The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-12
FRAWLEYc REPORT
IS. ADOPTED BY
LEGISLATURE
Resolution To ImpeaCh Governor
introduced In Assembly
SENATE QUICK TO DECIDE
Short Session of Only As Minutes in
Upper Aousc to Endorse Com
mittee Findings

Albany, Aug. 12.-The report of the
Frawley legislative committee charg-
ing Gov. Sulzcr with having diverted
campaign contributions to his own
private use was adopted by the Legis-
laturc early yesterday and resolu-
ton to impeach him for "w4lful and
corrupt conduct in office and for high
crimes and miGdemeanoIs' was offer
ed in the Assembly by Majority Lead
CT Levy.
The adoption of The report carried
with it q accommodation that Louis
a. Sarecky and Frederick h. COlweil,
who refused to answer certain qucs-
items prcpounded by the committees
counsel. be held in contempt Of the
Legislature and punished. Sarccky
and Cowell are chartcriZed in the
report as Gov. Suffers dummies. Ncv-
er in the history of the state has her
chief executive been iunoached
The fight in the Senate over the
adoption of tho report was brief the
session lasting but IS minutes. Be
fore tho sun SEES today the governor
will be impeachced, the majority lead
ers assert.
The conclusions OF tho l'raWlcy com
miltee embodied in the report to the
Legislature are that Gov Suzer falsi-
lied under oath his campaign coaribu
iion account, diverted some OF these
contributions to the purchase o.
stock speculated in stock at the time
that as governor he was earnestly
pressing legislation against the New
York stcck exchange, punished legis-
lators who opposed him by vetoing
their bills, traded executive approval
of bills for support of his direct pri-
mary measure, and did everything in
his power to conceal proof and OBJ
struct the Frawley committees EFF
forts TO bring it 10 light.
During the time OF these hearings
and Investigations the report pro
ceeds, WILLIAM Sulzer as governor.
has done everything ia his power TO
withhold the truth and obstruct the
production of evidence and the
! course CT Justice. A, his instance and
direction, both Sareckey, his secre.
iary, ColWcli, his dummy, and Harris
d Fuller, his brokers, have refused TO
| testify before the committee. His
| influence In the promotion OF Sarc-
| Ky to an important and lucrative posi-
! ticn in the STATE hospital commission
| as deportation agent, subs ituting an
! inexperienced young stonographer for
an experienced physician in that posi-
! tiCn-could only be a reward for Sare-
clsy's silence in protecting the COVER
nor from damaging disclosures
GOV. SulzCr made a false public
statement when. on July 30. 1913, ne
said that he was away campaigning
! and that he did no. know OF The cam.
! paien contributions omitted frcm his
sworn statement The Elkus check
was indorscd by Sulzer personally
and lie acknowledged The letter of III
kus transmitting it as campaign con
! tribuion.
I'VE submit to the Legislature thai
IL was false when William SulzcI
swore that he had received only s5fG,
of campaign contributions, and that
be did so with fun knowledge thai he
had received an amount many times
| that sum and had converted the
amount to his private uses: that he
had used contributions given to aid
his election for The purchase OF
| stocks in Wall street. which he or his
agents still held; that nc had beer
engaged in stockmarket spcculations
at the time that he as governor was
earnestly pressing legislation against
the New York stock exchange which
would affect ,he business and price.
Of the exchange. and that there wa.
evidence before this committee To su,
tain a finding that as governor he Ia,
punished legislators who opposed hin
by Nciuing legislation enacted for IA,
public welfare and has traded cNecu
live approval Of bills for Gupport @
his direct primary and other meas
ures
There is in the possession of thi
committee further authentic informa
ton Of other similar evidence in re
srcct 10 tho subject OF This repor, "a
strong in quality and in the larel
amounts involved as that on whicl
sworn testimony has already becl
given. This committee therefore ma
not completed its Investigation eithe
on This subject or others covered b
the resolutions under which Il is aci
ms, but is has Eel; that the revela
tons set forth in This report and IN
testimony accompanying @ should b
brought to the attention OF the Legi.
ieturc al once without awaiting a Z
nal report either on this or other sui
Z iects
The report IS signed by james i
Frawley. chairman. Eugent Lam
Richards. counsel. and Matthew 7
Hcrean, secretary OF the invesfieai
ms committee.
An epiiome c. the main evidenc
bioueht out before tho committee pr
aces the statement Of its conclusions
, y The affidavit Of Gov. Sulzer accom-