The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-11
SULzER is SCORED
UNMERC|FU BY
OPPOSING COUNSEL
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render him infamous for ali tho future.
That future is already his before YOU
speak If he takes the wings of the
morning and flies to the uttermost parts
CT the earth. the record of his disgrace
is heretofore him. to meet and greet
and abide with him IL he call upon
the mountains and the rocks TO fall
upon ana hide him. he will still know
10 respite from the disgrace that
henccfor'h must walk by his side.
Cannot Lessen Puninhmenf.
DO not believe that you can lessen
his punishment. whatever your de-
cision here. All that you can do is TO
pronounce. in form Of law. In perform
ance OF your solemn duty. the judgment
that Will free the state from the CON
terminating touch Of this man from this
time forth
The nen that writes the Judgment
OF this court viii he mighticr for veal
Or for woe Of this State and for all the
people thereof than any implement OF
war ever welded by the arm of man
mightier TO us awaiting it's record
mighticr to all the coming ages
words fatl Inc In the contempla-
ton Of All that'your decision means.
II u ever pleases the Father OF us all
TO guide with His own hand those en-
gagged In the performance Of n great
public duty. may that guidance be
yours this day. ana may the decision
here rendered bear sure impress that
~ comes from y wisdom that maketh
Judgments far above the twilight
judgments OF this world
should Judge ns OmcinI.
In his plea that Sulzcr be acquitted
on the ground that AN official may not
be impeached for acts committed prior
10 taking Office, ID. Cady Ierrick said:
"A man may DO unfit in some re-
spects. He may have committed indis-
cretions or worse In his private life,
and yet we are TO Judge OF him. or a
public official, by what he does in pub
lie ONCE and in no other way.
Some Of you are members OF n
powerful and ,mperious political or
ganization that has kept the respond
ent in public life for years and has
placed him where he now IS in more
than one respect. Differences have
arisen between that organization and
this respondent. Whatever tho causes
Of these differences may be with that
organization. you are bound 10 d!sre-
gard them lie is not on trial for dis
loyalty: he 81 not on trial for incrati-
,udc, and you have taken a solemn
oath TO try him impartially upon the
charges here brought against him and
nothing else
Then there is another class OF
Judges with whom ne has had per
sonal controversies towards whom he
has used abusive and threatening Lam
guagc: some OF YOU lie said he would
u4.'c rum ILp4!C i44c, nave Just-
fcat!on for the language used, il was
wrong.
He is not on trial for unftncss for
office. The people passed upon that
What Cannot lie Done.
While / am not defender. gentle
men. OF the ethics of keeping campaign
contributions by a candidate. / am not
Z defender OF the morality OF that
thing, or the good faith; ] am no; q
defender Of persons who viii consent
to receive campaign contributions in
any large amounts, but all those things
are matter of ethics. matter of
good taste and possibly OF good morals
But, II my contention is correct, you
cannot t:npeach and remove public
official because his ethical standards