The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-26

ing the night session. He was
promptly denied the privilege of leav-
ing, and when a sufficient number of
members had arrived to constitute a
quorum was voted under arrest, and
Leader Levy urged that he be sent to
the penitentiary as in contempt of
that augu,t body.
Opening and going forward in the
most solemn, businesslike way, the
High Court Of Impeachment entered
on the second chapter of the history
of a struggle rich with human inter
est, dramatic intensity, albeit charged
with Importance for the people of
this State.
1t is the first time in this State
since 1874 that such a solemn and ex-
allied tribunal has been called upon
to administer justice in the case of a
public official accused of being derelict
in duty. In 1874, George G. Barnard,
a Justice of the Supreme Court, was
the respondent on charges of official
misconduct growing out Of disclos-
ures made in "The New York Times"
in connection with the scandals of
the Tweed, regime. Justice Barnard
was convicted, removed from office
and disqualified from holding public
Office in the future. In n sense
the present. case stands without prece-
dent in this State. In all its history
no emergency has arisen before to
call for the appearance of the Chief
Executive before a High Court of I'M
parchment.
Officials in Solemn Mood.
The State Capitol, which has been
the theatre of many dramatic and
sensational periods in the history of
the nation, ranging from the burning
Of witches to the expulsion of officials
for grating, began the writing of an
additional chapter of historic i'm
p~ortance at once humiliating and
unique.
State officials and political bosses
tr%aficking and quarrelling yer the
division of party spoils, contracts and
all forms of graft, aspiring candi-
dates and bread and butter ~retainers
gave place to actors engaged in a
proceeding impressively solemn and
of more serious import.
Senators, ordinarily Indifferent to
public opinion, walked meekly and
with submissive mien before the tow
ering figure of the black robed Chief
Judge of the Appeals Court to give
in lowered voice their oaths to afford
The atmosphere in the Senate
chamber during the sessions of the
High Court which is TO decide the
fate of William Sulzer was in har-
mony with the trappings of the trans
formed chamber. Scarlet draperies
covered the wall behind the chair
of the Chief Judge, directing for the
first time in 290 years the delibera-
lions Of two of the three coordinate
branches of the State Government
trying the head of the third for al
carries with it expulsion from office.
In the centre of the scarlet field. blaz-
oned the coat of arms of the State
done in old gold.
The Scene as Court Opens.
In front of the dignifed Chief
Judge with heavy lined features,
high brow and white m~ustache, four
rows of Senators and associate
Judges filled the chamber from north
to south wall. The Judges sat di-
rectly in the centre of the first row,
the Senators on either side and in the
succeeding rows in the numerical or
der of their districts.
In the spaces between the dias of
the Chief Judge and the first row
of seats were grouped the rival coun-
sci, those for the State to the right,
the legal defenders Of William Sui
ger to the left. There were also forty
newspaper writers, the stenographers
and a score of friends" of Senate
| officials who could not be kept out.
ering lowered near the entrances to
the Senate Chamber. 1t was a disor-
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