The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-17
Convicted Of Falsifying
Contribution List and
Of Perjury.
CITIZENSHIP IS
TO BE RETAINED
Court Shows Mercy in This Re-
spect, Through Plans of Repub-
licans, Who See in Him Pos
Sible Candidate-Will Now
Go to the Little House
by Side of Road"

Overwhelming vote OF 80 to IS and 43
to II. William Sulzer was this after
noon convicted by the high court OF
impeachment on three counts. These
charged him with faisifying his con-
tribution list. committing perjury in
swearing To II and seeking to sup
press evidence against himself. The
vote on the first two counts was Iden-
teal The greater vote came on the
suppression charge.
Tomorrow, just one year after Gov
erhor started his triumphal campaign
tour upstate. the court Will vote by
43 to H. or thereabout, to remove him
from his high office. Thus will end
In utter humiliation AIr. Suffers twen-
ty-seren years OF unbroken public SER
vice.
Court shows Mercy.
bE an unanimous vote in secret ses-
SION this morning. tho court decided
not to deprive him of his right to hold
Office OF public trust in the future
rms mercifully spares to him his bar
cettinca;e and such a political future
AS he may be able to make for him
self ''"
Suizcr, hagsard and careworn. heard
.ne news In his retirement in the
Executive Mansion.
Fight just Begun
Pacing the floor in his library br
said 10 an International News Servico
representative: This hight has iust
oesuh. l3erore 1t is ended the mon who
nave attacked me will repent In sack
cioth and ashes. The peoplc stiI,
trust me, AMI when have told them
.he truth they will right the Injustice
mat has been done"
The grim work OF convictin1 th a.
Governor OF the State to be imno,o,,a,,
was begun in secret session lost nirht
ana continued In open session this ar
ternoon. '" "i
Four More Counts.
lhcre remain four counts IN vot,
upon tomorrow before the ,natt.r or
removal comes up. on the third comm
.ilni sihe bribery the Governor was
unanimously acquitted. or the otbars
only the sixth. charging larceny hv
dlNerting campaign funds vii, ba o
sidered seriously
And tonight 1t seems axtro,o,
doubtful that the court will GO to tho
ienth OF convicting the Governor ~
MS crime, which should call for I'm
ihediate action by the New York conn
ty grand jury
Cullen for SuIzer.
Mr. Suffers full strength in tbs
court was brought out on the vote IN
article 4-fourteen Votes. Or ,bn
Judges or the Court of Appeals onIv
Presiding Judge Cullen voted for tba
Governor on every count. The others
STOOD hve against him on the first vote
Iour on the second and sfx on tho
third.
majority was always against
Sulzer. although there were shifts or
individual Judges from one side to an
other. as their views on technicalities
difrered. and any consolation that tbe
respondent might have gathered from
the attitude OF the presiding Judge was
shattered by the opinion expressed by
the venerable turst on the merits OF
the case, an opinion which was saw
age excoriation of Sulzer as a man and
a public officer
Like business Session
More like business session of tha
Senate than the removal from office
oi lhe Governor OF great State was
the open session in which the four
votes We're taken. three of which as
sured Mr.. Sulzers political ruin. IL
was noteworthy that not even tho
warmest opponents OF impeachment
had one word TO say In the Governors
personal behalf. The best Justification
OF him that could be made was san
ator Thomas description OF the over
whelning instinct" that prompted him
TO collect campaign funds for his own
use. Presiding Judge Cullen spoke Of
suffers deliberate purpose to take
advantage or his position as a candi-
date 10 enrich himself" and made it
clear that only on legal grounds could
he bring himself to vote as he did
The voting was slow on the first
article, as nearly every Senator de-
sired to explain his vote. From the ad-
dresses 1t was clear that the Cover
nor's solicitation OF campaign funds
from jacob II. Schiff and Thomas For
tune Ryan initiated most heavily
against him in the minds of his judges
Ills failure TO make any explanation Of
his conduct also had tremendous
effect
Judges Change Attitude.
Five of the judges changed their
early attitude on articles including
acts committed before he became Gov
ernor as impe0chable. and voted to
convict on articles one and two. Four
held bitterly on these. For the most
part the Sulzer Senator'S quoted Judge
Cullen as their authority FOR voting
agains; impeachment. although some
OF them picked other Judges as their
mentors.
1t was notable that the Tammany
leaders took part as molders OF
judicial opinion. and for the most part
had little TO say.
Six of Suffers supporters on the first
article deserted him on No T.
Judges Show strain. &
The mornings secret session. I'm
which tho court fully made up its COM.
mon mind adjourned little after noon,
and the open session began at 3 o'clock
great crowd poured into the Chamber
when the judges, led by President Cui-s
len leaning on the arm Of Judge Bart
lett. led the members of the COURT
through the wide door
The presiding Judge platnly show,
ing the strain OF the long session. took
his place on the bench and briefly au-
hot tl.. ke. f<~