The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-14
N STATE LEGISLATURE.
Continued from Pege1.

| grand committee. fhus GoVerhor
Brown had laid himself open
to the judiciary of the State
for advice by which he could perpetuate
himself in office. The party which cap
| tured the presidency of the United States
| In 1876 was performing only simple trick
i'm stealing the control OF the State gov
ernment. Governor Brown had violated
everything that was dear to the people OF
| the State. He predicted that II Daniel ;.
Baker received majority of the
votes cast at the next April
election, and either branch OF the General
assembly was Republican, the same
| scheme could be carried out OF prorogue-
| ment under a certificate OF disagreement.
| The only remedy was TO secure Demo
| cratic majority In both branches. He said
that the disgrace had been brought upon
| the State not by a Rhode Island man but
a carpet bagger from Connecticut. The
message had been unhonored and il should
| be unsung. Mulholland subsidized III 70
minutes, and the bull pen preserved a
surprising silence.
The minority preserved dead silence,
whereupon Colonel Honey said that mas
much as the responsibility of steering the
debate was conferred upon him as chair
man Ofthe Judiciary committee he wanted
TO say TO the minority that they had the
opportunity 10 respond He~-eftd t-afi
times. Neither Representative Wilson
that they were aware OF Colonel Honeys
existence.
The Republican members smiled their
thanks in an audible manner aud the
gentleman from Newport took his seat
with the consciousness OF duty well per-
formed
Dr. Garvin said that Colonel Horey in
courtesy desired to close the debate, but
he wanted to give the minority chance.
The minority didn't bite at the PROPOSE
tion. Bre'r Honey then rose TO
his feet, and. y the, y sompolent
builpen showed some symptoms of ami
nation. Colonel Honey started in with
moderation, but he strucK two.niinute
gait and proceeded TO define WHIST con-
slit ution is from aDemocratic standpoint.
He occupied much time in discussing the
apathetic tendencies of the Bourbon
Kings and displayed wonderful famil-
iarity with the revolutionary history of
the universe. He wanted TO elab-
crate the maxim that External vigilance
was the price of liberty" He had discov-
cred four distinct encroachments by the
dominant party in the last eight months
on the constitutional rights and privileges
OF the people. He tackled those
four encroachments seriatim and drew
literally from the attorneys briefs sub
mitted to the supreme Court S to elab-
crate his argument. 1t was
monstrous proposition that the
-
certain purposes of legislation and
executive recognition, but was bad for
the purpose of counting votes. On moral
grounds, he, declared thrt the House
should insist upon its course OF action,
| He acquitted the court of any moral
| wrong in the submission OF their decision,
believing that they had been imposed
upon by fraud and artifice. Henry sat
down amid some applause. s
MIR. Wilson Replies.
Representative Wilson replied to the
majority. He defended the action Of the
| Senate on the ground that the House by
force of numerical majority pro-
ceeded to the unseating OF
one member and declaring another
member'sseat vacant in violation OF both
decisions ,s Of & the SuprsEe Court.
proper they could have re-
| moved two, four or six members at thei
| pleasure for the purposes of obtaining
majority in grand committee. He charged
the majority. with repeated in
| consistency i'm the recognition OF
| tion to grand committee and at the same
| time, while admitting in the majority
| report that Governor Brown Is
Governor de facto and de .jure,
yet they submit a resolution returning
the message of tone ID. Russell Brown to
a telling shot at Col. Honey
in reading letter addressed TO the Gov
ernor by Mayor Honey. AT the time of
the controversy in that city
over the sldermanic difficulty,
Interpretation of certain questions by the
exercise of his constitutional prerogative.
The inquiry Was as follows:
"rhere is another method which how
ever does not seem to me quite as efilca-
cious, namely, that your Excellency shall
exercise your constitutional prerogative
of asking the Supreme Court the following
questions: First, is Chapter 114i
of the Public Laws constitutional?
Is it the duty of the Board OF Aldermen
under said act apd of the
General Public Statutes and Public Laws
of the state to prepare voting lists for the
wards laid out by the commission i'm pur-
suance of said act? And third, ought the
voting places of the wards OF the city OF
Newport to be within the geographical
boundaries OF the wards to which they
belong?n
Mr.. Wilson made an able speech, reply
ing quickly TO all interrogatories put TO
him from the floor
lie was followed by Representative
Allen who discussed the authorities cited
by Mr.. Honey and showed that his cita-
tions were misleading and unfounded.
In the senate.
After the roll had been called in the
Senate and before the minutes ofthe last
meeting could be read the clerk of the
House appeared al the door. lie stated
that he had an invitation from the
representatives TO the Senate re-
questing meeting OF the grand
grand committee and a resolution on the
present condition of the government I'm
Rhode Island. The two papers were re-
| Ceived by the Governor and the minutes
were then read and approved.
The invitation OF The House was then
read. Mr.. Freeman stated he understood
that Senator Miller OF Providence was
anxious 20 speak upon the resolution and
| as he was not in his seat he moved that
the bill be laid on the table temporarily.
| This was done.
The clerk thon started TO read the reso-
| luton, which was nothing more than Mr.
Vests "Crisis in Popular Government"
| He had not read more than
| two pages when MIR. Freeman asked
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