The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17


Moreanthau was unchallenged and
overwhelming. he declared
Judge Chase voted not guilty read
ing an opinion in which he held the
acts charged in article / were committed
before the governor took office
He said he had no doubt of the COVER
nors moral guilt but thought it un-
wise TO establish precedent contrary
to statutes.
Judge Collins voted guilty and an
nounced he would file his opinion
Judge Cuddebach declared a violation
by candidate of the corrupt practices
act reached into the office itself He
voted guilty. He filed his opinion.
Votes Not Guilty
Presiding Judge Cullen voted not guilty
He had prepared long opinion, which
treated articles /, 2 and together. He
said:
II am constrained to find.' said he
that the respondent did take advan-
tage of his nomination and candidacy
for office to seek to personally enrich
himself by diverting contributions which
he received for campaign purposes.
II find that the respondent knowingly
signed a false campaign statement And
find that he did verify this state
ment under oath, knowing 1t to be false
'I must, however, vote not guilty"
Speaking of article 6, the larceny
charge, Judge Cullen said:
The use of this money for his owr
private purse for political wards is moi
an offense, and I believe that he had
the legal right to use the money for any
purpose he saw fit. I do not think he
could be held guilty of larceny
When So members had voted the tally
stood:
Guilty, %: not guilty, 10.
Senator Palmer former clergyman
in voting not guilty. was the first OF
those who favored the governor to ex
plain his vote.
Il do not believe he said, that any
man should solicit a dollar for his elec.
ton, but this becomes to my mind q
matter of taste rather than morals To
my mind this is the matter of receiving
money from friends. In my opinion Gov
ernor Suzer did the one thing with thi:
money that made it's use moral-he KEEP
it, he salted it away"
Wagner Voted Guilty
Democratic Leader Wagner of the sen
ate voted guilty, explaining his actor
by reading at length from a prepared
opinion. He declared that the history O
the various constitutions of the stat,
showed that 1.-The trainers intended tina
impeachment should lie not only for ma
for corrupt acts anterior to Office
However, he continued, Il am con
vinced that articles one and two cit,
actual corrupt official acts for | can
not in my mind separate the acts of tn,
de facto governor from the acts of |
governor after his inauguration
Senator Walters voted guilty and an
nounced he would file an opinion.
Senator Wende voted not guilty, tn,
6ftaantb har rf ba in, 70
file an opinion.
alphabetical position of his name an,
talized. he realized that his vote was o
more value than his opinion However
he gave rather lengthy explanation o
his vote. He voted not guilty.
Senator Wheeler voted not guilty, an,
then to Senator White, democrat. fel
the duty of casting the vote of guilt,
which convicted Governor Sulzer of TIL
first article of Impeachment Neithe
made any explanation of their votes.
Senator Whitney then voted not guilty
Senator Wilson'S vote of guilty com
pleted the roll call.
Clerk McCabe then announced the re
suit; Guilty 49, not guilty 1S.
1t was decided to proceed with the bal
loting until o'clock, when adjournmen
would be taken until tomorrow morning
at 1890 1t was decided, however, if tn
hour arrived the vote would be com
pleted.
At the direction of Judge Cullen, Clerl