Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-14
Two MEN CLAIM
to BE GOVERNOR
SIIXER DENIES THE RIGHT OF
ASSEMBLY, TO IMpENll
HIM
BOTH CLAIM The OFFICE
Rumorcd That Sullcr May Use Mill
TAR, Force 10 Prevent Licutcn-
ant Governor from ACt'ng.

y n
co..,,..i SfIzer imp,ached by the
,....,.a t,o 5at. for his trial
as7''i'N "'u ''0
before the senate an" 'he I'uh'' ~
the court of appeals fixed for sep
toub.r is. the spectacle was present
ed tonight of two men claiming To De
governor of the state of New lurk.
As soon as the articles of impcach-
mont adopted at an early hour lhlS
morning by the dcmocratl" majority
i'm the assembly were presented 10
the senate, shortly after o'clock
this afternoon. Lieutenant Governor
Martin H. GNm announced his m
tcutinu of occupying the executive
chamber.
Friends of Governor Sull'I d''''i
ed IaJ the governor Intended to con
tuur iu office and would use every
weapon in his power TO maintain his
uosi,ion on the ground that the a5-
gephlv had no constitutional rlshi
to consider Impeachment at its OK
treorlmarv session.
some asserted that The governor
would geo SO far as 10 summon mill
tary protection f necessary lo pre-
vent Inc lieutenant governor from oc-
cupyiug the executive chamber.
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JuoSt -. ''uN 49,. r., .,',,..-,,r
1tI as ~ ,ll, ~, t.,,iah, tl,ot "talq ~
at ms tIldI Sald l"IlIEn ,ll'l lt,,
resort /" lo''' 10 '"' u,,,., as,i,st
ne WI nIS,J ', , ,ij,,7iCioS 10, y,a,r
him IN an oroeIiH anu ".5.tiil ".5i.ti 1 n,,,
sal' Juds' l'vIl''N any lioit,. m;,' 80 tho
ing uhDr'oIHt,E Wv uiH',,S I,,,si,al
state. ne VIII eIt"te ~ I% P,'S ,f dis
-
charge the lun'u""s Oh ''' o'''o'
governor. ia.
Ihe governor n'!us' - - gt t,ts
When at ''o'N '|''bi w ~, ,,aI
oIll'r IN me LdP''ul a.. ho ,,',s
nee" Vl"S'''" '"' H -, to,,,o,,-
~
"Yas stree" he replied in angry
tones
So far as could bee learned. no at
tompt was made by Lieutenant Gov
ernor GIvnn in any way to exercise
the functions of chief executive today
but there was every indication that
there would be- "a clash Of authority
tomorrow when both men appear at
Nh, rapitoI.
The lieutenant governor would not
indicate tonight what action he pro-
posld To take except to say that there
,rould bp mo circus or military man
,u,.rs about occupyiug the executive
chamber"
The inaction Of Lieutenant Cover
nor GNnn was in the face of argI-
meuts given expression both in the
senate and i'm the assembly today th3t
at the moment the articles ~ nm
peachmcnt were presented To- TN sem
at. Governor Sulzer automatically
This contention was based ON an
article IN the 'ohSl''Ut'"I' "H.' -, ~,
hat IN case OF I"lp''D,'' ~, ,.t.. I' ~
governor in' puW'iA 'l" "I'''T Nv, ,,,,,
me oiilce Sha" ".N"'N' 'p'" ''''
tenant governor
l. Now ineligible.
fl, ,..s b,ll H., tbc minority lead
.,. tb,t tbo word "impcachmont"
ccrrosunpd.d with the word "indlct-
nrnrtu I'm criminal trial and that
t,traror. i'm Tho meaning Of the con-
stitutfon the governor already stood
t,nn,scbcd ev.n though not vet con-
,.i,tod u.as therefore not now cllgi-
HE Ia hold mis- office.
Thee arguments were placed be-
fo,o t,a Uautpnaut governor by the
dnmocr,tic leaders early in the after
no,,, Lrt Governor Sul2er w1s not
,,,,l.-t.d few minutes after the
','.,..,,,,r left his office Patrick q.
Ntnrah. ,.i.rI, of the senate appeared
~ tha executive chamber with a copy
of ~, 1rticlos Of Impeachment and
s,,r,,nnrs and comp'aint which ne
irtondad to serve upon the governor.
U-b.r informed bv the governors
SEMINAR, tbat he had missed the gov
a,rnr la. scarcely a minute, McCabe
,sl,ad for an appointment tomorrow.
u u, p,occJ,,ts
nav ...-,..
'",S i''.,'a. - .,,d no iic,,,eno,,t
Governor both would resort 10 legal
tosts az their respective claims I'm the
co,rte which i'm the history Of New
VII, st,tn never have been called
nnnn for an oninion which would act
et ,rocedant Rumors of what
farn, tbose tests would take offered
svch vido choice that for lack of
s,,tboritatiyo statement no one cared
.,,,i,,bt ia ,-enturs moro than a pusee.
i'nnr leaving the executive cham
her tho governor went for a short
automobile ride and then returned TO