The sun., 1894-02-22
JAMES GRAHAM UNSEATED.
THE REPUBLICANS BESINNINs WORK
IN THE <ssEMBLH.

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ALBANY. Feb. 21.-The Republicans in the
Assembly began the unseatinR OF the Demo-
cratic Assem- mblymen to-day. Graham OF the
| Gravesend district was the first to go. Every
body knew when Senator McCarty was unseat-
ed that his Assemblyman would also be un-
| seated. The result has been determined for
some time. and the day for the election was
fixed. Mr.. Friday, who was seated In Mr.. Ora
hams place. came up yesterday ready to be
sworn In.
The day was what is known ss maiden day
in the Assembly. Several new Assemblymen,
who had not spoken before during the session.
made the arguments. Mr.. Keck opened for
the Republicans. He said that the conviction
Of John Y. McKane settled discussion about
the facts in the Gravesend cases. The sub
stance Of Mr.. Keck's argument was that the
votes in Gravesend we're cast By saloon keep
ers and hotel employees. VINO did not live there
permanently.
Mr.. HarriRan, one Of the new Asssmblymen.
made an eloquent argument. which wss ap-
plauded. Applause OF q speech ls rare In the
Legislature. It was noticeable In this case
because Mr.. HarriRan was speaking for the
minority. Mr. Harrigan said that the Repub-
llcans did not bother much with the invests
cation Of facts, but accepted the staten msnts OF
the contestants attorney and acted on them
as II they were facts. The charge on which
Mr.. McKans was convicted was not that the
election had been fraudulent or that votes for
Graham had been fraudulently cast The Re-
publicans charged that the votes could
not be polled ns fast as they had been.
but the returns In Thomas c. Platts
town OF TioRa showed that 1.105 votes
were polled there within i've hours. The only
argument on which It was asked that Graham
be unseated was that temporary residents
voted. There had been no proof that these
residents were temporary. but only that they
were people who picked up living as best
they could, and who. under the Con stitution.
had as much right to vote as any one else.
Mr. DowlinR said that no proof whatever
had been received that any fraudulent vote
had been cast for Mr.. Graham. 1t was proved
that Coney Island 10 q summer resort. and
that most OF its voters make their living By
working around hotels or bars, but that did
not interfere with their legal right to vote.
Mr. Butts said that II the Assembly were to
act as q court there was no question as to how
they, would decide but they were acting as
The vote was 72to 81. Mr.; Graham declining
to s sso 70
be excused from voting.
you are e GONG 81. t to % 9 %sa a who iT
honest to sit ~ judsm emit on his own case"
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only to excuse NJ in
''T This wa Was done % Il did not affect the result
These bills were introduced
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snsum6ranees or obstrq qetion.
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Nj: Burt.ITo prohibit the ,oIlinE of bell in any
MT w6iti.si-To pToyid. tha, the state Comptroller
Nj $ss.s :s;%p! sas f..l etos:,is Of III. He
'rsm sSSnfo Somp. r.osa % 70 H.p record of
ps,nnto. pEgnsd.onrpoq m. publication Of rs.olu.
tiS.s and bIiis iniiSduceS in %. Stat: paper y ~
cables soSaaoior' SonaG,i: and ,aan:' fSr !t.a.pSs
with ths rlxh. to incrsa.. 20 $40 coHoo6' Tns
YORK si,y and Psrs.r c. Gh.nd.r Of Boston ar. the
Senator Robert,on-To abolish the ONCE of Park
3, 10 Niw SSTs eS and saS.Sss M n.
ssdss a' s ss Falls
Assembly By Mr.. shsffield and in the Senate
ncsn scss, tS NsS PS
Of the society is TO loan money at low rate Of
interest upon pledges Of personal property. It
Is intended to relieve the poor from the press
ure OF pawnbrokers. The society is to have
all the rights Of u pawnbroker. except that it
shall not have to obtain license or file bond.
man. William l. Bull. Frederic X Coudert.
sohn asWtt GRn1es s. FareRild r. o FSsoa Aora CaP
ting. Seth Low. solomon Loeb. j. Plerrepont
smith. Walter Stanton. J. Kennedy Tod. and
Jacob ii. Schin
The Greater New YORK bin Was special
senator Reynolds was In brooklyn and sem
ator Cantor was i'll hs both Of these Senator's
gnanim Gus e nssnt to put i over until next
TUESDAY. when it Is expected that it will pass.
Congress Con- 70 oppose Senator, Hiifs fnhs sritsnce
tlOns instructing Congress on the tarifr. for
eign affairs. and other matters. which tho
Has si or tn. or
giving the Conyenton the pGSsr to sppoint
committees OF investigation. The legislation
passed for ss e so
will have to be enacted this year to enable the
Convention to perform Its duties
Monday on account Of WsshinEton's Birthday.
This motion was defeated.
tlsan Board OF Election inspectors in Albany
and for the Inspection Of fire hydrAnts In
brooklyn.
mblyman Bnrtis OF Kings county rose to
question OF privilege early this morning In
regard to statements OF a newspaper that his
action on bill for the prevention Of cruelty to
children could be explained by the fact that he
was q wait and had been assisted by the soei-
ETY.. Mr.. BuItis said that he had been a waif,
but that he did not think any newspaper should
publish articles like that which reflected on
him.
The judiciary Committee OF the Assembly
reported the Ballot reform bill which was
made "a special order for next Wednesday.
There has been trouble In several of the in
vestlRating committees appointed by the Sem
ate for the purpose OF creating Republican
patronage and going up and down the State
seeking whom they may dsyour. The Demo-
Gratis Of the committees claim that tho Repub-
lean Senators were running the inVestiRa-
tions and paying no attention to the Demo-
Gratis The Democrats, especially In the cleo
tion cases. insisted that they should be repre-
sented by one OF the committees counsel In
stead Of having to hire one OF their own
counsel while the Republicans got their
counsel at the expense OF the state The
mmittee to InvestlgAts elections In Troy met
th6rS last night The Republicans Appointad