The evening world., 1911-02-04
President Pro TEN. Blocks
Move 10 Stop the Farcical
"NoQ Quorum Sessions.
SPEAKER ALSO GAGGER
Boilers, Indignant at the Treat
ment They Receive, viii
Keep Up the Fight.

tspecsl From = soft Correspondent q m.
Bvenins World
ALBANY, y. Y, Feb. 4-Twice With
In Ave minute to-day tho gag rule In
its crudest form was applied TO the In
surgents at the joint session ~ the Leg
i~slaturc held to ballot for q United
states Senator.
Assemblynan II. A. Holman Of Mas
sau County. who has beer picked out
by the insurgents to start a movement
against the dilatory tactics OF Boss
Murphy and the machine, was the par
tlculnr victim OF the gag rule. After
the vote ut the Joint session had been
announced Holman rose to offer a
resolution calling for an opinion from
the Acknowledgement az to the legality
OF the no quorum" sessions which
have been held two days each week.
President pro tenn. Wagner, who was
In tho chair. refused to recognize lioll-
mann. and "Packey' McCabe. the Sem
ate clerk. read the usual adjournment
resolution. though 1t had not yet been
sent to the desk. and Assom0lynan
Oliver, who was TO orer II, had not
asked for recognition.
Gagged by Frisble Also.
with Assemblyman Holman shouting
at the top OF his voice Tor recognition.
the presiding officer declared the session
adjourned. The few Senators present
Med out and Holman addressed Speaker
Friabie, who had resumed the chair.
Speaker Trisble refused to notice him.
and Oliver made n motion TO adjourn.
The insurgents were IN a majority IN
the Assembly. and HOLMAN demanded "a
roll call and walked "a of the Speakers
leaving the insurgents to shout
themselves hoarse in protest.
In response TO a resolution OF this
Joint body" said AsscmDlyman Holi-
man, explaining tho purpose OF ms
move, Attorney = General Carmody
some days ago gave an opinion that the
Inv requires that We sit six days =
week and ballot for United States Sena-
tor until u selection Is made or until
the Legislature adjourns sine die. The
Attorney-Generai stated emphatlcally
that In his opinion the Fedora statute
Is mandatory and not merely directive.
Farcleal Joint Sessions.
ION two days OF last week We held
Joint sessions at which no quorum was
present, and II was impossible, In my
opinion, to comply with tho Federal
law. The same condition existed yes
terday and exists to-day. We have gone
through the farce OF balloting for "A
- .. S.,lt .,-te
that N the vote should be unanimous
for one man he could not be elected.
III this procedure IL In obedience
with the law ] thould like 10 know Il.
IL It is not ] should like 20 have the
people OF the State know IL. Yesterday
forty-clght men stood ready to obey
the law. while itS lawmakers sworn to
uphold the Constitutions of tho state
and Nation. deliberately absented
themselves. ignoring what the Attor-
ney-General OF this State declares to
he the mandatory duty imposed by the
Feccral statutes.
I'm order 20 md out whether this
Legislature Is violating tho letter AT
well az tho spirit Of tho Federal law. /
tried to oncr my resolution asking the
A'torncy-Gcneral Tor an opinion on the
subject.
This IL the mos, brutal exhibition of
gag rule ! have ever heard Of. They
are not through with It yet. ! intend
TO offer my resolution again Monday
and shah insist upon a vote"
Holman was white with rage at the
treatment he received. Though tho IN
sureents had attempted 10 keep their
plan secret, Speaker Fr!sbic u Senator
Wagner had apparently hccn tipped
20 watch Tor some such move.
Earlier IN the session Assemblyman
Oliver. who was acting as Democratic
floor leader. had refused 90 permit a
local introduced 10y Holman to be ad.
vanced. Oliver also made a protest
against the Reuse granted 10 five In
surgeuls by the Speaker.
There were only nineteen senator,
and AsscmL.ymen at to-day's session
wHle, SOFT he taxpayers OF the STATE
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