Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

blame to the shoulders of Louis A.
Sarecky and termed him Worthless
character.
He read into the record the first COM
plete statement of Suffers financial
transactions during the campaign. 1t
follows:
Contributions not reported, $4,000.
Cash paid to brokers, $40. $3.50.
Contributions delivered to Sulzer,
29,300
Cash deposited by Sulzer in banks,
14,400
Checks endorsed by Sulzer, $4,000.
The purpose for which each contri-
button was made was set forth as
nearly as possible. The statement
showed that $345O of the unreported
contributions had been designated for
use in his campaign.
Albany, NJ Y, Oct. 9.-F'inal argu-
ments will hold the stage in the sui
ger impeachment trial for two days,
beginning with todays session. At
torneys for each side have been al
lotted five hours--virtually full days
session-for making their summing up
addresses. 1t was believed, today, that
at the end of the arguments. on Fri
day night, court would adjourn, over
Monday, which will be observed as
Columbus day, until Tuesday. Then
voting on the constitutional objec-
tons to the impeachment articles,
brought by the attorneys for the de-
fence and the Impeachment articles
themselves will begin.
There is a possibility-though 1t is
regarded as slight, that all of the ar
ticles may be stricken out. The gov
ernor's attorneys have objected to all
of them, but they have little hope that
any except articles 3. 4, 5, and s will
be quashed. These, the governors at
torneys have commended, were not sup
ported by evidence. The other arti-
cles, one, two and six, have been form
ally objected to because the acts al
legged in them took place before Sui
ger assumed office. All of the de-
fences testimony has been conferred on
these three articles.
1t is probable that all of the vot
ing on the objections to the articles
of impeachment and the testimony will
be done in executive sessions. The plan
is now said to be to vote on each of
the eight articles separately, if all of
| them are allowed to stand.
1--WE are on the Threshold of an
| event. began Louis Marshall. coun-
sci for the defence, which will make
a permanent impression on the his
tory Of our beloved state which will
entail consequences far beyond our
ken, which will determine whether or
not the reign of law has ceased and
that of passion and prejudice has be-
gun. j is for the court TO decide, to
| adjudge, To create u precedent which
| will inevitably and irreVoeably de-
| clare the policy of this state with re-
gard 20 the permanency of its institu-
tons and the independence of those
who make up the sum total of its OIL
daI hfe. EBfsts
TITO picture which is now unfolde6
| before the vision Of tic. civilized world
| is almost unique in the experience OF
mankind. The Governor Of the greatest
I state in the Union, who was elected
less than one year ago by an unpreee'
| dented majority. is upon trial on al
| impeachment which charges him with
TIE commission of various acts which
Il 10 asserted, entitle the complainant.
To l judgment of forfeiture of that of
fee, and which place an everlasting
stigma upon hia name and upon tn,
honored office IT, which he was thu
triumphantly chosen by the suffrage
If his fellow citizens, Ymid loud ac
claim
Mr.. Marshall continued in eulogy Q
the personal character and public ca
reer OF Mr.. Sulzer THE achievement
Of his administration, counsel declar
ed. ''absolye him from all suspicion G
guilt In regard to any of the offence
continued in the category of the usus
forms of official misconduct"