The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-22
SULzER IS GUILTY
VERDICT RENDERED BY new YORK
IMPEACHMENT COURT
GLyNN gets TIE OFFICE

Governor is Found Guilty Of Falsif.
cation of Campaign Statement; Of
Perjury and Of suppressing Evi.
dence by Threats.-Not Disquali.
fed From Holding Office.
Governor William Sulzer, Of the
State Of New York, was Thursday
found guilty by the high Court Of
Impeachment on three of the arti-
cles preferred against him. They
were Articles Nos l, 2, and 4. He
was declared innocent of the charges
contained in Article 8. He will be
removed from Office, but not disqua1-
ified from holding Office in the future,
unless there is substantial change
in the informal vote reported to have
been taken by the Court on these
questions in secret session. For the.
same reason it was expected that he
will be found not guilty on the other.
four articles still remaining to be
voted on when the Court adjourned
Thursday night.
Lieutenant Governor Martin h.
Glynn, who has been acting governor
since the impeachment of Sulzer, will
become Chief Executive Of the State.
He is an Albany newspaper owner.
Robert F. Wagner, New York at
torney, will become Lieutenant Gov
ernor. He is the majority leader in
the Senate.
The vote on Articles and Q was
SO to 1S, a bare two-thirds majority.
The former article charges that the
Governor falsiied his statement Of
campaign contributions; the latter
charges that he committed perjury in
so doing. The vote on Article 8,
which charges the Governor bribed
witnesses to withhold testimony from
the Frawley investigating committee,
was unanimous in favor Of the Gov
ernor.
The vote on Article was 43 to IA,
six members changing their votes on
Articles 1 and from mot guilty. to
"guilty", and two from guilty" to
mot guilty. This article charges
that the Governer suppressed evil
dence by means Of threats to keep
witnesses from testifying before the
Frawley committee. Among these
was Duncan W. Peck, State superin-
tendent of public works, who testified
at the trial that the Governor had
asked him to commit perjury.
The secret informal vote to remove
the Governor was said to be 43 to IA,
the same as on Article 4, and the vote
not to disqualify him was said to be
unanimous. Article 6, which charges
that the Governor committed larceny
in specializing with his campaign con-
tributions, was said not to have been
sustained in the secret session by
vote Of so declaring the Governor
mot guilty. to seven against him.
Article 5, which charges that he
prevented a particular witness, Fred
erick L. Colwell, from attending the
sessions Of the Frawley committee;
Article 7, that he threatened to use
his Office and influence to affect the
vote or political action of certain
Assem- blymen, and Article 8, that he
corruptly used his influence to affect
the prices Of securities on the Stock
Exchange, were reported also to have
been decided in favor of the Governor
in the secret session by practically
unanimous vote.
Presiding Judge Edgar NJ. Cullen,
who will shortly retire from the
bench, voted mot guilty" on every
article and rendered long opinion
irr explaining his votes. The other
eight Judges Of the Court Of Appeals
were divided. Presiding Judge Cul-
len held that the offences charged in
Articles 1 and were not impeach-
able and that the Governor neither
falsifed his statement under the pro-
visions of the election law, nor COM
mitted illegal perjury.
Practically every member Of the
Court explained his vote on Article
1, although those who voted in favor
of the Governor did not enter at
length into a discussion Of the merits
of the case or Of the matters Of law
and precedent involved, as did the
others, including all the Judges. The
latter filed with the Court lengthy
opinions in support of their votes.