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Show IMPEACHED, BUT RENOMINATED Sutzcr Is Nominated by Progressives Pro-gressives for State Assemblyman, Assembly-man, May Be Speaker New York. Oct 22.- -William Salzer, impeached as governor of the state, was nominated for the assembly, Monday night by the Progressives vof the sixth assembly district. Mr. Sulzer, in 1889, began his public career as a member of the branch of the state legislature. Mr. Sul-'zer Sul-'zer has agreed to accept the nomination, it was announced at the meeting where he was chosen as the candidate. Max Steindler, Progressive leader in the sixth assembly district, who placed the former governor's gover-nor's name in nomination, said Mr. Sulzer reached him by telephone tele-phone from Albany inqiring if he had been designated. Mr. Steindler replied in the affirmative. affirma-tive. He said he asked Mr. Sulzer if he would accept, and Mr. Sulzer replied Uie would gladly do so. Even Sulzer's worst political foes practically conceded him victory in his own assembly district. dis-trict. The question which caused the greatest peMtiolww vefHrsMjtrtCTniV votes Sulzer Sul-zer would be able to swing for his speakership candidacy in case of his election. The concensus of opinion was that the next assembly would be divided among the three parties and if this prediction is true, and Sulzer is able to muster the undivided support of one faction and a few insurgents from other quarters, he would prove to be a big faction in the race. A majority of the assembly as-sembly is required to elect a speaker and only a landslide for one party can prevent a long deadlock if Sulzer wins. |