The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-14
Executive Staff Of Em- pire State Is Dis
 organized GLYNN READY FOR EMERGENCY Governor EllOIned From Making / Statement By Ills Legal
 Advisers
 MRS. SULZER WORSE Specialists Summoned By Teb grams Hasten To Bedside
 of Impeached Execu-
 tive's Wife
MRS. SULZER WORSE

Albany, Aug. 1.-Two claimants e the office of governor of New York eat in the capitol today, each asserting his right to the office and attempting to conduct the states affairs from him own chambers.
 William Sulzer, fEnpeached governor. [ sat in his executive office on the second floor of the building. He Is going to sit there every day, According to frfends, disregarding the impeachment proceed ings which he regards as unconstitu- tionaI
 Martin H. Glynn, lieutenant gov ernor, laid claim to the acting gov ernorship on the grounds that 5uizer ceased to be governor when the Senate served articles of impeachment from the assembly.
 The army of state employees is de- moralized- Department heads are at a Loss to know whose instructions to fol- low and,.a general situation of confu- sion and disorder seems imminent Mrs. SuIzer, star witness for the irn- peaehed governor, is so seriously iII of a nervous disorder that two additional specialists have been summoned by wire to attend her
 Governor Sulzer asserted emphati-. cally that he would not permit her to take the stand and at his trial for inn peac achment, which probably will start September ?. Ht is unwilling to have her face the ordeal of telling how che
  him, last fall, in stocks The article of impeachment. com pIaint and summons were served on Governor Sulzer immediately after his arrival at the capitol by Patrick F. McCabe, clerk of the Senate A formal demand for the surrender of the eE- ecutfve chamber, which was expected l to be made on behalf of Governor GIynn, was anticipated by Governor sulzer. On the advice of his counsel, Mr Sulzer had prepared a, letter de- clining to surrender the office and out lining the reasons for his refusal | When Governor SuIzer entered the executive chamber to be served by MT. McCabe with the summons and articles of impeachment, he faced a capitol attendants who had come to witness the ceremony. The governor shook hands with MT. AIcCaDe and | took his stand behind his big flat top desk, folded his hands and waited.
 'I am directed by the President of the Senate to serve upon you a sum mons and complaint and articles of lirnpea chrnent,'' MT. AIcCa,be said. hand ling the governor a bundle of papers he { carried in his hand.
 | Governor Sulzer took the papers, glanced at them, grunted and tossed | them, unopened, on his desk l "AH right he said.
 1 MT. SuIzer posed for a photograph with MT. NIcCabe, asked the newspa- permen to be seated and sat down himself at his desk. Chester C. P.att. l his private secretary, stood beside him and made the following announce ment:
 soThe governor has been enjoined by | his counsel from making any state- ment will say. on his behalf that | illness of Mrs. Sulzer is givfns the governor considerable concern. Her condition last night, was very serious The specialist summoned from New York, last night, is here, and the gov ernor, today, summoned Drs- Jacob and Mcdonald also by telegraph from New York, to attend her" The complaint and summons. so- | called, followed the signatures of the l proper officials to the articles of i'm peachment. Mr. Glynn made this statement:
 | .-I shall exercise whatever functions of government may come before me | However, I shall use my own staff and | not enlist the aid of the naval militia have no intention, now, Of visiting | the executive chambers, but wlu con tinue to use my own offices In fact | have uO definite plans reEardinG anything but will meet ctrcurnstane es cs they come and will hold myself in readiness to meet an~ e.nerSeEcy.'
 Someone had apparently given in- structfons over night to the capitol i guards. All who eSCOILeQ F1SlLOE5 70 MT. Glynn's offices said:
 This is the office of the lieutenant governor. It is now occupied by Act ing Governor G1ynn, formerly Iieuten- ant governor"
 l A great floral horseshoe, sent by admirers to Mir. Sulzer and placed in the outer chamber of the executive of fees. bore this inscription:
 Our Governor: Stand firm The people believe in you The attempt to overturn the head of the govern ment is treason
 A report was current that l1r.
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