The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-23
Suffer found Guilty
BY Impeachment Court
SulZER is REMOVED From OF.
F)CE BUT NOT DISQUALIFIED
FROM HOLDING OFFICE.

FROM HOLDING OFFICE.
Albany, N. Y, Oct 17.-Governor
Sulzer was found guilty by the high
court of impeachment on three Of the
articles preferred against him. They
are one, two and four.
A unanimous vote declared him in
nocent of charges in article three, that
he brlbed witnesses to withhold testi-
mony from the Frawley Investigating
Committee.
Tomorrow he will be removed from
Office but not disqualified from hold
ing office in this state In the future,
unless there is a substantial change
in the informal vote reported taken
by court on these questions in secret
session today.
For the same reason it is expected
he will be found not guilty on the
other four articles still remaining to
be voted upon when court adjourned
tonight. Lieutenant Governor Martin
Glynn, who has been acting governor
sicne the Impeachment becomes state
chief executive.
Robert Wagner, New York attorney
and majority leader of the senate will
become lieutenant governor. The
vote on articles one and two was 80
to IA.
A bare two thirds majority on the
fourth article, that charges the COVER
nor falsifed the statement Of cam
paign contributions and later commit
ted perjury in so doing. The vote
on article four, was 4S to IA, six men,
bers changing their votes on articles
and 2 from mot guilty" to "guilty'.
and two from guilty" to mot guilty"
This article charges the governor sup
pressed evidence and by means Of
threats kept witnesses from testifying
before the Frawley committee.
Among those we're Duncan Peck,
State Superintendent of Public Works
who testified the governor asked him
commit perjury. 1t is said the in
formal vote to remove the governor
was 43 to IA, and the vote not to dis
qualify him was said to be unanimous.
Article six, charging larceny in
specializing with campaign contribu-
tons was said to have been sustain
ed in the session. It is reported ar
ticles five, seven and eight were de-
cided in favor of the governor in the
secret session. ....... 81.
Albany, Oct. 17.-1t was reported
late this afternoon that the impeach-
ment court informally voted to remove
Sulzer. The ballot for forty-three to
fourteen. A vote to disqualify him
from ever holding another Office lost,
unanimously. The governor is report
ed to have been held guilty of Articles
one, two, six and four.
Albany, Oct. 17.-When a final YER
dict is reached in the impeachment
trial, depends, on the length of the
speeches of Suffers judges explaining
their votes. This applies to the re-
marks in the secret session, one of
which began at the opening of court
today.
All of the eight articles are being
discussed in the secret sessions and
informal votes are taken. 1t is likely
that there will be long delays even
after the final voting begins. Not I'M
til all the articles are voted on will
a vote be taken to decide on whether
Sulzer is to be removed.
A conviction on even one article
will be sufficient to remove Sulzer
but conviction on all articles need
not mean that necessarily he will be
cast out. He might be found guilty
and still be permitted to retain his Of
fee. The extreme penalty would be
removal and the prohibition of ever
again holding position of trust in
the state.
The impeachment court adjourned
shortly after ! to meet again at 3,
at which time it was announced a
start would be made on final vote.
Margaret Ellington will play in JAM
estown Friday, October oath, in with
in the Law" and some Of the residents
Of Valley City are contemplating 60
ing to jamestown to see her. Visitors
from here to Minneapolis who saw her
several weeks ago were very enthus-
iastic in their praise of the play and
Margaret Ellington also.
The longest tunnel is called the
Strawberry. 1t runs 50 miles through
the Wasatch mountains The next
longest tunnel is the New Croton.
which supplies water to New York
City, 80 miles long. The next longest
is in SaXOny and is 81 miles long.