New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
SULzER TO RUN
FOR PROSECUTOR,
NEW TIGER PERIL
Deposed Governor, Bent
on Revenge. to Try for
District Attorney.
HAS REJECTED
MURPHY OVERTURES
RetributiOn for Bank WrcckerS
His Platform CT Appeal for
East Side. Votes.

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William Sulaer. whom Charles F.
Murphy caused 20 b., removed from The
Office Of Governor. purposes 20 pay an
other nstalment Of the debt he owes
TO Murphy and Tsmmany Hall by run
ming for District Attorney. the one big
Office 20 be voted for at the fall cleo
tion. The chief plank in his tentative
platform s the prosecution of all those
who are responsible for the losses to
depositors in East Side banks Of more
than S1O,OOO,OOO in the last year.
Another plank will be the running of
the District Attorneys Office on the
theory Of saving as many as possible
Of those who come into conflict with the
laws instead Of seeking TO make rec
ord for sentences to Sing Sing, and con-
duct business generally in harmony
with the new theories of reforming
criminals now being put into effect in
Sing Sing by Thomas Mott Osborne.
Sulzcr is counsel for several hun
dred depostors in the Jsrmulowsky
bank. which failed with liabilities Of
S3,0OO,OOO. lie had large number Of
clients in other failed banks and is ad
mitted to have as complete knowledge
Of the East Side banking situation as
any man in New York. not excepting
Eugene Lamb Richards. state Superin-
terdent Of Banking. lie says there Is
rot a particle Of doubt Of the criminal
responsibility of many persons connect
ed with these banks and believes they
should be punished TO the limit OF the
law.
ITO rob the rich" he declares. "is a
crime. When the poor are robbed it is
q calamity"
Sulzer would not talk Of mis- candi-
dacy when a Tribune reporter called
upon him at his Office yesterday. The
eX-Goyerue.r .r was up 10 his arms IN pa
pers connected with the bank failures
and declared that for the present he
was lust practising law"
Waits for Dog DAYS.
81 never talk politics until after the
dog days" he declared. when his can
didacy was mentioned. but he took
pains not 20 deny that he has his eye
on the Offices in the Criminal Courts
Buildings and his heart set on pin
ming another bouquet on Murphy"
"Comc around after the dog days are
over" he went on, "and ! will be glad
20 see YOU
Tammauy. however. has been talk
ing Suizer with varying emotions. I'm
I'll il became whispered about that he
was planning TO run for the Office
Charles 5. Whitman vacated TO become
Governor, the leaders we're serenely
counting on clean sweep in this
county next fall. when in addition to
the vacancy 10 be filled sheriff and
several judges are to be elected. Sui
yer became no mere fly in the oint-
ment To the leaders, and especially
TO friends Of Alfred j. Talley and
Magistrate Joseph +. Corrigan, be-
tween whom the Tammany nomination
Tor District Attorney seemed to lay, he
assumed the proportions of whale.
Nor wa his intention TO run for
Office pleasing to those who hope to
stand for other offices OF the Tam
many ticket. and for this reason 1t was
decided to attempt to call him off
To this end Sulzer was approached
and asked to help put the National
Democratic Club of which he was one
of the founders, on its feet. He was
told that much would be forgiven him
if he would lend his assistance, and in
furtherance Of this plan in the advance
notices Of the harmony" dinner at the
Savoy last Tuesday night Suffers
rame was prominently mentioned.
Suzer told those who were sent to
labor with him that he would under no
circumstances sit down AZ the same
table with Charles f. Murphy.
Still Tammany Undertaken.
81 haven't sunk so low as that yet
ne is reported to have replied.
Murphy was big enough to beat me at
Albany. but he will never exhibit me
bound to his chariot wheels"
"There's where ! stand!" he declared.
Tammany leaders are more worried
over Suffers ability 20 get votes on
his jsl-the -bank-wreckers platform
than they are willing to admit. lie
had always been good vote getter on
the East Side. and there are those who
estimate that he would get close to
10000 votes on that platform alone.
That in itself would be enough TO
make impossible the election Of a
Democratic District Attorney, and de-
stroy the best chance the Fourteenth
street organization has had TO have
one of its really, truly own in charge
of the office since the days of Colonel
Asa Bird Gardiner, who was removed.
Another element of appeal in the
Sulzer canvas would be the fact that
Eugene Lamb Richards, a Tammsny
appointee. is the official in charge OF
state banks. Sulzer has charged that,
with a little better judgment on the
part Of the department IN exercising
The discretion vested in il under the
new banking laws. the losses 10 the
unfortunates Of the East Side would
have been greatly reduced.