The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-13

debate with repetition of his declaration
of last night that he believed the assem-
bly, was without the pale of the constitu-
ticn in considering impeachment at an
extraordinary session not called for that
purpose.
Every act of Mr.. Sulzer with relation to
campaign funds brought out by the Fraw-
ley committee. Mr.. Hnman asserted in
his. opening speech, dated back to period
before the governor took his oath of Of
flee. Reference was made TO a resolution
adopted by the assembly in 1858, by which
it is declared that no official may be nl-
peached for any offense committed be-
fore taking office
1T may be- said Mr.. Hinman, that
the governor should not raise any tech
nicalities, but the members of the as
sembly owe it to themselves not to vio-
late the constitution In view of the
chaos now prevailing in our state we
have an opportunity of bringing those re-
sponsible to their senses by treating the
matter in dignifed and lofty manner.
clerk in police court could draw a
better Indictment than that which is pre-
sented for our consideration.
Should Make Investigation
IF we are TO consider ourselves as in
any sense a grand jury to bring the
articles of impea chment," continued Mr.
Hinman, "at least this body should have
its own committee make an investigation
What would you think of grand
jury that would bring an Indictment With
newspaper reports as its foundation
Respecting the governors silence under
criticism. Mr.. Hinman said it seemed to
him to be "a case of when silence is
golden-proba bly, the first time that he
has acted with dignity. Probably this
momentous action has chastened and So
bered him.
''It seems to me that we can do moth
ing that would reflect upon the dignity
of this house. if it has any dignity left
so much as by the adoption of this reso-
lution.''
Following Mr.. Hinman Assemblyman
Birnl1rant progressive, raised the point
that the proceedings were out of order
under section of the constitution. The
point was overruled by the chair.
Nobody is crucifying William Suzer. :"
shouted Assemblyman Cuyilliar, the next
speaker. HE has crucifed himself. II
he were impeached, he would not dare
go on the witness stand
I'VE don't want to impeach William
Sulzer. We would much prefer that he
come before the bar of this house and
explain these charges away-but he
can't"
To this Assemblyman Gibbs retorted:
Let not those men who have prepared
to sacrifice William Sulzer for their own
advantage put on cloak of hypocrisy
and shed crocodile tears, Everybody
knows that the reason Sulzer is being
demanded as a victim is that he had the
manhood to refuse to be tied to the
wheels of certain political chariot
Mr.. Gibbs added that in the history of
America no public official had been i'm
peached for offenses committed prior to
his taking office.
"Why impeach the governor If he has
committed a crime?" he asked Are
not our courts sufficient to deal with such
a matter? If the governor had been
guilty of murder prior to taking office he
could not be impeached therefor
1T will all come out why the New York
democratic organization has put itself
back of this affair. The men who are
trying to drive the governor out of
office are promoters of a vicious political
system. If they impeach the governor
they will at the same time impeach the
democratic party. Maybe they have done
so already"
Albany, N. Y, August 12.-The demo-
cratic organization. after marking time
all day, claimed to have the votes to
impeach Governor Sulzer at tonieht's s
meeting of the assembly, and planned to
put through the Levy resolution, laid
over from last night. with as little de-
lay as possible. Telegraphic commands
to absentees We're kept flowing over the
wires all day and bore fruit in the ar
rival of a squad of assemblymen from
New York city sufficient, in the opinion
of Majority Leader Levy, to make good
the lack of II votes necessary to inn
peach when the assembly was to have
met at II o'clock this morning
While deputy sergeants at arms hurried
through Albany with summons to COM
pei every assemblyman in the city to be
present tonight and self-appointed com
mttees met incoming trains, throng
eclipsing any that has stormed the
capitol in the memory of the Oldest
attendant poured through its stone
doorways. The galleries were packed as
seldom before, while hundreds of persons
were shut out when the doors were
locked. Many women We're among the
crowd
Unable to Handle Crowd
The capitol orderlles, unable to handle
the crowd In the corridors were hastily
reinforced by uniformed men from po-
lice headquarters. Admission to the cham
ber was by card only and hundreds of
persons bearing cards were turned away
Long before the hour before meeting
Indications were that the session would
be stormy and prolonged Minority
Leader Hinman. Assemblyman Schaap,
progressive leader: Louis Gibbs. independ-
ent democrat, and others. planned to fight