Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-08-14
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
Formidable 1, Document Containing
Four Thousand Words.

albany, ~. -, ~auS'
ticles of impeachment against Gov
ernor Sulzer, as passed by the lower
house of the New York State leglsla-
lure, make document of over 4,oOo
words. They are introduced by the
formidable heading: ARTICLES exhlb-
tied by the Assembly of the State
of New York in the name of them
selves ana of all the people OF the
state of New York against William
i sulzer, governor of said state, III
/ maint enance of their Impeachment.
against him for wilful and corrup-
| misconduct in his said Office and for
I high crimes and misdemeanors."
I The articles, eight in number,
+ charge the governor with violating
| The penal laws of the state, not only
| in connection with the filing of an in
proper and incorrect account of his
/ campaign expenses and diverting cam
| paign contributions to the pur-
chase of stocks, but also in connec-
| ton with his alleged efforts to pre-
vent witnesses from testlfying be-
| fore the Frawley investigating COM
mittee. He is also charged with at
| tempting to manipulate the stock
market by attacks on the exchange.
Striped OF their illegal verbiage
| the articles are in substance as 1ol-
lows:
THAT Governor Sulzer, in filing
his statement of campaign expenses,
set forth that his entire receipts were
s5.46O, and his expenditures $7,72l;
that thas statement was false and
was intended by him to be false, and
an evasion and violation of ths sta
tutes of the state;;" that his list OF
REGENTS failed to include eleven s2c-
cifc contributions, ranging II
amounts from $100 to $4,000; thu;
the governors false statement, made
| "wrongfully, wilfully and corruptly,
caused great scandal and reproach o.
the governor of the state Of New
York"
u-That Governor Sulzer attacncs'
% his statement of campaign eX-
.cnscs CT affidavit declaring that the
statement was in all respects "in
Gull AID id allied statement OF al!
1orics received or contributed or e%-
pended by him directly or indirectly.
That this affidavit duly subscribe"
and sworn to by said William Salzer
was false and was corruptly made b.
hint and that he was equity OF WI
sul and corrup: perjury
III.-That Governor Sulzer W
mindful of the duties of his Office All
violation of his oath of office, W.
ru:lty of NAL and corrupt conduct i"
mis- office as governor and was guilt
If bribing witnesses" The s2ecli'
charge is that while the Frawle.
commits &c was investigating the so +.
ernor's campaign accounts, he "frat-
dulenty induced three wltnessea
(his campaign manager, a personal
friend and sock broker), ito "tt.-
,old their testimony from said cor
nittee,' ana that in so doing, he ac;
ID corrup.ly and was guilty of Is
:slony."
IV-That the governor was guilt
Of "supprcssing evidence" in viola-
lion of the state penal law. The spy
,ifc charge is that while the frawle
committee was in session, he 'practie-
ID deceit and fraud and used three!
and menaces with irFent to prcvef :
said committee, from procuring the al
tendance and testimony of certa :
witnesses"
What the governor was guilt,
of "preventing and dssuaalng Wit
ness from attending undar a subpor-
"a The sessions of the Frawley ell
mittee. The witness referred to Is
Frederick L. Colwell, alleged to nav,
actsd as Suffers agent in certai:.
stock transactions.
E.-That prior TO mis- election, IT,
governor appropriated campaign cor
tribusions to his own use ard use.
the same, or a part thereof, in S2ecu-
Iating in stocks to brokers operatlH!
on the New York Stock EXchan2a
and thereby stole such checks aTG
was guilty Of larceny"
VII.-That Governor Sulzer PROV
sed and threatened to use he au-
thority and influence OF his office for
the purpose of affecting the vote Of
political action of certain political Of
ficers, including two assemblymea.
VIII.-That he corruptly used his
authority as governor to affect the
prices of securities On the New EorF
Goal Eychapra IN cop,a IF u:hi,I, he