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THE NORTH Pl.ATTE SEMl-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. WILLIAM SULZER IS IMPEACHED Governor of New York Accused of, Larceny and Perjury. SUMMARY OF THE CHARGES Diversion of Campaign Contributions for Stock Speculation Is Alleged Story of the Executive's Fight With Tammany. Albany, N. Y. William Sulzer, gov ernor of Now York, has beon impeach ed by tho lowor bouse of the stato leg islature, and will bo tried by tho son flto and tho circuit court of appeals, sitting together as a court of im peachment. Tho articlo of impeach ment, which woro adopted by a voto of 79 to 45, charge tho governor with perjury and larceny of campaign funds and with other slightly less serious of fenses. An important part of tho chargo is that Mr. Sulzer diverted campaign contributions to his prlvato use and invested them In stocks. Just boforo tho Impeachment Mrs. Sulzor made a statement to tho offect that sho had i taken part of tho campaign money and bought stocks with it In Wall Btreet. Sho will probably take the witness stand at tho trial to tell this story. Charges Against Sulzer Stripped of their legal verbiage, the articles of Impeachment against Gov ernor Sulzor aro as follows: 1 That Governor Sulzer, In filing his statement of campaign expenses, sot forth that his entire receipts were $5,4G0 and his expenditures $7,724; that this statement "was falso and was intended by him to bo false;" that his list of receipts fnlled to include 11 specific contributions, ranging In amount from $100 to $2,500. 2 That Governor Sulzer attached to his statement of campaign expenses an affidavit declaring that the state ment waB "a full and detailed state ment of all moneys received or con tributed or expended by him directly or Indirectly." That this affldavlt "was Governor Sulzer. falso and was corruptly made by him," and that ho was "guilty of willful and corrupt perjury." 3 That Governor Sulzer "was guilty of mal and corrupt conduct in his of fice as governor and was guilty of bribing witnesses." Tho specific charge is that while tho Frawloy committee was investigating the governor's cam paign accounts ho "fraudulently In duced" three Witnesses (his campaign manager, a personal friend, and a stock broker) "to withhold their testi mony from said committee." 4 That tho governor was guilty of "suppressing ovldcnco" in violation of the, stato penal law. Tho specific charge is that he "practiced deceit and fraud and used threats and menaces with intent to prevent tho Frawley commit tee from procuring the attendanco and testimony of certain witnesses." 5 That tho governor was guilty of "preventing and dissuading a witness from attending under a subpoena" tho sessions of the Frawloy committee. Tho witness referred to is Frederick L. Colwell, alleged to have actod as Sul zer's agent in certain stock transac tions. C That prior to his election tho governor appropriated campaign con tributions to his own use, "and used tho same, or a largo part thereof, In speculating In stocks . . ' . and thereby stolo such checks and was guilty of larceny." 7 That Governor Sulzer promised and threatened to use tho authority and Influenco of his office for the pur pose of affecting the voto or political action of certain public officers, includ ing two assemblymen. 8 That ho "corruptly used his authority as governor to affect tho prices of securities on tho Now York stock exchango, in some of which ho was speculating." How It All Started. When Governor Sulzer, tho "peo ple's governor," and the "poor man's friend," refused to do tho bidding' of Doss Murphy of Tammany Hall, tho most remarkable political drama Now York stato had ever seen was begun. From that very moment Tammany Hall carrlod out a stoady and con sistent program of warfare against Sulzor and all things Sulzer. Tho gov ernor replied In kind, as well as ho could. A Tammanylzod legislature In stituted an "Investigation" of Sulzer, and 3ulzer roclprocated with on "in vestigation" of somo Tnmmnny-con-trollcd stato department What was it all about? Direct pri maries, mainly. Also about appoint ments. Doss Murphy sought to havo certain organization mon nppolntcd to office. Sulzor declined to appoint them, although ho had been something of an organization man himself for a great many years, and Immediately after his election to the governorship had been Intlmnto with Murphy, so intlmato that Mr. and Mrs. Murphy woro welcomo at tho "People's House," as Govornor Sul zer nssorted himself in an lntervlow. Sulzer may havo told tho truth when ho said his life was In danger. Ho declared, after his break with Tam many Hall, that he had employed guards to protect him against possible assassination. Attack after attnek, mostly traceable to political enemies, was made on Sulzer. Ho was accused of perjury, tho nlloged offenso hnvjng been committed, according to his "no cusor, In 1890. That accusation didn't scorn to havo much effect In tho wny of ruining Sulzer, so suit was illrd In Philadelphia by a young woman of tho name of Mignon (Polly) Hopkins, charging Sulzor with breach of promise. This action, Sulzer said also, was a move on tho part of his political onomlcs. Miss Hopkins asked $30,000 damngos for hor wounded heart. Sulzer admitted hav ing known Miss Hopkins some years ago, but denied that he had over pro posed marrlngo to her. Row Over Direct Primaries. When Sulzer promised real direct primaries to tho people of Now York, he evidently meant whnt ho said. When ho went into office ho made It his business to start legislation for di rect primaries on its wny. Ho dis covered, however, that ho and his po litical associates had very different Ideas of tho kind of direct primaries Now York wanted. A bill was Intro duced at the Instigation of Sulzer, but boforo It was voted upon another dl i oct primary bill, which Sulzer char acterized a "fraud upon tho people," was Introduced In both branches of tho legislature and passed. Governor Sul zer vetoed it, nnd thon called upon tho legislators to pass his bill. Tho assembly and thon tho senate killed tho Sulzor bill, amid scenes such as the senate nnd assembly chambers had never before seen. There were shouts of rago and shakings of fists In tho di rection of the capltol. There woro cheers and shouts when It was an nounced that the bills had been killed. Sulzer thon started a campaign to obtain direct primaries. Ho enlisted many well known men In his cause, and called tho legislature In extraor dinary session. It had then become a ca3e of open warfare. His Campaign Fund Investigated. Tho governor Instigated Investiga tions of several state departments, and then Tammany retaliated In kind with an investigation of Sulzer's campaign fund by a legislative committee. Sen ator Frawley, a Tammany chieftain, was the chairman of tho commltteo and It commenced Its sittings In Al bany. It was Intimated that Sulzer had received checks for his campaign fund which ho had not listed In his sworn statement, a misdemeanor un der tho laws of New York state. Two checks were Introduced Into tho evi dence. One was for $2,500 from Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the bankers, and endorsed "Mr. Schlff's contribution to the Sul zer campaign." Tho other check was for $500 and was signed by Abram I. Elkus, a prominent New York city law yer. It was alleged by the Frawloy committee that neither of theso checks appeared in Sulzer's campaign list. At a later session of the Frawloy commltteo, held In Now York, It de veloped that Sulzer had owed tho stock brokerage firm of Harris fc Fuller $18, 599.38 on January 1, 1912, when Sul zer was In congress. According to testimony and evldenco pffered, Sulzer had beon a steady loser In tho stock market. Tho brokers to whom ho owed money dunned him for payment, ac cording to the testimony, and Sulzer wns finally rescued by his business partner, ex-Govornor A. K. Sprlggs, of Montana, who paid $5,000, and Louis X Josephthal of Now York, who, on July 19 last, paid $20,749.21. It also dcvoloped before tho com mittee that Sulzer had traded with Boyer, Grlswold & Co. Charles II. Roynolds, formerly cashier for the firm, testified, that on October 10 last, Frederick L. Colwell, whom ho under stood to bo an agont for Sulzor, had bought 200 shares of Lllg Four for $12, 025. Tho stock was paid for tho same day with eight checks and $7,125 In cash. One check given In payment for tho stock was a campaign contribution. Tho Frawley commlttoo alleged that tho seven other checks were also cam paign contributions, and asserted that this would be proved. Other Governors Impeached. Soven other governors In tho United States havo faced Impeachment pro ceedings. These men and tho results that followed wero: Charles Robinson, Kansas, 18C2, ac qulttqd. Harrison Heed, Florida, 18GS, charges dropped. William W. Holden, North Carolina, 1870, removed. Powell Clayton, Arkansas, 1871, charges dropped. David Butler, Nebraska, 1871, re moved. Henry C. Warmoth, Louisiana, 1872, term expired and proceedings dropped. Adolbert Ames, Mississippi, 1870, resigned. How Much Better Today. If it is good to uso attention tomor row, how much better Is it to do so today. If tomorrow it Is In your In terest to nttend, how much more Is It today, that you may be able to do so tomorrow also, and may not defer it again to tho third day. Eplctetus. AMUSING GAME FOR PARLOR Crosa Questions Aro Made and Crook ed Answers Given One Must Not Laugh Nor Smile. Tho playors arrango themselves in n circle, nnd tho first player commences tho gamo by asking his neighbor n question, nnd receiving a reply. Tho second player must do likewise, until ovory player has both asked n question and recelvod nn answer. Tho last plnyor then asks a. question of tho first, who replies with tho answer giv en him to tho question, which ho. In tho first Instance, naked tho socond player. Another, nnd In most people's opin ion much moro nmuslng. way of play ing tho gnmo, Is for tho playors to seat themselves opposite to each other In two rows, tho ladles on ono sldo nnd tho gentlomon on tho other. Two of tho playors, a lady and a gentleman, remnln standing. When the rest of tho playors aro all comfortably Bot tled, tho lady walks down tho lino bo hind tho gentleman, nnd asks each in turn n question. Tho gentleman at tho samo tlmo whispering In tho ears of tho ladles opposlto ridiculous an swers to tho questions which aro be ing asked, tho nnturo of which ho Is entirely Ignorant. Then, stnrtlng at tho head of tho lino, tho first gentlo man ropeats tho question which was asked him, nnd the opposlto lady re plies. Tho rest of tho company nro naturally highly nmused at tho absurd combinations, but tho gontlomnn ask ing the quostlon, nnd tho lady reply ing, may neither lauph nor smile. If they do, they nro obliged to pay for feits, and retire from tho game. CONVENIENT FOR FISH HOOKS Hat Band Arranged for Carrying Fllec and Leaders Pockets Free for Other Things. This hat band for nnglers docs away with tho necessity of carrying pockets full of fly books. In tho con- , Hat Band Fly Book. tral pocket of tho band Is an oiled faille bag and pad for leaders, and the flies aro carried on either side. RIDDLES. What Is tho best word of command to glvo a lady who is crossing a mud ry road? Dress up In front, closo (clothes) up behind. Why is a postman In danger of los ing his wny? Hccauso he Is guided by the direc tion of strangers. Whnt fruit Is llko a statue? Fig (ef-fl-gy). Why should Denmark bo an emi nently religious country? Becauso It has had so many Chris tians kings. What would Ncptuno say If tho sea wero dried up? I haven't a notion (an ocean), What belongs to yourself, but Is used by your friends moro than by yourself? ' Your name. Where can happiness always bo found? . In tho dictionary. My first Is equality my second Is Inferiority, my whole Is superiority? Matchless. Why doos tho butcher's knife al w'ays keep tho books? Ptfcauso tho business is a joint af fair. v Why aro pawnbrokers llko pioneers of progress? Uccnuso thoy nro alwnys ready to mako an advance. Why 1b a' ship like a woman? Because she Is often tonder to a man-of-war, sometimes attached to a great buoy, and frequently making up to a pier (peer). Enjoying the Service. KIght-year-old Donald was usually reBtless in church, so his mother was doubly gratlftl'd one Sunday morning to see him sitting with clasped hands and bowed head throughout a lengthy prayer. When, later, she expressed appre ciation of his attentive1 manner the boy's face softened with a pleasant memory. "That fly," ho chuckled, "walked In and out of my hands ex actly 270 times." IJarper's .Magazine. SWIMMING BOOT IS HELPFUL Puddle Blade Moves Like Fin When Leg Is Kicked Out, Giving In creased Speed and Power. Strictly speaking, this should not be called a -boot at nil, but tho device fits around tho log in such a. manner as to Justify tho nnmo. It wns Invent ed by nn Ohio man nnd Is said to en able a swlmmor to got much grentor speed with much loss effort. A hing ed blado is fastonod to tho leg by straps thnl go around tho limb nnd under tho foot When tho leg Is drawn forward through tho wntor tho blado lies closo against It, but whon tho kick back comes tho blado stands out straight nnd acts llko a fish's fin to afford reGistnnco to tho wator. Thoro aro stops at top and bottom to prevent tho blado from mnklng tho completo seml-clrclo on Its forward Swimming Boot. movement. Obviously, a dovlso of this kind grontly Increases tho power behind the stroke nnd enables a swim mer to make romarkablo hoadway. GAME OF IDENTITY PLEASING Ono Player Is Asked Questions Until He Recognizes Character He Then Represents. Thero aro two ways of playing tho game. Tho first method is to.sond one player out of the room. Tho oth ers then docldo upon n well-known character In hlBtory or fiction whom tho absent ono Is to represent. Ho Is then recalled and each of tho othors, In turn, asks him a question about himself until ho recognizes tho charac ter that has been thruBt upon him. On his roturn tho player may bo assailed with such questions as: "Did you llko Ufo on an Island?" "You must havo grown tired of keeping your arms crossed on your chest for so many pic tures, didn't you?" "How many of your brothers wore klngs7" "Ib your proscnt rosldonco In Paris to your lik ing?" It would probably requlro no moro questioning to lndlcato that Nn polcon was tho character chosen. The other form of tho gamo allows tho person who goos out to docldo upon a character to represent nnd thon act It out for tho othors to guess. Somotlmcsi tho company 1b divided Into two groups nnd eaofi sldo In turn acta out an event In tho career of tho character chosen. PRICE OF ELECTRIC MOTORS Ingeniously DevlGed Board Used In Toy Department for Demon strating New Apparatus. In tho olectrlcnl toy department of a Inrgo department storo Is this In geniously clovlBod board for demon strating electric motors. In front of ench motor Is a small, low voltage, Incandescent lamp about one inch in dlamoter with tho price of tho motor painted upon tho gl.iBs. A transform er is used and tho lights nro kept Practicable Counter Display. burning all tho tlmo, says tho Popular Electricity. Push buttons enable tho nalcBinnn to run any motor and light Its lump. Five Senses. A teacher was.trylng to havo his pu pils form somo conception of tho fivo senses, but ono little chap failed to grasp any Idea of tho lecture, says the Youngstown Telegram. "You know I am hero, don't you, Johnnie?" Johnnie nodded assent. "Well, how do you know?" "1 can seo you." "Exactly; thero you havo tho first of tho senses, 'seeing.' Now, If you should closo you eyes would you still know I am here?" "Yes, sir." "And how would you know?" "With his fnco beaming with In telligence, Johnnie quickly re sponded: "I know, tenchor; I can fimoll, too." Seasoned Youth, "Don't go near that old fellow in tho pasture, sonny," tho farmer warn ed the frcsh-alr child.' "He's terribly fierce." "I tried lilm out a'ready," tho lad replied. "Ho ain't ns fierce aB an au tomobile in tho city. Got any bears or lions round hero?" . Z2kM!vjKsJLL -r BIG PARTY FOR hoadquartora now, camo with Lord Ivor Churchill. Squnro dnncos, which woro tho featuio of tho party, woro perfectly carried out by tho children. Lord Ivor had tho young hostess as n partner In country Jigs. Mrs. Astor woro a gown of roso Bilk, with roses at her walat, and during tho early aftornoon a largo black hat, which sho discarded after ton. REV. C. S. DAVIDSON Tho Rov. Charlofl Stoolc Davidson, who had troublo in 1900 with his vos try In tho Church of tho Holy Apos tles, Greenwood nvcnuo nnd Windsor terrace, Flntbush, N. Y., whoro ho was known ns "tho little minister," nnd whoso pastoral activities olsowhero won him roputo fpr doing thlngB out of tho ordinary, has taken spectacular leavo of tho Episcopal ministry by burning his vestments nnd prayer 'book at tho gato of Montlccllo, tho homo of Jefferson. Mr. Davidson wroto out a state ment for thb nowBpnpors, which ho passed around, ronounclng tho chun,h as tho "haven of aristocracy" nnd pro claiming hlmsolf a proachor horoaftor "for all tho people." Tho atatomont contains charges against two Eplsco pal bishops in Virginia, nnd thon pro ceeds with reasons for tho burnt offer ing, which was mndo, apparently with out witnesses. Mr. Davidson made no pllgrlmago for this mission, ns ho hn's lived In tho vicinity of Montlcollo Blnco InBt Octo ber, whon ho beenmo assistant to tho Rov. Dr. Harry I). Loo, roctor of Christ church nt Charlottoavlllo, Va. SENATOR SHERMAN A BUSY R1AN ho would not work moro than sixteen hours a day. Thnt waB not hard on tho aonntor, who started aB a farm hand. Among the Institutions under tho board's control woro tho Stato Hospital for tho Insnno at Kankakco and tho Dcnf and Dumb School at Jacksonville. Ono day an Inmate of tho hospital cnlled Sherman nsldo nnd unfolded n great scheme to aid him. , "I would suggest," tho patient Hald, "that you toach tho barber trade to ono of tho mutes in tho Jacksonville school nnd put him in chargo of tho hospital shop. A sllont barber would rest tho inalo lnmatos' mlrids grontly." "Sir," Sherman responded, "you aren't crazy I" And a month mtor tho patient was discharged us sane. BIG PRESENT IN Miss lSBthor Stewart of Aurora. 111., heiress of millions, with n check for 1100,000 hlddon among tho rosea of her bridal bouquot, tho othor day bo camo tho wifo of Archibald Richards, and her frlonds nnd relatives woro al most aB groatly delighted as sho ap peared to be. It was only two years ago that Miss Stowart suffered agonies of pub licity whon Bho broko hor ongngomont to Robert K. Davlo of Iloston, a youth who had becomo coiibpIcuoub as "tho boy broker," nnd who Is now Borvlng a prison term for swindling. All fho world appeared to trust tho "boy broker," Just ns Miss Stowart did, until his exposure, trial nnd sen tence. And Blnco then Miss Stowart, who roturned at that tlmo from her collogo work at Wellcsloy, has been living quietly, nwuy from tho lime llfr.lt. Miss, Stewart Is n granddaughter of John Stewart, the multimillionaire lumber mngnato of Aurora, and It was ho who gavo her ns a wedding pros ant tho flOO.QOO chock that wna pinned among tho roses last night. Hor fathor Is T. II. Stowart, stato senator nnd president of tho FJrst National Hank of Aurora. Tho bridegroom, Archibald Richards, was distinguished ns an athlete at college, becoming lntercolleglnto champion sprinter and captain ot the track team of tho University of Wisconsin. LITTLE MISS AST0R Just beforo leaving London for Amorlca recently Mrs. John Astor gavo a parly for hor daughter, Allco Muriel, to colobrato tho girl's birth day, at No. IS Grosvcnor square Tho big drawing room was "dono" entirely with whlto flowers lilies nnd roaes. Allco, who Is well grown for hor ago, woro a beautiful silk muslin frock, rather long. It was frilled with very old laco and with n laco fichu. Sho woro a string of pearls given by her mother and a lockot wltn hor father it plcturo In it, with hor Initial in ponrht and ono largo diamond . mother sldo. Many children camo to tho party, Including Lady Ancnslor's two nnd Mro. Rupert Beckott'B four, all dress ed alike In sky bluo silk with pink rose wreaths. Ono of tho Into Mrs. Gorvaso Beckett's girls accompanied hor cousins In a white muslin frock and black sash. Tho duchess of Marlborough, who Is making hor country homo her RENOUNCES CHURCH If Sonator Lawronco Y. Sherman, tho Junior member from Illinois, Is not ns busy ns a btldo on hor wedding morn ho is grlovod. Ho has boon in public Hfo over sinco 1800, with tho exception of about two yours, and ho beenmo known nH such nn lndofatlg nblo worker that tho votorB and pub lic officials with appolntlvo Jobs on their hnndn Just kopt hnndlng him somothlng now nil tho tlmo. In 1890 ho ontered tho lower houso of tho Illinois legislature From 1000 until 190-1 ho wns speaker of that body. Thon ho was oloctod lloutonant govornor and presided over tho upper houso until 1008. Scarcely had ho reached homo nnd begun practicing law when Govornor , Donoon nppolntcd him president of the board of administration. All ho had to do was direct tho work of eighteen stato institutions which had Juot been consolidated. Sometimes BRIDAL BOUQUET I " jIT" iV III' &$($($&$& WWCtr23i wmma
