Evening journal., 1901-01-22
SENATOR McfARLINs MANHOOD


pital at Farnhurst. the Addicksites
through their organs. are ondeavorlne
TO belittle the McFarlin-Allee episode
which took place in the state House at
Dover on Friday. one OF these news
papers says:
The facts OF the story are these. The
House OF Representatives has before it
measure for the appropriation of
Sl24000 for the hospital at Farnhurst.
it was read and Mr.. Finn made a mo-
tion that 1t be passed under a suspen-
sion of rules. Mr.. Baynard objected TO
this on the ground that because Of its
importance it was necessary that IL
should take its natural course. Ii was
finally passed after several speeches
had been made by members and was
sent TO the Senate for concurrence. Be
fore the reassemblng I'm the afternoon
Senator Alice made the remark that II
was entirely out of order to pass a bill
as important as that one without per-
mitting it to take its natural course.
and in no case should IL be allowed to
pass under suspension of rules.
The writer OF that paragraph Is
either wholly ignorant Of the bill and
the circumstances surrounding IL. or
else he makes a wilful misrepresenta-
ton Of the facts.
While Senator McFarlin is the father
of the bill it. as an appropriation
measure had to originate in the House.
Therefore he gave 1t to Representative
Finn to introduce and take care of i'm
the lower body. The record Of Speaker
McCommons shows these facts con-
cerning IL:
January 1l-Notice given.
January l5-lntroduced and read.
January l6-Read second time and
referred.
January 1S-Reported back to the
House with favorable recommonda-
tion.
January 1S-Passed the House under
suspension of rule. and ordered To the
Senate for concurrence.
The only indulgence asked for by
Representative Finn was the suspen-
sion Of the rule providing that a bin
cannot De passed on the same day that
it is reported back from committee. 1t
is a common thing to suspend that rule
and, in fact. the Senate never observes
it at all, and it Is, by an odds. the com
servative branch OF the Legislature.
The record of the bill shows that no
attempt was made to crush It through
under suspension of the rules" That
is term applied when an emergency
measure is given notice of, introduced
and read, read a second time and re-
fcrred. considered by committee. To-
PlrtCd back. called mp for It's thi,d
and final reading and passed. ofttlmes
by bo:h fcuses, all on the spme day
-Four days were consumed in getting
that Fen hurst bill through tho iioIsc
alone.
So much for its record. now for the
facts connected with its final passage.
The Addicksites got wind Of the fact
that Representative Finn. q stalwart
Regular Republican member and an
uncompromising foe OF Addicks, in
tended to call the bill up for passage
under suspension Of the particular rule
referred to above. State Senator Alice
chairman Of the Union Republican
State Committee. and the manager O
the Addicks senatorial scheme CAV,
instructions to the Union Republican
members Of the House that IL he al,
they must hold up the bill. Some o
them did not relish this scheme q
make a strike at the $50 insane in
mates Of the asylum. and they dc
INJURED. One Of the House member
who had heard of Senator Allees OF
ders. went over to the Senate chambg
and told Senator McFarlin. Senate
McFarlin became terribly agitatet
With his face white and his eyes blai
ing. he went over to Senator Hart an
said. his voice filled with suppresss
emotion:
Those Addicks men are going
kill that Farnhurst appropriation b
in the House"
senator Hart expressed his co
demnatiOn Of such heartless work al
his sympathy for the agitated senate
Senator McTarlin then hunted
Senator Alice. In the plainest of Ia
guage he told the manager Of the A
dicks senatorial movement what
thought Of him and demanded that
take his hands off the Farnhurst b
Senator Alice endeavored to expl'
that he was not opposed 70 the b
but that. as it was an important me
ure. carrying with it a large appropr
ton. he was opposed to having
rushed through
But Senator McFarlin would listen
no excuses. He reiterated his dem'
that Senator Alice countermand
orders to the House members conce
ing the bin, and told him that if he
not he would make the State Ser