The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
IN CONSULTATION
WITH ADVISERS

| Upon leaving the executive chamber
the governor went for a short auto
mobile ride and then returned to the
executive mansion, where he was in
consultation until late hour with his
advisers.
Besides d. Cady Herrick 1T was an
| nounced that his attorneys at the trial
would be Irving G. Vann of Syracuse.
Louis Marshall and Austen G. Fox of
New York, Harvey d. Hinman of Bing-
hamton, Virgil Kellogg of Watertown
and Judge James Gay Gordon of Phil
adelphia. All seven are expected to
confer here tomorrow regarding prep
aration of the governors defense.
Judge Herric5 and Mr., Marshall were
among those at the home of the gov
ernor tonight, where the lights burned
| late.
Governor Sulzer was impeached at 5:ls
O'Clock this morning by the democratic
majority in the assembly of the New
York legislature. The vote. 70 to 45. 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.
Spar for Some Time
Organization leaders who had spared
for time all night in the fear
that their programme of impeachment
would get them In a plight welcomed
the newcomers arrivals TO the legislative
hall tumultuously summoned from New
York during the early hours and assured
OF victory by their presence started a
rapid fire of legislation with the adop-
ton of the impeach resolution.
Long articles of impeachment embrace
ing the findings OF the Frawley investi-
eating committees in substance lay ready
for presentation on the desk of demo-
cratic Leader Levy long hours before at
tested to by the call of the roll.
Recess Taken
After the adoption of this resolution
and the creation of committee headed
by Mr.. Levy to prepare the articles, a
recess was taken until IL O'Clock.
Mr.. Levy and his associates went
Tough the formality of retiring to re-
appear within an hour and sent the ar
ticles to the speakers desk with a re-
quest that they be passed
A committee was appointed then to ac-
quaint the senate with the assemblys s
deliberations at the meeting of the senate
This was explained by the majority lead
er who declared that with the presenta-
ton of, the senate of the articles of inn
peachment William Sulzer automatically
would cease to be governor and Martin IL
Glynn lieutenant governor. would as
sumo his office.
MI. culIoI idWytTS entertain an en-
tirely different view.
After the adoption of the articles of
impeachment the assembly's members
quickly passed a resolution appointing
nine managers to conduct the impeach-
ment proceedings on behalf OF the lower
house.
The managers are under the chairman
ship of Assemblyman Levy and include
five other New York city democrats.
rrharaa tho hQad of
ished business" the assembly took up
consideration of several bills adopted at
the present session and vetoed by the
governor.
With a roll call that moved swiftly and
without any hitch the first of the bills
was passed over the governors veto.
Many members had been slumbering In
their seats during the tedious hours of
the prolonged debate.
Members Slept
By the time the first bill had been
passed there were audible sounds of deep
and labored breathing in some of the
members chairs
Speaker Smith, leaning forward. swept
with his heavy eyes rows of men with
their heads on their chests and their
eyes closed
"A number of the members, I take II.
are asleep in their chairs he said thun-
deringly. He brought his gavel down
with resounding whack on his desk
Members will please answer when their
names are called out"
More thumps Of the gavel aroused the
warehouse of sleeping members momen-
tarily and the assembly took up another
bill which Governor Sulzer had vetoed
With this out of the way the assembly
adjourned at 1880 o'clock to meet again
at IL o'clock.
Two hundred spectators. all who were
left of a throng that surged In over
whelming numbers through the capitol
during the night, walked out of the as
sembly chamber with the legislators.
The heaviest guard of uniformed police
ever sent into the capitol. each armed
with night stick and revolver, walked
out also. leaving the assembly chamber
to solitude
In the executive mansion where Mrs.
Sulzer made last night what her friends
call her confession to save her husband
and where Governor Sulzer sat till almost
dawn waiting the verdict from the bright
" lighted chamber i've minutes walk