The Washington herald., 1913-08-12
SULzER CHARGES
PASS ASSEMBLY
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conference was a count OF seventy-six
votes, all that are needfuI for its passage.
IL the votes are Forthcoming tomorrow.
William Sulzer will cease to be Governor
of New York and Martin Glynn will take
over the Office. In thirty days the Senate
and Court Of Appeals will sit in judy
ment on the impeachment and upon
ter verdict OF guilty or not guilty will
depend Gov. Sulzer's summary removal
or restoration to the office to which he
was elected by the people.
The resolution. which was read after a
turbulent evening in the Assembly cham
Der, departed in language from the report
of the Frawley committee, in order TO
answer the Governors contention that the
acts charged by that body were not COM
mitted during his term of Office. The
accusation that he used his office for the
purpose of suppressing evidence, and that
he gambled in Wall Street at the very
time he was holding hearings on the Wall
Street anti-gambling bill. are construed
to meet his objections, and on these the
prosecution will make its case.
4 close count OF members is being made
late tonight to find the necessary seventy
six. kilograms and special messengers
have been sent to bring in men. An
editorial in William Barnes newspaper is
taken TO mean that the Republican boss
will take his hands of and let his fol-
lowers vote as they choose. Meanwhile.
the Republican leader. Harold J. Hin
man, of Albany, has counseled delay on
the floor. asking that an Independent in
vestigation be made, not only Of the facts.
but Of the presidents that will show
whether or not the extraordinary session
Of the Legislature has the right to i'm
peach the Governor.
Work Begun in Enrnest.
The excitement of the early afternoon
has given place to a deep solemnity. For
the first time. now that they have begun
their work in earnest. the legislators
realize that they are engaged in attack
ing the Governor OF the Empire State,
and while there is no slackening OF the
determination of the leaders, the rank
and file are beginning to whimper and
hang back.
The opposition OF Leader Human was
based. he said. solely on his own account
and nto as a leader of the Republicans, but
it gave grave concern to the Majority.
who are insistent on rushing to an i'm
parchment. Humans speech. which de-
nounced a party that would acquit Still
well and Cohalan and impeach Sulzer.
consumed twenty minutes, and he an
nounced that he intended to be heard
still further on the vote on the impeach-
ment resolution tomorrow. when he PROM
ises to have more Republicans on hand
to back him up. Ecenting a plot on the
part of the Republicans to continue Sui
ger in office in order to embarrass the
Democrats. the majority leaders have re-
doubled their efforts to get more Of their
own crowd here tomorrow.
Gov Sulzer. who has been more than
usually jaunty and debonnair through the
day. announced this afternoon that he
should not worry about anything the
Democrats might do. He said that his
statement this morning was a full an
swer to all the charges against him, and
intimated that his impeachment was i'm
possible.
For the first time since he has taken
office he did not visit the executive cham
Der tonight. The room was dark through
the evening" while the Governor retired
to the peoples house.