The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-11-01
PRESIDENT. WILSON AND MEXICO

PRESIDENTS WILSON AND MEA1Co
When President Wilson announced
the attitude and policy Of the nation
al administration toward Mexico III a
special message to congress 1eW
weeks ago, a great many OF his tel
low citizens were disposed to think
there was too much hesitancy and
fOrbearance-nott to say mix ana Nd
term the announcement.
With the lapse Of time and events,
however. the evils which 1t was tear
ed might result from his policy nave
been u1inimized or dissipated by the
course of both the Huerta govern
ment and the reYolutionists in ex-
tending reasonably effective protec-
ton Of the lives and property OF
foreign residents of their country,
and there is much less criticism OF
President Wilson, Secretary Bryan
and their colleagues Of the admins
tration councils than was erstWhlle
heard.
We believe the country will with
virtual unanimity applaud and in
dorse the utterances Of President
Wilson before the Southern CONNER
cial Congress at Mobile last Mon
dav. when he declared that the Unit
ed States, through motives of NOR
atty and expediency, through love OF
the principle OF constitutional Hber-
| ty," but not through any idea Of
material interests, desired to help
the Latin-American republics to IAN
emancipation from the subord1natlon
which has been inevitable to foreign
enterprise. $50
The president asserted with en-
phasis, the United States will new
er again seek to obtain one foot OF
territory by conquest and the state
ment elected great applause from the
| big audience
Following this significant declara-
ton of the attitude of the govern
ment of this country toward it's south
ern neighbors, note has been trans
mitted to the European powers
requesting that they take no steps
looking to any sort of interference
in Mexico or with Mexican affairs
until the policy to be pursued by the
United States in that regard is form
ulated and announced. It may be
safely assumed this request will be
needed and complied with, and that
whatever course our government
elects to follow will have the full &C
quiescence and accord Of England,
France, Germany, Japan and all the
other interested powers.
Is What this course will be is like
" to be made apparent very soon.
GOVERNOR sULZER CONVICTED
The arguments of counsel in the
/ Impeachment trial of New York's gov
ernor were concluded and the case
submitted to the court or Friday, the
10th instant. The closing pleas for
the prosecution and defense were no.
table examples Of forensic eloquence
and legal ability, and it is not often
any accused is more severely berat.
ed and denounced or more earnestly
praised and defended than was Gov,
William Sulzer. The attacks came
from Judge Alton B. Parker and ex,
State Senator Bracket, attorneys for
the board OF Impeachment managers,
and the eulDgies from Louis Mar.
shall and Judge p. Cady Herrick, tWe
! of the governors lawyers.
] The impeachment court held an ex
ecutive session on the following Mon
day. when IL. was decided to hear
l further al jnIs OF ecungeI next day
with regard to the evidence Of three
! witnesses who had testified concern.
/ ing alleged efforts of Gov. Sulzer to
suppress evidence against him and to
invoke political and personal in.
fluence to- bring about a stoppage
of the trial. AS there was no i'm
parchment article specifically cover.
ing these actions, the court wished t
have discussion of the point Wheth-
er it could of its own motion amend
and add to the charges presented by
fha legislature or must refer the
matter to the latter body for action.
! At Wednesdays session the court
decided to admit the evidence in
controversy and apply it under i'm.
parchment article No. 4. Voting was
then begun on the several articles and
concluded on Friday of last week, the
18th instant, with the result that the
accused was declared guilty under ar.
ticles Nos. 2, and 4, and not gull
ty under the remaining five articles.
The ballot on Nos. / and q stood SO
yeas to Is nays, giving barely the
two-thirds majority necessary to con.
Wet On No. the vote was 43 to
IA, while the acquittal under No. 8
and Nos s. to 5 inclusive was unani-
nous. The proposition to remove
the governor from office was adopt
ed by 43 to IL, two members of the
court not voting, but there was no
opposition to a subsequent declara-
ton that the accused should not be
disqualified from holding offices OF
honor and trust in the future.
The articles under which the gov.
ernor was convicted cover the
charges that he falsified his cam
paign accounts, that he committed
perjury in swearing to their correct.
ness, and that he endeavored to in
duce witnesses to refrain from testi-
flying against him or to give false
| testimony in his favor.
II tt is worthy Of note that the pre-
siding judge, Edgar M. Cullen, voted
TOT acquit the governor of all the
charges and was excused from vot-
ing on the motion fixing the penal
ty of expulsion from office.
Gov. su1zer has issued statement
proclaiming his innocence of wrong.