The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-12
SULzER IS
ATTACKED BY A TIGER

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be ousted the lieutenant governor fills
out the term.
Friends of Governor SulSer say that
he refuses to recognize the authority
OF the extraordinary legislature to im-
peach him and will ignore It's action,
should Murphy be successful in to-
days test Of strength. Sulzer might |
remain in the executive office, issuing
his orders regardless OF the legisla-
ture and Lieutenant Governor Glinn
would Issue rival orders from his own
Office.
When the assembly met today the
Levy resolution calling for the I'M
peachment Of Sulzer was called up
and one of the bitterest political and
legal fights in the history OF New
York was precipitated. Never before
has the state of New York tried to
| impeach a governor and that 1t will
be a fight to finish is admitted on
both sides. On one side Is Charles
! r, Murphy, boss of Tammany, fighting
like tiger" for his political life and
for the control of the empire state
democracy. Pitted against him is Sui
4 zer, fighting for his reputation and
his seat in the peoples house" but
and this is of far more concern to
Murphy and his cohorts up
by all of the enemies OF Tammany
! hall. whether or not they especially
approve of the governor.
There was bare chance today that
the vote on the Levy resolution would
again be deferred. The Frawley com
mittee in last nights session could
muster but 81 votes. Seventy-six
votes are necessary to impeach Hurry
1 calls were sent out to New York City
4 absentees and Tammany expected to-
. day to have enough votes to put the
! resolution through. It was frankly
!. admitted that the only reason the i'm
: peachment measure was not put to q
!, vote last night was that the organiza
ton lacked strength. There was {
II tense moment when the clerk read tflt
& concluding paragraph Of the resolu
J, tion:
Therefore be It resolved that VIII
! liam Sulzer. governor Of the state oi
; New York. be and Is hereby impeach
ed for wilful and corrupt conduct In
, office and for high crimes and misde
!, meanors''
+ The first paragraph of the resolu
5 ton which was introduced by Aaron
i J. Levy, Tammany leader in the as
j. sembly set forth the findings of tht
Frawley committee reciting the evi
: dence taken in New York that Sulzel
! returned false sworn statement of hii
!. campaign expense and that he con
!. verted funds to his private use b.
/, using money to play the stock mar
! .ket. 1t is further charged that hi
misused the power of his office t.
! punish his opponents.
/ Previously the Frawley committee
/ report was read and accepted. Levy
s / resolution was then introduced ant
& the Sulzer adherents tried to hav'
J. its consideration put off for on
J. week. They lost by s2 to 49, Lev.
n then moved that consideration be pu
:. off until II O'Clock today. His motion
It carried by 64 to 80.
Q There were less than 100 Of the IS
: members of the assembly presen
last night.
Is a Double Exposure.
h NEW YORK, Aug. 12-Commentin
4 editorially on the attempt to impeacl
K Governor Sulzer the New York Worl
o. today says:
le "The Sul5er scandal Is no less al
r exposure of the governor than
{, Tammany Hall. It is the most COZ