Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-23
SULzER CONVICTED
ON THREE COUNTS
Guilty of FaISifying Campaign
Funds and Perjury.
is ACQUITTED OF BRIBERY
Four Other Charges Probably Will Be
cuashed Against New Works. Gov
ernor-Glynn Now Executive
of State.

Albany, n. Y, Oct. 1S-GoyeTnor
William SuIzer was convicted on
Thursday By the high court of i'm
parchment on three counts. The final
vote was 80 to is. He was declared in
nocent Of the charges contained in ar
ticle 3.
For some reason it was expected he
win be found not guilty on the other
four articles still remaining to be
voted upon when the court adjourned.
Lieut.. Gov Martin H. Glynn, who
has been acting governor since the i'm
parchment of Sulzer, will become chief
executive of the state. He is an Al
bany newspaper owner. Robert T.
Wagner. a New York attorney, win be
come lieutenant governor. He is the
majority leader in the senate.
The vote on articles l and 2 was
88 to Is, a bare two-thirds majority.
The former article charges that the
governor faIsified his statement of
campaign contributions; the latter
that he committed perjury In so do
ing.
The vote on article 3. which charges
the governor bribed witnesses to with
hold testimony from the Frawley in
Vestigating committee, was unanimous
In favor of the governor.
The vote on article I was 43 to IA,
six members changing their votes on
articles / and from not guilty" to
guilty and two from guilty to not
guilty" This article charges that the
governor suppressed evidence by
means Of threats to keep witnesses
from testifying before the Frawley
committee Among these was Duncan
W Peck, state superintendent Of pub
Tic works, who testified at the trial
that the governor had asked him to
commit perjury.
The secret informal vote to remove
the governor was said to be 43 to IA,
the same as on article 4, and the vote
not to disquaiify him was said to be
unanimous
Article s, which charges that the
governor committed larceny in specu-
Iating with his campaign contribu-
tions. was said not to have been sus-
tanned in the secret session by a vote
of fifty declaring the governor not
guilty, to seven against him.
Article 6, which charges he prevent
cd a particular witness. Frederick L.
CclwelI, from attending the sessions of
the FraWley committee; article Z, that
he threatened to use his office and in
nuence to affect the vote or political
action of certain assmblymen, and ar
ticle 8. that he cOrruptly used his in
tn he
ties on the stock exchange, were re
ported also to have been decided in
favor of the governor in the secret SEES
sion by a practically unanimous vote
Presiding Judge Edgar NJ Cullen,
who will shortly retire from the bench.
voted mot guilty" on every article and
rendered a long opinion in explaining
ais votes. The eight other judges of
the court of appeals were divided. On
articles ! and Judge Willard Bart
lett, Emory A. Chase and William E
Werner voted for the governor. and
against him voted Judges Frederick
Collin. William H. Cuddebach. John w
Hogan. Frank H. Hiscock and Nathan
L. Miller, making a division among
them of TO 4 against the governor.
On article 4 Judges Bartlett, Chase
and Werner changed their votes from
not guilty" to guilty" and Judges
Hiscock and Miller changed from
guilty" TO mot guilty" making against
him a division of to 3.
According to the plan under consid-
Grafton. the other four counts will be
quashed. although some of the sena-
torial judges, responding to the i'm
placable determination OF Tammany
hall to mete out to Mr.. Sulzer the full
est punishment possible to impose.
may ask for vote on at least one Of
the remaining articles when the court
convenes
The plans for imposing the formal
sentence upon Mr.. SulzeT made it pos
sible for his only appearance before
the high court OF Impeachment when
the procedure has reached the stage of
voting for his actual removal Not
once since the proceedings were be
gun against him a month ago has Mr.
SuIzer even been in the capitol build
3ng He declined to take advantage OF
the opportunity to appear as a witness
sn his own behalf.