reynolds. formerly cashier for tn
s firm, testified that on October is las
g Frederick l. Colwell. whom no under
). stood to be an agent for Sulzer. ha
:. bought 200 shares of Big Four for $12
l. OBS. The stock was paid for the sam
: day with eight checks and SLIPS /
cash. One check given In payment 70
q the stock was campaign contribution
l. The Frawley committee alleged tha
d the seven other checks were also can
n paign contributions, and asserted ths
d this would be proved.
IS Other Governors Impeached.
Seven other governors in the Unite
d States have faced impeachment pr,
y ceedings. These men and the result
r that followed were:
Il Charles Robinson. Kansas. 1862. a
d quilted
n Harrison Reed, Florida, 1856
Is charges dropped.
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