The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
Especial to The Tlmes.pispatch. !

Albany. y. Y. September l3.-ror
the nrst time in the history OF New
York State chief executive will go
to trial for high crimes and misde-
meanors" when Governor William Sui
ger faces. on Thursday next, a ma
1orlty OF the Senate and n majority or
the court OF Appeals. sitting as high
court OF Impeachment.
Special counsel for the state OF New
YORK, to prosecute tho impeachment
VIII summon Suizer to the bar. Aaron
]. Levy. majority leader OF the Assem-
bly, and chairman OK the Assembly
Board Of Managers. will have direct
charge OF the prosecution, FOR II was
tho Assembly that impeached Sulzer.
as prescribed by the Constitution. Sui
zer, who still maintains his right TO
tho governorship, will be defended by
a brilliant array OF counsel.
With Sulzer on trial. the hattie be-
tween Now York's Peoples Governor
and Tammany Hall. the political or
ganization that made him, and Is now
setting out to bronx him, viii near its
end. II Is political quarrel that will
go down in history.
Arrafsnment VIII BE Dramatic.
It will be dramatic moment when
Su1zer oteps before the court Of i'm
parchment. with Chief Justice Cullen.
OF tho Court OF Appeals. presiding.
There have been mary rurnors OF what
Suffers defonse Will be. but 10 definite
statement of what course IT will take
could be obtained from any OF his
counsel to-day.
On tho eve Of his trial Sulzer appears
confident SO. for that matter. do his
enemies. They say that the court OF
impeachment will not be affected In
any way by the feeling of popular
fhu IN, Cy,1U will onl6
calm proposition OF whether Sulzer
was or was not guilty of malfeas ance
In ofIice-a question OF whether as
charged by the Assembly. he did or
did not speculate in Wall street with
campaign funds. and of whether he
did or did not fail to give n true and
correct list Of his campaign contribu-
tions in his sworn statement or cam
paign receipts and expenditures.
Hope to Save Wife.
1t is possible that dramatic, per-
haps pathetic. touch will be given the
proceedings by tho introduction of the
rfame Of Mrs. SulZer. 1t Is said to be
likely that Mrs. Sulzer will stand by
the statement credited to her in which
she is alleged to have said that 1t was
she who speculated In Wall Street with
campaign funds. without the Governor
knowledge. II this is to be tho Sulzer
line Of defense, Mrs. Sulzer viii be
EOTCoQ 10 make very nunl!liullIB au
missions upon the witness stand. an
ordeal that would be very trying to
her and a proceeding which even Sui
zer's worst enemies would prefer to
avoid.
Before the court OF impeachment can
commence to hear the charges drawn
by the Assembly, there must be at least
four of the judges of the Court OF
Appeals present and at least twenty
six members Of the Senate.
Edgar NJ Cullen is Chief Justice al
the Court Of Appeals Associated with
him are Justices John Clinton Gray
William E. Werner, Willard Bartlett
Frederick Collin. william H. Guide
back and John w. Hogan. There are
three other associate Justices. not
elected. as were all Of the foregoing
but designated by Governors at diff
ferent times because of the press OF
litigation before the court. Emory A
Chase was designated an associate jus
tice in 1906. Frank II. Hiscock is also
nm associate Justice. Justice Nathan
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