Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-09
ON
IN SvLzER
CASE
ATTORNEY MARSHALL OF COUNSEL
FOR SlLzER IS FIRST TO SPEAK.
live HOURS ARE ALLOWED
EACH SIDE FOR SUMMING Up
the CASE.
SULzER DIDN'T TALK
TO SHIELD HIS WIFE

Albany, n. Y, Oct. 9.-Final argu-
ments held the stage in the Sulzer i'm
peachment trial today. Attorneys for
each side were allotted five hours,
virtually a full days session. for
making their summing up addresses,
I'VE are on the Threshold of an
event" began Attorney Marshall
Governor Suffers counsel, which
will make permanent impression on
the history OF our state, which will
determine whether the reign of law
has ceased and that passion and
prejudice has begun.
The picture which is now unfold
ed before the civilized world is uni
que in the experience of mankind.
The governor of the greatest state in
the union. which was elected less
than one year ago by an unprecedent-
ed majority, stands before you on
trial for his very existence, charged
with being a common criminal Not
because, while an incumbent in Of
| flee he has been guilty of official cor
ruption, not because he has taken one
dollar of the peoples money nor has
enriched himself at their expense, or
has received bribe, or has done
aught to injure the public veal.
when we analyze the collection of
offenses, which the members of the
Iassembly could not possibly have read
or considered, we cannot fail to be I'M
pressed by the fact that the three fun
damental charges relate to acts which
occurred and We're completed before
the respondent entered on the per
and took his constitutional oath of
office.
According to d. Cady Herricil, chief
OF his attorneys, Governor Sulzer de.
cided not to defend himself in person,
because he did not want to be placed
! ia the position of shielding himself be-
| hind his wife--for it was for Mrs. Sui
ger, according to the testimony, that
the governor had his Wall street deal.
| ings.
| Judge Herrck said last night that
the governor had heard from many
quarters, including Washington, that
"any man who would shield himself
behind his wife ought to be removed"
Today and Friday will be devoted
tc summing up. The trial will ad-
jcurn Friday to Tuesday, as Monday
will be holiday.
Friends of the governor pictured
him last night as man who had mar,
tyred himself for the sake of his
wife. Judge Herrick pointed out that
the testimony yesterday of Allen A.
Ryan best disclosed the reason why
the governor had not taken the stand
This was the conversation which
Ryan said he had with the impeached
executive, early in September in re-
lation to obtaining political influence
to stop the trial.
81 suggested to Mr.. Sulzer," Ryans
testimony ran, now that certain
charges had been made against him,
that did not see that he could afford
to put himself in position in which
he could not answer the charges. He
said that the reason was that he did
not want to drag his wife into the
situation and put her on the stand"
The sudden announcement that the
case for the defense was closed,
which came late in the afternoon
session, created profound sensation
ir the court room. Only few days
after the trial began, Governor Sui
zer told newspaper men that he posi-
lively would appear in his own de-
fense. Up until few days ago, it
was learned from authoritative
sources last night, the governor was
insistent that he be allowed to tell his
story, but yielded to the advice Of his
attorneys.
In preparing for Suffers story. as
well as that expected from Mrs. Sui
ger, counsel for the Impeachment
II. r.anagers had in reserve half dozen
or more witnesses whom they had
expected to put on in rebuttal. Mrs.
Sulzer, they announced, would take
the blame for the governors stock
speculations in Wall street, which
the articles of impeachment charge
he conducted with unreported cam
paign contributions
Two of these witnesses were called
before court adjourned yesterday. but
Judge Cullen excluded their testi.
mony They were George W. Egg
bert, bank examiner in charge Of
the books of the now defunct Car
negie Trust company. and James G.
Miller, an official of the Firth Ave- !
nue bank. of New York. Egbert was
ready to give evidence, Attorney |
Kresel said, that would controvert
the testimony that Mrs. Sulzer had an
account in the Carnegie Trust COM
pany, or that the company had
loaned the governor money on securi- |
ties owned by her and deposited in
that institution.
Nov, NIovinap yvoot oJuavc !