Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-18
Vote Taken This Morning
Finds Executive Guilty.
Of Misconduct
SHORN OF OFFICE
IN EMPIRE STATE

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Statements About Amount
Of Campaign Funds
Albany, N. Y, Oct. 17.-William Sui
Eer no longer is governor of the state
Of New York.
"A few minutes before noon today the
high court of impeachment by vote
of 43 to 12, removed him from Office
Senator Wende and Judge Cullen ex
cused themselves from voting.
The proposition of disqMalifying Sui
, ger from ever again holding a place OF
honor or trust in the state was voted
down unanimously with the exception
that Judge Cullen again excused him.
self from recording his vote. h
The governor received the news OF
his removal in silence at the executive
I mansion, where he had waited all
morning to hear the results, He said
hi. might made a statement later.
Prior to the vote on his disqualified.
tion, and removal the last four articles
OF the impeachment charges, fiye,. six,
seven and eight, we're unanimously
voted out.
Court was in session little more than
an hour. It was officially adjourned
minute after 10 o'clock. Martin H.
Glynn Of Albany, the acting governor,
became governor. Robert r. Wagner
OF New York, majority leader. of the
senate, became lieutenant governor.
No somcial notice OF removal s4w was
given ssWlzer. A record OF 'tha dsctsion
of. the court Was filed with thas s4ecre-
tarys Cf state, thus comply yink. swftk all
the legal reqnirerne nents to remove the
governor. 81. D s5 81 sst.ftf
. Waited lmpatIe emily. 4 4
A pale thin man sat IN the executive
mansion today waiting impatiently q
vote OF the high court of impeachment
which would strip from him the robes
of his office as governor and make him
William Sulzers private citizen.
Z It was common knowledge that be-
fore nightEAll this fate for him; would
he annomced That he should be re-
moved from ,oflice was decided by an
informal vote in the high court of Inn
peachments yesterday. But the vote
That would remove him legally was not
t&ken then and the court reconvsned
Xhis morning to perform that solemn
Action. ,555S ~ y s ,.5 ..ss.
Al vote on whether he should be dis.
qEalified from ever holding Office
again IN the state also was to be cast
1t was Informally voted yesterday that
lio such penalty should be meted out to
him so this vote, too, was largely q
matter OF form. a.s6sss ss
Both galleries Of the senate chamber
were filled when the members and
j,ldges filed It at s10:30 o'clock to sit
for the last time as members Of the
high, court. 4,
Judge d. Cady Herrick.g chief coun-
sci for the governor, said that his con-
nection with the case would terminate
with the final vote. He also said he
had returned to the governor state
ment the latter prepared several weeks
ago but. which Herrick suppressed.
Chester Plat, the governors secre-
tary, told the newspaper men state
nent would be ready probably for use
In newspapers tomorrow morning.
The governor has prepared that in
part, ne 6alO.3 DuL He,Wlll4u not put the
finishing touches on It until after the
verdict is given. 1t will mot be the
statement Judge Herrick has had \"
,, Judges, Draw Pay.
Incidentally today was pay day for
members Of the court. The salary Of
each man is 1880 a day, and as they
were paid for seven days work each
week, they drew $1,087.50 each for
their 20 days work This brought the
salary item alone to $61. .9S7.50. That
amount does not include the pay Of the
various court attaches.
Giynn issues Statement.
Martin II. Glynn. who today tbecame
governor of New York. as the result of
the removal of Gov. Sulzer. issued a
statement this afternoon saying that
he would insist on Economical, clesn,.
orderly and efficient transaction OF the
state's business. He declared, Il will
not devote the time which owe to the
state to partisan politics.
"This is not an occasion for exalta-
tion," he said. "and have no such
feeling. TO me it is an occasion of
solemnity mixed with Sadness"