Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-21
GOVERNOR SULzER
MUST FACE TRIAL
Chief Executive of New York Is
Impeached by the State
Assembly.
RESULT OF TAMMANy'S FIGHT
Charges Include Perjury, Larceny of
Campaign Funds for Stock specu-
laton and Other "High Crimes
and Misde meanors."

idA4Sai StbO OkiiSt EllAI OFIFnGS
and Misdemeanors."
Albany, y. Y-Accused Of larceny
Of campaign funds, perjury and various
other high crimes and misdemean-
0rs," Governor William SuIzer has
been impeached by the state assembly
The senate has received the articles
u Impeachment and has summoned
Sulzer to stand trial before that body
and the circuit court Of appeals sitting
together as a court Of impeachment.
he articles were adopted by vote of
79 to As.
An important part Of the charge is
that Mr.. SUIzer diverted campaign
contributions to his private use and
invested them in stocks. Just before
the impeachment Mrs. Sulzer made a
statement to the effect that she had
taken part of t1e campaign money and
bought stocks With it in Wall street.
She will probably take the witness
stand at the trial to tell this story.
Charges Against Sulzer
Stripped Of their legal yerbiage, the
articles Of Impeachment against Gov
ernor Sulzer ara as follows:
That Governor Sulzer, in filing
his statement OF campaign expenses,
SET forth that his entire receipts were
$3.50 and his expenditures $7,724;
that this statement was false and
was intended by him to be false; that
his list OF receipts failed to include
in,
amount from 500 tn 81 500
2-That Governor SulZer attached to
his statement of campaign expenses
an affidavit declaring that the state
ment was "a full and detailed state
ment of all moneys received or con-
tr'buted or expended by him directly
or Indirectly" That this affidavit was
false and was csrruptly made by him, :
and that he was guilty of willful and
corrupt perjury"
3-That Governor SulZer was guilty
of NAL and corrupt conduct in his Of
fee as governor and was guilty of
brjbing Witnesses" The specific charge
IS that while the Frawley committee
vas investigating the governors cam.
tNAAEak dAtOuIAtS LC II duuultulIy III
5aCed" three witnesses this campaign
manager, personal friend. and a
stock broker to withhold their testi-
tu0ny from said committee"
THAT the governor was guilty of
suppressing evidence" in violation of
she state penal law. The specific charge
is ttlat he .practiced deceit and fraud
i,
intent to prevent the Frawley commit
tee from procuring the attendance and
testimony of certain witnesses"
5-That the governor was guilty of
preventing and dissuading a witness
from attending under a subpoena" the
sessions OF the Frawley committee.
The witness referred to is Frederick l.
lo!weu alleged to have acted as Sui
zar's agent in certain stock transac-
lions.
6-That- prior to his election the
governor appropriated campaign con
C"ibutions to his own use. and used
the same, o. a large part thereof III
Specializing in stocks and
thereby stole such checks and was
guilty OF larceny"
That Governor Sulzer promised
aad threatened to use the authority
aud influence of his office for the pur-
pose of affecting the vote or political
action OF certain public officers, includ-
ing two assemblymen.
S-That he "corruptly used his
authority as governor to affect the
prices Of securities on the New York
stock exchange. in some of which he
was specializing"
How 1t All Started
When Governor Sulzer. the .'peo-
pies governor" and the poor man s
friend" refused to do the bidding of
Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall. the
most remarkable political drama New
York state had ever seen was begun.
From that very moment Tammanv
Hall carried out a steady and con-
sistent program of warfare against
Sulzer and all things Sulzer The, gov-
ernOr replied in kind, as we'll as he
could. A TammanyiZed legislature in
stituted an investigation" of Sulzer,
and Sulzer reciprocated with an in
vestigation" of some Tammany-con-
trolled state department.
What was it all about? Direct pri-
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 a great
MANY wears and immediately after his
election to the governorship had been