East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-18


ALBANY. y. Y, oct ls.--In going
out OF office as result of the ver-
dict OF the impeachment court. Will
liam Sulzer issued statement in
which he denounced the tribunal
which removed him as "Murphy's high
court OF infamy." He said that Mr.
Murphy controlled the assembly and
ordered the impeachment, and con-
trolled most of the members of the
court and dictated procedure and
wrote the judgment. He was Judge
and jury; the prosecutor and bailiff."
Sulzer declared that his trial was
IA political lynching as far as the
Tammanyized part OF the court was
concerned"
He asserted he had not taken the
stand in his own defense because he
realized that his story attacking the
Tammany leader would be ruled out.
General Denial Entered.
He entered general denial OF all
the charges OF the impeachment ar
ticles. denied that ne had ever asked
Allan A. Ryan to obtain the influence
OF Murphy OF Republican State Chair.
man Barnes to stop the trial; said the
testimony OF Henry Morgenthau could
be explained: asserted that every dol
lar that had been given him during his
campaign had been properly account
ed for: that he was $4,000 in debt;
that he had been faithful to his trust"
and that he handed back 10 the peo-
pie the commission they gave me, un
tarnished and unsullied."
Had I but served the boss with
half the zeal / aid the state William
Sulzer would never have been i'm
peachcd." he said
SulZcr Maintains Innocence.
The statement opened by saying;
"In response to requests from
friends throughout the state for some
expression from me, can only say,
at this time, that I am glad that my
trial is over.
by virtue OF a power beyond the
present control OF our electorate, l
now hand back to the people the com
mission they gave me and hand II
back to them--untarnshed ana unsul-
lied
My lips have been sealed for weeks
while ] patiently have submitted in
silence to abuse and villification.
However. after stating my case to
my counsel. and. by their advice, on
August II. l made the following state
ment"
Governor Sulzer then quoted n state
ment in which he had denied that he
had used campaign contributions for
his personal ends. that he speculated
in Wall Street. or that he had an ac-
count with Fuller & Gray or Boyer &
Griswold. He said he knew nothing
about the transactions with these
firms. testified to before the Frawley
committee. until his attention was
brought to them by the Frawley COM
mittee.
Speculative account Denied.
The statement asserted that the
Harris 4 Fuller account was not a
speculative, but a loan account, made
on stocks paid for years before his
nominations, and that certain checks
given him in the campaign had been
deposited to his personal account and
thereafter he had paid the amount of
these checks to the campaign COM
mittees.
He then continues that no legal evil
dence was adduced at the trial which
dlsproved that statement. He goes
on:
subsequently on September IA. I
gave out another statement as fol-
lows: The stories that l am going to
resign are false and malicious, Tho
purpose in circulating them must be
evident to anyone. l am going to
stand trial.
81 have said some hard things
about some of the senators and they
have said some hard things about me.
but this is trial, not political
fight
"'There are both judges and jur-
ors, and l believe most of them are
large enough and honest enough to do
me Justice
"These are the only statements or
Interviews have made or given out
since the assembly by the orders of
the boss adopted the resolution Of
impeachment.
Trial characterized as Farce.
"Of course. when issued the last
statement, I did not think Senators