The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12


necessary to make formal reply, and
at Brent last week, without having LAID
a predicate and without adding re.
marks in way of reason for his utter.
ance. he declared:
Il do not approve of all that GOV.
ernor O'Neal has done. And I wonldn,t
drink quite as much liquor as he doe.
either
Governor O'Neal is OF the opinion thai
despite the present strength of Mr.
Conner, in the end he will be defeated
and direction both Sarecky, his secretary
Colwell his dummy, and Harris ano
Fuller, his brokers, have refused to testify
before the committee. His influence In
the promotion of Sareclxy to important
and lucrative position in the state hos
pital commission as deportation agent
substituting an inexperienced young stem
ographer for an experienced physician in
that position, could only be reward fol-
Sarecky's silence in protecting the gov
error from damaging disclosures.
False Public Statement
Governor Sulzer made a false public
statement, when ON July 80, 1913, he said
that he was away campaigning and that
he did not know of the campaign con-
tributions omitted from his sworn state-
ment. The Elkus check was indorsed
by Sulzer personally and he acknowledged
the letter of ESus transmitting it as a
campaign contribution
I'VE submit to the legislature that 1t
was false when William Sulzer swore
that he had received only S546o of cam
paign contributions and that he did so
with full knowledge that he had received
an amount many times that sum and had
converted the same to his private uses;
that he used contributions given to aid
in his election for the purchase OF stocks
in Wall street which he or his agents
still hold; that he has been engaged in
stock market speculations at the time
that he, as governor, was earnestly press
ing legislation against the New York
stock exchange, which would affect the
business and prices of the exchange,
and that there was evidence before this
committee to sustain a finding that as
governor he has punished legislators who
opposed him by vetoing legislation enacted
for the public welfare and has traded
executive approval of bills for support
of his direct primary and other meas
ures.
NIthtT iHiOTlndtlOn
There is In the possession of this COM
mittee further authentic information of
other similar evidence in respect to the
subject of this report, as strong in quail
ity and in the largk amounts involved
as that or which Syorn testimony has
already been given.
This committee. therefore, has not
completed its investigation, either on this
subject or others covered by the resolu-
tiops under which it is acting, but it
has felt that the revelations set forth in
this report and the testimony accom-
panying it should be brought to the at
tention of the legislature at once, without
awaiting a final report either on this
or other subjects.
THE questions here involved are vital
TO clean government. They are above
party or partisanship. They are vital to
the citizens of the state, and call for
prompt and well considered action. They
call for an answer from Governor Sulzer.
because both his obstructive tactics and
his silence warrant the conclusion that
the charges can neither be answered or
explained"
The report is signed by James j. Fraw-
ley, chairman; Eugene Lamb Richards.
counsel, and Matthew I. Horgan, secre-
tary of the investigating committee
Conclusions Prefaced
All epitome of the main evidence brought
out before the committee prefaces its
conclusions. The affidavit of Governor
Suizer accompanying his declaration that
ne received and spent only $780, directly
or indirectly, as candidate for governor,
is followed by the statement that the tes-
timony shows a much larger sum to have
been paid for this purpose. This unac-
~ tod f..t. ,I8ae-
$500 from Jacob II. Schiff and $500 from
Abram l. Elkus, in addition to various
amounts, including $500 from William r..
McComb, chairman, and $1,000 from Henry
Morganthau. chairman OF the finance COM
mittee of the democratic national COM
mittee, which it is asserted that no one
can doubt" were contributed specifically
for campaign purposes.
With reference to Sarecky's refusal to
testify concerning the account he opened
as Sulzer's agent with the Mutual AL
lance Trust company. the report says
that 'it is and was the opinion of your
committee from the answers of said wit
ness and his demeanor on the stand tLat
his refusal to testify was at the instance
and the direction of Governor Sulzer''
This accounts alone, the report says,
contained $12. .4O5 contributed for campaign
expenses, or nearly $1,000 more than Gov
efnOf SulZer s sworn total.
Details Given
Details are given of Mr.. Sulzers alleged
account with the stock brokerage firm of
Boyer, Grswold a. Co., engineered by
Frederick l.. Colwell, showing one trans
action of S12025. OF this, 5000 is said to
have been in the form of check from Mr.
Sulzer on his campaign account with the
Farmers Loan and Trust company, $l00
tIa cl,a ioI A n no
testified he had contributed for campaign
purposes, and the committee finds that the
other items were originally sent to n.
Sulzer for the same purpose. 1t Is esti-
mated that the total currency deposited
and paid out by Mr.. Sulzer in various
stock transactions between the dates of
his nomination and Inauguration amount
ed to $3.50.
Your committee" says the report,
leaves to the legislature the inference to
be drawn from the disposition and use of
this currency"