Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

cid NOT SPECULATE
OR MISUSE FUMES, he SAYS
Terms Trial Before Impeachment Court
Farce ana Appeals to Higher Court
Of Public Opinion for vindieation-
Victory of Murphy and Tammany
Only Temporary.

$1,000
of infamy."
murphy controlled the assembly and
ordered the impeachment" Sulzer said.
"He controlled most Of the members OF
the court and dictated procedure and
wrote the judgment. He was the judge
and jury; the prosecutor and the ball
it,"
Sulzer declared that his trial was q
political lynching as far as the Tam
manyized part Of the court was con-
cerned-the confirmation of a deep laid
political conspiracy to oust me from
office"
"a horse thief in frontier days." he
said, would have received q squarer
DEAL"
The secret sessions Of the court he
characterized as "star chamber pro-
ceedlngs, where tiIe enemies u tiis
state could work for my conviction un-
discovered"
Sulzer asserted he had not taken tho
stand in his own defense because he
realized that his story attacking tho
Tammany leader would be ruled out.
Denies Al Charges.
The ousted governor entered a gen.
eral denial Of all the charges In the
impeachment articles, denied he had
ever asked Allan A. r. Ryan to obtain
the influence of Murphy or Republican
State Chairman Barnes to stop the
trial; said the testimony of Henry
Morgenthau could be explained; as
serted that every dollar that had been
given him during his campaign had
been properly accounted for; that he
was $4,000 In debt: that he had "hsIid-
ed back to the people the commission
lied" .-4est~ q -
"Had I but served the boss, with half
the zeal did the state. William Sulzer
would never have been impeached." he
said.
MY Hps have been sealed Tor weeks, ''
says Sulzer. during which time have
patiently submitted In silence to abuse
and vilifcation.
However. after stating my case to
my counsel. and by their advice, on
Aug. II. l made the following state
nent:
~ deny that l. used. campaign con-
trtbutions for personal use.
Did Not Insure Funds.
deny that I speculated in Wall
street or used money contributed for
campaign purposes to buy stocks eth
er In my own name or otherwise.
never had an account with Fuller
& Gray or Boyer 6. Griswold. I never
heard OF these firms; do not know the
members. and knew nothing about the
transactions with these firms testified
to before the Frawley committee until
recently threatened with exposure, and
the alleged transactions were brought
to my attention by the Frawley com
m1ttee. The stock matter with Harris
Fuller was not speculative ac-
count but q loan account made upon
stocks as collateral. which stocks had
been acquired and paid for years be-
fore my nomination for the office for
governor, and from other sources than
Harris &: Fuller.
"'Certain checks given to me during
the campaign were deposited to nv
personal account and thereafter I paid
the amount OF said checks to the cam
paign committees.
In fling my statement Of rocei,,ts
and disbursements with the secretary
of state I relied upon information fur
nished me by the persons in immedi-
ate charge of my campai-n. and in
whom l had and still have the most
implicit confidence and believed the
statement furnished by them to me nt
the time to be accurate and true
Court O.eved Orders of Boss.
mo legal evidence was addrced on
the trial which disproved that state
ment.
"SuhscGuertlv. on Sent. IA. gave
out another statement as follows:
1.-THE stories that am going to re-
sign are false and malicious. The pur-
pose in circulating them must be evil
dent to anyone. I am not going to re-
sign. I nm going to stand trial.
=" 4 have said some hard things ahou,
some Of the senators and they have
said somc hard things about me. bu1
this Is a trial not a political neht.
"'Thev are both judges end Jurors
and I believe most OF them are large
enough and honest enough to rise
above any personal feeling they ma,
entertain toward me because of what
I have said about them, and do me jus
tice.'
"Those are the only statements O,
Interviews I have made or given on,
since the assembly. by the orders OF
the boss passed the resolution Of i'm
peachment.
Treated Unfairly
"of course when issued the las
statement on Sept. IA. did not think
Senator Wagner. Senator Frawley
Senator Transporter Senator sanner
Senator Brown. Senator Rlauvelt and
Senator THOMPSON would act az m,
jurors and judges, as they were eithe,
,-<>.o.<oa oarcop ,IIv - tho au%ea~> ~
my trial or had acted az my prosecut.
ors and condemned me before trial. o,
on account Of personal grievances hat
expressed an opinion az to my guilt
"The improprietv Of tho senators vot
'ng FOR my conviction must be appar'