Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-10-23
GOV. sULzER mPEACHED.

Albany, N Y, Oct. 16.@Goyernor
William Sulzer was today found guilty
by the high court of impeachment On
three of the articles preferred against
him. They were articles Nos. one
two and four. He was declared inno-
cent of the charges contained in ar
ticle three.
tomorrow he will be removed from
ohlce, but not disqualified from holding
oDlce' In this state in the future .un-
less there is a substantial change in
the informal vote reported to have
paen taken by the court on these ques-
tons in secret session today.
For the same reason it was expected
that he will be found not guilty on the
otner four articles still remaining to
be voted on when the court adjourned
tonight.
Lieutenant Governor Martin HI.
Glynn, who has been acting governor
Size the impeachment of Sulzer. will
become chief executive of the state
HIS is an Albany newspaper owner.
Robert f. Wagner, a New York attor-
hey, will become lieutenant governor
He is the majority leader in the SEN
ate.
1n0 VOTE
The vote on articles one and two
was 80 TO Is, a bare two-thirds ma
Jorfty. The former article charges
that the governor falSifed his state
ment of campaign contributions the
latter charges that he committed r
jury in SO doing.
The e vote on article three,
which charges the governor tbribed
witnesses to withhold testimon% from
he Frawley investigating committee,
was unanimous in favor of the govern
or.
The vote on article four was 40 to
IA, six members changing their votes
on articles one and two from mot
guilty" to guilty an dtwo from
guilty" to mot guilty" This article
charges that the governor suppressed
evidence by means of threats to keep
witnesses from ~testifving before the
EFrawley committee. Among these was
Duncan w. Peck, state superintendent
Of nUblic works, who testified at the
trial that the governor had asked him
to commit perjury.
To Remove SuIzer.
The secret informal vote to remove
~ SOFOAA MI "oo 0OlO " DS To " +
the same as on article four, and the
vote not to ~disqualify hin was said tc
be unanimous.
Article six. which charges that the
governor committed larceny in specu-
airing with his campaign contributions
was said not to have been sustained
in the secret session by a vote of
fifty, declaring the governor mot
guilty" to sever against him.
Article five, which charges that he
prevented a particular witness, Fred
erick l.. Colwell, from attending the
sessions effhe FTawley committee;
article seven, that he threatened to
use his office and influence to affect the
vote or political action of certain as
semblymen, and article eight, that he
%corruptly used his influence to affect
the prices of securities on the stock
exchange, were reported also to have
been decided in favor of the governor
in the secret session by a practically
unanimous vote
Presiding Judge Edgar M. Cullen,
voted mot guilty" on every article and
rendered a long opinion in explaining
his votes. The other eight judges of
the court of appeals were divided. On
articles one and two Judge Willard
Bartlett, Emory A. Chase, and William
f. Werner, voted for the governor and
against him voted Judges Frederic
Collin, William III. Cuddeback, John w.
Hogan, Frank H. Hiscock, and Nathan
L. Miller, making a division among
them of five to four against the gov
ernor.
I'm orfin1o four TTIH~ar no~k1nkh
Chase and Werner changed their votes
from mot guilty to. guilty" and
Judges Hiscock and Miller changed
from guilty" to mot guilty" making
against him a division Of six to three
Cullen DiSagrees.
Presiding Judge Cullen held that
the&Sfenses charged in articles one
and two were not Improbable and
that the governor neither falsified his
statement under the provisions of the
election law, nor committed legal
perjury"
THE rule here contended for SAID
he, amounts in reality to an expost
facto disqualification from office for az
offense which had no such penalty
when committed without affording an
opportunity to show either repentance
or atonement. Men have committed
serious crimes, even felonies, and sub.
sequently attained high public posi-,
tions."
Practically every member of the
court explained his vote on article one
although those who voted in favor O.
the governor did not enter at Length
into a discussion of the merits of the
case or of the matters of law and pre-.