Evening journal., 1898-02-11
MURPHY CENSURED.
Albany Solons Are Displeased
With His Action.
THE WEEKES RESOLUTION PASSED.
New York Senator WIN Not BE Asked to
Resign, Howevoe, as This Clause Was
Dropped-MotIons to Censure
the President Debarred.

ALBANY, Feb. 11,--It took the as
sembly over six hours yesterday to dis
pose of Assemblyman Weekes' resolu-
tion censuring United States Senator
Edward Murphy, Jr., for voting for the
Teller silver resolution and calling upon
him to resign. Soon after the house
came to order a call was ordered, and
all of the members We're gathered in and
took their seats.
Mr. Weekes then took the floor and
offered a substitute to his resolution
providing that Senator Murphy should
be censured,' but eliminating the pro-
vision calling upon him to resign his
seat. This substitute was adopted by
q viva voce vote, making the resolution
before the assembly Identical with the
Brush resolution offered in the senate.
Mr.. Weekes began speaking on his reso-
luton, and nearly all of the Democratic
members went out into the Hobbies and
smoked until he had finished.
Assemblymen Trainor and Roche,
however, remained and continued to in
terrupt Mr.. Weekes with questions un-
til he finally refused to reply to them,
and they were forced TO cease their in
terruptions by the speaker At the con-
clusion of Mr.. Weekes' remarks AS
semblymen Finn and oliver offered
numerous resolutions asking that Pres
ident Mckinley be censured for voting
for silver in the house of representatives
in 1878. Speaker OGrady refused to al
low them to be introduced. The debate
was then taken up generally, and about
10 men on each side discussed the reso-
luton.
Leader Donnelly of the minority said:
'The state legislature has as much right
10 interfere with the action of the Unit
ed States congress as II has with the
acts OF the British house of parliament.
The resolution Is insulting and imper-
tinent. Senator Murphy was a clean
and able leader before Mr.. WeelSes saw
the light Of day. 1t was a Democratic
legislature that elected Senator Murphy
and a Republican legislature has nc
right to censure him for not following
Republican principles Mr. Weeks has
offered this resolution simply to emerge
from his obscurity."
Speaker O'Grady resigned the chail
to Assemblyman Aids toward the close
of the debate and took the floor. He
detailed the history Of Senator Muir
phys action on the. Teller resolution anC
said that when he voted for it he knew
the Iull import OF MS dcllOn ana lnal II
would determine the issue for this fall'i
| campaign. He defended President Nc
Kinley's action 20 years ago by explain,
ing in detail the difference between th'
financial conditions then and now anC
the decrease in the value of silver sine
that time.
The resolution was adopted by a vot
of 10 yeas to 63 nays. Assemblyman Sc
ligsberg, the National Democratic rep
resentative, voted for the resolution.
The bill authorizing the governor {
name a commission to be composed o
either FIVE or seven members to investi
gate the 50 000. 900 expenditure for cana
improvements was passed by the senat
and now goes to the governor for hi
| approval. The debate on the bill laste
for more than four hours, but was de
void Of sensational features, except 70
the squabble attending the reception G
the committee report early in the morn
ing and Senator Malby's warning {
his party that IL would be political sui
eide to pass the bill.
The bill was passed by vote of 30
10, Senator Malby alone voting with tn
Democrats.