The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-19


/ Wagner appointed Senator'S Murtaugh
| and Brown a committee to escort
the justices Of the Court of Appeals
! into the chamber
An imposing spectacle they made, in
! their trailing black robes, as they tiled
into the big room, whose few gandy
red hangings served only to accentuate
it's bleakness. The Senators, arranged
in six ranks before the rostrum. rose
as If by common signal and the
spectators. confined to the narrow gal
leres and the corners of the floor,
sprang to their feet hurriedly.
The justices OF the Court OF APP
peals,' said Wagner, and the Senators
bowed low as cramped positions be-
hind desks permitted.
Despite the fact that the chamber
was crowded. every spectator could
hear his neighbours breathing when
| the presiding judge began to speak.
Court In Opened.
The Assembly of the State having
! presented articles OF impeachment
/ against William Sulzer. Governor OF
! the state" said Justice Cullen. the
president pro tempore, lin accordance
/ with the law, has summoned the SEN
ators OF the State and the judges of
the Court OF Appeals to convene at this
time and place as high court of i'm
parchment"
There being nothing startling In this
and breathed easily again. They seem
ed disappointed.
Justice Cullen instructed Clerk Nc
Cabe TO swear in the presiding Judge,
and the oath was administered to him
and his associates.
All went merrily till Senator Fraw-
ley appeared bulking large in the mid
die distance. Then ID. Cady Herrick
for Sulzer. hoped out of his seat and
issued a challenge.
Parker and Hcrrick stand Up.
Herrick announced that he was there
for the purpose OF making certain OBJ
iections. and had brief TO that effect.
which he would file. He asked further
that Frawley, whom he challenged.
stand aside until the other members
OF the court were sworn in, so that
arguments might be submitted. This
request Judge Cullen denied. although
he gave Herrick the right to make
protest later. Frawley was sworn, as
were Wagner, the president OF the
| Senate, and Sanner and Transporter. Of
the F'rawley Committee.
Justice Cullen disposed Of the matter
of admitting the three designated
judges by the statement that they were.
in his opinion. entitled to seats. He
asked any member who disagreed TO
stand up.
Judge Parker. for tho prosecution,
which was not especially pleased TO
nave 10 get an cNtr1 vote Tor COnNlC-
ton, instantly agreed. and Herrick,
for the defense, followed suit.
The managers OF the Assembly"
were then called.
Governor Does Not Respond
Mr.. Clerk. call the Governor" said
tho justice.
BuL tn. Governor did not appear. and
his lawyers declined to say anything
further than that they were there to
protest TO the whole affair. and could
take no part in 1t.
4 few minutes before / O'Clock, af-
ter the committee to draw the rules had
been appointed. the crier sounded the
closing cry of the court, and the mem
bers marched out.
Young Root Appears ms Counsel.
The ranks OF counsel for Governor
Sulzer were increased to-day with this
appearance OF Elihu Root ~. AS
ilni with the court. the Governors at
torncys of record arc, in addition to
Mr.. Root, II. Cady Herrick. Irving G..
Vann. Harvey ID. Ifinnan. Austen G.
Fox and James Gay Gordon Counsel
for the managers OF the Assembly are
Alton r. Parker. former judge of the
Court OF Appeals; John b. Stanchheld.
Edgar T. Bracket. Eugene Lamb
Richards. Isador j. Kressen. Hiram c.
Todd and Henderson Peck.
The proceedings to-day were con-
Quoted with great solemnity. Each
Senator. as he took the oath, standing
in the centre of the scmicircular space
between the Senator's desks and tho
dias. seemed to realize the unusual
significance OF the occasion. The re-
marks of counsel were couched In
formal terms. and each bowed low as
he arose to address the court Specta-
tors in the galleries watched the pro-
ceedings In silence Among them were
many women. In the police patrolled
corridors outside, hundreds OF disap-
pointed men and women clamored
threatened and pleaded for nm oppor-
tunity to catch Il GLIMPSE OF the his
tory-making tribunal.