The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-24

May was called to the stand and l sworn as the first witness in the inn peachment trial of Governor William Sulzer.
 Gov. SuIzer's answer to the charges embodied nj the eight articles of i'm peachment filed, today, with the high court, is in the nature of a general denial. As to the two articles relating to al- legged false statements of campaign contrib utions and expenditures, the ansewer is, in effect, that he made the statements in good faith and that the time of making. and swearing to them he believed them accurate. As to the succeeding articles of iInpeach- ment, six in number, the respondent enters unqualified denial except as to the fact that he is the governor of the state.
 "'Wherefore,' the answer concludes, ''this respondent asks that said arti- cles of impeachment against him be dismissed
 Albany, Sept. 24-FinaI decision on the defense's objections to the mon ey" articles of impeachment in the consideration of the SuIzer case will not be given until all testimony has been take14z The court voted, 49 to 7, today. to follow this procedure.
 Governor SuIzer's answer to the eight articles of impeachment filed with the court, today, entered a gen era1 denial to each and every one of them.
 The vote to reserve decision follow ed an opinion delivered by Presiding Judge Cullen advising that the merits of the objections of counsel for the governor to the articles be not de- cided at this time.
 "I do not believe 1t is wise," he said, ito decide this case piecemea1-' .
 After urging that the nOt decided piecemea1, Judge Cullen said:
 "In a court of impeachment a vote of two-thirds is necessary to convict A decision on this question would only require majority vote, while min ority, greater than one-third, might decide the other way. How, then, will the case be disposed of :? should prefer to have ample time to reflect on the arguments here presented by counsel and to look up the authorities quoted. Therefore, I should. desire this question left open until the guilt or innocence of the respondent be de- cided."
 In accordance with the judges rul- ing, Majority Leader Wagner, of the Senate, moved that the final decision be left open and that the request of the respondents counsel be denied merely as a, matter of form without prejudice to the merits of the Ques- ton being passed upon at a later date. The motion was then passed.
 Immediately following the roll call, the governors counsel was called up on to enter answer to the charges. These were read by Clerk McCabe. In them, the governor declared that he had filed his campaign statement ''in good faith
 Eugene Lamb Richards, of coun- seI for the prosecution, then opened the case against the impeached exc cutive.
 Albany, Sept. Ex-Governor William Sulzer was buster getting money than getting votes during his campaign for election, declares Eugene Lamb Rich ards, of counsel for the prosecution, today, in his address opening the case against the impeached executive
 ''AII the technicalities and Quibbles raised by the respondent have been swept away by this court" began MI. Richards, ~and he must now meet. this case on the merits and the question must be answered: Is William Sulzer guilty or not guilty of the offenses charged in the articles of impeach- ment?'"
 After outlining the law relating to the portion of campaign contributions, the lawyer continued:
 with these provisions in force, what did William Sulzer do? Five days af- ter he was nominated for governor he made a public armour cement that he would have no campaign collectors or financial managers and yet, at that moment, his private secretary was al- ready running a secret campaign ac- count and the respondent already had collectors working for him, scourin g tbe city and state of New York for checks and cash.
 we expect to show that he pre- ferred first currency which has no ear marks; next checks to bearers or cash; next checks to the order of some one other than himself and, if these were impossible, he was willing to take checks to his own order.
 we shall prove to the satisfaction of this court. instances of his requests that checks should be made to the or der of some one other than himself /; that he preferred cash to checks and that when some of his collectors came in with checks he asked them in the future. to cash the checks and bring the cash
 .'He did more than collect and hold these checks. He intended to keep them He had no thought of return ing the surplus to the contributors, for it will clearly appear that he used and intended to use their contributions to buy stocks and to supply margins for stock speculation.
 -'It will not be necessary here to re- veal all our testimony. Among others there was an account in the Mutual Alliance Trust Company in the name of his secretary, Louis A. Sarecky; there was the personal account of the respondent in the Farmers Loan & Trust Company; there was a specula- tive account on margins with Harris &s Fuller, brokers; there was an ac- count for stock purchases with Boyer, Griswold & Company, brokers, and there was a further account for stock purchases with Fuller & Gray, brok- CTS.
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