Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-23
SENATE HIGH
court FINDS
IN favor OF
TEN CHARGES
Impeachment of Governor
Ferguson of Texas Appears
Assured. Eleven of Charg.
es Fails to be Approved.
(By Review Leased Wirel

/ (By REVIEW Leased Wlre)
! AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. Ex-Governor
James E. Ferguson today was im-
peached by the state senate. which
sustained ten of the 81 charges in the
bill of impeachment returned by the
/ lower house committee of the whole.
One Enough.
The vote on the first article-that
he used $500 of state funds to settle
a personal obligation-was sufficient
to convict. A two-thirds vote was
necessary. The ballot was: ayes, 81;
noes, 4.
Next Tuesday at noon, the senate
formally will pronounce its judgment.
Conviction carries with it, it is under
stood, disbarment from future offices,
but this condition possibly will be am
eliorated.
Hobby Is Governor.
Tonight the governor is severed
from the position to which he was
twice elected. Acting Governor Will
lam P Hobby, an editor of Beaumont,
assumes the full power OF office. His
tenure will extend to January. 1919.
Ferguson said he did not know
what his future plans will be. 1t is
probable that he will go to his ranch
for a rest.
Ferguson Cheerful.
Mr. Ferguson received his defeat
cheerfully He Joined in the laughter
when his old friend and supporter.
Senator l. E. Clark, stubbornly an
nounced on the third ballot his inten-
tion to vote mo" on each of the twen-
ty-one charges.
To friends who surrounded him
when the last article had been dispos-
ed of he said:
Everything will be all right"
Four For AcquittaI.
Senators Clark, Hall, Parr and
Woodward stuck with the governor
from start to finish. But on the votes
counted, those on the most serious
charges against him, they alone were
with him. The rest of the court vot-
ed solidly to uphold the charges pre-
ferred by the house board of manag
ers.
Speaks For Himself.
Governor Ferguson this morning
went before the senate high court and
argued that he be acquitted of the
charges against him.
Comparing himself to Daniel in the
Lions Den, fighting for his life" Gov
ernor Ferguson today staged his last
great effort to clear himself of the i'm
parchment charges against him.
For two hours he faced the senate
high court and throng of spectators
and pleaded for acquittal. When the
governor concluded, recess was taken
until 10:30 p. m.
The Sustained Charges.
Article one charging misappropria
tion of $500 of Canyon City normal
funds was sustained q to 4.
The second charge that the COVER
nor profited from the deposits from
Canyon City normal funds was sus-
tanned 26 to 5. The third article,
charging that Governor Ferguson tes-
titled that he did not owe the Temple
State Bank any money, when as a
matter of fact he had transferred his
notes to the Houston National bank
temporarily was not sustained, Is to
13.
The fourth article, that the trans
fer of the notes to the Houston Ma
tional Exchange bank did not relieve
him of responsibility for them was not
sustained. Is to 13.
The fifth charge, that the governor
told the March investigating commit
tee he had no debts in the Temple
State Bank when. as matter of fact.
he owed the bank $11 200, was not sus-
tanned, the vote being IA to II.
On the sixth article charging the
governor derived a profit from state
funds deposited in the Temple State
Bank, the senate voted to convist, "a
to 7.
Article seven, charging that the
governor assisted in depositing $780,
900 of state funds in the Temple State
Bank for profit was sustained, 26 to 5.
Article eight, that the governor
sought to have state highway funds
deposited in Temple bank for profit
was not sustained. 8 to %.
The ninth article. that the COVER
nor deposited funds in the Temple
Bank that could have been placed in
the treasury was not sustained, Is 10
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