New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26
MIR. DUNLAP UNSEATED.
oCSTED FROM THE ASSEMBLY, BY A PARTY
VOTE, G2 TO %.
THE REPUBLICAN, MEMBER FROM MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SPEAKING IN HIS OWN BEHALF
THE INIQCITY OF HIS EXPULSION
FULLY SnOwY-sPEAKER SHEE-
HANS UNFAIRNESS.
CBv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDUSE

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| Albany, Feb Ex-Governor Hill has kept his
promise. He has unscated from the Assembly a ke-
publican who honestly eected to that houSe' anu
| III his place there will be Democrat, who was not
erected 70 the seat but who Will occupy 1t ana ara"
the salary only because the Governor wants more
cohtrollablc votes in the Assembly than he now mas
! ohe Of Mayor Grants wm-seilinG police justices
would have shown a defendant mora courtesy than
| 'he Democrats in the Assembly, under the lnStiuc-
uons Of Governor I'LL, allotted to W. Barlow Dunlap
! III the election contest to-day. At this point 1t Is
gnt 10 call attention TO the unfair, unjust and IN
! decent treatment Of the Republican members OF the
assembly by the Governors scrvie tool and lieutenant
>p5iker shechan, who threw parliamentary law to the
| winds In his anxiety to please the Governor.
colonel Webster, Of New York, who was selected by
"oVcfnor Hill al the opening Of This session OF the
| Legislature man sufficiently lacking in principle
10 DO his bidding. gave notice yesterday that he would
move call Of the House this morning This served to
bring to the Assembly at an earlier hour tlln Usual
most Of the members and when the House was called
u order only "A few were absent. few committee
| reports received when Colonel Webster moved
| ms call. As the report OF the committee Of which
he Is chairman had previously been made the special
order for to-day, there necessity Of his explain
ing Why he made the motion. After the call had been
! declared ordered. although there apparent
majority against il, Colonel Webster moved the adoption
ol The majority report OF the Committee on Privileges
and Elections which declared in favor Of unscatnS Mr..
| Dnulap.
". e. stevens, tho chairman Of the Republican
| minority on the committee, moved amend tine
notion and asked the adoption of the minority report
This report showed clearly that no opportunity had
been grated to the sitting member t. present cvi-
dcncc Of any sort, or 10 have single witness
examined by the committee, before under the GoYcr
not'o Instructions the majority Of the committee lad
voted 10 cXpsl him from hi, seat. 81:
ON thi, motion - adopt the minority report Colonel
Web>or made speech in support Of the report which
lie and the Governor wanted adopted. II was lame
and Ialtinc effort. Tho main point Of hi,
mcnt va, that Mont t-omcry County was politically cor
rupt and a: IL was time for a change there. During
his speech Colonel Webster brind,hcd bundle Of
documents which he said we're the papers on which
the testimony taken before the Mayor of Amsterdam
given As,cmhlyman Ackcr interrupted tho
speaker t. ask him If those the papers that tho
defence had been trying 10 get but could not because
the contestants attorney and friend, would not allow
them TO be brought out. Mr. AcAcr wanted to know.
farther II til, was the same evidence that tho ma
jority ~ the committee refused to have printed.
At th, Colonel Webster 4cmmcd and hawcd. llo
did not know that any evidence had not been printed.
This evidence, he added getting "A fresh Inspiration
from some source. new evidence.
Arc the papers which YOU have exhibits or new
evidence! !7 asked Mr.. Ackcr. Tl, question Colonel
Webster could not answer.
speaker -hcclan. seeing that Webster was getting
himself sadly mixed up interrupted and said that ho
under TODD that the papers introduced as cv
dcncc
why were tLcy not given to a compcstor and
printed ?" asked Mr. Achcr
Il don't intend To stand here and be crosseA
amined.7 whlucd Colonel Webster, and with that he
| ended lis first speech.
Mr. steven. the chairman Of the Republican
minority on tie committee, spoke in part as follows on
his motion:
The proceedings for coutc,tng the seat Of W Earl2w
Duul.p. of MONTGOMERY county were n'sun on 80, 80
ycnici - bv the contestant Dwycr The contestant
?c,up.'a aH thr l lil@ I' '9G and mo- opprrinnty
VA, given The respondent % produce any c'dc'c III
hi, own behalf Gp 10 tht tm'. Inl> & - l. AIRY t
tahh'd by the p'intcd evidence on your nt, & eN''io
what mielt lc drawn out q, rcbdiunS evidence ON
eros, cAam.uatou. Ouly c.-ht da'r remained win
holiday miptcnnE' ,', ile r. r'l''WV,n' D',.'p' I'M"
Legislature convened ou January q. ON tha'
Gay, contrary % all Ir'Gi, ,n'''a.' ,nu ,o.. o'.
Ghc committee dI NOT meet until JWuaFy IT, ana
ten To ormn1r aHd adjourn nc cy.drncc vas emo. mot
mit'cc W., again called together and again al
louiucd until FEBRUARY j.. wien the Dunlap case
for f,narg 'i Gp ana SIR pm6ap appcard With hi,
counsel and stated th1D short tmt had been gwen
respectfully ask an Adjournment for week or ~.
This rcfu> Il. The coun',! for the contestant
then erd d. wa, willing To submit hi, case on no
printed evidence NJ thi, the m"'!N "i ,, w. o"',
init o. not surprised. g, only the evidence ON
m" sid of tie contestant Ntl h'tu plut''i ana t'
case Immediately. he then asked That the doe
nmcnary evidence referred ia the printed evidence
be produced. IN order that he mIEht sum up i rno
case mtclhcc1tly. TIN, wa- also REUSED. Th'
counsel for the dcfonre ihcn simply entered M ~,
protest and tho ca,c was submitted To tho
committee.
\, chairman ~ the minority. then asked that TIE
documentary evidence rcfcrWd To- lc prdnccd 80 ma,
the committee could make an Intelligent and imprtai
the committee, without considering any portion Ii inv
evidence. and far known. no consultation being
held voted T. report in favor Of unNcatinS Mr. Dul-
lap. and seating The contestant Dwycr.
Mr.. Spcakcr these are the simple facts - the case
without svlns The man any chance Tor Hticr,c rb S
Wet him Of pcrjuy ana bribery ON cvid@ncn @ Wiu,n
wouN no lee tolerated in many Of the justices courts
~ this state on It dvli acton
There wa, momcntary ull after Mr. stevens had
Glshcd speaking There perfect quiet in the As
-cmby Chamber. which by this time was crowded
when Mr.. Dunlap arose to make his own defence lie
spoke in a clear strong voice. and in language whlch
could not be mistaken. lie first told the story "i fho
contest and the taking Of testimony III Amsterdam on
behalf Of the whom the Governor mas 10" Sc"'c"
and told how the Democrats occupied The entire 'hc oi
the hearings until December %, not giving him cnah'c
10 present "a single witness without any previous no
tcc DIVERS lawyer decided tn allow the defendant T"
present testimony. The decision coming without
any notice, tho lawyer employed by Mr' Dunlap 'o"iu
not 90 on that day, and asked for an adJou'l,He"'
until later in the week. When they met again IL was
known that the contest would be taken To Albany
and he thought it would bc better to DriS h' "'o''
before tho Assembly Committee. ,,,. .,t,,,o,
You know Mr. Spcakcr,' Mr.. Dunlap contnueuti
with rising voice. why wa, perihltfu 10 PIcs...'
iinc,se. Gcforo hi, committee and you too, gentle
Of the majority. know why ! was hYt Rd aiioTgn tg
,0davts ~ fwentv-,evcn men, showing that the CON
roer oi thi, state, the sons OF the o3niesiln'' anu
contestants counsel. bonSht votes Oh ri,to" G i ~
Take th,-Ca,c i'm il, worst possible cohullOl; aih ~
shows that twenty hrcc received money Ior Itia
votes and that the most Of these VoId tIu t I t
ticket If they want to dismiss me; they ouE"' "
,hov that l:,s Illegal votes were ca't. ....,,
Mr. Dunlap then rcheared ne is,"rA % n W t 'car
aro the a;oyernor had determined to carry the zen,
gre, district I'm which Dunlap lived; 10 InaI emu Il
corrninn fnnd of s15 900 was raised and 5000 was
distributed in each Of the I'VE G,Gi ne and GV now
The Governor was ugly with every one VINO alaed IN
defeating his ends. ,.i,, angry r,ndIv
ruder Lo h,iI and sc,thng words OF Mr. Dunlap, ana
when tbe Governor was exposed II was 700