Show ST STAGE AG IS SET fOR SULZER TRIAl First High Court of Impeachment Impeach Impeach- ment Ever ver Convened in New ok lt WJ to a Charges Against Governor A A A X N. Y Sept 17 The Tho Tho stags i is tot Set for the opening at noon tom tomorrow of the thc trial of William Will iam jam Sulzer governor of l New lew ew York before the fi first st high court of impeachment impeachment im im- im- im ever convened in ill this state to to pa pass pas s upon charges filed file against ag her chief executive While G Governor Sulzer conferred tonight ht with hi hi- hi counsel members of the as assembly board of managers who will wiH act as prosecutors prosecutor discussed with their legal assistants a. methods of procedure on tho the morrow morro Members Meru- Meru bers 0 of the court of appeals and the senators who jointly jinty compose the high court mapped out their plan of action Friends of or the time Impeached executive c rc repeated their assertions that he he was in good spirits nt of a verdict that will clear his name name of of tho the stigma cast upon it b by the adoption of or the articles of or Thc Tho They were no Ic less s certain he lie had no thought of ot resigning and thus titus escaping tho tIme ordeal ordeal or or- deal of or what promises premises to be bc a ii lengthy trial On the other hand his opponents were free in expressing the the opinion that after the 1 legal tga 1 preliminaries had been swept swept- away and the taking or ot testimony had le legun un the time governor O would surrender his office rathor rather than face cross From the tile governors governor's camp came camo on only ony y surmises as to hS his defense These In Continued on Pa Page Pago c 10 10 C Column lumn 2 STAGE SET FOR TRIAL OF SUlZER Court of Impeachment Sits Today to Hear Charges Against Governor Continued From Page 1 effect were verc that his counsel first firstI would attack the tho validity of ot the impeachment impeachment im impeachment im- im I on the ground that the as assembly as- as ha had no authority to adopt the articles while in extraordinary session and that efforts would be made to prevent pre pro vent vont senators who served on the 1 y committee and those who ma may be called upon to testify from sitting as judges Jf Jr the preliminary objections are overruled overruled and and It Is Js the general opinIon opinion Ion on tonight that the they will be It be-It It Is understood that the tho governor will base his ils defense defenso upon the claim that whatever whatever what what- ever over he may have done dona prior to his Inauguration last January none of or his acts while executive constitutes a high crime or a misdemeanor The Tho belief belie that tho the preliminary legal technicalities will bo be disposed of ot quickly quick- quick ly y Is It strengthened b by the tho assertion to tonight tonight tonight to- to night of ot Chief Judge Jude Edgar M. M Cullen Cullon of ot the thc court of appeals who will preside preside pre pro side over th the deliberations of or the high court Will Till He Dc No 0 Delay I anticipate no dela delay either cither in the opening or the course of ot the trial ho he declared I I expect we shall be be- beable able to decide the preliminary legal questions questions ques ques- that ma may be raised within a a. few tew hours The procedure to be followed olio wed order of or voting and other details Judge Cullen Cullen Cullen Cul Cul- len said probably would be by bya a a. committee composed both of Judges of ot the court and senators An Import Important development today was the announcement by Chairman Levy of the assembly managers that Jon B. B Stanchfield had been added to the prosecutors' prosecutors legal battery Other at attorneys attorneys attorneys at- at who will aid In the prosecution prosecution prosecution tion are arc Alton B. B Parker Edgar Edcar T. T Brackett Eugene Lamb Richards Isidore Isi Isi- Isi dore ore J. J Krosel Klesel and Hiram Todd According to present plans as ns soon as the senate has convened formally tomorrow a committee will notify the judges that the senate is ready to take up UI th the business of the tho court and the judges will jo go o to the senate chamber The board of ot managers of ot the assembly assem assem- bly bh then will present the articles or of impeachment At this point Governor Sulzer will 11 be called caned to present his answer an an- mis 18 will be bo presented by ills his lawyers although it is expected that before it is given the tho disputed points will be raised by his counsel Ph- Ph Part In Primaries New ew York YorI Sept SepU 17 The Tho Tho Impeachment Impeachment Impeach Impeach- ment of Governor Go Sulzer and his right fight for direct primary reform played an important part in yesterdays yesterday's Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic primaries in New York state In Buffalo and Rochester r. r the tho largest largest lar lar- gest cst cities clUes out outside of or Now York tho the regular Democratic organizations which lined up with Tammany hall In Inthe Inthe the Sulzer Impeachment fight tight were badly beaten In Albany Alban count county former former for for- mer user State Committeeman McCabe McCobe clerk of the senate a firm Tammany adherent tnt ent nt came caine so 50 near defeat that the party lelder leadership may remain In doubt until the tho official count In New Now York City the Sulzer Issue was vas not hot apparent Only one of at tho the Democratic district leaders was unhorsed unhorsed un un- un- un horsed and this contest was purely local Sulzer's threat to make male tho the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic assemblymen smart rt for defeatIng defeating defeating defeat defeat- ing direct primary prImal measure was re recalled recalled recalled re- re called today when primary returns showed that four of or the assemblymen who voted vote n against this measure and for his Impeachment were defeated for in Buffalo The primaries held by the tho other parties parties parties par par- ties had no wide slate feature to die dis th them m |