Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-20

Albany, y. Y, Aug. 13.-William
l.. Sulzer, of New York State, was
impeached to-day by the Assembly.
This action raised a vital question
as to whether, under the constitu-
ton, the Governor must vacate office
pending final adjudication of the i'm
peachment issue by the Senate and
the Court of Appeals, sitting Jointly
as a trial court
Indications are that he will con-
test bitterly the theory Of the oppo-
sition that he becomes automatically
barred from exercising functions OF
the office the moment the articles of
impeachment are formally presented
to the Senate, and that he will be
disqualified from resuming the du-
ties Of Executive until the court Of
impeachment fails to sustain these
charges.
This afternoon, eight hours after
the Assembly adopted the impeach-
ment articles, the Governor had
not announced his intention.
Smiles Cheerily.
When Mr.. Sulzer reached the cap
ital he smiled cheerily to cores
pondents and posed for battery of
camera men.
ITS a fine morning, gentlemen"
he said
Lieut.. Governor Martin II. Glynn
came into Albany from his summer
home during the forenoon and went
to his newspaper Office as usual. He
declined to comment on the situa-
ton. If Governor SulZer is deposed, ,
Mr.. Glynn will automatically take
his place.
The fact that the various State de-
partments and bureaus are divided
in their allegiance to the Executive
and the Democratic organization
which is seeking to depose him slim
uls es interest in the complicated sit
ualion. The possibility of two men
endeavoring to discharge the func-
tions of the Chief Executive at the
same time suggests a chaotic condi-
tion that the courts alone will have
power to deal with.
Governor Sulzer, according ITO a
'los@ rr'cuS, already hc- drafted .
I<lor 'wHudyiuG reasons lor rcTus-
ing .0 tuH over his Ofhcc 10 ,leut.
Governor Glyna in anicipy ,g4 Of
such y demand after tho Senate has
'uivP0 the article. Of inn eachmeut.
AIi-Night Session. a.
The vote of 70 to As came after
an all-night session, and after the
Governors wife had made an elev-
enth-hour effort to save him at the
risk of sacrificing her own reputa-
ton.
Mrs. Sulzer Makes Statement.
In the light of the revelation con-
tanned in Mrs. Suffers declaration
to Senator Palmer yesterday after
noon, Governor Suffers friends are
inclined to view the ordeal which
confronts him with less apprehension
than before his impeachment. By
her assertion that she diverted part
Of the campaign contributions sent
her husband to private purposes
without his knowledge, and used
them to purchase stock in Wall
street she has shorn the articles Of
impeachment OF many Of their ter
| rors, his friends declare.
Governor Sulzer consented to per-
nit Mrs. Suffers declaration to be-
come public late last night only when
he found that he could not prevent
it, and that it lived as a rumor on
the lips of every member Of the AS
sembly in the city.
Mrs. SulZer must take the witness
stand in her husbands behalf be-
fore the court Of impeachment, tell
her story in detail and submit to ex-
animation by hostile lawyers or take
the hazard that the impeachers will
prove their case, the Governors
friends believe. Either her reputa-
ton or her husbands, these friends
iN"i' hi"o' oulSi' icy say SHo VIII
take the stand If she has no other
choice. They add that she besought
the Governor a week ago to permit
her to tell her story to the public.
The Charges Against Sulzcr.
The articles of impeachment
against Governor Sulzer, as passed
by the State Assembly, make a docu-
ment Of over 1000 words.
They charge the Governor with
violating penal laws Of the State, not
only in connection with the fling of