Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-10
Severest FIaying Of Trial
Uttered Before Court
at Albany.
HELD UNFIT FOR PLACE
Story of Peck, for Prosecution,
Characterized as "Brazen
Counterfeit"

Albany, n. Y, Oct. 10.-Never since
the impeachment trial of Sulzer open
ed has he been subjected to such Sc
we're verbal flaying as Judge Alton B.
Parker delivered in his remarks for
the board of managers today.
Even justice must see through its
severe eye" said Parker, something
of the pathetic in the defendants
frantic efforts to cover the nakedness
in his wrongdoing. Defiance, defense,
justification, prevarication, denuncia-
ton of his accusers, attempts to sup
press and falsify testimony. efforts to
cast blame elsewhere, each in turn
has been stripped from his quacking
flesh until he stands now naked before
the court without rag of his attempt
ed vindication clinging to his de-
formed, mutilated manhood"
Louis Marshall for the defense and
Alton B. Parker for the assembly man.
ayers occupied the session of the court
yesterday afternoon Marshall impeach-
the charges against the governor as
based on passion and caprice" and
Parker denouncing the governor as
one who the ''uncontradictedN proofs
which have been spread upon this rec
ord showed was no longer eft to be
| the chief executive of this state" and
for whom it WAS absolutely fmpossi.
BILE ever to regain the confidence of
the people"
| The governor knew, Mr.. Parker said,
that when he signed the statement of
campaign contributions, placed befor,
him by his secretary, Louis A. Sarecky,
that the statement was untrue.
SAYS sULZER KNEW. ~
"The man who read that list and
examined it," the attorney said. knew
it was not true. II does not help him
for the boy Sarecky to say he did the
best he could. His master. William
Sulzer, knew it was lie.
The evidence is all N, the case
closed, and there is no answer to any
of the material facts which have been,
presented on the part of the managers.
Not word. If there is any question
whatever that can be made as to any
fact, none has appeared to present 1t.
Il have listened from the beginning
of this trial to the arguments that no
1 matter what a man may do. no matter
| what offenses he may commit against
the public. no matter what crimes he
may have committed. the people of this
state, under their constitution, are abb
solutely helpless, provided II is done
the day before he takes the oath Of
office.
Can 1t be possible that with the
record which lies before you, any one
of you could say that the governor,
who has not appeared at this trial, is
fit longer to be chief executive of this
state?
Isn't the proof that has been spread
upon this record here. standing as 1t
does wholly uncontradicted, convin-
cling that it Is absolutely impossible
to conceive that the time can ever
come when he can ever regain the
confidence of the people of this state ?"
MARSHALL ExCORIATEs PECK.
Louis Marshall devoted several
pages of his scathing address to the
testimony of Duncan w. Peck, super
intendent OF public schools. who swore
that Governor Sulzer had asked him to
deny under oath that he had given
him a $500 contribution.
Marshall declared that his story was
a "brazen counterfeit" and accused
Peck of having a strong motive for so
testifying, because John A. Hennessy,
the governors special investigator,
had unearthed irregularities of ser.
ious nature" in Peck's department.
This evoked statement from Peck IA
! which he characterized Marshalfs at
) tack upon him as "lie told for pay"