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SljlzER REFUSES
TO QUIT OFFICE
Claims Impeachment Proceed
ings Are Illegal.
MILL APPEAL TO COURTS
New York Governor Will Resist Re.
movaI by Use of Livery Weapon In
His Power

New York Governor Will Resist Re.
movaI by Use Of Livery Weapon In
His Power"
Albany, N. Y, Aug. 14.-Governor
William Sulzer, impeached by the as.
sembly of the New York legislatures.
will resist removal from Office, refuse
to recognize Lieutenant Governor;
Glynn as acting governor and use
every weapon in his power to retain
his office, before, during and after his
trial for impeachment, regardless OF
the verdict.
If Sulzer is deposed Glynn automati-
of resistance to the effort to GUST him
embraces an appeal to the courts
when such may become necessary
probably through mandamus proceed
ings. He intends to attempt to exer-s
else all the functions of governor inr
Guiding the pardon right if desirable,t
so long as he remains within the state
during the remainder of his term Or
until stopped by the courts.
In short, Governor SulZer will re-
fuse to recognize the impeachmenti
proceedings. and may refuse to appear
before the court of impeachment for
trial He bases his program chiefly on
the ground that the assembly had no
constitutional right to consider inn
reachment at it's extraordinary ses-j
sion.
AS a part of his program, Governor
Sulzer will continue to issue instruc-
tions to state troops and the naval mil
itia as commander-in-chief, to thes
heads of the various state depart
ments under his direction and will at
tempt to occupy the executive cham
Der daily.
The following statement was made
by Lieutenant Governor Glynn: II do
not intend to enter into any physical
contest with Mr. Sulzer over the Of
fee of governor. AS far as l am con-
cerned there will be no circus or mill
tary maneuvers about occupying the
executive chamber. The law is SUI
preme''
The lieutenant governors brlef
statement was issued in response to
reports circulated through the corri-
dors of the capitol that he was pre-
pared to resort to force, if necessary,
to press what his friends regarded as
his just claim to the governorship.
There was no dearth of such re-
ports. One was to the effect that GOV
ernor Sulzer, as last recourse, mi&f
ssaesssfe fraops f6 protec -
continuing his funcrIons as gUSefnot.sa]
Monday, Sept %, was made q tenfar
tive selection for the date for trying
the governor on the impeachment
charges. This selection, subject 10
change, was reached at a conference
bv Senator Wagner. president pro tenn.
of the senate and Judges of the court
of appeals, who will sit with the SEN
ate as the trial court.
It is contended by Sulzers oppon-
ents that the acceptance of the arti-
cles of impeachment by the senate
automatically suspends the oVernor
from the functions of his office. 1t is
this stake of the impeachment that
brought forth the declaration OF Sui
zers intention to fight against re-
moval.
Governor Sulzer was impeached OF
high crimes and misdemeanors IN dl-
yerting campaign funds to his own
use by the Democratic majority in the
assembly. The vote was 79 to As, and
came after an all-night session, and
after the governors wife had made an
eleventh hour effort to save him at the
risk of sacrificing her own reputation
by taking the blame herself Of using
the checks in question for stock spec
ulation in her husbands name.
The formal notification that the as
sembly had voted to impeach the gov
ernor was presented to the senate by
a committee of the assembly. The ma
jority leader Senator Wagner. assured
the committee that proper action"
would be taken.
The fact that the various state de-
partments and bureaus are divided in
their allegiance to the executive and
the Democratic organization which Is,
seeking to depose him, stimulates In
terest in the complicated situation.
The possibility of two men endeavor-
ing to discharge the functions OF the
chief executive at the same time sug-
gests a chaotic condition that the
courts alone would have power to deal
with.