Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-20

guards to protect MIN against pObSlO10
assassination. Attack after attack,
mostly traceable to political enemies,
was made on Sulzer. He was accused
Of perjury, the alleged oftense having
been committed, according to his ac-
cuser, In 1890. That accusation didn't
seem to have much effect in the way
Of running Sulzer, SO suit was filed in
by young woman
Of the name Of Mignon (Polly)
charging sulzer with
breach Of promise. This action,
Su1zer said also, was move on the
part Of his political enemies. Miss
Hopkins asked $50, 900 damages for her
wounded heart. sulzer admitted thav-
ing known Miss Hopkins some years
ago, but denied that he had ever pro
posed marriage to her. 8 \.
Row Over, Direct Primaries. 555i
When sulzer promised real direct
primaries to the people Of New York,
he; evidently meant what he said
When he went into Office he made 1T
his business to start egislation for di-5
rect primaries on it, way. He dis
lowered. however, that he and his po-.,
litical associates had very different
ideas OF the kind OF direct primaries
New York wanted. "a bill was intro
duced at the instigation OF Sulzer, but
before it was voted upon another d.
rect primary bill, which sulzer char
acterized a fraud upon the people,
was introduced In both branches Of the;
legislature and passed. Governor Sui
xe- vetoed 1t. and then called upon
the legislator to pass his bill. The
assembly and then the senate killed
the Sulzer bill, amid scenes such a.
the senate and assembly chambers had
never before seen. There were shouts
OF rage and shakings OF lists in the di-
3rection OF the capitol There were
cheers and shouts when It was an
.nounced that the bills had been killed.
Sulxer then started q campaign to
obtain direct primaries. He enlisted
many well known men In his cause,
and called the Legislature IN extraor-
binary session. It. had then become :
case OF open warfare. 81 &: Il.
His Campaign Fund lnvsstie gated.
II The governor instigated investiga-
tons OF several state departments. and
then Tammany retaliated In kind with
an investigation Of Suffers campaign
fund by q legislative committee. Sen.
:ator Frawley. Tammany chieftain,
was the chairman OF the committee
and 1t commenced its sittings in Al
hon lv,k five 40 0,,V~o~
had received checks for his campaign
fund which he had not listed In his
sworn statement. q misdemeanor un.
der the laws Of New York state. Two
checks were introduced into the EVIL
dence. One was for 81. 500 from Kuhn.
Loeb e Co, the bankers, and endorsed
!. Mr.. Schins contribution to the Sui
ger campaign. The other check was
for $500 and was signed BY Abram /.
Elkus, q prominent New York city law.
yer. It was alleged by the Frawley
committee that neither Of these checks
appeared in sulzer's campaign list.
At later session Of the Frawley
committee, held In New York, 1t de-
iveloped that Sulzer3 had owed the stock
brokerage firm Of Harris & Fuller $4s.-
599.38 on /. January 4, 1911. when Sui.
ger was in congress. According to
Testimony and evidence offered, SSulzer
had been steady loser in the stock
market. The brokers to whom he owed
money dunned him for payment, ac-
cording to the testimony, and Sulzer
was finally rescued by his business
partner, ex- Governor "a. fE. spriggs. Of
3Montana. who paid IS. 900. and Louis
NJ. Josephthal of New York, who, on
July 10 last, paid $26, 1891. ~
ss5I It also developed before the com.
,mittee that sulzer had traded with
Boyer, Griswold & Co. Charles H.
Reynolds. formerly cashier for the
firm, testified that on October 16 last,
Frederick L Colwell. whom he under
stood to be an agent for Sulzer, had
bought 200 shares OF Big -Four for $12,-
,025. The stock was paid for the same
day with eight checks and $7,125 In
cash. One check given in payment for
the stock was a campaign contribution.
The Frawley committee alleged that
the seven other checks were! also cam.
paign contributions, and asserted that
this would be proved.
Other Governors lmpeached.
Seven other governors in the United
States have faced Impeachment pro-
ceedings. These men and the results
that followed were: ~
Charles Robinson, Kansas, 1862. &C
quilted. II & 81 !. t5s3 i5s $s
Harrison Reed, Florida, 1868.
charges dropped. II i j5s
William w. Holden, North Carolina.
1870, removed. ga
n Powell { Clayton. Arkansas, 1871.
charges dropped.
David Butler, Nebraska, 1871. re-
moved. a q y X
Henry G. Warmoth, Louisiana, 1872.
term expired and proceedings dropped.
Adelbert Ames, Mississippi, 1876, re-,
signed. : t sls, s# 81; @ y ..5s. IA