The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-10-16
CONVICTION OF MR..
SULzER SEEMS
ASSURED
Final Vote Will Probably Be
Taken at 5 O'clock
GOVERNORS FRIENDS BEATEN
Tammany Seems to Have More
Than the Two Thirds Majority
Required to Convict.

Albany, Oct. 6.-Governor William
Sulze-s conviction and removal
from Office will probably be compiet
ed late this afternoon. Those around
the capital consider this result GER
tain.
The court of impeachment has
been sitting behind closed doors all
day and at o'clock took an hours
recess. There are only rumors OF
The proceedings.
It is stated, however, that he
Tammany forces have more than the
required two-thirds majority on all
questions except debarring the ac-
cused from citizenship and future
Office holding.
Several roll calls are said to, have
been taken with the vote against
Sulzer of from So to Al. 1t requires
IS votes to convict.
The final vote will be in open
session and the leaders say it will
be reached about o'clock.
Albany, n. Y, Oct. 16.--lt is likely
that the fate of Gov. Sulzer VIII be
known by tonight The high court
of impeachment adjourned last night
with its deliberations unfinished, but
II was said that the final vote PROB
ably would be taken at an open SEES
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sion this afternoon. No Official IN
formation of this report could be OBJ
tanned. however, as all the delibera-
lions ot the court yesterday were
held in secret behind closely-guarded
doors, the windows of which were
covered with newspapers. No record
OF the proceedings was kept and a
ban of silence has been placed on
members OF the tribunal.
When adjournment was taken,
soon after I o'clock last night. two
hours beyond the usual time, the
udges filed out under guard and the
senator's hurried from the chamber
to the streets instead OF remaining
to discuss the case, as has been
their wont.
There was an insistent rumor that
the case had progressed so far as TO
have reached an informal vote on
the gilt or innocence of the COVER
nor on the first article OF the i'm
parchment. This article charges the
governor with classifying his cam
paign statement. The names OF on
" 30 of the 81 members OF the court
had been called when 1t was decided
to adjourn. it was announced. Each
member, it was said was given an
opportunity to express his opinion
ON the merits of the article, and the
same procedure will be followed al
the open session this afternoon. 1t
was reported that practically all the
members took the opportunity to
present their views yesterday and
that one senator who is favorable TO
the governor consumed nearly an
hour.
None OF the reports in circulation
gave indication of whether the ques-
ton as to the impeachability of the
offenses charged in article /, and
6. known as the money articles. "
had been formally taken up by the
court. 1t had been assumed that
the motion OF the defense to strike
out these articles would be disposed
of before taking the informal vote.
but it was said that the procedure
adopted called for a discussion OF
the impeachability OF the offense in
connection with this vote. Each
member. it was understood, would
be given the privilege Of changing
his informal vote at the public ses-
sion this afternoon.
The question as to whether article
of the impeachment charges
should be amended TO include the
testimony OF Duncan w. Peck and
Henry l.. Morganthau. or whether
the Assembly should be asked TO
bring an additional article covering
the offenses alleged in this testi-
mony. was decided yesterday, when
the court voted to admit the Peck
testimony into the article as it now
stands. The decision was annOunc-
ed at a brief public session held in
the afternoon after the court had de-
liberated FIVE hours. Il was rumored
that the decision wassreached by a
vote Of Al to is. Previous to that.
there had been a long discussion, IL
was said. on the motion to send the
testimony to the Assembly. This
motion. IL was said. was defeated by
a vote Of as 10 II. According TO the
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