Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-06-03
LIKE ARABS! !
Coy. Browns Men
Steal Away.
NO MILITARY SALUTE.
All Time-HOn0red Cere-
monies Are Omitted.
HOUSE To MEET MONDAY.
Questions Which the Supreme Court
Is Asked to Decide.
HOUSE To MEET MONDAY.
Questions Which the Supreme Court
Is Asked to Decide.

terday indicated, the Legislature was pro-
rogued, or at least an attempt to do so was
made, by His Excellency Governor Hold
over) Brown, the Senate, by party vote,
having first refused to concur with the
House in the passage OF the resolution re-
questing the Governor to lay the Difficult.
ties standing in the way of the two houses
meeting In grand committee before the
Supreme Court for decision.
The Senate sent a message to the House
saying In substance they were violators of
the law and that they did not dare to trust
them.
The house laid the communication upon
the table, aud the senate did the same WI III
"A resolution IT the house calling for the
circulation through the state of 100000
copies of the resolution of the house ask
ing for the reference OF the questions at Is
sue to the court and the senats's resolu
tion upon the same Then came the read
ing of the governors proclamation an
nouncing that, rs the senate and house
Were Unable to Agree
upon the question Of adjournment, he de-
clared the general assembly adjourned un.
til the last Tuesday in January, 1894.
The house hearing the proclamation,
unoflicially took "A recess for an hour just
as il reached the speakers desk. Upon
their reassembling it was at once seen
that the Republican members had retired
from the building but the Democrats pro-
ceeded. They adopted1last years rules
with slight alterations and adopted res
olution requesting the judges of the su-
preme court TO render "a decision upon the
following:
Can the senate at May session adjourn
for longer than two days before joining
the house in grand committee for the
counting and declaring of the vote cast for
general officers, the senate having asked
the house To so join itp
Second-Is the refusal Of the house to
concur In joint resolution of ad-
journment before the meeting Of the
grand committee failure to agree as TO
adjournment, such as would warrant the
government adjourning the general as
sembly.
Third-Can the general assembly at its
May session be adjourned before going
into grand committee for counting and de-
clarinR the votes, etc.
An adjournment was then taken until
Monday without even the reading Of the
governors proclamation. Great care was
stand that their adjournment was the
Only Legal One,
that for two days. and to have the men,
bers realize that they need not visit New
port again at present, as the Newport
members would meet and finding no
quorum would adjourn, 50 continuing un-
til the coutts decision is reached.
The Democrats express themselves as
mol MIA I.xyfth h.. md rla nj
that to have the governor prorogue the
Legislature was just what they wanted, for
it places the Republicans in a bad light
before the people.
As matters now stand the whole state
will suffer inconvenience, though a few
officials will continue in charge Of their
present offices.
Before adjournment Speaker Owens no.
titled the House that he would furnish
the clerk with a list OF the House commit
tees for the ensuing political year, and
that the members would receive due no
tice OF their allot ment thereon.
There were no Republicans in the House
after the Governors repudIated message
was placed upon the table but a stenogra-
pher was there to take full notes.
The Senate had been preparing for the
Governors action, and hastily the mem
bers left their seats and quilted the cham
ber as soon as Sheriff James Anthony re-
turned to make report OF the delivery OF
the official communicatin.
They, with Gov. Brown and about all
the Republican mem bers OF the House, left
for Providence via the WEXFORD line, that
they might not meet the Democrats on
the last boat leaving for Providence, up.
on which the Legislators usually depart.
There were none OF the time honored
ceremonies observed.
The Republicans Stole Out
OF the city like Arabs vanishing In the
darkness Of the night.
The usual salute and parade In Provi-
dence, with escort OF the Governor by the
Light Infantry Regiment, which has been
entered by that crack command for years
were not ordered, and the hold over ad-
ministratioD entered Providence without
any advance courlers TO prepare for its
reception.
Gov, Brown was informed what the re-
ception was that had been given to his
Official message. or course he did not like
IL, but with a nervous smile, said that he
had done his duty. Speaker Owen and
the House, he said, could do as he and IL
pleased. The service, he thought, was a
legal one, and the return made by Sheriff
Anthony gave him Jurisdiction.
The question now uppermost 10, Will
the sheriff allow the House to meet on
Nondey.
IL is asserted that the newly elected SER
geant-at-arms, Captain Waters, and his