New-York tribune., 1894-04-13
BEDLAM AT ALBANY.
SULZER AND HIS BOYS" STIR UP RIOT
IN THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER.
FURIOUS AT THE DEFEAT OF a PET MEASURE.
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER DIsREGARDs ALL
RULES OF THE HOUSE pISORDEELY
MEMBERS CALLED BEFORE THE
BAR or THE ASSEMBLY AND
REPRGMANpED.
tRY TriEcRAph To rnl rEl3Uyr ,

Albany. ApIl 12.-Onc Of the most disgraceful
| scenes ever witnessed in the Assembly Chamber
| Of this State took place to-day because the As
| scmbly had refused u put on its second passage
| bill which had previously been defeated. In
crcasng the number OF Democratic State Off
cials. In the early portion Of the session this
morning. Mr.. Suzer. the Democratic leader. en-
| deavored to increase the appropriation for the
Constitutional Convention from $35O,OO0 to s4Oo,
go. lie was defeated in his attempt Then he
tried 10 pass his bill increasing the number OF
| factory inspectors from twenty-four to thirty.
| Mr.. Suzer demanded the passage Of the bill.
| \ call OF the House was ordered motion of
| Mr.. Ainsworth. Mr.. Suzer's motion that the.
vote by which the bill lost be reconsldered
was also lost
Mr.. O'Grady. Of Rochester. in the chair,
and as soon as the rollc&u was finished on the
notion the clerk announced that the vote was
g. 10 5i-G5 votes in the affirmative being neces-
sary. Il call for detailed statement shouted
Messrs. Sulzer and Trainor and several other
Democrats. who rushed down the alsles toward
| the clerks desk.
IT'S too late" said the Speaker pro tenn. and
| ordered the clerk to proceed with the next bill
Mr. Sulzer took his place the side Of his
| desk and shouted that the Rcpu5iirans could
| not bulldoze him. The Democrats surrounded
their leader. and all cried for detailed state
mcnt Just then Speaker Malby took the chair
| lie sounded the gavel several times while the
| Democrats stu shouted. Don't you try 70 bull
doze me- cried Mr. Sulzer.
The sergeant-at-arms will ask the gentleman
from Ncw-York to take his seat sid the
Speaker Mr. Sulzer took his seat after few
minutes argument with the serg"ant-at-arns.
Mir Maby ordered Clerk Cunningham To pro-
coed with the rocall upon the Prescott BILL ana
while the Democrats stn shouted the cl"rk con-
tnuod the call
When the name Of Mr.. iienncssy was reached
hc refused to vote unless he knew what he was
voting upon. The motion was mad" 10 excuse
Mr. Icnncsyy. bat /, Was voted down. ami the
chair ordered u recorded upon The journal that
| Mr. Uenncssy had refused 10 vote. Similar action
was taken on these names: Sulzer Marin
Tralnor. Souihworth Stein. Ia Fetra. Keleher
and Reilly.
4 move. Mr. Speaker" said Mr.. Answorth'
/ that members noticed as present and refusing
| to vote be- arralgncd before the bar of the House
| for punishment for contempt
Il was nearly 80 =. m. the time for adjourn
,neni. and Mr.. sulzer talked against time FOR
a fcw moments Mr Ainsworth Interrupted by
moving that the time be indefinitely extended.
! Ar suizs- objected and raised the point Of order
that the House by resolution had decided TO
/
rule Tho chair held against Mr.. Sulzer. and by
| fnotlnn the time for adjournment was extended
| MIR Sulzcr appealed from the decision of the
| rbaIr Mr. Alnsworth moved to lay that motion
| on the table ard IL was carried MT AnSworth
| demanded a rollcal on his motion To punish
members for contempt and II was carried 10y
| .pt. ~ - 10 Is
Tho sergenni-at-arms then arraigned the fol-
lowing members before the bar: MessrS Hen
messy sulzer. Marin. Trainor, Southwor'h'
stein Ia Fetra. Keleher-aH Dem 'cratS ,,- T..
! ~ sneaker" cried MIR Ainsworth. this is
"A serious breach ami infringement ~ the rules oi
he House and / move that the gentlemen pe
| r,prifnandcl by the chair for their revolutionary
proceedings. ON th9t ] move the previous
| question" -,
Mr. sulzrr attempted from his position a. the
bar 10 argue. H. called for the yeas ana nays
Th. Sneaker with difrulty restored order
| After the members were arraigned, The yeas
and nays on Mr.. Answorth's motion - punish
! ,h. members flr coutemp, were called Tor oy
| Mr. Foley The previous question was ordered.
Some of the members At he bar attempted 10
| vote but the Cnalr ruled them In con'"mpt
The speaker started - speak. but was inter-
| ruptcd by Mr.. Schillinger Tn Chair then said
hc would hear MIR. Schillingcr as soon as he was
! finished. Mr.. Schillinger wished - state mat he
| had voted I'm the affirmative on Mr. Suffers mo-
tion - reconsider the Factory inspectors bill
Tho Speaker hen stated thar ne regretted To
| be called upon 90 rrprimand his colleagues.
! Personally they were his friends. ana he be
| Hcved that they were trying To discharge their
| duties for the best interests ~ the state. The
| House. however. must work under rules The
| whole matter hlagrl upon the vote of Mr.. Schil-
| nngcr. but the Speaker had heard Mr. Schilinger
| refuse To- vote when he was on tn" noor The
! Chair knew he dil not vote Mr. Malby then
excused the members ana threatened worse pun
ishmcnt X the matter was repeated
Mr. Schillinger shouted that he had voted In
the affirmative. Just the Chair ordered
| recess until I O'Clock.
During the tumultuous proceedings which fol-
| lowed the defeat ~ the sul2er bill pressure had
| Occn brought 10 bear upon Schillingcr Il get him
to say that he had voted during the roIlcal t.
reconsider the vote by which the bill mad been
lost II had been Sulzer's claim that he had
voted but had not been recorded; and If he had
been recorded there would have been enough
votes to rcsurrect the bill. This pressure was
| successful ana this man nnnlly consented 10 stat"
what he and every one else who was anywhere
near him knows 10 be an absolute falsehood
Mr. II. s. Brown. the correspondent Of the
| New-York Herald" sat within two feet OF him.
| while Speaker Mllby stood even nearer than that
when he refused 10 vote, declaring that he would
get with Sul2cr for what he had done to
| him that morning in opposing one Of his bills.
| Othcr men also were near enough To him 10 near
him refuse Suffers importunites
The Democratic side Of the House was in
worse turmoil than ever when the recess was
taken. Both Sllzer and ex-Speakcr Bush Jumped
upon their desks and announced that Demo
cratic caucu. would be held Immediately for the
purpose Of condemnng the Speaker, Mr. AIMS
| worth the clerk and every one else connected
| with the Republican majority for what the mi
| nority declared 10 be their unfair trca tment.
Schilllnger at first refused to go into the caucus,
but after much effort he was persuaded u do
| SO There he was asked II he voted. and with
head bowed down. confusion ON his countcnance.
and with a husky voice he whispered that he
had voted on the rolclll. Witnesses then were
called for 10 swear that they heard Schlllinger
vote but only six responded. one Of these was
| Ulrrigan OF New York. who said he heard him
vote Aye" Another was Trainor. who said
he heard him vote Yes
Others told one story or another all being
different but T.. L. Ryder Of Westchester
County who sits In the seat adjoining Schil-
finger declared emphatically that he did not hear
him vote but on the contrary heard him de-
cline to vo,e three times
4 committee OF nine was appointed u draw up
an address To the public Su@er pehg haue
chairman.
When the afternoon session began Schlhnger
asked permission 10 speak To question ol pti,i-
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