The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-09-25
New York lmpeach-
nnent Court Passes
Crucial Point,
SELLER is SCORED
Prosecuting Attorney Says
Low and Sordid Crimes
VIII Be Proved.

Albany. N. Y.-At 2:1S o'clocl
Secretary of State Mitchell May wa
called to the stand and sworn as th,
first witness in the impeachment tria
of Governor Sulzer. He was called t.
testify that SulZer was nominated
elected and sworn into office as gov
ernor.
I'VE concede," said Louis Marshal
for the governor, that he was duly
nominated, elected and inducted into
Office
He also admitted that he had MOI
resigned, and had no intention O.
doing. After testifying that he hat
administered the oath of office to the
governor, May was excused.
| George Van Nance, clerk of the as
sembly, was the next witness called
He produced the report of the Fraw
| ley Investigating committee. He also
produced the impeachment resolu.
tion. passed by the assembly on Au
: gust IL.
Albany, N. Y.-The final decision
on the defense's objections to in
Guiding the money articles" of the
impeachemnt in consideration of the
Sulzer case, will not be given until
all the testimony is taken. The
court voted, 40 to Z. TO follow this
procedure. Those voting no were
all democrats. Governor Suffers
answer to the eight articles of i'm.
peachment filed with the court today
entered a general denial TO each anf
every one.
| Governor SulZer was buster get
ting money than getting votes dur
ing the campaign for election" de
clared Eugene Lamb Richards, coun
sci for the prosecution, in his ad
dress opening the case against th,
executive.
Charges Glow Crimes"
"All the technicalities and bubble.
raised by the respondent have beer
swept away by this court" he said
and he now must meet the case OF
its merits. Not only high crimes
and misdemeanors in the high offic,
and position of William Sulzer, b,i
low and sordid crimes and misde
meanors shall we prove against him
His chief offenses were plain fraud
larceny and perjury" He said tina
Sulzer, after his nomination, wen
at his campaign for money with
system, cool deliberation and cunnin,
schemes TO conceal what he got"
Richards then went into detail re
garding what the prosecution intend
ed to prove, concerning the misap
plication of funds they charge Il
Sulzer.
Several members of the cour
were absent when Attorney Auste
FOX resumed the argument in behal
OF Suffers contentious. He opene
by attacking the statement by Judg
Parker, that the constitution pei
mitted the assembled to impeach a
any time for any cause, declarin
} the attempt on the part of the mar
ayers to remove Sulzer for act
, while private citizen to be "a move
, doctrine never tried before in an
: court of justice, never broached
2 any constitutional convention, an
5 never submitted to any Englis
4 speaking people"
Point IL Crucial One.
$ The crucial point in the prelimir
: airy work of the Sulzer impeacl
, ment trial was reached today. Th
: attorneys on both sides entered til
court with the knowledge that o
: the decision of the judges on the lei
: al objections now before it, that
$ permitting articles of impeachme1
relating to the governors none
deals. to enter into the testimon
depended the whole future of I'll
prosecution. Without these articl,
of impeachment, the first, secon
and sixth, ii was realized the ca.
of the prosecution would be veal
iened immeasurably
Campaign Expenses Principal Issu
Albany, N. Y.-After day spel
in listening to lengthy argument
the high court for the trial OF IL
impeachment of Governor Villa
lSulzer adjourned last night withol
having decided whether the impeac
ed executive would have to answ
charges involving the misuse of II
funds contributed for his campaie
last fall.
Jacob II. Schiff, Abram /. Elku
Henry Morganthau and others wi
contributed to the Sulzer electft
fund will be on hand today to tie
fifty. Jacob III. Schiff, counsel a
Houllceu, Wouiu De tle HTSJ WlIne
for the prosecution on the contest,
facts. His $500 contribution W
not mentioned in the sworn stat
ment of election expenses filed
the governor.
The governors statements of cal
paign expenses and disbursement
sworn to and filed with the secreta
of state will be introduced. 1t is
this statement that the prosecuti
bases it's most serious charges. I
documents show that Sulzer receiv
$5,460 in furtherance of his electi
and that he expended $7.724.
The articles OF impeachme