The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-10
Honorable Man Impeached for
Doing His Duty---Victim of
Political Hatred and Marked
for Ruin
PARKER ARGUES FOR
IMPEACHMENT COURT
Bluntly Calls Governor Thief
and Perjurer and Demand
Verdict of Guilty on Each
Impeachment Article---Argus
ment Ends Today

ALBANY, Oct. e.--The senate
chamber echoed all day the declama-
ton of Louis Marshall and Alton ~.
Parker, defending and denouncing the
immigrants son who struggled upward
TO the governorship, and who next
week may be an outcast. The defense
was flaming picture OF an honor
able man, poor as Webster and Nc
kinney were poor, helped with money.
as they were. striving to he "a good
governor. succeeding, halted by the
hatred of political enemies, unreason.
ably impeached. marked for ruin,
savahle only by the high court.
Whereas Alton II. Parker, speaking
with the authority of one-tine cam
didate for the presidency. a former
chief Judge Of the Court of Appeals
said in unmistakahle phrases thai
William Sulzer was n perturer and a
thief. and demanded a verdict Of guilty
on each OF the Impeachment articles.
Herrick For Defense.
The time for argument will end at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Judge
Parker will end his address for the
impeachment managers tomorrow
morning. n, Cady Herrick, captain
OF the defense, will have an hour and
n half to say the last word for Sulzer.
The final scene before the court shuts
Itself ssr to corrStdcr tho verdict wifi
be ex-senator Bracket. master Of
court room invective, recitimg the &C
cusa.fons in his own pungent way.
Nobody knows when a verdict will
be reached. or even consideration
thereof viii be started. II is entirely
probable that the closing argument
wifi last until s O'clock torn orrow af-
ternonn.
Louis A. Marshall spoke for three
hoera and a half today In defense OF
William Suizer. His address was re-
Earded by those who heard II as a
brilliant effort and as the best de-
Tense that has yet been made of the
governor. II was heard by crowded
galleries and was received with ey-
IRENE attention by the members of the
court
Mr.. Marshall made a general denial
of all the charges. likened sulzer To
Daniel Webster and William McKtn-
ley, bitterly attacked the testimony of
Duncan w. Peck, ard asserted that
not tot or little OF proof had been
adduced to support the impeachment
articles. ~
K
shall mt the afternoon session. pre-
sentsng a summary of the case for the
managers.
There was still uncertainty today as
to when the final vote In the case
would be taken. Opinion was evil
IDENTIFY divided as 10 whether Sulzer
would know his fate on Saturday or
next week.
why He Was Tmpcached.
MarshaIi in hia address de-
ciared at the outset that William Sui
ger had not been imreached, because
he was Incompetent or ignorant he
was impeached rather because he was
watchfui and would not enter into
conspiracy to fatten on contracts. Mr..
Marshall. discussing the articles of i'm
peachment, went on to say that OF the
eight articles found against the gov
ernor, six conferred around the report
Of election contributions and expenses
he filled with the secretary of state.
The others, he said. were practically
negligible. He took up the crimes al
legged in tho specifications. and then |
started In to argue against the validity
OF the impeachment on constitutional |
grounds.
Alton r. Parker, In opening for the |
prosecution. said that down to this |
moment he had withheld all criticism |
OF the respondent He had waited to |
hear the answers to the charges. The |
case was closed: there had been no |
answer.
He took up the statement Of election |
expenses filed by Sulzer On the face /
of 1t. he said. it appeared as II Mr.. /
Sulzer had expended some $4,000 out /
OF hts own pocket.
THAT statement" continued Mr., +
Parker 1--WE claim to be untrue" and /
he went on to tell how Sulzer had re-
ceived the different contributions.
Scores Sarecky.
Mr.. Parker scored the testimony OF /
Louis A. Sarecky. and called Sarecky
"a worthless character"
1.-THE first thing they tried to do i
through Sarecky," he said. was to I
challenge the making of the affidavit. /
The next task imposed on Sarecky was
to persuade this court that Sulzer,
himself. did not know the contents of
the statement when he signed IT.
Mr. Parker then referred to the
omission from the statement of tho /
Ryan money. the Schiff money, and
the money from the brewers. Sarecky
had said that 1t was as accurate as he
could make It.
when William Sulzer signed that
statement" declared Mr.. Parker, "he
knew 1t was not true"
Mr.. Parker had spoken two hours
and ten minutes when court adjourn
ed He will finish his argument to-
morrow morning.
IL CHARGED With Theft