Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-16
SULzER BY
TEST VOTE
IS GUILTY
Informal Vote Said to
Have Been 43 to
IA for Conviction
of Governor.
OF Governor.
NONE AGAINST HIM ON
DISQUALIFICATION VOTE
Final BaIIoting Late This After
noon May Change Aspect Of
Verdict Shown by the Infor-
NAL Poll.

NAL Poll.
ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. l6.- The
High Court of Impeachment
which is trying William Suizer
met late this afternoon TO make
preparations for the final vote to
determine the guilt or innocepce
of the governor.
II was reported that the court
voted informally in its secret ses-
sion this morning to remove tfc
governor from Office by ballot
of 43 to IA. A vote to disqualify
him from ever holding another
Office under the State was lost, il
was said.
There was not single vot9
favorable TO his disqualification
ii was reported.
Every article of Impeachment waa
voted upon separately. according I'd
the news that leaked from the courtE
room, and not all of them were sus<
tanned. Those on which the Governok
was reported to have been held guilty
were articles 1, 2, and 1 of the inn
parchment charges. The three first
are the money articles having to
do with the alleged Justification OF
the Governors campaign statement
and the misuse Of campaign contrf<
buttons.
Article relates to the suppression
of evidence by the Governor befor4
the Frawley committee. including th4
testimony of Duncan w. Peck. superb
intendent of public works
The Eight Articles.
The eight articles are in substances
as follows:
Article THAT Governor Sulzer flied
| with the secretary of state a false
1 statement OF his receipts and othf-
monetary transactions involved IN HI
guberrrHfurfai campaign.
Article z--That he committed PEI
! Jury in his statement to the secretaf
of state relative TO receipts and eA-
penditures.
Article s-That he bribed witnesses
I to withhold testimony from the legis*
ilative committee which investigated
! his campaign expenditures and rec
4 eeipts.
/ Article 4-That he suppressed eyi<
dence by means of threat TO keep wit<
nesses from testifying before the legs
I islative investigating committee.
Prevented witnesses Attendance.
! Article 5-That he prevented and
| dissuaded a particular witness, F'reds
erick L. Colwell, from attending uns
I der subpoena the sessions of the inc
vestigating committee.
Article 6-That he committed iary
ceny In speculating in stocks With
money and checks contributed for hin
campaign.
! Article THAT he threatened to tlse
4 his office and influence to affect the
vote or political action of certain pub
+ lie officers.
/ Article s-That while Governor he
1 corruptly used his authority or in-
/ fiuence to affect the current prices OF
securities on the New York Stock Exc
! change in some of which securities he
was at the time interested.
! Those Who Voted in His Favor.
II was reported that the following
members of the court voted in favor
4 of finding the governor not guilty and
against removing him:
! Presiding Judge Edgar Nj. Cul-
len and Senators James F. Duha<
mel, Independence League; James A.
Emerson, Republican,; Seth g. Hea+
cock. Republican; John w McKnighta
Democrat; Thomas II. 0Keefes
Democrat; Abraham J. Palmer. Rec
publican and Progressive; William D.
Peckham. Democrat; John Seeley,
Democrat: John D. Stivers. Repub-
lican; Ralph w Thomas. Republican,
4 Gottfried H. Wende, Democrat; Clay-
ton L. Wheelock, Democrat, and
+ George H. Whitney, Republican.
Vote, Unlike In barnard Case. Public
in the Judge Barnard impeaeh-
nent case" he said, ''the vote was
taken in privi consultation. 1t Is
not the intention of the court to take
the vote in that manner in this case.
The vote will be taken in public.
What is going on now is simply 4
private consultation between the
members of the court 10 formulate
their views which will determine their
final action. 1t is the same procedure
as is followed i. every other court
which is composed of more than ona
person, where the question is of suf-
ficient gravity fc- a private consul-
tation."
An extra guard of police was
placed before the doors of the court
this morning and those Interested in
the course of the trial were not al
lowed to congregate in the corridoras