TAMMANY'S TREASON: IMPEACHMENT OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM SULZER

by Forrest, J.; & Malcolm, J

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Albany, N.Y.:, 1913. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate, no card pocket (endpaper shows sign of removal) or spine marks/label; lacks 3/16-inch piece across top of spine; cover tips worn; otherwise, condition good.. index. With b&w full-pg. & in-text photos of politicians + newspaper political caricatures. Sulzer (1863-1941), 9-term U.S. Congressman; ran for Governor, backed by Tammany Hall boss C.F. Murphy. When elected, Sulzer denied patronage & `sweetheart' contracts to Murphy cronies, hence--target of Tammany retaliation; sanctimoniously charged with diverting campaign funds to his personal use, impeached, & removed from office. Details the machinations before, during, & after impeachment trial by the notoriously corrupt political machine. ||| WITH `Arguments of Edgar T. Brackett of Counsel for the Managers on the Impeachment Trial...' Albany, 1914. Tammany lawyer Brackett was Shocked--SHOCKED! by Sulzer's dishonesty!! ||| Together, 2 vols.