The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-18
Stage is Set for Solemn Hearing
Of Charges Against the Chief
Executive of New York
MAY FILE ANSWER
THROUGH ATTORNEYS
lmpeached Governor May Not
Appear in Person Before
Court---Vote to Irnpeach In
valid Will be His Plea on
Opening

ALBANY, y. Y, sept 1.-THE last
stagehand faded away tonight from the
reconstructed senate chamber, where
at noon tomorrow William Sulzer viii
he placed on trial for high crimes and
misdemeanors Most OF the actors in
the drama shat were not already here
Hooked into Albany today--the senators
and the court of appeals judges. who
are to sit AS the high court Ut i'm
parchment, the assembly managers who
prepared the prosecution's case, and
the lawyers for both sides.
IL looks AS IL tomorrow session wtii
last not more than two hours, going
no further Than the appointment of
committee on rules and procedure,
which viii report on Friday. Even If
II gets as far as the big moment when
Chief Judge Cullen calls for the gov
ernors answer to the articles of inn
parchment. the governor himself will
not be present His plea OF not guilty,
" hen asked for. Will be made in writ
ing by his attorneys. One Of his coun-
sol said today that probably Governor
Sulzer would not appear at the trial at
all,
AZ Home All Day.
Mr.. Sulzer did not go today 10 his
Offices at the capitol All day and again
tonight he WAS at his home checking
hlt WIN hiS wi FPS ~ attorneys All lhS
pothts that the defense lis relying on
Ia save him. One Of them is the testi-
monE Of Mrs. Sulzer II is believed
that she viii testify II the court Ignores
the plea that the trial is uuconst1ta-
tional and calls for witnesses
pn the eve Of the trial the impeaeh-
mani -I2la11a.,ecs -enGaG2d- John II.
Stanehdeld as one of their lawyers.
He and ex-senator Edgar r Bracket
=.
uesSes.
The hopes of some Of the senator's
that the court Of appeals judges would
vote first on every roii-call Including
the dnat one, whereby the fioverner ID
found guilty OF acquitted, was dashed
today Patrick +. McCabe. clerk OF
the senate, had prepared roli-call in
which the names Of the court of APP
peals Judges came first But today
Chief Justice Cullen set his foot on
that plan He said that IN the high
court OF Impeachment senators and
Jurisfs were equal and must vote as
such. Therefore the roll call will be
alphabetical, George r. Argetsinger.
a Republican. viii he the first senator
to respond and Fred Cullen a Demo-
crat tho first court of appeals judge
Indouhtediy before the vote on guilty
or not guilty is taken the court wiz
calls the wayertng senators must make
up their minds without knowing how
all the court of appeals Judges stand.
1t looks now from the order of pro-
ceedure formulated. that ii viii not be
until Friday that Judge Cullen. after
receiving formal proof that the
articles OF Impeachment were served
on the governor, will pronounce this
solemn summons:
State of New York. appear and answer
the articles of impeachment exhibited
against You by the assent bly, /"
Whereunon eN-Judga u. Cady Her.
rick, Mr., Suffers chief counsel, will
submit written plea. It will set
forth that the impeachment vote was
invalid because the assembly was not
called in extraordinary session for
that purpose, that there can be no
Impeachment for acts that took place
before AC 2ulzer was governor, and
that the governor is innocent of all
the charges. There is also reason to
believe that some of the senator's will
be declared unfit. because they made
false statements Of their campaign
accounts. For several weeks Cover
nor Sul2er has had Attorney Chadsey.
of New York, skipping about the State
getting agidavits 10 support this
statements on file with the secretary
OF State
II was pointed out tonight that X
any member of the court Is declared
the effect Is automatically
to reduce the size of the vote required 4
for conviction, which Is thirds OF
the vote present.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-THE local
office of the assembly managers OK
the Sulzer Impeachment was empty
of assemhlymen and lawyers today.
Aaron J. Herbst, clerk 10 the counsel
for the impeachment managers. and
several stenographers. held the fort
This office will be kept open through
out the trial of Governor Sulzer. and
il was said today, the
may issue statements from
Il.
Assemblyman Aaron j, Levy went
10 Albany on Tuesday night. and
lsidor kressel and other lawyers for
he prosecution, went up today.