The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-17
WAS FOUND GUILTY
ON THREE CHARGES
Vote for Removal Was 43 to
12-Last Four Charges in
Impeachment Were IMAM
imously Voted Out, as
Was the Proposal to Dis
qualify


ger no longer is governor of New York
A few minutes before noon to-day the
high court of impeachment by vote
of 43 to II removed him from Office.
Senator Wende and Judge Cullen were
excused from voting. The proposition
for dsqualifying Sulzer from ever hold
ing again place of honor in the state
was voted down unanimously with the
exception of Judge Cullen, who was ex-
cused from voting.
Prior to the vote on removal, the four
last articles of the impeachment charges.
g. 8, 7, and s, were unanimously voted
out. The. court was in session little
more than an hour.
Martin H. Glynn of Albany becomes
governor and Robert f. Wagner of New
York, the ma ajority leader of the Senate,
becomes lieutenant governor. No official
notice of his removal was given Sulzer
record of the decision of the court
was filed with the secretary OF state,
thus complying with the legal require
ments. The governor received the news
at the executive mansion, whore he had
waited all the morning. He said that
he might make statement later.
Sulzer was found guilty yesterday
afternoon on three charges of the i'm
peachment, /, 2, and 4, while he was
declared innocent of the charges con-
tanned in article 3.
The vote on articles l and was 80 to
Is. bare two-thirds majority.
The first article charges the gov
ernor falsifed his statement of cam
paign contributions and the second that
he committed perjury in so doing.
The vote on article g. which charges
the governor bribed witness to with
hold testimony from the Frawley inves-
tigating committee, was unanimously in
favor of the governor
The vote on article 4, was AZ TO IA,
which charged the governor suppressed
evidence by means of a threat to keep
witnesses from testifying before the
Frawley committee.
Among these were Duncan w. Peck, |
state superintendent of schools, who |
testified the governor asked him to COM
NIT perjury.
Voting on Charges.
Presiding Judge Cullen held that the |
offenses charged in articles and were |
not impeachable and that the governor |
neither falsiied his statement under the
provisions of the election law nor COM
mitted illegal perjury"
"The rule here contended for" he |
said, amounts in reality to an ex post |
faeto disqualification from Office for an
offense which had no such penalty when
committed, without affording an oppor-
tunity to show either repentance or
stonement. Men have committed seri-
Gus crimes, even felonies. and subse-
quently attained high public Positions
Practically every member of the court
explained his vote when the roll was
called on article l, although those who
voted in favor of the governor did not
enter at length into 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 opin-
ions in support of their votes.
One of the judges, Nathan L. Miller,
who was designated to the court of ap-
peals bench by Sulzer, denounced him II
as totally unfit for Office"
Several of the senators also took oc-
casion to express their opinions of the
governor in harsh terms Senator
Thompson declared that the governor
had "traded on the value of William
DuiEtis NUtn nt sOhRHb COH-
tributions to his campaign and that
those who gave money had done so ''to
purchase him" Senator Sage declared
that the $4,000 contribution of Thorn
as +. Ryan was given to the governor
because he was useful" in Congress
and "as retainer for services to be :
rendered in his new position" .
Senator Wagner, Democratic leader OF !,
the Senate, rendered long legal opin- !
ion in which he sought to refute the J
contention that the offenses charged in :
articles one and two were not impeaeh- !
able because they are acts committed !
before the governor took Office /,
Senator Elon r. Brown. Republican 7
leader. read similar lengthy opinion =
in which he defended his vote in con .
nection with the fact that he had been
politically opposed to the governor. \
1T has been my duty during the pres v
ent administration" he said, ''to lead {
the opposition in the Senate and at o
times there have been sharp conflicts. S
On more than one occasion l was in In
dignant at the governors language and Q
acts but the constitution imposes the ID
duty upon the members of this court / i
without regard to previous bias. What :
man is so petty, be he member of