Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-12

a,.,lo,.,. secretary announced that
| there would be no word from tiie
! governor till the assembly mad Noteo
on the impeachment resolution
win Not Talk If Impeached.
ar the vote is to impeach," saia
the secretary. "Mr. Sulzer Will nave
nothing to say but will reserve ms
answer for the impeachment proeeeu-
ings before the Senate. Snouio tuo
resolution to impeach be defeateo oIis
governor will give out statement
setting forth his side of the cohtro-
versy in its entirety"
Because of the closeness OF the Yote
on the impeachment resolution anu
because the Democrats feel tnal tl'e
assembly should not attempt 10 rush
it-through, it is possible that the as
semblv will defer its action 1or sew
eral days-possiblv week
suIzer Sends for Six Foes.
Six Democratic assemblymen VINO
voted last night for the adoption Oh
the F'rawley report, were summoned
to the legislative chamber by Cover
nor Sulzer at noon today. The gov
errors purpose in so doing was not
made clear. but 1t was apparent that
he hoped to gain their support.
Five of the six responded to the
invitation. but four of them We're
told that the governor had changed
his mind and did not want to see
them. The fifth Assemblymau
Campbell. was closeted with the gov
ernor and his counsel for ten min
utes When the interview ended Mr..
Campbell declined to discuss 1T, as
serting it was confidential. A fell
low member of the assembly said,
however. that the subject of the
interview was the constitutionality
of the impeachment proceedings.
Two hours after the time set for
meeting found the situation in the
Assembly chambly chamber practi-
cally unchanged, although throng
that rivalled the one of last night
was stonding in patient expectation.
Half of the crowd was women.
Speaker Smith glanced over the
empty rows of members seats and
ventured the opinion that it would be
evening before a vote on the i'm
parchment resolution would be
reached
The gathering in the governors Of
flee was swollen by the arrival of
Republican and Progressive members
and a number of Democrats who
voted last night against the organi-
cation.
Tentative plans of the Democratic
leaders were to put through the inn
parchment resolution late this after
noon and adjourn for a day or two
to prepare articles of impeachment
for presentation to the Senate.
Despite the fact that on the Levy
resolution call for the impeachment
of the governor for wilful and cor
rupt conduct in office and for high
crimes and misdemeanors" the Re-
publicans at last nights session,
which extended into the early hours
of today, voted almost solidly against
immediate consideration, Minority
Leader Human and several others of
that party made it plain that this
did not Indicate their hostility to the
general proposition.
kilograms Sent to Absentees.
kilograms were sent to each of the
twenty Democratic absentees urging
attendance at today's session, and
the Republican absentees were served
with like notices.
Last nights vote on the question of
beginning the impeachment proceed
ings without delay indicated that
only eleven of the fifty absentees are
needed to make up the seventy-six
votes necessary to the carrying out
VI li1c liuptdCDIntill pIOBTdIll nt
advocates of this procedure do not
anticipate renewal of the bitterness
which characterized portions of last
nights debate.
Sustains Frawley Committee.
The resolution under consideration
today. based upon the report of the
Frawley legislative committee. sus-
tains the contention in that report
that Governor Sulzer has been guilty
of a fraudulent report to the secre
tary of state of contributions received
by him in the gubernatorial cam
paign; that he converted to his pri-
waite use campaign contributions;
that he engaged in stock speculations
at the time that he was governor and
was pressing legislation hostile to the
New York Stock Exchange; that he
induced witnesses to refuse to testify
before the Frawley committee and
used his office to reward those who
favored his policies and punished those
who opposed them.
impeachment Resolution.
This is the text of the resolution for
the impeachment of Governor Sulzer,
as presented in the Assembly last
night:
Whereas, The joint legislative in
vestigating committee has filed a re-
port in the Assembly on the 18th day
of August, 1913, together with testi-
mony, annexed thereto, showing or
tending to show that William Sulzer,
governor of the State of New York,
made a false and fraudulent report to
the secretary of state under his oath,
as required by law, that the total con-
tributions in aid of his campaign as
candidate for the office of governor
Wnra 81 Ago and NO mora. and
Whereas, In truth and in fact the
amount was greatly in excess of said
sum, to the personal knowledge of
said Sulzer, such report further show
ing or tending to show that he con-
verted to his own private use contri-
buttons given in aid of his said cleo
ton for the purchase of securities or
other private uses; that he engaged in
stock market speculations at a time
when he was governor and vigorously
pressing legislation against the New
York Stock Exchange which would
affect the business of and prices on
the exchange; that he used the power
OF his office as governor to suppress
the truth and to prevent the
production of evidence In re-
lation to the investigation of
campaign contributions and VIOLA
lions of law in respect thereto by or
dering and directing witnesses, some
OF whom were employees of the State.
to act in contempt of the Joint legisla-
tive investigating committee;f and
that, further, he used his office as
governor in rewarding or attempting
to reward such witness or witnesses
by securing or influencing their APP
pointment or promotion in the State
government; that as governor the said
William Sulzer has punished legisla-
tors who disagreed or differed with
MN IN legislation enacted in the pub
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