The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-10-22
IMPEACHMENT OF SULZER.

There is something pathetic in the
impeachment of Governor Sulzer of
New York. The high court of i'm
parchment found him guilty on sever
al of the charges lodged against him.
some of which were of a decidedly
serious character. The most serious
one charged him with perjury This
man has had remarkable career.
He succeeded in winning, his way to
the position of governor of the great
est state in the union, when at no
time in his career has he been a safe
man to be trusted with any official re-
sponsibility.
For number of years he was a
member of the assembly Of the state
of New York and for one term at least
was speaker of the house. Later on
he was elected to congress and re-
manned member of that body for sew
eral terms. and until he was elected
governor. He is a lawyer by pro-
fession, but never attained any dis
tinctiOn as a member of the legal
profession. His life since he came to
manhood has been devoted to politics
and holding office. He has managed
to keep himself in favor by
becoming the champion OF any and all
public measures which he regarded
as popular with the people, one of
which was an act which congress
passed few years ago requiring can
didates for office to report their cam
paign expenses under oath. When he
was the active champion of this meas
ure and making himself a reputation
for honesty in public Office by advo
eating in his speeches the measure,
he little thought that he would soon
become victim of this particular leg
islation.
When he ran for governor he solic-
tied contributions from every source
available and as result received
enormous sums of money, which were
largely spent on the stock exchange
and in other questionable investments, !
most of which were lost. In reporting
his campaign expenses a nominal
only was sworn to, while
thousands upon thousands of dollars
were unaccounted for and as these:
reports had to be sworn to he made
himself liable to the charge Of perjury
for falsely swearing to the amount
Of money expended for campaign pur-
poses.
After his election he defied the pow
er Of Tammany and gave Mr. Murphy,
the leader of Tammany. to understand
that there could be no compromise
between them. Mr.. Murphy bided his
time and soon discovered that Sulzer
had been guilty of criminal conduct
in office of governor, and caused his
being thrown out Of office. Many peo-
pie sympathize with Mr.. Sulzer as
they believe he was the victim of
rammany's influence, but when the
facts are understood it is more prob
able that SulZer was the victim of his
one half of the facts disclosed on the
trial are true, then Sulzer was cor
rupt and unworthy servant and dis
graced the Office which he filled and
whatever motive Tammany may have
had for seeking his overthrow the
facts justified the judgment of the
court of impeachment.
The day for the class Of men such
IS Sulzer belonged has pasesd and
hereafter when men run for office
hey must expect their conduct to be-
come the subject Of investigation and
f they are guilty, exposure will sure
y follow. He was a disgrace to the
party to which he be-
onged. disgrace to the great state of
New York and to the country as
whole, and the sooner he is forgotten
he better it will be for all concerned.
t is said progressive or moose con-
'ention in the city of New York will {
dominate him for assemblyman from
he sixth district and that he will find ;
lis way back into public life. 1t will A.;
lot reflect any credit Oh the political !
)arty which mayc take him up for any '
)ffice.
Later it appears the moose party of
he sixth assembly district of New
York nominated Mr.. Sulzer for as!
and now we will see if the
district is willing to disgrace itself by
,1oct him |