The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-31
UNSEATING REPUBLICANS.
Colonel Honey's Cohorts Get In Their
Work and Then Adjourn.

Colonel Honey's Cohorts Get In Their
Work and Then Adjourn.
Tuesday the senate wasted very little
although had the Democrats had their
way there would have been the same un-
seemly wrangling that characterized the
proceedings of the house.
While the roll was being made up
Senator Miller OF Providence entered
protest against the insertion OF the name
OF Orlando X Smith. The governor de-
clined to entertain any motion from
Senator Miller and the senate proceeded
to organic, aud elec ed Eugene 4.
Warner clerk by unanimous vote.
Then Senator Miller bobbei up again
with motion to strike ; .uator Smiths
name from the roll Governor Brown
ruled the motion out OF order and Sena-
tor Miller appealed. The ruling of the
governor was sustained by n vote OF % TO
IA. Senator Watson OF jamestown vot-
ing with the Republicans.
BY thi. time IL was known that the
Democratic house was engaged in the
summary unseating of members and rs
there was no prospect OF meeting of the
grand committee the senate adjourned
until today.
Pandamonium I'm the House.
In the house all was confusion. The
Democratic bosses were on hand in force
and fairly elbowed the members out Of
their places. When the senior repre-
sentative from Newport. Mr.. Clark,
mounted the speakers platform and
raped to order there was a mornentary
lull, but the confusion broke out again
when half the Democratic members tried
to address the chair aJ once.
The trouble was all over the makeup
of the roll. The law provided that tue
secretary of state should prepare the roll
and certify 1t To the clerk OF the house;
but the Democrats were not paying any
attention TO law, justice or order yester-
day. They were on hand to cut off Re-
publican heads, aud any law that later
fered with that purpose received no re-
spect from them,
Finally the house proceeded to the
choice OF a speaker. aud Franklin T.
Owen was elected by vote of 40 to 80
for Representative James L.. jerks OF
Pawtucket. John l.. Couley was elected
reading clerk aud Arthur Cushing re-
cvrding clerk. Then DIR. Garvin from
Cumberland nominated John Waters for
ser9eant-at-arms. and Lewis Shantler,
William l.. Tilley, Joseph Kesfe, John
Bailey, Thomas Murphy aad James Mel
vim for assistants. OF course there
wasn't any warrants for such appoint.
ments, but the Democratic house made
them just the same.
Work of Unseating Begun.
Doorkeepers and pages were then
chosen and n roll call afforded Colonel
Honey the chance he had been waiting
for all morning. The clerk had barely
called the name of John B. Landers when
the doughty colonel put in protest
against the Jamestown representative
sitting, and read a long petition from the
Democratic candidate VINO was defea ed
at the polls. lie offered resolutions al
rccting the clerk TO strike Mr.. Ian ler's
name from the roll and substitute that
of Samuel Smith
In support of this resolution Colonel
Honey spoke for more than an hour
He might have saved himself the effort
for 1t had been foreordained by the
Democratic steering committee that Mr..
Landers was to no, aud 20 lie did by a
strict party vote of 40 to 81 Ia vain the
minority pointed out that In all decency
and fairness the case should be iuves-
tigated before action was taken. the plan
OF the bosses was carried cut
Then came Representative Hoxsey's
turn. Colonel Honey read another long
preamble and resolution declaring his
seat vacant, aud the obedient IN jority
proceeded 10 carry out the orders OF the
chief. Representatives Wilson and Allen
called attention 10 he unconstitution-
ality OF sucn proceeding, but their pro-
tests fell on deaf ears. Mr.. Hoxsey's
seat was declafe vacant by n vote Of 80
TO ~, and thus Westerly was summarily
cut of from the repres N tation i'm the
general assemb y which the constitution
guarantees her
Having Knocked Oft heads enough to
turn the grand committee oser TO its
control Co.olel Honey ordered an al
iournaient until tolay..