Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-30
High Court Rules Out I'm
portant Evidence as
Incompetent.
FEW MORE WITNESSES
Broker Tells of a "Loan" of
$4,000 to Governor to Buy
Big Four Shares.

Albany. n. Y, Sept. 30.-Books of
the stock exchange firm of Harris &
Fuller, with whom Governor Sulzer
dealt three years, were changed two
days before his Inauguration, so it
appeared that instead Of the account
being speculative the firm had loan
ed the governor money. The total
borrowings" according to the books
put in evidence at the impeachment
trial today, amounted to S1SO,000.
Melville B. Fuller, head of the firm,
produced the books, and gave testi-
mony concerning them.
lbany, n. Y, Sept. 3O.-Testimony
for the prosecution in the Sulzer i'm
peachment trial will be concluded by
Thursday, 1t was said today, and the
defense will begin evidence taking.
II is known detectives are working on
a new angle Of the case, but they have
not yet gotten evidence in the form
they want. If they fail more testi-
mony on the money charges will COM
plete the direct evidence before the
Impeachment board.
NJ. B. Fuller of the brokerage firm
Of Harris & Fuller testified the ac-
count Of Suizer with his firm opened
March IS, 1910 with ten shares of Big
-Four. Another sale was made about
May II, then the account was closed.
The account was reopelsd, The June
following. The firm DUUknf Sulzer
Dig Four shares on which the witness
said the firm loaned" him $4,000. A
drop in price July wiped out the gov
Grnor's margin, and the firm requested
him 20 remit $4,000.
The story of Suffers fiuctuating
Atock deals as told by the witness,
showed margins being constantly con-
sumed till Sulzer owed the firm $5G.612.
On call from the firm he paid s1O,-
600. Finally the firm made him a
loan of $4,000. The witness said this
\ Was to keep Sulzer's securities in the
~-m's possession, as it did not want
them going about Wall street as col
lateral in Suffers name. The witness
sad the total loans to Sulzer to Dec.
40, 1912, were more than one hundred
end eighty thousand dollars.
Mrs. William Sulzer had borrowed
money from the Carnegie Trust COM
pany Of Nav York, and it was to aid
her in money difficulties that the gov
ernor borrowed from the Harris &
Fuller firm, Fuller this afternoon tes-
diced Sulzer told him.
Governor Sulzer yesterday won a
triple victory over his accusers at his
impeachment trial. Presiding Judge
Cullen of the high court barred the
introduction of evidence intended to
prove that the governor had made a
corrupt political bargain with Assem-
blyman Patrie of Greene county, and
held that the testimony brought for
ward 10 show that he had made SINH
lar bargains with Assemblyman Sweet
of Oswego county and Assemblyman
Prime of Essex was incompetent.
The legislation had to do in each
case with highway and bridge i'm
provements provided for in bills pass
ed by the legislature to which the as
semblymen were desirous Of getting
the governors signature.
In the Patrie case. however. nc
charges were brought in the articles
Of Impeachment, and on this ground
Judge Cullen threw the charge out.
TWO CASES ARE SPECIFIED.
The Sweet and Prime cases wer,
specified in article VII. OF the i'm
peachment charging that the COVER
nor bad vetoed one and signed tht
other bill. One assemblyman haC
failed TO support the governors di
rect primary bill and the other die
so after consulting Sulzer. the mana
gers charged.
Assemblyman Sweet today testifie,
that when he urged the governor I,
approve his bill, he was asked wheth
er he had voted for the direct pr
mary bill. which had been defeate'
in the regular session Of the legis
iature
Il told him I voted against IT," tn
witness said.
The primary bill was TO come u
again al the extraordinary session Il
July and the governor wanted to kno7
Row Sweet proposed to vote at tha
time. Sweet said he replied:
According to the sentiment and i
the interest Of my district"
To this. according to Sweet the GOV
ernor replied with advice to see hi
personal counsel. Valentine Taylo
and smooth him the right way"
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Did you smooth HING" Attorne