New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-27
THE QUO wARRANTo PROCEEDINGS.
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THE REPUBLICAN CONTENTION.
.rr,nton. Feb % ,SpociaD-The counsel for AZ
,ornevG General stockton and Governor George l.
Vcrts ex-Judge Stevens ana r. '. lApdao"r!. an
nounced at the completion Of the testimony VI ''
ex-sccretary of the Senate, Samuel > IHoili''5''
to-day touching the REALTORS prayer 10 ''i' 90
IRENE Court for a writ of quo warranto aSaIn'.
Maurice A. Rogers president Of the senate o'
>,oy-Jcrsev and Senator Robert ADRIAN. VINO pre-
aides over the ho.doVer Democratic Sehd'oiH' '"''
80 far as the State was concerned ''ei 0'oV "'
conpete1 Ii IS putting II mildly 10 say 'le an
nouncenent caused general surprise Tor II was
conceded by all present, Democrats anu - 70"
ems alike that SO far the testimony or the VII
,,o.sas nroduced by the Attorney General and Gov
,,r had all been In favor of the Republican con-
,ention that the Democrats never even e'i'c''u ="
Temporary organization Of the senate o" '"''
nary o In fact the evidence suDnlhieu' anu '''''
includes the statement OF MI l"op'P'O"
wbo is acting as secretary Of the hump senate,
proves that only nine Senators were present anu
,rl, nine were recorded in The Rulnp Sepa'e ,
Journal when Robert Adrain declared the tenn
norary president Of the Senate oil Ne"-'eise'
which is composed OF twenty-one represeh'a"N'H'
The witnesses have also admitted 'ha' inns "'-
legged organization took place before ci0'"' '
time at which for nearly a century, II III, IA -
the custom 10 call the Senate to ordcr. NY ,roi
Their swear that the senate uOUaS "adr,i,t|l to
Ia. va
the chamber. This is what the l'cpuO"oa'' "''0
all along COntendcd. - ,,.,t, ohioc.ed
zation dav and Offering The Senate Jourh9 III
evidence he contended that this lying record WE
paramount evidence Of the actions OF the SrlA t
bui that contention will be destroyed t0-mSrloW ny
the citation of a case upon Whch 'nlei JuStiOe
Reascy sat In which he went behind tha' loosely
constructed document. -, = Nm
Allan q. McDermOtt. the Democratic boss OF NV
Jersey appeared as counsel for senator tuial'
to-day and Colonel Mccartney. OF Newark loih1gu
ex-Judgt William VI. Lanning. of trenton n
Wavne Parker. Of Newark. and Joseph count anu
Gilbert Collins for the Republicans -,
Secretary Thompson was cross-eXainlnei by MI
Parker on being asked to examine the Defnoc'atc
journal. he shown "A printed llst OF 'he ndI.C9
Of rhe twenty-one senators which mad been printed
and pasted in the journal. Nine kepuDhcah Seii
fors' names had been scratched of me list lie NAG
used this list on the day Of the organization am
n was similar TO that sent out as the oilCal ~
nv the Secretary OF State He did not call al thoSe
named thereon, and il was he VINO scratched We
names of the Senators from the printed sap. re
had nor 10 his knowledge" been in the Senate
chsr1ber the day before the organization, but ne
had entered in the morning. ,.-.
Mr. NcDerrnOtt desired that the senate minutes
from 1Sii 10 1892 be made part of the record rms
is in the none OF proving the Senate to be a con-
tinuous body" The exciting scenes of the DAY OF
organization were again gone over IN detail All
the newspaper correspondents have been served
with ,ubpoenas but they Will not be examiner
till Tomorrow, to which time the Commissioner
ad ourned the hearing.