Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-13
.SULzER IMPEACHED
BY n. Y. ASSEMBLY

man: Deitz. of Kings; Kelly, of
Duchess: Daley. of Onondaga.
Democrats. and Bryant, of Genesse,
Republican.
Governor Sulzer did not wait for
the final vote. but went to bed early
this morning while the Assembly was
still debating the impeachment reso-
luton.
HE had a pretty good idea what
would happen, however" was the
word from the executive mansion
after the roll-call.
Articles of Impeachment.
The following are the articles of
Impeachment against Governor Will
lam Sulzer:
That the said William Sulzer. now
governor of the State of New York,
then being govern elect of said
State for the term beginning January
/. 1918. he having been elected at
the general election held in said State
on the fifth day of November. 1912
was required by the tatutes of the
State then in force to file in the
| office of the secretary of state, with
in twenty days after his SAID cleo
ton. statement setting forth all the
receipts, expenditures, disbursements
and liabilities made, or incurred, by
him as a candidate for governor at
said general election ~ which he
was thus elected, which statement
the statute required to include the
amount received. the name of the
person or committee from whom re-
| eeived. the date of it's receipt, the
amount of every expenditure II dis
bursement exceeding $h, she name of
| the person or committee to whom 1t
was made, and .he date thereof, and
all contributions made by him.
Quote Suffers Statement.
THAT. being thus required to file
such statement. on or ahous the
thirteenth day of November, 1912. the
said William Sulzer, unmindful Of
his duty under the statutes, made and
filed in the office of the secretary Of
state what purported to be state
meilt made in conformity 10 the pro-
visions of the statute above set
forth. In which statement he said
and set forth as follows. to wit:
That all the moneys recoi"ed, con-
tributed or expended by said Sulzer,
directly or indirectly. by himself or
through any other person, as the
candidate of the Democratic party
for the Office of governor of the State
of New York, in connection With the
general election held in Inc State of
New York on the fifth day Of No
vember 1912. were receipts from
sixty eight contributors, aggregating
five thousand four hundred end
sixty 5460) dollars and ten items of
expenditure aggregatins seven thou
sand seven hundred and twenty four
and 9-100 &7,724,09) dollars, the de-
tailed items of which were fully set
forth in said statement so Iiled as
aforesaid
THAT said statement thus made
and filed by said William Sulzer as
aforesaid was false, and was in
tended by him to be false and an
evasion and violation of the statutes
of the State, and the same was :.ade
and filed by him wifully, knowingly
and corruptly, it being false in the
following particulars, among Others,
to wit:
ut did not contain the contrlbu-
lions that had been received by him,
and which should have been set forth
in said statement, to wit:
Jacob Schiff. $4,000: Abram Ell
kus. $500; William r. McCombs. $500,
Henry Morgenthau. $1,000; Theodore
w. Myers, $1,000; John Lynn, $500;
Lyman A. Spaulding, 500; Edward
f. O'Dwyer, 500; John W. Cox $780,
The Frank V. Strauss Company.
$1,000; John T. Dooling. $1,O0a.
"Acted Wrongfully and Corruptly."
THAT in making and films uch
false statement as aforesaid. the
said William Sulzer did not act as
required by law. but did act In ex-
press violation of the statutes of the
State and wrongfully. wilfully and
corruptly: and. thereafter, having
taken the oath as governor, and pro
ceeded to perform the duties thereof,
the said false statements Itwith-
standing"
That Governor Sulzer, "unmindful
of the duties of his office, and in
violation of his oath of office, was
guilty of immoral and corrupt con-
duct in his office as Governor and was
guilty of bribing witnesses" The
specific charge is that while the
Frawley committee was investigat-
| ing the Governors campaign ac-
counts, he "fraudulently induced"
three witnesses (his campaign man
ager, a personal friend and stock
| broker) Ito withhold their testi-
mony from said committee" and
that in so doing he "acted corruptly
and was guilty of a felony"
That the Governor was guilty of
"suppressing evidence" in violation
of the State penal laws. The specific
charge is that while the Frawley
committee was in session, he "prac-
| ticed deceit and fraud and used
| threats and menaces with intent to
prevent said committee from pro-
Lcuring the attendance and testimony
| of certain witnesses"
Prevented Witnesses Attendance"
That the Governor was guilty of
preventing and dissuading a Wit
ness from attending under a sub
poena" the sessions of the Frawley
committee. The witness referred to
| is Frederick l.. Colwell, alleged to
| have acted as Suffers agent in GER
| tain stock transactions.
! That prior to his election the Gov
ernor appropriated campaign con-
| tributions to his own use land used
| the same, or a large part thereof, in
specializing in stocks with brokers
operating in the New York exchange
and thereby stole such checks and
was guilty of larceny
That Governor Sulzer promised
and threatened to use the authority
and influence of his office for the
| purpose of affecting the vote or
political action of certain public Off
| GERS, including two assemblymen.
That he corruptly used his author
| ity as Governor to affect the prices
of securities on the New York stock
exchange, in some of which he was
specializing, upon a margin or other
wise, recommending and pressing
| for passage legislation affecting the
business of the exchange. land then,
by Withdrawing, or attempting to
withdraw, from the consideration of
the Legislature such legislation
which was pending therein-all the
time concealing the identity in said
transactions by a subterfuge."
The articles of Impeachment. pre-
pared in advance when a favorable
vote on the Impeachment re solution
| uas insured. Mere ndonted after a