The Irish standard., 1913-08-16
TRIAL OF SULzER
SET FOR SEPT. IS
eTATE OF NEW YORK NOW HAS
TWO CONTRASTING EXEC
4. UTIvES.
suLzER FIGHTS FOR OFFICE
Lieutenant Governor Says He Will
Assume Duties az Chief Of State
Mrs. SuIzer Breaks Down
=. - Under the Strain.

Albany, N. Y. Aug. 14.-With Gov
ernor Sulzer impeached by the New
York assembly and the date CT h;1
trial before the senate and the judg.
es OF the court Of appeals fixed for
Sept. Is, the spectacle is presented
of two men claiming to be governor
OF the state Of New York.
AS soon rs the articles of impeach.
ment were presented to the assem-.
bly,, Lieutenant Governor Martin H.
Glynn announced his intention of oc.
: cupying the executive chamber.
suIzer to Fight.
Friends Of Governor Sulzer declar
ed that the governor intended to con.
tinue in Office and would use every
weapon in his power to maintain his
position on the ground that the as.
sembly had no constitutional right
to consider Impeachment at it's ex.
traordinary session.
Some asserted that the governor
would summon military protect' i, il
necessary, to prevent the lieutenant
governor from occupying the execu.
tive chamber.
Judge Cady D. Herrick, who will
act as chief counsel for the governor
at his trial. said that the governor
would meet the charges against him
. in an orderly and quiet way and will
do nothing unbecoming the dignity OF
the state.
"He will engage in no physical
scramble to exert his rights to dis.
charge the functions of the office OF
governor"
No Definite Statement.
The lieutenant governor would not
Indicate what action he proposes to
take except to say that there would
= be mo circus or military maneuvere
about occupying the executive cham.
bers; the law is supreme"
The inaction Of Lieutenant Cover.
nor Glynn in the matter was in the
face of arguments given expression
both in the senate and in the Assem-.
bly, that at the moment the articles
Of Impeachment were presented to the
senate Governor Sulzer automatically
ceased to be the chief executive, This
'-contention--was. based on an article
In the constitution which says that
Tin case Of impeachment of the gov
ernor the powers and duties
of the Office shall devolve upon the
lieutenant Office
It was held by the majority leaders
that the word Impeachment" CORE
sponded with the word Indictment
In a criminal trial and that, therefore
in the meaning Of the law, the gov
ernor already stood impeached, al
fore, not now eligible to hold his Of
fee.
These arguments were placed be
fore the lieutenant governor by the
Democratic leaders, but, nevertheless
Governol Sulzer was not molested.
Upon leaving the executive cham
Der the governor went for an auto
mobile ride and then returned to the
executive mansion. where he was in
consultation until late hour with his
advisers:
Mrs. suIzer coIIapses.
Albany, N. Y.-MrB. suffers COn01
ton became so serious that Governor
Sulzer wired to New York for a spe
cialist on nervous diseases.
The governor then told his advis
ers, 1t was said by those who claimed
to have knowledge of what occurred
at the night conference, that under
no circumstances would he allow Mrs
6ulzer to testify at the trial.
It was said, on the other hand, thai
Mrs. Sulzer insisted historically thai
she be allowed to testify in her hus
bands behalf.