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Show oo SULZER WILL FIGHT AGAINST REMOVAL; Albany. X. Y . Aug. 10 Articles of impeachment decluring Governor Sulzer unfit to hold office of trust In, New York state, were drafted today to-day by legislative lenders in conference confer-ence with Eugene Lamb Richards, counsel for the FYawley committee at Saratoga. Governor Sulx.er will exert every possible force in resisting removal, and as bis first move will Issue a statement tomorrow answering charges before the P'rawley committee. commit-tee. Louis Marshall, the governors chief adviser, stayed at the executive mansion tonight The Krawley committee has split on the advisability of bringing impeachment im-peachment proceedings The ma-jorlty ma-jorlty favors Impeachment, and the committee report will carry that recommendation, rec-ommendation, but the minority advocates ad-vocates prosecution with no action by the legislature. These were the developments In the scandal involving the governors alleged misuse of part of his campaign cam-paign funds In Wall street stock gambling. The split In the committee was significant sig-nificant the minority claiming that impeachment would fall because under un-der Sulzers call for tho special session ses-sion of the legislature no mention was made of the Inquiry, and therefore there-fore the Frawley committee 1b Illegal Il-legal After a long conference tonlgh' with some of his close political advisers ad-visers Governor Sulzer Issued a short statement denying absolutely that he ever used campaign funds for specu-1 latlve purposes He says he never heard of the stock brokerage firms Of Fuller & Gray and Boyer & Grls-WOld, Grls-WOld, alleged transactions with whom, figured largely in the testimony before be-fore th ETrawlely legislative committee, commit-tee, until these names were brought out before the commit' re The governor admits he did apply certain campaign contributions to his personal use. but adds that he made the amount good He also admits having transactions with the stock brokerage firm of Harris A Harris, i but Insists that his account with this firm was not speculative and consisted con-sisted of a loan on stock and collateral. col-lateral. He denies that he ever speculated in Wall street The statement ,was given out by Chester C. Piatt, the governor's secretary- Among those present .it Hi.-conference Hi.-conference were Louis Marshall John Hennessy, Louis A. Sarecky and Mr Piatt |
