The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
SULzER SUFFERS FROM
HARDEST BLOW YET STRUCK

extreme In announcing this to the
the high court of Impeachment, At
torney Louis Marshall said: we
want this court to say for all time
that bare majority of the assembly
cannot be brought together in secret
in an atmosphere supercharged with
hatred, prejudice and malice to cons
coct under the knout of the despots
and under the cover of darkness. arte
icles of impeachment against an of<
fetal who is hated because he is not
subservient,"
This is the exact position OF the
Sulzer lawyers, most of whom as az
matter of fact have personally been
unalterably opposed to the elected
governor. They care nothing about
his fate but they have rallied to his
support because they believe he was
Illegally impeached sulzer, himself.
realizing that principle is at stake.
has acquiesced in their will.
Had Sulzer had his way, he would
have appeared in the senate chamber
in the presence of the high court and
defiantly proclaimed his innocence
He still wants to appear He has told
Judge Herrick that he is afraid that
an imputation of cowardice viii be
attached to his failure to enter the
court room. But Herrick and other
lawyers associated with him are
adamant In demanding he stay away
from court until the final mandate is
ready for announcement, Then Sulger
has told his friends whether the YER
dict is favorable or whether 1T robs
him of all fruits of years Of fighting.
he will accept It and will continue
his fight, on bossism. The court
will reconvene Monday afternoon.
They will continue probably until
Wednesday They probably will ba
defeated all along the line Privately
the lawyers say they fear this out
come. If they are, then there will be
nothing to do but get ready to com.
bat the allegation Of prosecution.
Il have no more idea of resignina
Z than have of committing hari kari.
j, declared Governor Sulzer tonight in
!. answer to- 1nsny rumors That rave
been circulated for the past few days
The governors counsel was oppos
ed to his making any reply to the
rumors and strongly urged that he re-
main silent until the time arrived for
him to mako his statement before the
I impeachment court Sulzer argued
h with them, however, and tonight gava
out formal statement, preceded by
the oral declaration that he would
not resign which was made with the
greatest emphasis The formal state
, ment follows:
.T have been advised by my counsel
not to make any statement or do any
4 talking but have got to have my way
in one thing. I am not going to re-
sign and 7 have no thought OF doing
so. The stories that | am are circu-
lated for political effect and no one
better than their authors know their
| utter falsity."
Counsel for Sulzer and his secretary
, Chester C. Platt took special pains to-
Sulzer had abdicated and recognized
Lieutenant Governor Glynn as acting
governor of the state. Glynn and prac.
tically all other state officials accept,
ed the action Of Sulzer In turning over
| certain extradition papers to Glynn
as a surrender of his Claim to execu.
tive rights In this Attorney Cady
Herrick, Suffers counsel, states, how.
, ever action does not indicate surren.
der "The ruling of a justice has
brought out that sulzer has not active
, powers at this time said Herrick
i because it is the only court ruling
s of record in the case. 1t was only
, recognized, however, pending revers.
J al" Herrick declared