Telegram-herald., 1891-02-27
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY,


Little review Of lAe case at Lansing /
VIII sIMo.s the cO~zrdly and alsreput-
abe manner IA wniea the Democrats
have acted under the party wasp OF
Secretary Ho-ford, Nno seems 10 % the
party boss a. she present ume. Senator
George 3. Horton. uuo has just been
ousted, halls from Lsnswee county,
tAs Fifth Senatorial District of MIchi-
!, represented the Twenty-Sixth Sena-
torisl District. Tie opponent OF Sena-
tor Horton, J. IL. Morrow. mad filed
notice o. contest on the general grounds
of Irregularities and fraud. c. A.
Fridlsndcr, OF Aipens, was the other
contestant. bat the grounds OF contest
N each case was so weak. and the will
Of ths people go PLAN, that both men
conEesting, as well as everyone else who
had examined the evidence, had con-
cluded that Senator's Horton and Morse
were secure in their seats. Had there
been any tenable grounds for 60 doing,
an effort 20 seat the two aspiring DEM
ocrats would have been made long ago.
Knowing that Democratic supremacy
IN the Senate could not be attained by
fair means, the intriguers bided their
time. tuesday the opportunity was
presented. A number OF Senator's went
to Jackson to attend the State conven-
ton. and their absence left the Demo
Gratis an ample majority over tho CON-
bined vote of all honest men Ike HIM
self.
When the Republicans went to the
convention, no meeting had been held
by either committee TO formulate re-
port. A short time before, Senator
Mines, . member Of the committee,
had asked Senator Parks. in behalf of
Senator Horton, If the matter could not
be attended TO, as Senator Horton was
anxious TO have the case disposed
of. senator Park replied that he
was busy then, but as soon as
be could get ready for . committee
meeting he would let him know. This
was the oondIrC OF affairs when Sena-
TOR Parks rose IN 4plsce and certified
tO \ deliberate fal hood as n commit
tee report. In IT, Morse case, the testi-
mony was not all IN aud no idea of a
report had been preached IN commit
tee. But Senators Croker and Gilbert
10th signed and certified TO another
deliberate falschood as . committee re-
port.
The Democratic Senators to . man,
knowing these reports TO be absolute
ly false. sanctioned them with their votes
snd made themselves participants IN
the lies. The Lieutenant Governor,
knowing the reports to be falsehoods,
used the position to which the people
had elected him 10 help on the steal.
Under the party lash IN the hands of
Hosford. who stood beside him. in q
position from which ne would have
teen uucersmoniously kicked If the
Senate had bad any decency left, the
Lieutenant Governor prostituted his
Office to the furtherauce of falsehood
and theft.
All rules Of deceucy, honor and
courtesy were outraged. The minor
ity had no opportunity to be heard
committee or elsewhere. The
asses were taken up IA the absence OF
the Republican senators. The new
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Governors room and secretly sworn in
--an unprecedented proceeding. No
member II legislative body was ever
before sworn IN elsewhere than upon
the floor Of the house in open session.
The whole transaction from first 10
last e an outrage upon decency, and
the fare name Of Michigan. Honesty
and honorsble methods are long wsy
below par st the Democratic capitol.
bCt < remains 81 bs seen Wheeler the
voters Of The STATE VII sanction ard
endorse such dssrspesahia ulethocs. II
thss action e the Democratic party =
endorsed st ne pells n April. then
politicians may threw honesty and far
deaia0 = the wsIias, 4 VII De notice
frsm he psoYia that thew 20 rot care
Z tie voice Of ne majority he nos
fcSrd, thst lntrigue. knsvery. seoun-
reiHn aud larceny are the methods
at should he employed 70 obtain con-
NJ q TIE sftsirs & state.
We 60 not sslisve thss the people