The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-11

feeling and determine WneCner you
honestly believe he has been wilfully
guilty Of the offenses charged against
! him
Again, there is little sense Of en-
baxrassment In what I am about to
say. What the presiding judge has
said with reference to impeachment
trials being different from all other
| trials is true In more than one re-
spect- They are peculiarly cases
where the decision must be In accord
with public sentiment.
| IF the public sentiment. by a sense
OF justice Is offended by the compo-
sit4on Of the court or by the decisions
/; It makes a blow Is given to the conf
dence OF the people in the due admins
| trat1on of law from which It takes a
long time to recover"
CLOSES ARGUMENTS.
State Senator Edgar T. Bracket,
who closed the case for the board Of
| impeachuen. managers. made vttrf-
Ole speech. He asserted that former
STATE Senator Stephen j. Stilwell. now
serving a term In Sing Sing as a bar
/ terer of his legislative vote and infiu-
/ ence. might have sat at the feet Of
Governor Sulzer and learned crime"
And this is the Phar2see,~ he said.
| .Awino. pointing to the width of his
phytacf cry in proof Of his own virtue,
demanded that St1fweil resign. Still
we'll, who. II all charges against him
were true and more, could still have
| sat at the feet Of this man and learned
crime. even as Saul sat at the feet OF
Ganaliel and learned an the wisdom of
ancient Jews"
From the beginning of the fmpeach-
ment proceedings, Mr.. Bracket de-
ctared that there had been persistent
and studied attempt to terrorize the
members Of the impeachment court
and every person associated with the
prosecution. ''Bvery means known to
the dena gogue has been attempted to
accomplish it." he said.
Political extinction has been threat
ened to those bold enough to urge that
it might be well to have an orderly
investigation Of the matter charged
against this man Counsel have been
warned that their appearance for the
people here would result IN savage
attacks. upon them. We have wit
messed the indecency-for I think It
can be called nothing 1ess-of public
meetings called to overawe your judg-
ment and to give you instructions how
to decide this cause before a single
word of sworn testimony had been
given to you. In season and out 1t
not be done here, when justice was the
last thing desired by the preachers.
$50. to all those who have professed
doubts as to whether justice would
here dominate, who have sought to dis
credit in advance the patient fairness
by which every right Of the defendant
has been here conserved through the
days, to all right reverends and wrong
reverends everywhere, processing to
ind here nor there the solemn per-
Torrance Of a dirty laid upon you by
tn law, but only an opportunity to
strike q political enemy, I send greet
ing and inviting them to learn from
the Great Apostle moderation of
speech, ask them to come and see how
under the strictest form of law, divest-
ing Themselves OF every unworthy mo-
tive or thought. the representatives OF
free people come together and give
Judgment"
Mr.. Bracket launched into a discus
sion of the evidence supporting the ac-
cusattons in the fourth of the articles
of impeachment charging that Gov.
Suizer sought to prevent testimony be-
fore the Frawley committee. The at
torney held that the article was broad
enough to include the alleged attempt
Of the governor to dissuade Henry
~aOA SOaAAA4d0 (cSG1yIu8 III regard
to his s., 900 campaign contri button.
THE damning chara cter of the de-
PENDANTS request is apparent at a
glance" said Mr.. Bracket. HE want
ed Mr.. Morgenthau to perjure himself
to save him, the defendant, from the
result Of his crime and thereby brought
himself precisely within the section of
the code and precisely within the ar
ticle.
do criminals find it necessary to
solicit witnesses to tell the truth 1t
is not presumed that they will do So
What was there in the high character
of Mr.. Morgenthau that led the de-
PENDANT to believe that he would testi-
fly to anything other than the truth?
1t was not the truth he was seeking
to have adduced."
The alleged request of the governor
to Duncan w. Peck, superintendent OF
public works, that he deny his con-
tribution of $500 under oath, Mr..
Bracket placed in the same category.
The testimony of Allan Ryan is still
to be considered he continued 1T
stands here without contradiction of
any kind. The defendant asked him
to see Senator Root and have mem
bers of this court solicited to vote in
his interest, to dismiss these charges;
failing that to see Mr.. Murphy for the
same purpose, saying he would do
whatever was right if he could be freed
from the impea chment proceedings
'"This is the black evidence convict
ing him under article ".
And through and over it all, runs
the foulest of crimes connected with
the administration of justice, subor-
nation of perjury and an intention of
the defendant himself to commit per-
- t..
quired to convict this defendant and
remove him from his high place and
forever disqualify him from associa-
tim with La hlli1ae men