River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-21
vestigation" of some Tammany-con-

maries. mainly Also about appoint
ments. Boss Murphy sought to have
certain organization men appointed to
Office. Sulzer declined to appoint them,
although he had been something of an
organization man himself for great,
many years, and Immediately after his.
election to the governorship had been
intimate with Murphy, so intimate that
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were welcome at
the Peoples House," as Governor Sui
ger asserted himself in an interview.
Sulzer may have told the truth when
he said his life was in danger. lie
declared, after his break with Tam
many Hall, that he had employed
guards to protect him against possible
assassination. Attack after attack,
mostly traceable to political enemies,
was made on Sulzer. He was accused
of perjury, the alleged offense having
been committed, according to his ac-
cuser, in 1890. That accusation didn't
seem to have much effect in the way
of running Sulzer, so suit was filed in
Philadelphia by voung woman
of the name of Mignon (Polly)
Hopkins, charging Sulzel with
breach of promise. This action,
Sulzer said also, was move on the
part of his political enemies. Miss
Hopkins asked $4,000 damages for her
wounded heart. Sulzer admitted bav-
ing known Miss Hopkins some years
ago, but denied that he had ever pro-
posed marriage to her.
Row Over Direct Primaries.
When Sulzer promised real direct
primaries to the people of New York,
he evidently meant what ne said.
When he went into Office he made it
his business to start legislation for di-
rect primaries on it's way. He dis
covered, however, that he and his po-
litical associates had very different
ideas of the kind of direct primaries
New York wanted A bill was intro
duced at the instigation Of Sulzer, but
before 1t was voted upon another di-
rect primary bill, which Sulzer char
acterized a fraud upon the people"
was introduced in both branches of the
legislature and passed Governor Sui
ger vetoed it, and then called upon
the legislators to pass his bill. The
assembly and then the senate killed
the SulZer bill, amid scenes such as
the senate and assembly chambers had
never before seen. There wers shouts
of rage and shakings Of fists Ia the di-
rection of the capitol. There were
cheers and shouts when 1t vas an
nounced that the bills had beesl killed.
SulZer then started a campaign to
obtain direct primaries He enlisted
many well known men in his cause,
and called the legislature in extraor-
binary session. 1t had then bAt ONE a
case of open warfare.
His Campaign Fund InS estigatrd.
The governor instigated investiga-
tions of several state departments, and
then Tammany retaliated in kind with
an investigation of Suffers campaign
PInd by a legislative committee. Sen
ator FrawIey Tammany chieftain,
was the chairman of the committee
and it commenced it's sittings in Al
bany It was intimated that Sulzer
had received checks for his campaign
fund which he had not listed in his
sworn statement, a misdemeanor I'M
der the laws of New York state. Two
checks were introduced into the evil
dence. One was for $4,000 from Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., the bankers, and endorsed
Mr. Schiff's contribution to the Sui
ger campaign" The other check was
for $500 and was signed by Abram l.
Elkus, prominent New York city law
yer. 1t was alleged by the Frawley
committee that neither of these checks
appeared in Suffers campaign list.
At a later session of the Frawley
comSnittee, held in New York, it de-
veloped that Sulzer had owed the stock
brokerage firm of Harris & Fuller $48,-
599.58 on January 1, 1912, when Sui
ger was in congress. According to-
testimony and evidence offered, Sulzer
had been a steady loser in the stock
market. The brokers to whom he owec
money dunned him for payment, ac-
cording to the testimony, and Sulzer
was finally rescued by his business
partner, Ex-Governor A. E. Spriggs. Of
Montana, who paid $4,000, and Louis
n. Josephthal of New York, who, on
July 10 last, paid $26,749.21.
1t also developed before the cum
mittee that Sulzer had traded with
Boyer, Griswold & Co. Charles H.
Reynolds. formerly cashier for the
firm, testified that on October 16 last.
Frederick l.. Colwell, whom he under
stood to be an agent for Sulzer, had
bought 200 shares of Big Four for $12,-
025. The stock was paid for the same
day with eight checks and $7,125 in
cash. One check given in payment for
the stock was a campaign contribution.
The Frawley committee alleged that
the seven other checks were also CAM
paign contributions, and asserted that
this would be proved. s
Other Governors Impeached.
Seven other governors in the United
States have faced impeachment pro-
that followed were:
Charles Robinson, Kansas, 1862, &C
quilted.
Harrison Reed, Florida, 1868,
charges dropped.
William w. Holden, North Carolina,
1870, removed.
Powell Clayton, Arkansas, 1871,
charges dropped. :
David Butler, Nebraska, 1871, re-
moved.
Henry G. Warmoth, Louisiana, 1872.
term expired AID proceedings dropped.