The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-13

Gas face BATH leaves no trace
Adv.
by filing of charges. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Glinn declined to take any hand
In the controversy. He said it would
have to be settled by the senate.
That Governor Sulzer will decline to
step out is regarded as certain and
| 1t is equally certain that the Tammany
majority will declare CHM acting
governor Immediately. 1t is believed
that Sulzer will decline to surrender
the executive Office and the seal. and
some Of the more radical sulzer par
ticians declared the governor would
call out the militia to aid him. Gov
ernor Sulzer took the news OF his
impeachment with calmness and went
to bed Immediately after he learned
the Levy resolution had passed. His
only statement was that he will fight
the Impeachment by applying to the
fsupreme court for an order restrain
ing further proceedings. He said he
Will carry the case to the United
States court OF appeals. The COVER
nor and wife remained up all night
at the Peoples House. receiving the
news of the fight. The court OF i'm
parchment that will try Sulzer will
consist Of the senate and court Of
appeals. The judges Of the court of
appeals are Chief Judge Edgar M.
cullen; Associates John Clinton Gray.
VIM. 3. Werner. Willard Bartlett,
Frank H. Hiscock, Emory A. Chase,
Frederick Collins. VIM. H. Cuddeback,
John w. Hogan and Nathan l.. Miller.
The Charges.
ALBANY, N. Y. Aug. 13.-The COM
mittee appointed by the assembly to
i prepare the article of impeachment
i against Governor Sulzer appeared at
i the capital shortly before noon today
j bringing with them the formal charge
Il against the governor, set forth In 1000
words which they were prepared to
give to the senate as soon as the up.
Il per house convened and as soon as
the notification committee OF the as
sembly could formally inform the SEN
ate that the governor had been i'm
peached.
The charges aginst Governor Sulzer
follow closely the report OF the Fraw-
ley committee and wholly ignore the
reported confession Of Mrs. Sulzer, by
accusing Sulzer of the stock market
transactions for which Mrs Sulzer
said she was responsible. The article
contains nothing that was not brought
out in the Frawley committee report
and sets forth first that Governor Sui
ger filed false statement OF contribu-
lions to his campaign fund to 1.-The
great scandal and reproach OF the
state" They assert that Sulzer did not
enumerate all of the contributions he
received and was guilty OF misdemean-
or thereby They declare that Sulzer
was guilty of felony In inducing
Louis A. Sarecky Frederick L. Colwell
and Melville B. Fuller not to testify be.
fore the Frawley committee.
The governor is further charged
with converting campaign funds to his
own use. Also he used threats and
promises to obtain votes, 1t was
charged. Further the governor is
charged with using his Office to effect
prices on the stock market The SEN
ate was scheduled to meet at II
o'clock but ha dnot convened at noon
It was said that the session would be
called to order about 3 o'clock p. m.
"lt's Elmo Breeze"
ALBANY. N. Y, Aug. 13-After a
few hours sleep, Governor Sulzer
walked over to the capitol today with
/, Samuel Bell Thomas, New York
friend. The governor pulled vigorous
lily on big black cigar and waited
patiently on the c.1 itol steps while
half a dozen photographers worked
their instruments rapidly.
It's fine breeze" the governor re-
marked to the newspaper men who
wanted his views on the situation. It
was learned however, that the gov
,iernor was prepared to test their ques-
; ton as to who is governor in the
courts. One Of the plans suggested
was for him to sign pardon after
Lieutenant Glinn takes charge. The
warden OF the prison would refuse to
recognize the pardon and the case
could then be tested by securing a
writ of habeas corpus.
1T will be fight to finish. The
assembly is the graveyard OF Tam
many hall. 1t can never survive what
: was done today /" said Thomas. who is
one of Suffers legal advisors, and
former judge. He was joined by
Lynn j. Arnold. Chester c. Plat,
the governors secretary, said: "The
governor presents his compliments to
/ the newspaper men and wishes me