Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
2ULZER LASHED.
NERCILESSLY
BY PARKER
asst Shred of Defense Of Accused
Executive Gone, Jurist Declares
to impeachment Court.

Albany, n. Y, Oct. 10.-Judge
Arer 2. Parker dashed Governor Sui
g.r rumercifully to-day, the last VI
ta great impeachment trial.
gwen Justice must see through its
severe eye something pathetic in this
ssudant's frantic efforts to cover
No the nakedness of his wrong
doing" he began. declaring Sulzer
ROW stands naked before this court,
without a rag of his attempted vindi-
cation clinging to his deformed and
nutilated manhood"
D. Cady Herrick followed for the
defense. claiming the court has no
power to convict for offenses prior to
sulzers taking office.
E T. Bracket closed for the pros
ecution.
Judge Parker said of Sulzer:
Defiance, justification, provoca-
ton, denunciation of his accusers,
attempts to suppress and falsify tes-
tlmony and efforts to cast the blame
elsewhere each in turn has been
stripped from his quaking flesh until
he now stands naked before this
court without a rag of his attempted
indication clinging to his deformed
and mutilated manhood.
Must Protect State.
With this court alone rests the
duty of delivering this State from thu
menace that, like the sword of Da-
mocles, hangs over it as long as this
man remains in, office The purpose
of this Impeachment is to protect the
State.
The question is not William Sui
zers punishment. 1t is, Is this man
guilty and a menace to the State -
Whether there ever was day when
William Sulzer was fit for public
service We need not inquire. We shut
out his past"
Judge Parker then recapitulated
The charges and the testimony de-
veluped by the prosecution.
Judge Herrick appealed to the
court in behalf of Governor Sulzpr,
declaring the court without power 70
convict for offenses committed prior
10 the time that an accused Official
took office. RE said this is the po-
sJiou the prosecution had taken
Judge Herrick attacked the argu-
nants made by Judge Parker say
ing.
at necessarily follows from Judge
Parker's arguments that a man can
ba impeached not only for any Of
Tense, but also for no offense; that
. is for any reason, political or other
wise it IS determined that a public
off d f1 a fnr 1fff h,
n cause he believes or does not believe
in direct primaries or some other po-
4 IuJal issue, then he may be i'm
peached"
The chief figure in this tragedy
slept late. SulZer-for two months a
F.. prisoner in the Executive Mansion in
the confines Of the worlds greatest
State-had chafed under the slow
moving hours of the night. He moved
resuessly about the house, hollow
\ eyed, pale and detected. The fight
\ that he had showed when he thought
that he might go before the court and
talk was gone.
II will not be known before
4 night Just what will be the final
A procedure. There was a dispo-
4 stion among some of the judges of
the Court of Appeals to vote to-mor-
row on the issues. A few of them
n wish to write opinions on the case.
Many of the Senators want to do
likewise. All of them want something
to say in the executive session at
which the real fight of the trial will
4 be made.
In addition, showing the trend OF
4 the times, there are many holders of
4 reserved seats for the Saturday base
ball game between the Giants and
i Athletics, and the holdings of seats
Is a factor in the solemn proceed
lngS, where the political life of "a high
ohnial is at stake.
The plan chiefly favored was ad-
journment until Monday although
some Of the Senators wanted to OBJ
serve Columbus Day Cat $3.50 PERI.