Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-22

ne said his life was in daaaor "nen
declared. after his break With =, i1e
many Hall, that he had emnlo an'-
guards to protect him against no r,Ogeo
assassination. Attack after a+.aot
mostly traceable to political enarS aeA'
was made on Sulzer. He wac .oa-l
OF perjury. the alleged offensa b ,eISea
been committed, according n III
cuser, in 1890. That accusation 49, az
seem to have much effect in the IN ~
OF running Sulzer, 50 suit was fIod
Philadelphia by " Young ~
OF the name of Mignon (pn ',ian
hopkins. charging Sulzer y.;,
breach of promise. This aot'a .,i'
sulzer said also. was move or ~ ,h
part OF bis political enemies NJ
Hopkins asked $4,000 damages for b9s
wounded heart. Sulzer admitteS sas
ing known Miss Hopkins some vas.
ago, but denied that he had ever 'f
posed marriage to her. P'o'
Row Over Direct Primaries
When Sulzer promised real diroo,
primaries to the people of New Yor,
ne evidently meant what he sois
When he went into Office he mad ;.
his business to start legislation for i;
rect primaries on its way. He die.
covered, however. that he and his M
lltical associates had very difYeren,
ideas of the kind of direct primaries
New York wanted A bill was intro.
duced at the instigation of Sulzer bn,
before 1t was voted upon another dj.
rect primary bill, which Sulzer char.
acterized a fraud upon the people ,
was introduced in both branches Of tho
legislature and passed Governor Spl.
zer vetoed it, and then called unon
the legislators to pass his bill The
assembly and then the senate killed
the Sulzer bill, amid scenes such as
the senate and assembly chambers had
never before seen There were shouts
OF rage and shakings of fists in the di.
rection of the capitol. There were
cheers and shouts when it was an.
nounced that the bills had been killed
Sulzer then started campaign to
obtain direct primaries. He enlisted
many well known men in his cause
and called the legislature in extraor-
binary session. 1t had then become
case of open warfare.
. His Campaign Fund Investigated
The governor instigated investiga
tons of several state departments. and
then Tammany retaliated in kind with
an investigation of Suffers campaign
fund by legislative committee. Sen
ator Frawley, a Tammany chieftain.
was the chairman of the committee
and 1t commenced it's sittings in Al
bany. 1t was intimated that Sulzer
had received checks for his campaign
fund which he had not listed in his
sworn statement, a misdemeanor I'M
der the laws of New York state. TWO
checks were introduced into the evil
dence. One was for $4,000 from Kuhn.
Loeb & Co, the bankers, and endorsed
Mr.. Schiff's contribution to the Sui.
ger campaign" The other check wss
for $500 and was signed by Abram L
Elkus, prominent New York city law.
yer. 1t was alleged by the Frawley
that neither of these checks
appeared in Suffers campaign list.
At later session of the Frawley
committee, held in New York. it de.
veloped that Sulzer had owed the stock
brokerage firm of Harris & Fuller s4S-
599.3S on January 1, 1912, when Sui
ger was in congress. According to
testimony and evidence offered, Sulzer
had been a steady loser in the stock
market. The brokers to whom he owed
money dunned him for payment ac-
cording TO the testimony, and Suzer
was finally rescued by his business
partner, Ex-Governor A. E. Spriggs, of
Montana. who paid $4,000, and Louis
NJ. Josephthal of New York, who, on
July 10 last. paid $26,749.21
1t also developed before the COM
mittee that Sulzer had traded with
Boyer, Griswold & Co. Charles H.
Reynolds, formerly cashier for the
1rm, testified that on October 16 last,
Frederick l.. Colwell, whom he under
stood to be an agent for Sulzer, had
fought 200 shares of Big Four for ST.,
)25 The stock was paid for the same
lay with eight checks and $7125 in
ash. One check given in payment for
he stock was campaign contribution.
The Frawley committee alleged that
he seven other checks we're also cam
'aign contributions, and asserted that
his would be proved.
Other Governors impeaehed.
Seven other governors in the United
States have faced impeachment pro-
seedlings. These men and the results
hat followed were:
Charles Robinson, Kansas, 1852, &C
Quilted.
Harrison Reed. Florida, 1865
charges dropped
William w. Holden, North Carolina
$40, removed.
Powell Clayton, Arkansas, ISL
'harges dropped.
David Butler. Nebraska. 1871, re-