The Washington times., 1913-08-13

to 49, but the vote was close call for Tammany showing
that the organization still lacked three votes of the
ber necessary to impeach
MRS. SULZER CONFESSES IN TEARS.
Mrs. SuIzer had made formal statement early to-
day. and all that was known of her alleged connection
with the stock dealing charged against Suzer from
Palmer and the others who said they had heard it. It
said that Mrs Suzer tears made her confession to
Palmer but the Ulster senator refused to admit this.
The governors wife, goes the story, which has been
neither confirmed denied from the 'peope's house,
said that she handled much of Sulzers during his
campaign and did the Wall Street dealing She declared
that she deposited many of the checks that reached Suzr
during the campaign and that she appropriated of
the funds ''because the household needed money!
She said also that she responsible for the market
dealing with the brokerage firms named in the Frawey
committee evidence.
She is said to have explained the deals that Suzer, in
his brief to the Frawey charges said he
heard of, and Mrs. Suzer reported to have admitted
he knew nothing about them until she told him.
Friends of the governor frankly admitted they did
not know what to make of this eleventhhour attempt to
him. The Tammany assemblymen declared that they
put credence in the story attrbutng it solely to the
hasy act of loving wife, willing to make any sort of
rifce for her husbands sake.
After Humans motion for an adjournment was voted
down Levy then spoke for three solid hours killing time
until absentee could arrive from Brooklyn When final
ly the appeared there hasy arousng of sleep
and counting of noses and when the Tammany leaders
satisfied that they had the required majority hand
there rush to take the vote.
ROLL CALL BEGINS AT DAYBREAK.
Over the feeble protests of the minority the rocall
began at 506 At SIG it completed and William
Suzer stood mpeached He is not yet removed from office
however The appointment of Lieut.. Gov Martin H.
Gynn acting governor will until the inpeach
ment committee of the assembly formally reports the
charges against the governor to the senate which will sit
with the court of appeals as a court to try Sulzer
Following the adoption of the Levy resolution there
considerable debate about the procedure to be fol-
lowed the naming of committees and such matters and
than two hours elapsed before the formaes were
completed Finally the speaker named Assembymen Van
Woert, Cole, and Bradley a committee to notify the
senate of the impeachment The upper house not then
in session and the committeeman went to breakfast
speaker Asembmen Levy Dei Kelly DAILY and
the board of impeachment
assembly reconvene this
and the will be The expected
fire the opening in his defense.
governors shortly
after the today to receive from the assembly the
Impeachment likely friends of the gov
Immediately notification
upper that assembly
m impeached governor a o 0
prepare impeachment
senate once charges
having been repaired advance their
matcaly would suspend sulzer office
That the amey
Legislative
issuing
Albany.
mcay
should Sulzer decline possible
call the State protect
to explain
James
Fawe
shoulder governors
Iennessey chairman of
political and
Tammany s said o be apprenhensive.
RITTER CONTEST is CERTAIN