The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-02


after the organization of the two houses
at the annual May session and it shall
be the duty OF the two houses at said ses-
sion, after their organization, upon the
request OF either house, to join In grand
committee for the purpose of counting
and declaring said votes ana of electing
other officers.
IL will be observed that this section
contemplates legal house, not one that
has been organized In distinct and pal
pable disregard of the law. But it is now
evident the Democrats do not feel so GER
tain AS they did that they have any legal
standing as a legislative body.
The report is certainly a confession of
defeat, and Is SO regar dc | her. II was
adopted without any opposition from
Colon ell Honey, and Immediately com
municated to the senate
Adopting Ruies OF Order.
DIR. Garvin moved the adoption of the
rules or order OF the last house, SO
amended as TO provide that the vote In
grand committee shall be open; that the
engrossing rules may be suspended at
the January session. TO compel all COM
mittees to report by the first Wednesday
In March all bills presented and referred
to them previous to the first Weine sday
in February. The new rules with the
amendments were adopted.
There was little lull after the rules
were disposed OF and the members looked
at each other in a questioning sort OF
way as IL they would ask "what will
come next :" There was little circus
not far off and the Democratic heelers
and hangers who took up much more
room than the me mbers themselves were
given another chance to applaud the bel
ligerenJ utterances of their part y Is cham
pions.
MIR. Brown Gets Heated.
Clerk Warner of the senate came into
the house to communicate the resolu-
tion p ,ssed by tue upper branch yester-
day. 1t stated that the senate declined
to accept the Invitation for the reason
that the senate had information that
the house had unseated certain of
its members and seated a person
who had never been elected, in viola
tion of law and in defa nee of the con-
stitution, thereby changing the charac-
ter Of the grand committee. Therefore.
the resolution continues, the house as at
present constituted is not the body with
which the constitution contemplates
the senate should meet for the purposes
an ,al in. ha iy,v cd ~ ha
The clerk started to read the resolu-
tion, but Speaker Owen, with fire in his
eye. pounded his gayel with such vigor
that the readers voice was drowned.
Then the speaker told him he must 60 no
further.
himself up into "a fine frenzy and called
the resolution up SO as to get a chance to
whack the heads or the pressAptuous
senator's.
"This is an outrage; this is an insult to
the dignity of this house aud to the
honor of its members" he shouted
wrathfully, as bis arms swung in wild
about his head.
Had there been any way In which
could have known its contents," he con-
tinued, II would have moved the house
to refuse to receive it aud thus have
saved it from this indignity." This
sounded well and the heelers reused
themselves to proper degree of
aud applauded roundly.
1t didn't matter to them that
this was mere figure OF speech with
Mr.. Brown who had read the resolution
in the senate and knew every word OF it
by heart long befors Clerk Warner
with the official copy
ut the bar of the house
That wasn't what they were there for.
Their business was to enthu'e on the
slightest provocation or on no provoca-
tion at all. and they did it.
The House Retorts.
When Mr.. Brown had knocked the
senate to smithereens, much to the de-
light of the Democratic hangers-oI, he
presented a r.sjlution in which the
house In the usual form resolved that it
was constitutionally the judge of the
election and qualifcatiol of its
me nbers and lid not therefore recognize
the right of the senate to critcise It's ac-
tion in determining the rig 1T OF aay per-
son to seat in that body. Consequent
ly 1t declined to e;eive ice senate's reso-
luton notifying it Of its refusal to join
in rand COMMITTEES.
OF course the resolution was passed by
the Democrats ana hustled up to the
senate. Then the dignity OF the house
having been vindicated recess was
taken until o'clock.
There was n conferenc, between Colo.
mel Honey and his chief lieutensnts dus-
ing the recess, but it does not appear
that they have agreed on any line o. &C
ton TO be taken ia case of the senate's
refusal to pass ths house resolution pro-
viding for snort adjournment, peading
the obtaining Of opinions from the su-
preme court.
The senate Mt Work.
Governor Brown called the senate to
order shortly after 10 o'clock. When
the journal hal been read there cams up
from the house the resolutions embody-