The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-08-14
'SULzER ISSUES A
:. COMPLETE DENIAL
NEW YORK GOVERNOR SAYS
CAMPAIGN MONEY NOT
4 USED TO SPECULATE.
NO ILLEGAL USE OF FUNDS
Declares Ne Never Heard Of Firms
Mentioned In Testimony
! Probsrs Prepare Report
to Legislature.
NO ILLEGAL USE OF FUNDS

Albany, ~. l., Aug. lz.-AItef .
long conference with some Of his
close political advisors. Governor Sui
Ger has issued statement denying
that he ever used campaign funds for
speculative purposes.
He says he never heard Of the stock
brokerage firms Of Fuller and Gray
and Boyer and Griswold, alleged trans
actions with which figure largely in
the testimony before the Frawley leg.
islative committee, until these names
were brought out before the commit.
tees.
Governor sulzers Statement.
The statement follows:
In view of the fact that the Fraw.
ley committee is about to make it,
report of the investigation It has been
making, l am advised that it would
be unwise for me at this time to make
any detailed statement. But having
promised the press a statement !
make the following brief reply to the
matters that l am informed have been
brought before such committee:
Il deny l used any campaign con-
tributions for personal use.
Il deny that speculated in Wall
Street, or used any money contributed
for campaign purposes to buy stocks
either in my own name or otherwise.
Il never had an account with Fuller
and Gray or Boyer and Griswold.
never heard of these firms; do not
know the members; and know moth,
ing about the transactions with these
Arms testified to before the Frawley
committee until the alleged transact
lions were brought to my attention
by the committee.
Loan Made Upon Stock.
"The stock matter with Harris and
Fuller was not q speculative matter.
but loan made upon stock as cob
lateral which stocks had been acquir
ed and paid for years before my nomk
nation for. the Office of governor, and
from other sources than Harris and
Fuller.
Certain checks given to me fol
campaign purposes, were deposited to
4 my personal account and thereafter
| paid the amount of said checks to my
campaign committee.
Report Will Be Short.
an filing my statement of receipts
4 and disbursements with the secretary
Of state, relied upon information
furnished me by the persons in i'm
mediate charge Of my campaign and
in whom had and have the most i'm
plicit confidence, and believe the
statement furnished by them to me
Is accurate and true"
Senator Robert F. Wagner, presi'
dent pro tempore of the senate, and
Speaker A. E. Smith, of the assembly,
are at Saratoga. Eugene Lamb Rich.
ards, counsel for the Frawley COM
mittee, spent the day there also pre-
pairing a draft of the report.
Mr.. Richards said that the report
would be short and would deal prin,
cipally with the testimony concerning
Governor Suffers campaign contrib
utions and stock transactions.
In view Of the vital Importance Of
the II Republican senators, in case
the assembly determines to institute
Impeachment proceedings, it is re-
called that early in the regular SEES
sion that Senator Eaton r. Brown.
the Republican leader, intimated
broadly that if it could be proved that
Mr.. Sulzer. during his campaign, bar
gained with certain labor leaders to
support a full railroad crew bill in
return for support from the labor or
ganizations, that fact would constt
tute grounds for impeachment.
The general impression is that
with a. majority Of more than two
thirds In the assembly. there will be
enough Democratic votes in that body
to initiate the impeachment proceed.
ings without the aid Of the Republt
cans or Progressives. Seventy-six Of
the 1O2 Democratic assemblymen
would be sufficient to accomplish that
end.