New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-11
" AVOID SCANDAL"
CULLEN'S WARNING
Continued from first page.

The rules Of the court provide for a
! separate vote on the respondents guilt
or innocence under each article.
The decision to adjourn until Monday
was not reached without objection
| Senator Brown was favorable TO the
! court remaining i'm session until the
final disposition of the case. Senators
! Thompson and Wagner also expressed
| their willingness to remain in session
until the final vote Judge Werner
! however, called attention TO the danger
of the court remaining in session and
subjecting itself to the criticism of
| "railroading a case" and pleaded for
/ an adjournment until Monday.
Bracket Excoriates SuIzer.
Besides Mr.. Bracket the speakers to-
day were Alton B. Parker. who COM
pleted his argument begun yesterday
for the prosecution, and d. Cady Her
rick. who replied for the defence.
After citing the evidence against Sui
ger Bracket said:
And that is the Pharisee, who,
pointing to the width of his phylac-
terry in proof of his own virtue, de-
manded that Stilwell resign-Stilwell.
who if all charged against him We're
true, and NOR. could still have sat at
the feet Of this man and learned crime,
svsn as Saul sat at the feet Of Ga
maliel and learned all the wisdom Of
the ancient Jews.
Urged Moreenthau to Perjury.
THE thing urged by the defendant
stands out in all It's detestable lines.
He urged Morgenthau 10 perjure him
self, he urged Peck to perjure himself
and declared his intention Of doing so
and he urged Ryan 10 tamper with
this court to the end that he might oe
acquitted.
And through and over IL all runs
the foulest OF crimes connected with
the administration Of justice-suborna-
ton Of perjury and an intention OF the
defendant himself to commit perjury.
to convict this defendant and remove
him from his place and forever dis
qualify him from association with law
abiding men,"
Governor Sulzer is spending his time
at the Executive Mansion in practical
seclusion, much more in retirement
than he was in the early stages Of the
trial. He takes some OF his meals in
his own room. brought to him by Mrs.
Sulzer. OF the group of Sulzer admir-
ers who at one time almost threatened
to take the conduct of his case from
the hands Of the counsel of record and
thrust themselves into and the Gov
ernOr on the witness stand despite
everything, only one or two are left
here in town, and they are not much
in touch with their friend.
Governor to Keep Silent.
The much heralded statement Of the
Governor to the public is locked up in
the safe of Herrick, his chief counsel.
to be released only when the final YER
dict has been rendered. Pending that
the Governor is under solemn pledges
not to discuss his case or issue any
statement or permit one to emanate
from him in any form.
The close of proceedings to-day was
as solemn and dignifed as was the
formal organization Of the High Court
of Impeachment, the first one organ
lied in this state to try a Governor.
Mr.. Brackets peroration was a solemn
warning: IF the new generation comes
to it's inheritance blinded by the ex-
ample of corrupt officials, unpublished
and unrebuked, We are near the fall.
as we we'll deserve to be-"
The charge to the members Of the
Court by President Cullen. who is TO
retire in a little more than two months
as Chief Judge of the Court Of APP
peals after sitting through the great
est trial Of his long career, might well
have been meant as an answer to the
plain implication in the closing address
OF Mr.. Herrick, for the Governor that
IT was embarrassing to him to speak
before a court some Of whose mem
bers were predisposed against his client
and were members of an 'imperious"
political organization. and who said he
hoped that the leader Of the Demo-
cratic party would leave his followers
10 obey the dictates OF their own con-
sciences, untrammelled by any sugges-
ton or request or thought of political
consequences If suggestion or request
lwere not complied with.
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