Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-02-26
ORDER HIS No EFFECT
Order Of President Frye Restoring Til
Imam and McLaurin to Rolls is
Ineffective.
Decision Reached to Suspend the Two
Senators for Stated Time as
Punishment.
Length of the Time Of Suspension Not
Yet Decided Upon by the Re
;. publican Caucus.


episode Of last Saturday was the act
of Senator Frye, president pro TEN.
of the senate, in ordering the clerk of
the senate to restore the names of the
two South Carolina senators to the
senate roll. If the present plan is
carried out the act will be followed
by the adoption by the senate of res
Olution, before any other action is TAX
en-, practically endorsing the action Of
the president pro TEN. in ordering
their names erased and suspending the
two senators for some definite time.
The order of Senator Frye, for the
restoration Of the names to the rolls,
was issued almost Immediately after
the senate convened and was the re-
suit of a general conference among the
Republican leaders of the senate.
When asked for an explanation of this
order Senator Frye said:
I'm my rulings Monday believe
that was strictly within parliament
tary law; that senators in contempt
are not entitled to recognition either
to speak or to vote and that logically
their names should not be called.
still adhere to that opinion but, de-
sirous of shifting the responsibility
from the chair to the senate, have di-
rected the clerk to restore to the roll
the names Of the two senators from
South Carolina"
When asked if the result of this ac-
tion would be the recognition of either
n RI n.c
Senator Frye replied that it would not
and that this was a question which
must be decided by the senate.
Conference of Republicans.
Inquiry in other quarters developed
the fact that there had been a con-
ference Of the Republican leaders in
Senator Aldrich's committee room dur
ing the forenoon and that the extent
of Senator Frye's. ruling, especially
it's farreaching effect not only in this
case but as precedent, had been very
exhaustively discussed, the construc-
ton being that the action Of the presi-
dent pro tempore in striking the
names of the South Carolina senators
from the roll his refusal of a request
to have their names called was be-
/
entirely justified. On this account it
was decided that this particular phase
of the question should be Immediately
taken up by the committee on privi-
leges and elections. Senator Burrows,
who is chairman of that committee,
was called into the conference and the
details of carrying out the plan was
intrusted to him. 1t was decided that
resolution should be formulated pro-
viding for the temporary suspension
of the two senators and that this res
olution should be passed upon by Mr..
Burrows committee and presented to
the senate as soon as possible after
the convening of that body.
The general opinion of the senators
present was that the South Carolina
members should be punished to some
extent for the altercation of Saturday
and the senators present were quite
agreed that suspension would be the
most practicable and reasonable form
of infiicting this punishment. The
question of time was left Indefinite,
the understanding being that this
should be determined by the commit
tee at later meeting. g