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SEATED BY FORCE
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CoapLEIg IHIER RANK ROBBERY.
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pAtlteislc-4t ald lntaFe,I prevailed Tue
Lttie chamber vas niled - Is utmost
capacity, With spectators and msmbers
oE the other House. lac t.o Demo
crate usurpeFs, tsiedlaEdsF and Nor
row bad Deem sGrFepttloasiy sworn N
- Northumberland strong. IN
violation Of al precedent and law. Il
Is sale 10 say that never before, IN the
Legislative nsstoFy or the United States,
bas member Of any House been swoFn
INTO o1ice anywhere except upon the
tooF of the House. and in open session.
Bot gnoFlng aud ignorance OF laws,
customs, rules and order, 20 hand in
hand la the Democratic Senate Of
Michigan. The snSseryien. Secretary
or the senate had procured, before the
Assembling OF Tie senate, new roH calls
WITH the names OF Fr.edander and
Morrow Oh them. Those two indiyldu-
as were present and ready 10 take
part. When the roll was called by the
Secretary, "a soon asFrldlauder' name
was called. Mines rose 10 tue point of
order. that there was no such member
Il The senate, and even il entitled 10 =
seat, me bad not been sworn IN.
The President Yelled ..orderP'
and pounded the marble tablet on his
desk with all MS might. Senator Park
commenced his believing tactics, see
onded by Senator Crocker behind him,
DOraa getting in an occasional roar.
The sergeant-at-Arms moved down
near Mines, backed by his two assist
ants. The Secretary kept ON calling
the names with a tremulOus voice,
while Mines stlli neld the floor. When
the roll call was completed d aud a
quorum declared present, the President
yelled loud enough To be heard above
the upToar that two Senators, Frld-
lander and Morse had taken and sub
scrioed an oath OF office which had
been filed IN the Secretary OF States
Office.
senator Mines then presented a pro-
test signed by Senators BastOne, BEN
son, Brown, Fleshelm, Morse. Gayellnk,
Mines, Prlndle, SabIn, stevens, Taylor,
IOan, Weiss, Wheeler, Wilcox, NukIn-
son and Wilmington, accompanied by
an affidavit OF sixteen Senators. The
AFFIDAVIT stated that not one of them
was present when the resolution was
adopted yesterday uuseatlng Morse;
that IL takes seventeen Senators TO
make quorum, and that but fifteen
were present, being two less than
quorum. The signers. therefore, pro-
tested against the suppression OF these
facts on the journal record. When the
reading of the protest had proceeded SO
far
Amidst n storm OF Insulting Cat-Cails
And yells OF derision from Crocker and
Parks, Senator Taylor insisted on his
demand. An occasional streak of de-
ceuCy was visible IN President Strong's
conduct, and ne generously ordered a
rOll-cal, much 10 the disgust OF Senator
Doran, who had by thIs time become
thoroughly saturated Win Hosford
tactics.
Amidst Jeers. uewIs and Groans
o. the Democratic Senators, bulldozer
Parks moved tnat the reading be dis
penscd with. Senator Mines insisted
that the reading should proceed. as 4
constitutional right claimed BY the
agners. In violation OF order and de-
cenN the mOtioa was received. Mines
demanded the yeas and nays, and the
roll calf was tie--l6 to IS. President
strong played his part by voting u the
affirmative. The protest also bore the
affidavit OF Senator favl0r that, when
the resolution unseaGng Morse was
pending, ne raised toe point that there
was nO quoi gm present aud demanded
tbe yeas and nays: that the President
refused to recognize him and put the
resolution 10 vote without r0lt-call;
that at that time there were but fifteen
Senators present, and that D TOll-call
would have revealed tie absence OF n
quorum. On the vote TO dispense with
the further reading OF the protest, Sen
etor Mines raised the point of order
that Fndlender aud Morrow had no
right to vote. snasmuch as Il was part
of the proceedings OF the sen
nate upon the question OF their
right TO seats in the Sen
ate. The President ruled the point
uOt well taken. senator Mines ap-
peslsd. bus the Presdeat was sus-
tanned by TIE vote. senator WIthIag-
ton then sent up another protest. Tins
paper protested against the illegal, un-
ususl and surreptitlous manner IA
Which the two members had been
sworn IN, and insisted that both lsw
custom and deco nSv required that a
Senator lie publicly sworn N. senator
Park moved that she reading OF the
protest he Dispensed with. Senator
Mines insisted that the reading could
net ne dispensed with, as the mem bers
protesting had a constitutional right GO
te heard senator PARK heard of the
constitution for the first time "a h
legal experiences. and withdrew b
motion. When tae protest Nss rsad,
senator Wisner moved that 4 be lad
on the table. Senator Taylor demanded
the yeas and nays. for which Senator
poran with IA usaai degree OF brlAl-
ance called him - order. Senator
Crucker with more cuteness snan know
ledge OF good Eng ssh or good manners,
velled "set down Isylor.N Senator
Mines insisted that the protest should
be received aud entered ON toe iournai.
Among the few talngs that President
Sfraug hss learned. outside Of the Hos
ford-psrs program - the fact thst 4
notion % lay ou the table = net De.
hatshis ard he 50 Informed Senator
N1nss. senator Park yelled s'tlTfer.
and porsn ecnoed the yell Senator
Wilmington. one Of the most courteous,
ouset gentlemen IN the senate. here be-
CAME - ind xnsrt At tbe Democratic
ontrsee that amidst al tire confussuu
~. xos.sa vas heard ia scathlug den01-
e.sf,sas Ha sad. 1T = nof strsage
that senators. capable OF the alshonor.