Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-18


xas declared adopted By vote Of Ia TO
senator rrseker then moved the
nenpt4oa 81 the following preambie
ena resolutions.
Whereas, IL appears that great r.
reg llar.tiss and hFasEsls have been com
mitfed u the t0~ n~illp 81 Camm las,
o-eota county, All ia rne toH "a hIp
Oh HaErisvilie. 4ieoaa county. Ia votes
that were e09Dfesi for Beala min G..
1oE~e. rs reason ~ ~ hsca be was de-
es2Ted elected. without which sad
votes said AioEse VAS not elected.
therefore
Resolved. tAststhe entire vote % said
two ten nships of t'amnlIEs and Harris
vile oE z7ela-sd ansl and void.
ke<oleesi, fssFtaer, that the sat OF
the mid EentafaIa &. Morse ia this ser
ate a. se11Lax from the twenty al 1 { a
senatorial! district al the state Of Mich
19skn. Dc and tae same - hereby de-
elaTesl vacant.
senator Taylor raised The point OF
order that fh-rr &as no quorum pres
ent aad called for tae yeas and nays
60 deteTnllne that tact The iieuten-
anteoseraos ignored kim. lie then
walked straight up 10 the lieutenant
governors slxsk aud insisted repeat
ealy that his demand BE- granted. FL
nallT when the t-gOFern0r
f>ftt+A ~ t%f&%--+t - iAt}ft @DEAAAtE
ior's desaBad ne Shouted You're out
OF or1er." 1T - always Ia order 10
rss4-e the queatioa OF "A quorum, and
tor any member 30 call Tor the yeas
AMI nays. said senator Taylor. The
only respons~ 70 this from the pres!d-
LA ga1rfs az. cure out uf order,
aud a. pat the resolution aud declared
II eagrssd b. viva voce vote.
senator ,lrocker then offered the fol-
lowing resolution. which was declared
adopted Ia the SAME way:
Whereas. as the entire vote OF the
people IN the township of Cummings,
oseoda county, and IN the township
Of ffarrsslli-, Ia Aieona county, was
Illegally east by reason OF gross frauds
ana Irregularities In said townships,
and by reason III which the board of
eansassers declared that Benjamin T..
Morse was duly elected senator for the
twenty xth senatorial district OF
this state, when, t5 a matter OF fact.
Charles A Friedlanter should have
been declared elected, therefore
Resolved. thrt the said Charles A.
1rlfdlshsier b. aad - hereby declared
duiy elected senator FOR the twenty
sixth senatorial district OF Michigan,
and entitied TO the seat recently made
vacant BY the removal o. Benjamin c.
Morse
ihas was eonsnmmated the steal.
without report from the special
committee, without even a meeting
OF the committee 10 consider the eyf-
denee, IA the absence OF a quorum and
In violation ct the rules in respect to
the yeas and nays. the people OF a
senatorial district are deprived OF their
rtEhtIul choice OF Representation and
candidate VINO was never elected
ts loisted upon them. And this il the
WORK OF the reform" Democratic leg
Liza ture,
mere never was ease before in
THIS state, whether either house was
close or whether the dominant Darty
mad large majority. that there was
not opportunity given the minority To
report IN a contested election matter
ana TO be heard On the floor In these
cases not only were these rights de-
Med but a resolution was declared
rarrfed when there was no quorum
present. The Democrats the country
over, and not less in Michigan than
Elsewhere, have been fierce in their
nominations of speaker Reed in con
Kress for counting members whom he
actually saw In the hail 10 make out
quorum. Bat here members who
were not in the senate chamber nor
within sight o. the lleutt aant-gov-
Prnor were counted to- make n quo
rum. Not only that. but senator's VINO
were not within sight of the senate
rhafni,er were counted as voting. and
the legislative Journal was falsified
70 sustain the lying position thus held
by the secretary OF the senat e and the
heutenant-goyernor