The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-08

deal with:
The refusal of the jamestown moder-
ator to count the wrongly marked
ballots.
The threat OF the Democratic leaders
to unseat the Republican member Of
the House from jamestown because the
illegal ballots were not counted.
The submission of the question to the
Supreme Court and its answer sustaining
the moderator.
The unseating of the jamestown mem
ber on motion of Colonel Honey in di-
rect defiance OF the Supreme Court.
The refusal of the Senate to meet in
Grand Committee ON account of the
unseating of the jamestown member.
The adjournment of the General AS
sembly by the Governor.
Any person capable of reasoning can
see that if there was any plot to per-
petuate any one in power, Colonel Honey
and his associates were important fac
tors in that plot and must share their
responsibility. Indeed, they must take
the whole responsibility for the present
imbroglio, for if they had not defiantly
and illegally unseated the jamestown
member the Senate would probably not
have refused to go into grand committee.
The plotter, defrauder, revolutionist,
to quote Colonel Honey's elegant
language, is Colonel Honey himself and
not Governor Brown. The latter simply
took the customary step to obtain aproper
knowledge of the law, and in nothing
does that signify the desire to concoct a
plot. As well might Colonel Honey
claim that the trainers of the ballot law
are responsible for the present crisis,
When it became apparent that
the House by fraudulent
methods was determined to
steal the State government, His Excel
lency, at the request Of the Senate,
temporarily broke a Legislative deadlock,
the prolongation Of which it was plain
would neither secure justice to the in
terest involved nor conserve the dignity
of our law. The action of the Senate
and the Governor, as mas been often
stated, was supported by an opinion of
the Supreme Court given at the solicita-
tion of the Rump House itself, in which it
is said, Notwithstanding the fact that
each house is to be the Judge of the quail
ifications Of its own members, decent
self respect would entitle the other
branch to refuse to be party to such
Illegal constitutions of the grand COM
mittee, ETC." Colonel Honey deliber-
ately and defiantly furnished the only
pretext upon which the deadlock could
be secured, and by his action brought
forth the proclamation which "perpetu-
ated" Governor Brown in power.
After this charge of plotting and
fraud it is strange to read further along
in the report that I'D. Russell Brown,
therefore, is Governor of Rhode Island
today" because of the constitutional
provision which continues in Office all
State officers until others are legally
chosen and duly qualified to fill their
places. If Governor Brown, as Colonel
Honey appears forced to admit, is hold
ing Office by constitutional provision,
wherein is His Excellency a defrauder,
revolutionist or usurperp
The report and the accompanying res
olution will place the Democratic MEM
bers of the House in a position where
they can show their manliness. If, by
voting for this report they choose rather
to show themselves the willing pol
troons of the Newport ballot burner,
they harm only themselves. They can
not insult the Court, Governor or Sen
ate. for those departments are above the
Of insult under such circum-
stances.
Meanwhile, The NEWS extends to Col.
Samuel Revolutionist Honey the assur-
ances of its distinguished commisera-
ton.