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

session OF said body on the 24th aay
81 February, A. D. 1891, that the Of
fetal Journal oi sacd sena &c OF said
2&th day 81 February, a ID. 1871
shows that the following resolutions
Nere adopted by the senate, viz:
Leave being asked, and unanimous
/ Consent being granted, Mr.. Croker
offered the following resolution.
Whereas. il appears that great
trre. ularitlss and frauds have been
committed IN the tow aship of Cum
mine, OseOda county, and Ia the town
chip OF Harrisville. Aleona county, in
/ votes that were counted for BENJAMIN
4. Morse, BY reason OF which he was
declared elected. without which said
| votes said Morse was not elected
therefore
Received. that the entire vote OF
said two townships OF I9mmins and
HarrisyiIle be declared null and void;
Resolved. further. that the seat
on said benjamin c. Morse in this sen
! ate a. senator from the twenty sixth
| sena tOTiai district OF the state of
Michigan, be and the same Is hereby
declared vacant
On motion of Mr.. Croker, the re-
solution was adopted
Leave being asked and unanimous
consent being granted, Mr.. Croker
offered the following resolution;
/ Whereas, as the entire vote OF
| the people In the township OF Cum
mins, oscoda county. and Tia the tow n
| chip OF Harrisviile, IN Alcona county.
was illegally cast by reason OF gross
/ frauds and Irregularities III said town
chips and by reason of which the
board of canyassers declared that Ben
lamin C. Morse was duly elected SEN
ator of the twenty-siNth senatorial
district OF this state, when. as n mat
( ter of fact, Charles A. Friedlander
should have been declared elected,
therefore
| Received, that the said Charles A.
Friedlander be and he is hereby de-
elared duly elected senator for the
36th senatorial district OF Michigan,
and entitled TO the seat recently made
vacant by the removal OF benjamin
| c. Morse.
| That at the time when said resolu-
| mtions purport TO have been adopt
/ ed the follow ing senator's only were
present, viz; This aifiant and Messrs.
1 Beers, Boughner. Croker. Doran. Gil
| bert, Holcomb, Mccormick. Miller,
| Mugford, Park, Porter, Sharp. Smith.
| Wisner, fifteen in all; that no other
senator's were present and that a
| quorum OF said body consists of IL
members; that a less number than
a quorum cannot transact any bust
A
| when said resolutions purport TO have
been adopted; that at the time when
| said resolutions were pending before
1 the senate there was not quorum
| OF that body present; that this all
| ant arose in the senate chamber ana
| called the attention OF the president
| TO the fact that there was not quo
rum present; that any member oil the
senate is entitled to demand the yeas
and nays on any pending question as
provided by rule number IL OF the
| senate rules; that before said resolu-
tiOns were put to vote, ana while
! they were pending, affiant demand
| ed that the yeas and nays be taken
and recorded upon the journal; that
| the president OF the senate neglected
| and refused to comply with said re-
| quest; that il the yeas and nays had
been recorded as demanded by this
| affiant the result would have revealed
| the fact that there was not a quorum
| OF the senate present.
| This depOneut further says that said
| journal of said cath day OF Febru-
| airy Is incorrect and false In that II
does not show that this affiant raised
the question that there was no quo
rum OF the senate present, and de-
manded the yeas and nays when said
| resolutions were pending as herein
before set forth, but on the contrary
entirely suppresses said facts.
| ROBERT l.. TAYLOR.
| Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10Th day OF February, \. ID.
1891.
ID. l.. CROSSMAN.
| Senator Wilmington then offered the
following protest and asked that 1t
| be read and spread upon the journal:
Whereas, it appears by the action
| OF the senate this day that two gentle
men, namely. Friedlander and Nor
| row. under the claim OF being members
| of the senate OF the state OF Michigan,
| by virtue OF certain action recorded in
| the senate Journal yesterday, have
been privately and surreptitiously
| swotn in as entitled to seats as MEM
bers OF this body; therefore
| The undersigned do most vigorously
protest against this unusual, improper
| and illegal method of administering
| the oath OF Office, and we do most posi-
| lively affirm that If the said gentlemen
are entitled to seats upon this floor
| they should be received and sworn in
/ open senate in manner indicative
| of the belief that they were entitled
| TO open publicity as to the time and
method of their induction into office
/ IL should be beneath the dignity OF
| the state senate and every individual
member thereof to enter upon the dis
charge of such high duties in such an
| unusual and questionable manner.
JOS. NJ. WEISS, I'd District.
FRANK l.. PRINDLE. cath District.
| MAEDIN SABIN. sth District
IAN W GARvELlNK: 10Th District.
| WILLIAM TOAN. 10th District.
BENJAMIN G. MORSE.
| JOSEPH FLESHEIM. 31st District
| AARON II. BROWN, Esd District.
A. .. WHEELER, 2sth District.
| WM III. WILMINGTON. 9Th District.
| ALFRED MILNES. 9TH District.
ROBERT K WILKINSON. 10th Dist.
| II. l.. TAYLOR, 10th District.
When this was introduced Senator
| Park interposed motion that IL be
| be considered read. and the Democrats
cheered him on with cries OF Yes,
yes. That's right"
Senator Mines secured the floor
| and said with great Indignation that
| there was no legal power on Gods
| having his protest read in the SEN
ate and spread on the journal Thou
| sands of peoplc in Michigan demand
the right to know through the official
organ OF the legislature what the
| protest is. whether the Democrats
wish to throw it away or not. He
| had hoped that on sober second
| thought the Democrats would not
carry on their obstructive tactics and
choke off the reading of protests. He
declared that the record as published
would not be true.
Not FROM your standpoint" yelled
senator WIsner
From the standpoint OF any honest
man." senator Mines replied. with