Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-11
Arguments Concluded Yesterday and Court Ad-
 ourns Until Monday Afternoon
GOVERNOR SAvAGELY ATTACKED BY LAWYERS
Accused by Judge Parker of Attempting Hide Behind His
 Wifes Skrts-Attorney Bracket Suggests That Sena- tor StillweI Now in Sing Sing, May Have Learned Crime From Sulzer-Defense Pleads No Criminal Intent

Albany W Y Oct Ex-Governor William Sulzsr's fate tonight rests with his judges.
 The fnal arguments of counsel for and against him were delivered today before the high court of Impeachment Immediately thereafter the court ad- 5ourned until next Monday afternoon a- -.GQ o'clock
 Urou re-convening the court will de- eide upon its plan of ballOting, Wheth - CT it shall be done in open or execu - live session and then take up the con- sritltloual objections 10 the iml each meut charges that have been raised ls counsel for the governor If the 9udges hold adversely in whole or in part to The contentious of Sulzer s counsel vote on his guilt or nno- teD-e will follow The next question Nn He decided will bc whether he slOIld 1e removed from office. Should this te decided affirmaUrely the judges then will vote on whether additional pun 'Slmeu- disqualification from ever holding public office in this state again shall be meted out to him
 Popular Demand for Open Session.
 "A decision of his fitness 10 continue in office will be reached Monday night, q is generally believed But tEe'e doubtless will be a great deal of dis yGSsion among the judges 9no many votes preceded uE length. -XDlana- riuu- So C would mot pc s7lTprlslnS if the ra-r- should couLinJe in se;5- sion until som. time Tues iat
 Popular demand is for an npcn ses- sion of che court No req T Las been kept ef the H-a- edinsS uf the lew executive sessions which have been held inc official stenograuhers having been requested on each occasion 10 leave rhe room and this Has aroused criticism from s-ua sources
 Many of the senators, too. are said to favor an open session in order that -he folks back home may knew just how and Uhy their representatives voted as they did
 Objection !, ka.oJrcment.
 The decision to adjourn until Mon day was not reached without oDJec- tfu1 Senator Brown was favorable Go the court remaining in session un- rfl the final disposition of the case. fie declared that the personal con verience of the members should not lre considered. Senators Thompson and Nzzuer also expressed their yelling ness 60 remain iu session until a final vote had been taken Judge Werner, however .a lied attention to the danger CT -he court remaining in session and ElhfcetluE itself to the criticism of ''raiir1adiuE ease" and pleaded for an adjournment until Monday.
 "It seems to me" he said. that this r~ounS.fiuu should be considered from both points Of view There are many reasons why it would be desirable to finish this case without adjournment NTEi1e there are more points of con r-as- and comparison between the court es it is composed and the ordinary tlry. there are unfortunately some considerations which render it unde- sirabie that the court should separate end return Co the several constituent ctes represented by it during the delib- r-ation and after all the evidence has been put upon record But iJ is quite evident ve cannot finish tonight un- lees we have an evening session. And that the grave question arises whether we do not subject ourselves to the crlt ism of rreCipitsting and railroad frE case of this ma msEnitude and i'm r--rau-e Go a conclusion instead of giving i- -ha- calm and careful con- siieration which f deserves and des uands"
 Hiding Behind Wife's Skirts"
 Az a compromise it was agreed to extend The usual Friday session an hour and a half and permit Attorney Edgar IT. EraCkett who was waiting t0 sErg up for the board of managers, ! ro dc-trcr his address No more bitter criticism has been made 0f -le governor and no kinder words have been said in his behalf than were heard in inc court room today 1 T-d-e slton F. Parker. a deliberate 1 constitutional lawyer. who for hours
 
 case for Inc board of managers on the { 6ss previous. suddenly switched his 1 tactics today and showered the gov ! e-rrr ~'+h a fro of iuvective and ac- r-1szt.7r of criminal wroncdoinS. The | Er- r-r0-. Ga sad had sought to hide | Himself behind his wife's skirts Every Disguise Torn from His Back" ]
 Defiance. defense. justification. pre- l v7rf~sti0u. denunciatfou of his ac- cIsers. attempts to suppress and falsi- | z, testimony and efforts 10 cast the ! blame elsewhere, each in turn" de- | pef from his quaking flesh until he | stzn5s now naked before this court | without a rag of his attempted vim | 6lcati1u ciinEing to his defCrmed and | uuGiated manhood Every disguise | has been torn from his back from the | t~ to the arulor of defiance in which | hH -r-P1 tened to atta-lz and expose a l e' leadership Co which we have 1 lrH -.u suing for a mercifU oblit- ! e-a''rr Hpf his misdeeds and offering i thr Hri1e of surr-i sion"
 No Criminal Intent Shown.
 To Judge D-Cadv Her~ick. chief of ] Che governors counsel. fell the task of 1 saving the final word for the accused. | Ills remarks stood out in strange con- tFa~f Co the yitriolic attack of Judge | PsrNrT- s-ge governor was pictured |
 
 man. to whom even the thought of | committing crime was a thing apart The attorney did not seek to excuse tke e-resu1gt method in obtaining caiuE .-E funds and admitted that Sul- ger had iav ethical standards but ar ei4ei -la. Ha criminal intent had beea 1 shown aal therefore th- charges had nut ae.u sustained
 in f-srulnE the Nerdtv, and de ! t-sfm4ua t4ol us to Wh-tifer the Er-p~Hd~ul has wilIuiiy doae vfeAe" Ar said -ter f1ust take ih,u consider l ssfiun ,ur nature and the history of ! th- tian aud Jne nature of the of lenses ~uHae members ei this cetrt i have known him for years: known ! his lack of business habits and bus iness metheds- of his carelesSness in ! rlaney mHtferss ef his eVerweanfng anabitinHs kneVEH of his egotism: kn"~n uf his pvsneuess te consider thcee things shiCh are the cres ttres ef his 1rHs EiHatioH ss actual factsg hsas of he aszo,,