The absurd but injurious situation created by the decision to
impeach Mr. Sulzer, the Governor of New York State, has continued during the week. The resolution of impeachment carried by the Assembly was the outcome of the report of a committee of inquiry that Mr. Sulzer bad made false returns in his campaign accounts, and had used contributions to his political cause for gambling on the Stock Exchange. For many years Mr. Sulzer posed as a friend of the people who spent all his energies in fighting their cause against the cor- ruption of Tammany. When the decision to impeach him was announced, Mr. Sulzer refused to resign his Governorship, arguing that his guilt must first be proved, and that in any case the Assembly had no powers in an extraordinary session to vote his impeachment. Since then he has partly maintained his position, occupying the executive office and insisting on signing official documents. Mr. Glynn, who was the Lieutenant-Governor, is more generally recognized as the new Governor, but hitherto no means has been found of ending the rivalry, and the general effect is chaos in officialdom.
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