Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-13
SuLzER LOSES
FIGHT FOR
SEAT
the LOWER HOUSE OF new YORK
LEGISLATURE PASSES AN I'M
PARCHMENT RESOLUTION BY A
VOTE OF 70 TO As, and SENATE
WILL TRY HIM SEPT. n.
He WILL FIGHT TO
remain GOVERNOR

Albany. n. V, Aug. 13-GovernCr
Sulzer, impeached by the assembly
of the New York Legislature. will re-
isist removal from office; refuse &c
recognize Lieutenant Governor GlynI
as acting governor and use eve.
weapon in his power 10 retain office
before, during and after his trial fot
impeachment, regardless of the yer
dict.
The governors plan of resistance
tC the effort to GUST him, embraces an
appeal to the courts. when such may
become necessary. probably through
mandamus proceedings. He intends
to attempt to exercise all the func
| tions of governor, including the
pardon right, if desirable, SO long as
| he remains within the state during
the remainder Of his term, or unit
stopped by the courts.
In short, Governor SulZer will re
fuse to recognize the Impeachment
proceedings and may refuse to appea!
before the court of impeachment fo1
! trial He bases his program chiefly
en- the ground that the assembly has
70 constitutional right to consider i'm
rcachment at it's extraordinary ses
! sion.
| AS a part of his program. Governor
| Sulzer will continue to issue instruc
tons to state troops and the nava
| militia as commander in chief, to the
| heads of the various state depart
nents under his direction and will at
mpt to occupy the executive cham
| Der daily.
! Senator Wagner, president pre-
/ tempore Of the senate. called meet
! ing of the court of impeachment fol
! Wednesday, September Is, at noon
He also announced that the senate
1 would appoint a day for the trial O
Governor SuIzer in due time
! Both legislative houses adiournet
until noon Tuesday. August 10.
Monday, September %, was this af
ternoon made tentative selection fo'
/ the date of trying Governor SuIzer OF
| the impeachment charge. This selec
! tion, subject to change. was reached
! at a conference by Senator Wagner
president protein of the senate. am
! judges of the court of appeals.
Il do not intend to enter into ans
physical contest with Mr. Sulzer ovt:
the Office of governor" said Lieuten
ant Governor Glynn this afternoon
CAS- far as | am concerned there wi
be no circus or military maneuvers
about occupying the executive cham
ber. The law is supreme.
Articles of impeachment against
Governor Sulzer adopted by the as
sembly early today, We're presented
to the senate late this afternoon and
received
! Governor William Sulzer vas in
peached today by the assembly. The
action of the lower house of the state
Legislature raised vital question as
to whether, under the constitution
the governor must vacate his office
pending final adjudication of the in
parchment issue by the senate and
! court of appeals sitting jointly as a
trial court.
! Indications are that he will contest
bitterly the theory Of the opposition
! that he becomes automatically barred
from exercising the functions Of tie
office the moment the articles of i'm
parchment are formally presented 70
the senate, and that he will be dis
qualified from resuming the duties Of
executive until the court of impeaCt.
ment fails to sustain these charges
This afternoon, eight hours after the
assembly adopted the articles of i'm
parchment, the governor was in cor
sultation with legal advisers in til }
executive chamber and had not an
nounced his intention.
The governor reached the capito'
shortly after II O'Clock. He smiled
cheerily to correspondents who greet
ed him as he mounted the front steps
of the capitol and posed good naturef.-
ly for a battery of camera men.
Its a fine morning, gentlemen" he
said.
Lieutenant Governor Martin Glynn
came into Albany from his summer
home al Cedar Hill during the fore
noon and went to his newspaper of.
fee as usual He declined to comment
on the situation. If Governor Sulzer
is deposed, Mr.. Glynn automatically
takes his place.
The fact that the various state de-
lartments and bureaus are divided in
their allegiance to the executive an!
the Democratic organization, which Is
seeking to depose him, stimulates IL
terest in the complicated situation.
The possibility of two men endeavor.
ing to discharge the functions of the
chief executive at the same time sug.
gests a chaotic condition that the
courts alone would have power to deal
with.
Governor Sulzer. according to a
close friend. already has drafted. with
the advice of his counsel, letter EN-.
bodying reasons for refusing to turn
his office over to Lieutenant Governor
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