Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-06-03
STILL In THE MIDDLE
Rhody's Governor Prorogues
the Legislature.

BUT THE DEMOCRATS DO NOT GO
Efforts to Bring About a Grand Commit
tee to Elect State omOers in Rhode
Island Fail-QuestiOns to be Submit
ted to the Supreme Court.
NEWPORT, R. l., June 3-Ths discus
sion in regard to the political situation
here to day is as lively as ever. Groups Of
politicians and would-bs politicians are
seen here and there animatedly arguing
on the different points that are involved.
The Democrats express themselves as much
pleased with the result and claim that to
have the Governor prorogue the Legisla-
ture was just what they wanted, for 1t
places the Republicans In a bad light be-
fore the people.
Gov. Brown yesterday prorogued the
Legislature, the Senate by a party vote
having first refused to concur with the
House in the passage of the resolution re-
uuesting the Governor to lay the difficult
ties standing in the way of the two Houses
meeting in grand committee before the
Superior Court for the decision. The dec
lination was upon the ground that the
House had acted fraudulently in unseating
legal members, and if they went into grand
to the fraud, and, further, they had no as
surance that the HouEe would abide by
the courts decision.
The House laid the communication upon
the table, and the Senate did the samekhy
q resolution of the House calling for the
circulation through the State of LOG, 600
copies of the resolution of the House asking
for the reference of the question at issue
to the court and the Senate's resolution
Al. TI,o,, = ha GaNy V.Jc
proclamation announcing that as the
Senate and House were unable to agree
upon the question of adjournment, he de-
clared the general assembly adjourned
until the last Tuesday in January, 1894.
he House, hearing of the proclamation,
unofficialy took recess for an hour just as
it reached the speakers desk. Upon their
reassembling it was at once seen that the
Republican members had retired from the
building, but the Democrats proceeded.
They adopted last years rules with slight
alterations, and adopted a resolution re-
questing the judges of the Supreme Court
to render a decision upon the following
questions:
"Can the Senate, at the May session,
adjourn for longer than two days before
joining the House in Grand Committee,
for the counting and declaring Of the vote
case for general officers, the Senate having
asked the House to SO join It'll
"Second-Is the refusal of the House to
concur in joint resolution of adjourn
ment bcfc re the meeting Of the grand
committee, failure to agree as to ad-
journment, such as would warrant the
Governor in adjourning the General AS
senlbly!
''Third-Can the General Assembly, at
it's May session be adjourned before going
into grand committee for counting and
declaring the votes, etcT'
An adjournment was then taken until
Monday without even the reading of the
Governors proclamation. Great care was
taken in having the audience fully under
stand that their adjournment was the
only legal one-that for two days, and to
have the members realize that they need
not visit Newport again at present, as the
Newport members would meet and, find
ing no quorum, would adjourn, SO contin-
uing until the courts decision is received.
AS matters now stand the whole state
will suffer inconvenience though few
| officials will continue in charge of their
present Offices