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Sulzer would be removed, but the men. who have beep "following the progress of events are not so certain now. As a result of the state wide campaign that has been made'onhis behalf ther.e has been a change in 3 SULZER ON TRIAL TODAY PEELS CERTAIN HE WILL BE ACQUITTED; ' Albany, N. Y., Sept. 18. William Sulzer, impeached governor of New York, is on trial today, charged by the Assembly, the lower branch of the State Legislature, with "high crimes and misdemeanors." His judges are judges of the Court of Ap peals and the members of the Senate. It requires a two-thirds vote of the joint assemblage to convict. The charges to which Sulzer has pleaded not guilty are as follows: That he filed with the Secretary of State a false statement of his cam paign receipts, expenditures, dis bursements and liabilities. That he was guilty of perjury in stating un der oath that this statement was cor rect. Guilty of bribing witnesses to withhold testimony from- legislative committee which investigated his campaign expenditures and receipts. That he was guilty of suppressing evidence in using threats to keep wit nesses from testifying before the leg islative committee. That he was guilty of preventing a witness, Fred erick L. Colwell, from attending, un der subpoena, the sessions of the legislative committee. That he used money and checks contributed to his pre-election campaign to speculate in stocks and was thereby guilty of lar ceny. That, asgovernor, he threatened to use his office and influence for the purpose of affectinghe vote or politi cal action of certain public officers. That, while governor, he corruptly used his authority orinfluence to ef fect the current prices of securities listed and selling on the New York Stock Exchange, in some of which securities he was at that time inter ested. Both sides profess great confi dence. Sulzer has declared he be lieves he will get a fair trial and will be. acquitted. When the original charges were filed, it seemed almost .cerjtain that' or vnsp - mn i a- WillianV-SuIzer and His Wife. ' sentiment It seems certain now" that the result wilT.be very close. With he solitary exception of the impeachment ,trial .of Andrew. John son,, chief - executive of the -nation, tiifs'yifllbe jthe first, reaP'f ecalT 'trial 1 Vs ' .. " JC mmmttmammm tttaatia