The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-12
TAMMANY DEFEATED
In THE FIRST ROUND
FAILED TO MUSTER ENOUGH VOTES TODAY
TO PASS LEVY RESOLUTION.
MAY FAIL IN IMPEACHMENT
Frawley Committee Reported Last Night Charging
- Sulzer With MaIfeasance in Office

ALBANY, Aug. 12.-Failing to mus.
ter enough votes to put through the
Levy resolution providing for the i'm
peachment of Governor William Sui
ger, Tammany leaders announced to-
day that there would be no attempt to
hold a session Of the legislature until
s O'clock tonight.
Sulzer Will Ignore Action.
Friends of Governor Sulzer stated
here today that he will ignore the
right of the special session of the as
sembly to impeach him and that if the
resolution providing for the impeach-
ment passes he will continue to issue
orders. If the resolution is adopted
this evening Lieut.. Gov. Glynn becomes
acting governor automatically. The
state faces the probability of two gov
ernors.
committee, charging Governor Sulzer
with having diverted campaign con-
tributions to his own private use, was
adopted by the legislature yesterday
and a resolution to impeach him for
"wilful and corrupt conduct in office
and for high crimes and misdemean-
ors" was offered in the assembly by
Majority Leader Levy.
The Frawley committee report and
the Levy resolution charge the gov
ernor with having falsified under oath
his campaign contribution account,
diverted some of the funds to his own
use for the purchase of stock, traded
executive approval of bills for sup
port of his direct primary measure,
and having done everything in his
power to obstruct the committees eff
forts to bring proof of his alleged mis-
conduct to light.
Great Fight On.
There was great display of oratory |
over the proposed impeachment and
a fight was carried on between friends |
of the governor and those favQring the |
adoption of the Frawley report. Re-
publican leader Hinman opposed snap |
judgment and declared that the legis- |
lature should read the evidence before
taking such an extreme course. He |
held the governor could not be i'm
peached for something that happened
prior to his assuming office and could
only be impeached for misconduct DUR
ing his administration. He declared
the assembly could not impeach the
governor while in extraordinary ses
sion unless called together for that
purpose.
Give Governor Chance.
Assemblyman Gibbs, democrat,
aroused the only applause of the eve
ming by asking Every man in the
house with red blood in his veins to
give the governor a chance.
Majority Leader Levy replied in a
speech lasting half an hour to the sug-
gestion for delay.
The vote on the question of adopts
ing the report after several prelimi-
nary skirmishes and rollcalls was IS
to 35.
Sixty-two democrats and three re-
publicans voted in favor of the mo- ,
tion OF the 35 members voting
against the motion 19 were democrats,
15 republicans and one progressive,
Schaap.
Hinman DenOunces Party Men.
Minority Leader Hinman, supported
by Assemblyman Gibbs, democrat, c
urged more delay. Gibbs turned to I b
face the majority leader and thundered g
his opinion of the assemblymen of his a
own party. p
III William Sulzer were the greatest d
wretch that ever crawled this EARTH" c
ae said, you are not giving him q
square deal. blush for my party and S
ts leadership to have to say so.' III
Would Punish Dummies. u
Ine adOptlOn OF the report carried !,
With it a recommendation that Louis =
l. Sarecky and Frederick L. Colwell, :,
Who refused to answer certain ques-
ions propounded by the committees
ounsel, be held in contempt of the leg
stature and punished. Sarecky and 81
;olwell are characterized in the report CT
s Governor Sulzer's dummies. Ifr
Never in the history of the state has in
er chief executive been impeached n,
After introducing his resolution to to
npeach Assemblyman Levy asked that N,
ts consideration be postponed until Ito
oday. This motion was opposed by ps
1inority Leader Hinman, who had be
the governors cause, and
y Assemblyman Schapp, leader of the re
Both Hinman and Schapp hs