Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-21

inc f0Opie FOuSHy as GOV eTQOT Sui
ger asserted himself in an interview.
Sulzer may have told the truth when
he said his life was in danger He
declared, after his break with Tam
many Hall. that he had employed
guards TO protect him against possible
assassination. Attack after attack.
mostly traceable TO political enemies,
Was made on Sulzer. He was accused
of perjury, the alleged offense having
been committed, according to his ac-
cuser, in 1890. That accusation didn't
seem to have much effect in the way
OF running Sulzer, so suit was fled in
Philadelphia by young woman
Of the name of Mignon polly
Hopkins, charging Sulzer with
breach Of promise. This action.
Sulzer said also, was a move on the
part Of his political enemies. Miss
Hopkins asked $4,000 damages for her
wounded heart Sulzer admitted hav-
ing known Miss Hopkins some years
ago, but denied that he had ever pro
posed marriage to her.
Row Over Direct Primaries.
When Sulzer promised real direct
primaries to the people of New York.
he evidently meant what he said.
When he went into Office he made it
his business TO start legislation for d.
rect primaries on its way. He dis
covered, however, that he and his po-
Iitical associates had very different
ideas of the kind Of direct primaries
New York wanted. A bill was intro
duced at the instigation of Sulzer, but
before 1t was voted upon another di-
rect primary bill, which Sulzer char
acterized a fraud upon the people,"
was introduced in both branches of the
legislature and passed. Governor Sui
zer vetoed it, and then called upon
the legislators TO pass his bill. The
assembly and then the senate killed
the Sulzer bill, amid scenes such as
the senate and assembly chambers had
never before seen. There were shouts
of rage and shakings of fists in the d.
rectiOn of the capitol There were
cheers and shouts when it was an
nounced that the bills had been killed.
Sulzer then started a campaign to
obtain direct primaries. He enlisted
many well known men in his cause.
and called the legislature in extraor-
binary session. 1t had then become
case of open warfare.
His Campaign Fund investigated.
The governor instigated investiga-
tions of several state departments, and
then Tammany retaliated in kind with
| an investigation of Suffers campaign
fund by legislative committee. Sen
atOr Frawley, a Tammany chieftain.
was the chairman of the committee
and it commenced its sittings in AL
bany. 1t was intimated that SuIzer
had received checks for his campaign
| fund which he had not listed in his
| sworn statement, a misdemeanor I'M
| der the laws of New York state. Two
| checks were introduced into the evil
! dence. One was for $500 from Kuhn,
Loeb & Co, the bankers, and endorsed
| Mr.. Schif's contribution to the Sui
! ger campaign" The other check was
/ for $500 and was signed by Abram l.
Elkus, a prominent New York city law
| yer. 1t was alleged by the Frawley
| committee that neither of these checks
/ appeared in Suffers campaign list.
At a later session of the Frawley
/ committee, held in New York, it de.
/ veloped that Sulzer had owed the stock
/ brokerage firm of Harris & Fuller $48,-
599.3S on January l, 1912, when Sui
ger was in congress. According to
testimony and evidence offered, Sulzer
| had been a steady loser in the stock
market The brokers to whom he owed
money dunned him for payment, ac-
/ cOrding to the testimony, and SuIzer
1 was finally rescued by his business
/ partner, Ex-Governor A. E. Spriggs, of
4 Montana, who paid $4,000, aud Louis
/ NJ. Josephtbal of New York, who, on
/ July IS last, paid $26,749.2l
/ 1t also developed before the com
mittee that Sulzer had traded with
( Boyer, GriswOld & Co. Charles H.
/ Reynolds. formerly cashier for the
/ firm, testified that on October Is last,
Frederick L, Colwell, whom he under
! stood to be an agent for Sulzer, had
Lought 200 shares of Big Four for $12,-
| 02a. The stock was paid for the same
/ day with eight checks and SIPS in
| cash. One check given in payment for
the stock was a campaign contribution.
| The Frawley committee alleged that
the seven other checks were also cam
paign contributions, and asserted that
this would be proved.
Other Governors Impeached.
Seven other governors in the United
States have faced impeachment pro-
| ceedings. These men and the results
| that followed were:
Charles Robinson. Kansas, 1852, &C
quilted
Harrison Reed Florida, 1868.
charges dropped.
William W. Holden, North Carolina,
1870, removed.
Powell Clayton. Arkansas, 1871,
charges dropped
David Butler, Nebraska, 1871, re-
moved
/ Henry c. Warmoth, Louisiana, 1872.
term expired and proceedings dropped
| Adelbert Ames, Mississippi, 1876, re-
| signed.