The Washington herald., 1913-08-29
SUITS PROMISED
AGAINST ARNOLD
Tammany Men Infuriated by
Charges that Have
Been Made. .
LIVELY SESSION Is HELD
Senator Frawley, on Floor of Senate,
Announces Intention of Personally
Chastising His Accuser.

Albany, Aug. 2S.-Infuriated by the
sweeping charges of crime and whole
sale threats of indictment made against
them by Lynn J. Arnold, Gov. Suffers
chief adviser, the Tammany members of
the Legislature, on adjournment today,
went to New York, threatening not only
to remove Sulzer, but to reduce him TO
an utter political derelict in the process.
Prosecutions of Arnold for criminal
libel were promised by President Wag-
ner,. of the Senate, and Majority Leader
Levy. Senator Frawley. scorning this
softer retaliation, announced from the
floor of the Senate his intention to visit
personal Chastisement upon Arnold when
next he meets him. Altogether it was a
lively session.
When Arnold's charges, which accused
the Tammany leader of bribery, perjury
and other crimes, were under considera-
ton, the Legislature found time to issue
a warrant for the arrest of Louis A.
Sarecky, the Sulzer secretary, from
whom no Information could be extracted.
1t also gave the Assembly Judiciary Com
mittee power 10 examine James c. Gar
risen. who has made charges of bribery
in connection with Suffers impea achment.
Garrison made a screaming farce of
the examination before the committee
today After he had defied it for hours
to compel him TO detail his charges that
the four assemblymen were bought to
vote to impeaCh SUlzer, the committee
suddenly ran from the committee room.
some yelling. We will jail this fellow"
others shouting, I'VE are a pack of cow
ards, bluffed by q newspaper man. He
will he heard more fully later.
SareCkys arrest will be made as soon
as he can be found. As the Legislature
adjourned until September Il. the day
before the opening of the impeachment
trial. he is likely to Ianguish in the Jail
nearest to the place Of his arrest until
that date, when he will be given a
chance to purge himself of contempt.
Arnold Charges stir.
Although the Arnold charges that ap-
peared this morning in a local news
paper were Indignantly denied. they
created a vast hubbub at the capitol
The convening of the Legislature was
delayed for hours while they were dis
cussed. For a time it looked as If they
would be allowed TO go Unnoticed. Then
the leaders took counsel and they de-
cided that something should be done,
and done quickly.
Levy was the first to reply. The most
at him. He took the floor of the As
at him. He took the floor of the as
sembly on question of personal
privilege and insisted that the $500
check was given him for professional
services for State Engineer Skene, whom
he defended in sixteen indictment cases
and that legislation had nothing what
ever to do with it.
Wagner was the first Senator to re
ply to Arnold and he made haste to an
nounce that he would take action in
a h-7r
count The leader was at FIRST disposed
to dismiss the charge of perjury against
him as silly. but his wrath waxed
through the day and was extremely ap-
parent in his speech.
As there was a bare quorum in both
Houses, none of the bills asked for by
Mr.. Glynn were passed. His message
was officially received, however. The
Republicans in the assembly blocked the
unanimous consent to the passage of the
three bills offered and no attempt was
made to pass them.
The fight on Sulzer will be transferred
TO New York, where the Frawley COM
mittee meeting next Wednesday will pro-
duce new checks and will probably go
into the question of what became Of the
contributions made for the direct nomL
nation campaign.
Sulzer continued to make appointments
today, while Acting Governor Glynn re
Trained. Sulzer announced that he had
selected as delegates to the Geological
convention at the National Conservation
Exposition. to be held at Knoxville.
Tenn, September 70: John NJ. Clark,
State Geologist, Albany; David H. New
land. assistant State Geologist. Albany;
Henry c. Maine, Rochester; Prof. Albert
c. Brigham. Colgate University. Hamil-
ton, y. Y; DR.. Otis Hovey, American Mu-
scum of Natural History, New York.