Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-23
SULzER CEASES
TO Be GOVERNOR
Removed from Office by Court
of Impeachment by Vote
of 43 to IL.
.CLYNN SWORN IN At ONCE
Ousted Executive Issues a State
ment Declaring His Trial
Was political
Lynching."
GLYNN SWORN IN At ONCE

Martin II. Glynn. lieutenant-g governor,
was sworn in as his successor. the first
In the history of the state to step into
its high office in this manner.
The verdict of the court was that
Sulacr was guilty of Justification, perjury
and an attempt to suppress evidence
against him. OF all other charges he was
acquitted. the court to-day unanimously
voting him not guilty of the four re-
naming articles of the Impeachment not
passed upon when it adjourned last
night.
BY a virtually unanimous vote, also,
the Impeachment tribunal decided that
Sulzer should not be punished by dis
qualification to hold office of honor and
trust in this State in the future. This
would have been the extreme penalty
under the law.
The ousted executive was served
with copy of the verdict of the court
at the executive mansion, chrstened
by himself the peoples house." few
minutes before six o'clock tonight.
Good. | thank you" he said to the
sergeantat-arms of the Senate who
delivered the document
Mr., Sulzer. private citizen. will leave
the capital probably on sunday, where
he has not disclosed.
+ The incoming Governor issued
statement in which he said his endeav-
or would be "to give the people of
the state an honest peaceful. progress
sive and wise conduct of public af-
fairs"
SULZER DENOUNCES MURPHY.
The outgoing executive issued
statement in which he denounced the
tribunal which had removed him as
Murphy's high court of infamy"
Murphy controlled the. Assembly
and ordered the impeachment" he said
He controlled most of the members
of the court and dictated procedure
and wrote the judgment. He was
the judge anj jury; the prosecutor and
the bailiff."
Sulzer declared that his trial was a
political lynching as far as the Tam
manyized part of the court was con-
cerned, the confirmation of a deep
laid political conspiracy to GUST me
from office"
"A horse thief in frontier days" he
said would have received squarer
deal"
the court as star chamber proceed ngs
whore the enemies of the state could
work for my conviction undiscovered
He asserted that he had not taken the
stand in his own defense because he
realized that his story attacking the Tam
many leader would be ruled out.
Duncan w. Peck, who testified that the
Governor had asked him to deny under
oath contribution to his campaign fund,
lied about me to save his job" Sui
ger declared.
GENERAL DENIAL OF CHARGES.
He entered a general denial of all the
charges in the Impeachment articles. de-
MED that he had ever asked Allan A.
Ryan to obtain the influence of Murphy
or Republican State Chairman Barnes to
stop the trial. said that the testimony
of Henry l.. MorgenthauN could be ex-
planned; asserted that every dollar that
had been given him during his cam
paign had been properly accounted for;
that he was $4,000 In debt: that he had
been faithful to his trust" and that he
handed back to the people the commits
sion they gave me untarnshed and I'M
sullied."
Had | but served the boss with half
the zeal | did the State, William Suzer
would never have been impeached," he
said.
The session Of the court which sealed
the Governors fate lasted only little
more than an hour. The atmosphere of
the proceedings was almost that of a
body conducting routine business. This
was largely due to the fact that the re-
suit of the vote on articles 5. 6, I and S.
which were still to be considered had
already been forecasted by the roll calls
of the secret session of the day previous
To-day most Of the members recorded
their votes without explanation and much
of the ponderous formalty required by
the rules of procedure was dispensed
with.
The only incident approaching the
dramatic was when Senator Velte cast
the 3sth affirmative vote to remove the
Governor from office. Whispered COM
ments of its all over were heard
among the spectators in the galleries, and
many of the members of the court sat
back in their chairs If relaxing from
their labors.
JUDGE CULLEN DID NOT VOTE.
Presiding Judge Cullen, who voted not
guilty on every article OF impeach ment,
stuck to his conviction to the last. He
asked to be excused from voting on the
removal of the Governor and, following
out his logic. made a similar request on
the vote on disqualification. 1t fell to
Judge Cullen to pronounce the verdict of
| the court. His last word was spoken al
most on the hour of noon and a minute
| later the court dissolved
The stenographers' record showed that
more than 100000 words of testimony and
| argument had been uttered since the
\ trial began on September IS
Probably the most dramatic feature of
the day was the serving OF the copy Of
the courts order of removal on the
ousted executive