Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-22
RIVAL GOVERNORS
REIGN IN HEWYORk
SuIzer Holds On, While GIynn
Claims to be Executive
hrs. SULzER SERIOUSLY ILL
Adjutant General Recognizes Glynn
and Secretary of State Will Do the
Same, 1t Is Said.

Two claimants to the office of gov
eGnor OF New York sat in the capitol
in Albany, each asserting his right to
the Office and attempting to conduct
The states affairs from his own cham
aCrS.
William Suler, impeached governor,
sat in the executive chamber on the
second floor OF the building. He is 60
ing to sit there every day, according
to friends, disregarding the impeach-
nlent proceedings, which he regards
as unconstitutional.
Martin H. Glynn, lieutenant COVER
nor, in his own Office, laid claims 10
he goyernorship on the grounds that
SulZer ceased to be governor when the
senate received the articles of I'M
parchment
The army of state employees IS de-
moralized. Department heads are at
a loss to know whose Instructions to
fellow.
Governor Sulzer continuing to exer-
else the functions of the executive,
signed among other papers a requisl-
ton from the governor Of New Jersey
ior the extradition OF person in GUS
tody in New York.
Adiu;ant General Hamilton, head of
The National Guard of New York, and
I Sulzer appointee, recognized Lieu
enant Governor Glynn as acting gov
>. nor Of the state, sending an emlssary
him to ask if there were any orders
le cared to transmit. Mr.. Glynn said
he had no orders, and if he should
:lave any in the future he would make
:ham in writing.
Acting Adjutant General Evan How
ard declared he recognizes Glynn as
he constitutional governor of the
commonwealth. This would leave Gov
..rnor Sulzer helpless SO far as the
militia is concerned.
Secretary OF State May has decided
to recognize Glynn's claim to the act
ing gGvernorship, according to Glynns
friends. The great seal of the state
Of New York is in Mr.. Mays office,
and access 10 it will be given Mr..
Glynn and denied Mr.. SulZer, they as
sort.
Governor Sulzar was impeached OF
nigh crimes and misdemeanors IN dl-
rer.ing campaign funds to his own
l5e by the Democratic majority In the
assembly. The vote was 79 to 45, and
name after an all:night session. and
Ter the governors wife had made an
"leventh-hour effort to save him at the
SIX of sacrificing her own reputation
= taking the blame herself of using
he checks in question for stock spec
;htion in her husbands name.
Mrs. Sulzer, star witness of the I'M
reached governor, is so seriously Ill
}. a nervous disorder that two addi-
ional specialists. making three, have
cen summoned by wire to attend her.
Governor Silzer asserted emphatically
TAT he would not permit her to take
ne stand at his trial for impeach-
rlent, which probably will start Sept.
-.
TIE articles of impeachment. COM
p!aint and summons were served on
Toyernor Sulzer Immediately after his
arrival at the capitol by Patrick E.
NcC2be, clerk Of the senate. The gov
amor received Ear. McCabe in the pres
rnce of a crowd of newspaper men
and cap;t0! attendants. He shook
lands with Mr.. McCabe and took his
sand behind his big fat-top desk,
~hile the senates envoy detained:
"[ am di, ected by the president OF
Ae senate TO serve upon you a sum-
:.ons and complaint and articles OF
.:lpcachment" Governor Sulzer took
he papers. grunted, and tossed lh"m,
mopened, on his desk. "All right" he
said.
When the governor learned Of the
serious nature of Mrs. Suffers ailmcnt
DE declared, in an ou:burst OF impul-
giveness, that he would never permit
her To take the witness stand at his
trial. Friends expect to dlssuade MIN
from this, however, should her eondi-
tien Improve sufficiently, as they be-
lieye that the governors case Kill be
materially strengthened when she tells
her We. sion to the court.
Mrs SulZer, far from acting with
intent to do wrong, was chi. ely un-
conscious of the gravity OF her o:fense
when she bought stocks with part
OF her husbands campaign contribu-
tions." asserted close friend or the
SulZcr family. "On the contrary, she
thought she was doing a very sensible
thing. Her husband was involved in
debt when he began his campaign for
the govcrnorship. He had saved moth
ing during the years he was a repre-
sentative at washington. He Is not a
business man, and his wife thought
she was entirely within her rights in
providing for the future by putting
away So" ething Tor rainy day, ever
without is knowledge"
The governors friends who believe
tha. the court of impeachment will
mover convene to try his case base
their opirion On the tentative plan OF
his co"nscl to have the courts re"ieW
tho const:tutionali:y OF the impeach-
ment proceedings prior to Sept. Is.
This review, t"ey assert, probably will
he started by nandamus proceedings
% co-.rel ohedi2n"e to his Instructions
bv the 6 st department head who re-
fuses 10 recognize the claim that he Is
still governor.