The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-08-16
IMPEACHMENT OF GOVERNOR.

4 The New York legislature by q
vote Of IS TO 40. has decided TO i'm
peach Governor Sulzer. II was not
without hard struggle that the ma
jority vote was secured. for many
members had to be urged to come
TO the session and twenty-six stayed
away. II was no pleasant task, ex.
copt, perhaps. for those who have
steadily contended from the first to
Dust the governor. The case looked
bad for him from every side. for he
seemed to be reticcnt about offering
an answer 10 the charges of falsify-
ing In his report to the secretary o.
state, about the total of contributions
TO his campaign fund. and that he
used some Of such contributions to
speculate in stocks. II is reported
today that Mrs. Sulzer took the
blame OF the charges upon herself,
stating that whatever was attributed
to her huband in this matter was
done by herself, independent of him,
she even signing his name to checks,
as had been her custom in times
past in other transactions. Some re-
gard the governors reticence about
replying to the charges, to a natural
desire to save his wife from the seri-
GUS embarrassment which the pub
licity had brought out. Whether or
nos this fact had any effect upon the
vote in the assembly Is not known
at this time, but the vote was far
from unanimous for Impeachment
It was only four majority In a
vote of 124, which lacked 26 of the
total representation of the state as
scmbly. The question became politl-
cal as the agitation continued, and
the Republicans were confronted by
the condition of having Lieutenant
Governor Glynn for governor, much
to their dislike because of his affilia-
ton with the Democratic faction
which the Republicans hoped to keep
out Of power 1t must seem unusual
to MOTT people that only bare ma.
nf 10 ma tn Inn .,,la
the executive OF a state, but impeach-
ment proceedings are rare and only
three governors have been removed
from their office under impeachment
proceedings In two hundred and
twenty-four years. The first one so
removed from office was Seth Sotell.
of North Carolina. 1859; the next one
removed from office was William w.
Holden of North Carolina. who was
impeached in 1870. The third one
was David Butler, of Nebraska, In
1871.
Impeachment proceedings were
taken against Charles Robinson of
Kansas, in 1862, he was acquitted;
against Harrison Reed of Florida in
1865. charges dropped: Powell Clay
ton. Arkansas, 1871. charges drop
ped; Henry e. Yarmouth OF Louisi.
ana, 1872, term expired and charges
dropped; Adelbert Ames, Mississippi
1876, resigned, The instance of trial
- pres \ent on impeachment pro-
eeedings occurred in 1868, when
President Andrew Johnson. who sue
oeeded TO the office on the death of
/ resident Lincoln was tried on
charges of renoving Secretary of
War Edwin NJ stanton, in violation
of the tenure of office act, and of
uttering In a speech the statement
that the United States congress was
d congress- of only some of the states
The vote was 35 for guilty and 10
for not guilty, the charges failing by
four votes, to pass. Rather strange
ly, at that time the Democrats es.
poused the cause of their Republican
president, aud helped to aequit him.