The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-01
STOCK DEALINGS OF
GOVERNOR SULZER
WERE FOR ACCOUNT
OF EXECUTIVES WIFE

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collateral in my loan upon the payment
of the debit balance thereon.
'WILLIAM SUI.ZER.
| For Mrs. Sulzer"
Had Never Seen Note
| Fuller denied today that to his knowl-
edge Mrs. Sulzer ever had anything
| to do with the account and said he
had never seen the note presented by
Josephthal until 1t had been shcwn him
when he was called before the i'm
peachment managers in New York city.
The note had been delivered to his
lpartner,s he explained.
In controversion to the characterize
ton of the account as a loan. counsel
for the governors accusers drew from
Fuller statement that on december
| 30, 1912. two days before the gov ernor
was inaugurated, the debit balance on
the account had been entered as loan
| by the firm to Governor Sulzer. This
balance was approximately $4,000. Full
Ter admitted that 1t was purely a book
keeping transaction and that no note
| had been given by the governor az
evidence of the Indebtedness.
A Gross Entry"
| This transaction described as ~
cross entry" prevented use OF the
| stocks as collateral in the firms rou-
| tine transactions. the broker explained.
How did you come TO do it?' ne was
asked
| ''Proba bly, he replied, "because my
partner thought it was not wise to have
securities around the streer in Will
liam Suffers name"
| The witness denied that Governor
| ba
should be transferred to a loan.
! The cross entry which Fuller said
was made by his cashier. Showed upon
| its face" Attorney Kresel said that il
was not made on the date upon which
purported to be.
! 1T was also brought out that in
June. 1913. after former Gov. A. f.
Spriggs of Montana an old time friend
of Mr.. Sulzer. had contributed check
| for $4,000 to the account, there was an
other cross entry" transaction by
which 1t appeared that the firm loaned
| the governor $4,000.
| 1T was all simply bookkeeping
entry. wasn't it ~ asked Attorney
| Kresel
1T was cross entry paying off one
loan and making another" explained
| the witness.
| The attorneys for the assembly man
| ayers also began to lay the foundations
eighth article of impeachment that the
| governor used his official position to af-
/ feet the current prices of securities listed
on the New York Stock exchange, ''in
which he was speculating. The article
| charges that he first urged the passage
| of certain legislation and they withdraw
or attempted to withdraw It.
| did you appear before Governor Sulzer
early in this year with reference to cer-
| tain legislation which was pending affect
! ing the New York Stock exchange"
asked Attorney kresel
II did," was the brokers' reply.
| AT that time Governor Sulzer's ac-
count was still in your office?"
! 1T was"
Fuller was not cross-examined on this
| point
Complete Record Introduced
! A, complete record of all the stock ex-
change reforms bills" introduced at the
regular session of the legislature at the
recommendation of Governor Sulzer was
then placed in evidence. Especial en-
| phasis was placed on the executives spa-
cfal message urging the bill designed to
double the tax on transfers of stock
This measure was introduced February
| by former Senator Stilwell, now a pris-
| oner, In Sing Sing, and was not reported
out of committee.
The managers counsel stated they
would that the reason. the bill was not
reported was because the governor had
withdraw his advocacy of it. They an
nounced that In this connection they
would inquire closely into the public
statement made by the executive March
| 10 In announcing that he had withdrawn
the stock transfer tax BILL" AT that time
the governor said:
1T has aroused considerable opposition
from sagacious business people through
out the state and I think much of this
opposition is well founded and that the
piii goes too far in placing too great a
| burden OF taxation on a single Industry"
Unsuccessful Attempt
Attorney Stanchfleld made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to introduce testimony
regarding the installation of Louis A.
Sarecky into the immigration service after
his resignation as campaign secretary to
the governor. Judge Cullen held that the
testimony was not competent at this time,
but might be introduced later.
In outlining what he expected to prove
Mr.. Stanchfeld said the governor induced
the civil service commission to give Sa-
recky without examination a position as
an examiner Of the alien insane at 5000
year, whereas Sarecky received between
$500 and $500 as secretary.
l. All or this was preliminary however,
| to an attempt to prove the charge that
the governor induced Sarecky to refuse to
TESTIFY before the Frawley committee. 1t
will be asserted that Sareclky assumed
this attitude because he had been given
the position.
| More unreported campaign contributions
were PLACED. in evidence during the day
Cornelius S.oPinkney, New York lawyer
testified to having contributed check
for 1900 Frank M. Patterson. also New
York lawyer. said he gave $500 in cash.
and Former Congressman Harvey c. Gar
nf paA Ixa4 ,I.1 IL
for $780, Pinlxney said that the governor
had told him that he intended to make
| no account for this kind of gifts" and
had asked him to treat the check as a
personal matter between himself and
myself" Patterson said he had placed
no restriction on the use of his contribu-
| tion. CARRIER said that he had sent his
l chaclk s.ys,if hin x,1ixa1ltau