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Show JUDGE PARKER FLAYS SlILZER Governor Receives Severest Castigation of Entire Impeachment Im-peachment Trial. PATHETIC DEFENSE Every Rag of Vindication Torn From Deformed and Mutilated Manhood. M Albany. N Y. Oct. 10. Never siner- the impeachment trial of Governo. Sulzer opened has he been subjected to such a severe verbal flaying as Judge Altou B. Parker delivered in his remarks fcr tbe board of man pgers today The enstigation cam" before the court had scarcely sottleo down to work; the Judge merely tak ins a few minutes of the morning sea sion before givinc way to Judge U Cady Hcrrlck for the defense Defendant Guilty. "Before this bar the defendant stands guilty of these offenses charged the impeachment and proved b;. uncontru verted evidence." said Judge Parker "Before the bar of the court of puh-lie puh-lie opinion, this defendant standi condemned on the further damnttttj testimony of his shifty defenses and I his futile efforts to dodge by technl calities the trial of the issues before this high court. In these actions., public opinion, with a freedom not j committed to Judicial opinion, finds direct evidence oJ guilt. The sam.' public opinion takes rngnlzance ol 'the fact that the defendant Is suffer Ing from such a severe attack of moral mo-ral nearsightedness that even when directed by a myriad of scornful fin gers, he cannot discern the criminal and dishonorable nature of the acts proved. Governors Pathetic Efforts 'Even Justice must see through its severe ee something of the pathetic in this defendant's frantie efforts to cover the nakedness of his wrong-doing. Defiance, defense. Justification, prevarication, denunciation of his ac- .... . o....,co H. I, uo-io, a., thrill I' l 5 lJ o u p I . aiiu I n - I -fy testimony, and efforts to cast the blame elsewhere; each in turn, has been stripped from his quaking flesh until he stands now naked before this court without a rag of his attempted vindication clinging to hU deformed ai;d mutilated manhood. "Every disguise has been torn from his back, from the petticoat in which he trusted for safety to the armor of defiance in which he threatened to attack and expore a political leadership leader-ship to which we have found him suing fof a merciful obliteration of bis misdeeds and offering the bribe of submission Baseness of Character. "No act of his shows more prrfcr: ly the complete baseuess of his char acter, unfitting hlni utterly for any public or private trust, than does his eifort to coerce the members of this court through channels which his warped intellect mlstaklngly instruct ed him held the power of coercion. "Regardless of the origin of these charges, regardless of any personal infliction of discomfort, this eourt must, we feel certain, find on all the evidence, that this defendant has been guilty of misconduct so gross as to necessitate his removal for the honor peace, prosperity and good govern ment of this community. Duty of Court ' "With this court alone rest3 the du ty of delivering this state fioru the menace that hangs above it so long as this man remains in the executive chair "And to this court we shall commit com-mit tbe decision of the case against William Sulzer. securely com". dent that tbe honor, safety and welfare of this Empire state are assured of the protection contemplated by the constitution con-stitution in the creation of thi6 high court." Albany, N. T., Oct. 10 The trial of William Sulzer the impeached j governor of New York, way brought ! up to the stage of the ballottlng of tLe Judges today by former State j Senator Edgar T Brackett, who ' cioeed the case for the board of im- pcachment managers wwb a vitriolic speech. In the course of it he as-Berted as-Berted that former Staff Senator Stephen ' Stllwell, who Is now serving serv-ing a term In Sing Sing prison as a bi.rlercr of his legislative vote ana influence "might have tat at rhe I feet ol Governor Sulzer nnd learned crime." , . . . And this is the Pharisee, he said. who pointing to the widtn ol hib phylactery. In proof of his own virtue vir-tue demanded that Stllwei resign-Siiiwell. resign-Siiiwell. who. If all charges against him were true, and more, could still have sat at the feet of this man and U.irned crime, even n. Saul sat at I the feet of Gamaliel aud learned all the wisdom of the ancient Jews." I rom the beginning or toe im-rca'hmeiH im-rca'hmeiH proceeding. Mr Hra ket declared there had been a per-lstent t&d studied attempt to terrorize the ! numbers of the impeachment court. ! and every person associated with the pro&ecutlon, Every means known to the demagogue has been attempted I to accomplish It." he said Political Extinction Threatened. Political extinction has been threatened to those bold enough to urge that It might be well to have au orderly invest igatio-. o." the matters mat-ters charged against this man Counsel Coun-sel have been warned that their ap-p.irance ap-p.irance tor the people here would rezult In savage attacks upon them . have witnessed the Indecency Tor I think it can be called nothing lef of public meetings called to overawe your judgment and 10 give you Instructions how to decide this c&sf before a single word of the sworn testimony has been given to you In season and out. ti has been preached that justice would not be, c'one here, when Justice was the last thins desired by the preachers. "So. to all those who have professed pro-fessed doubts as to whether justice I would here dominate who have nought to discredit in advance the I patient fairness by which every right of the defendant has been conserved through the days, to all right rever- ends and wrong reverends, every - I where, professing to find here not the solemn performance of a duty laid on you by the law, but only an opportunity op-portunity to strike a political enemy. I send greetings and, Inviting them to learn from the great apostle mod- , eration of speech, ask them to come iiri see how under the strictest form of law, divesting themselves of every unworthy motive or thought, the rep-res rep-res ntatlves of a free people come together and give judgment." Discusses Evidence. .Mr Bracken launched Into a discussion dis-cussion of tbe evidence supporting the accusations in the fourth of the articles of Impeachment charging that Governor Sulzer sought to prevent pre-vent testimony before the Frawloy committee. The attorney held that the article was broad enough to Include In-clude the alleged attempt of the governor gov-ernor tq dissuade Henry Morgenthau Horn testifying in regard to hl $1 -000 campaign contribution. "The dominated enara ter oi the defendant's de-fendant's request is apparent at a glance," continued Mr P.raekett "He wanted Mr Morgenthavi to perjure himself to save him. the defendant, from the result of his pievious crime in not reporting the Morgenthau con tribution made to him during the campaign cam-paign and thereby brought himself precisely within th" section of the code and precisely within tbe article "Do criminals find it necessary to solicit witnesses to tell the truth? It is not presumed that they will du so What was there in the high character of Mr Morgenthau that led the defendant to believe that he would testify to anything other than the truth'' It was not the truth he was seeking to have adduced.' The alleged request of the governor to Duncan W Peck, superintendent of public works, that he deny his con tribution of $7,500 under oath. Mr. Brackett placed in the same category, Ryan Testimony Uncontradicted "The testimony of Allan Ryan is still to be considered." he continued. "It stands here without contradle Hon of any kind The defendant asked him to see Senator Root and hav members of this court solicited 'o vote in his interest, to dismiss the proceedings, failing that, to see Mr. Murphy for the same purpose, saving he would do whatever was right if be could be freed from the Impeachment proceedings. "This is the black evidence eonvu t ing him under article four. The thing urged by the defendant stands out In all its detestable lines He urged Morgenthau to perjure himself, he urged Peek to perjure nimseif, and declared his Intention of doing so and he urged Ryan to tamper with the court to the eud that he might be acquitted. nd through and over It all runs the foulest of crimes connected with the administration of justhe subornation subor-nation of perjury and an intention of the defendant himself to commit perjury. per-jury. God in heaven can more be required re-quired to convict tblfl defendant and Mm fmm li 1 hieh nlaee and forever disqualify him from association associa-tion with law abiding men? Record of Governor's D sgrace. "Knowing full well, appreciating to the utmost the disgrace and degrada i tion that must come upon this most i unhappy man by your verd1 t of guilty, guil-ty, I still beg you not to think you will mitigate his punishment by I Judgment of acquittal of the charges here proved. It will not be your action that will render him infamous tor all the future That future is already his before you speak If be fakes the wings of the morning and files to the uttermost parts of the earth, the record of his disgrace s there before him to meet and greet and abide with him "If this la6t and best attempt at self government under which we havt? rested In security in all the century and a third of our national life under which the state has beeu the leader of all the sisterhood that compose the republic if this shall fail at the point that we may not remove re-move from high office men confessed guilty of crime, then indeed are we of all men the most miserable "You alone can deliver U3 from the body of this death wretched men that we aro you alone can deliver us from the body of this death. Final Appeal to Court. "And so we leave this case, with all its vast Interests to the Interests! of all who love the state and are jealous for its honor and good fame In your hands; leave It with all that It means to the people and the future fu-ture Words fail me in the contem platlon of all that your decision mean? If i' ever pleases the Father of us all to guide His own hand, those engaged In the performance o the great publk duty, may that gutd ance be yours, this day, and may the declt m here rendered bear sure impress im-press that it comes from a wisdom thnt makelh judgments far above the twilight iudgment3 of this world " nn |