Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-13

the hOnOraDie court Tor the trlal OF
impeachment may order and appoint"
Mrs. Suffers Assumption
of Blame for Stock Deals
Creates a Vain Sensation
ALBANY, n. y. August 1.-THE as
sumption of responsibility by his wife
for the stock market transactions
charged to Gov. Sulzer became gen.
orally known when Senator Palmer an
old-time friend. visited Mrs. Sulzer yes
terday to discuss other matters in
which she is interested. The governors
wife is said to have broken down In
tears she is asserted to have told Sena-
tor Palmer that the governor had
known nothing Of the Wall street trans
actions laid at his door by the Frawley
committee, but that she was solely re-
sponsible, and. therefore, was entirely
to blame for the resultant impeachment
proceedings
1t was also said by friends of both the
governor and his wife that during the
campaign Mr.. Sulzer gave Mrs Sulzer
5000 for personal expenses. She is said
to have told her confidantes that this
sum was invested with others in the
stock market. The governors friends
thought that this would account for the
$3.50 payment to Boyer, Griswoid & Com
the testimony before the Frawley COM
mittee.
Spies in His Home.
Since his occupancy of the executive
office Gov. Sulzer has declared he has
been subjected to continual espionage.
Spies invaded his household in New
York before his inauguration. friends
declare, and followed him to Albany.
Many private documents belonging both
to the governor and Mrs. Sulzer have dis
appeared, among them being, according
to Mrs. Suizer's friends. many which
could be used in substantiation of her
story concerning her alleged use or the
governors campaign funds
Love letters which were sent to her by
the governor during their courtship also
have disappeared recently, these friends
assert.
Mrs. Suffers story created a sensation
in the assembly during the early hours
of this morning. though IT did not serve
to stay adoption of the resolution OF
impeachment
Mr.. Human. the republican leader. arose
and declared that it had come to his at
tention that Mrs. Sulzer had made a
statement which had a highly important
nearing on the matter in question. 1t
might be considered in the light of newly
discovered evidence" he said, and l
therefore move that further considera-
ton of this matter be deferred until to-
morrow.
Not Vital, Asserts Levy.
Il hope this motion will not prevail"
Mr. Levy, the democratic leader, ex-
claimed II have seen the statement re-
ferred to. It does not affect the matter
in question on vital points, and / don't
think 1t will influence the vote Of sin
gle member"
Assemblyman Larrimer's suggestion
that Mr.. Levy read Mrs. Suffers state
msnt brought t ase@s
me-" Mr.. Levy asserted. that of the
149 members Of this house the minority
leader should be selected as the re-
cipient of this confidence from the
executive mansion at nearly 2 o'clock
in the morning when the matter over
which we have spent so much time Is
on the point of coming to a determln-
ing ISSUE.
Mr.. Human denied he had been in
executive mansion.
my information came from Assem-
blyman Madden" Mr.. Levy explained.
ut may be that the minority leader
message was delivered to him in the
lobby by his law partner. Judge Ar
mold. a member OF the governors war
board.
Thinks His Silence Golden.
IF we are to consider ourselves as in
any sense a grand jury to bring the
articles Of impeachment" continued Mr..
Human. lat least this body should have
its own committee make an investiga-
ton.
What would you think of grand jury
that would bring an indictment with
newspaper reports as its foundation?'
Respecting the governors silence under
criticism, Mr.. Human said 1t seemed to
him to be "a case when silence Is golden
probably the first time that he has acted
with dignity. Probably this momentous
action has chaStened and sobered him.
1T seems to me that We can do moth
ing that would reflect upon the dignity
Of this house. II 1t has any dignity left,
so much as by the adoption of this
resolution"
Mrs. Sulzsr q Fighter.
One reference and one only was made
to Mrs Sulzer in the testimony before
the Frawley committee. Richard M.
Huber. secretary of the Frank w. Strauss
Company. who appeared before the com
mittee last Friday. was asked ny Eugene
Lamb Richards, counsel for the COM
mittee. II he had found among Mr.
Strauss Cancelled checks check pay
able TO Mrs. Sulzer. He said he had
found no such check.
A Frank W. Strauss check for sl.W
was among the seven checks, alleged
campaign contributions. which, according
to the testimony, went to pay for 3W
shares of big Four railroad stock
bought for $12,025 from Boyer: Griswold
a Co. by Frederick COlwell. charged by
the Frawley committee with having beer
GOV. Suffers dummy" Neither denial
nor confirmation could be obtained today
from the three stock exchange houses
with which Gov. Sulzer is alleged to have
dealt of the story that Mrs Sulzer, not
the governor, had speculated In the stock
market.
Il have nothing to say" was the sub
stance of replies made by firm mem
bers when asked about the matter.
Mrs. Sulzer. who was Miss Clara
Rodelheim of Philadelphia. married
Sulzer, then a representative, July 4
1908 They have no children.
Mrs Sulzer has been vitality interested
in politics and has accompanied him on
his campaigns. She is a determined
resolute woman, and has often lauded
her husband as q fighter.
He's ready to tight at the drop OF
the hat" she war quoted as saying not
long ago. land he'll drop the hat him
self As long as he fights" she added
TN fight, too-and then some
Militiaman on Guard dubbed.