Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
GOVERNOR FERGUSON
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 AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. Ex-Governor James E. Ferguson, today was inn peached by the state senate. which sus- tained ten of the twenty -one charges in the bill of Impeachment returned by the lower house committee of the whole.
 The vote on the first article-that he a.sed $5,600 of state funds to settle a 4)ersonal Ohligation-was sufficient tC convict A tWo-thirds vote was neces- sary. The ballot was: ayes 27; noes Next Tuesday at noon, the senate formally will pronounce it's judgment Conviction carries with it, it is under stood. disbarment from future offices hut this condition possibly may be ameliorated.
 Tonight the governor is severed from the position to which he was twice elected Acting Governor William P Hobby, an editor of Beaumont. as- stunned the full power of office His tenure will extend to January, 1919
 Ferguson said he did not know what his future plans will be- It is probable that he will go to his ranch for rest MT. Ferguson received his defeat cheerfully. He joined in the laughte
 
 Senator I. F. Clark, stubbornly an- nounced on the third ballot his inten- tion to vote No" on each of the twenty -one charges.
 To friends who surrounded him when the last article had been disposed of he said
 Everything will be aHaight.1
 Senators Clark, Hall, Parr and Woodward stuck with the governor from start to finish. But on the votes that counted. those on the most serious charges against him, they alone were with him. The rest of the court voted soildly to uphold the charges preferred by the house board of managers.
 The charges which were sustained and votes were as follows:
 Number 1. That he used S5.e0O of Canyon City Normal insurance money in the Temple State bank to pay a personal note, 27 ayes, four noes.
 Number ?. That S20, 900 of Canyon City normal insurance money remained III the Temple State Bank more than g year without drawing interest but to tho profit of the governor. 26 ayes. , roes
 Number 6. That he deposited s6O. 900 of state money in the Temple Bank and profited therefrom, A ayes noes.
 Number '. That he assisted in the deposit of s250,000 of state funds to the credit of the Temple Bank and profited tferefrom, 26 ayes, ) noes.
 Number II. That his refusal to tell who loaned him s156,000 in currency constituted official misconduct, 2 ayes. Ioes
 Number 12. That he diverted from the adjutant generals fund money paid on the Canyon City normal hlIi1dinp ir, l916. 27 ayes. f noes.
 Number fl. That he induced fhe of ficers of tine Temple Bank to lend him money ii4 excess of the legal limit. q though he was sworn as governor tc enforce the law. 26 avoe noes.
 Number 16 That he sought to CO., cree and influence the board of regents of the University of Texas to do his autocratic will, 22 ayes, 9 noes.
 Number 17. That he sought to vio- late the law by removing regents with out adequate cause, P ayes, noes one present and not votinr
 Number 19. That he sought to in- fluence Wilbur P Allen, chairman of the board of regents, by rerntting to him s5,O0O bond, 21 ayes, 10 noes.
 The third article, charging that Gov ernor Ferguson testified that he did not owe the Temple State bank any money when as q matter of fact he had trans fnrred his notes to the Houston Ma tional bank temporarily was not sus tained, IS to 13.
 The fourth article, that the transfer Of the notes to the Houston National Exchange bank did not relieve him ot
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