The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-16
Members of Impeachment
Court i'm Secret Session
Ballot in Favor of the Gov
ernOr's Removal.
THE VOTE STOOD 43 TO IA
Proposal to Disqualify Him Is
Lost Unanimously.
Every Article of Impeachment
Is Voted on Separately.
NUMBERS |, II, VI And " UPHELD
The Three First Relate to His
Financial Transactions.
Start on Final Vote to Be Made
This Afternoon.
Proposal to Disqualify Him Is
Lost Unanimously.
Every Article of Impeachment
Is Voted on Separately.
NUMBERS |, II, VI and " UPHELD
The Three First Relate to HIS
Financial Transactions.
Start on Final Vote to Be Made
This Afternoon.

Albany. Oct. 16.-The court of i'm
peachment which is trying William Sui
ger, adjourned shortly after l O'CLOCK
today to meet again at O'Clock thls
afternoon at which time it was an
nounced. a start would be made on the
final vote to determine the guilt or IN
nocence of the governor.
1t was reported that the court Voteu
Informally in its secret session TINS
morning to remove the governor from
office nv a ballot of 43 to IA. \ vote
70 disoualify him from ever holding
another office under the state was lost
it was said.
There was not single vote favor
ab1e to his disqualification it was re-
ported. Every article of impeachment
was voted upon separately according
TO the news that leaked from the court
room and not all of them were sus-
tanned. Those on which the governor
was reported to have been held guilty
were articles l, 2, and of the I'M
peachment charges. The hrst three q.
the money articles having to do with
the alleged Justification of the COVER
nor's campaign statement and the mis-
us of campaign contributions
Article 4, relates to the suppression
of evidence by the governor before the
Frawley commission, including the tes-
timony of Duncan w Peck, super1n-
tendent of public works. The eight ar
ticles are in substance as follows:
Articles of Impeachment.
Article THAT Governor Sulzer
filed with the secretary of state false
statement of his receipts and other
monetary transactions involved in his
Article 2-That he committed per-
Jury in his statement to the secretary
of state relative to receipts and ex-
penditures.
Article 3-That he bribed witnesses
to withhold testimony from the legisla-
tive committee which investigated his
campaign expenditures and receipts.
Article 4-That he suppressed evil
dence by means of threats to keep wit
nesses from testifying before the legis-
lative Investigating committee
Article 5-That he prevented and
dissuaded a particular witness, Fred
erick L. Colwell. from attending under
subpoena the session of the investigat-
ing committee.
article 6-That he committed lar
ceny in speculating in stocks with
money and checks contributed for his
campaign.
Article THAT he threatened to
use his office and influence to affect
the vote or political action of certain
public officers.
Article S-That while governor he
corruptly used his authority or in
fuence to affect the current prices of
securities on the New York stock ex-
change in some of which securities he
was at the time interested"
1t was reported that the following
members of the court voted in favor
of finding the governor not guilty and
against removing him: Presiding
Judge Edgar NJ. Cullen and Senators
James F. Duhamel, independence
League; James A. Egerson, Republi-
can; Seth G. Heacock, Republicans:
John w. Mcknight, Democrat; Thorn
as O'Keefe. Democrat: Abraham j.
Palmer. Republican and Progressive;
William H. Peckham, Democrat: John
Seeley. Democrat; John D. Stivers
Republican: Ralph W. Thomas Re
publican; Gottfied H. Wende. Demo-
crat; Clayton L. Wheeler, Democrat
and George H. Whitney Republican
How They Voted.
The judges and senators filed into
the senate chamber at six minutes
after three. At that time the CALLER
les were crowded with spectators and
many thronged the corridors who were
unable to gain admittance. The roll
call showed that all the 81 members
of the court were present. Governor
Sulzer was not present but was rem
resented by his attorneys
Clerk Patrick E. McCabe read ar
ticle l. Senator Argtsinger, the first
members of the court. voted guilty.
4 find the acts of the respondent
before January l so inextricably com
bined with his acts after January / that
1 am unable to divorce them. There
fore, I vote guilty"
Judge Bartlett. next on the list
asked permission to file a written ex-
planation of his negative vote In a
brief verbal explanation. however, he
said he could see no connection be-
tween the governors election cam
paign statement and his acts while a
governor.
Il do not find that he is guilty of
corrupt misconduct in Office and vote
no. he said
Senator Blauvelt voted THE re-
spondent morally unfit to occupy the
office of governor and guilty of all the
acts charged in article l.
Senator Elon r. Brown, RepubIicap n
leader of the senate, voted guilty. He
referred to differences he had had with
the governor but declared that no mo-
tives of revenge could be attributed
either to himself or any other mem
bers of the court in the face of the
oath taken to administer justice SEN
ator Brown asserted that ION account