Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-20
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BREAKS OUT IN
THE WYOMING
LEGISLATURE
Speaker and Speaker Pro TEN
Get Together in Three
Round Bout Both Going TO
the Mat.
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT
KICKED IN THE STOMACH
Csy Leoscd Wire 10 r,cniug Heraml

(By Leased Wire ~ Evening HetaldJ
Cheyenne. wvo. Jan 20 Scenes
of violence which uHtrd iullN hr sc-'
quarters oi uu hour und which inciud
cd two separate encounters hotwten
speaker Martin g.. Pratt and Speaker
FRO TEN " Wood, threw thy low
'f hoI-, ut tho wyoming legislature
into hopeless confusion just before
noon today Absolutely mo- purlia-
meutnry order prevailed and the
scene Wus only ended hy au dgrc
ment among the mcmb .rs uu the
floor when cool-heudcd leaders nf
either faction announced AN ugr""-
mrut 60 let matters stand just as they
were uutl o'clock tuIs att rnuou.
Both PRATT aud wood claimed au-
thority over the huu.r aud with
wood sitting iu th" speakers chair
aud Pratt wicldiug on, -uycl. thy
show cot authority seemed about
ruuHl
Thr immediate "ccasion "f the
trouble WAS th, attempt ot Speaker
Pratt tu call tu thv chair T.. G.. Hunt
ar. Republican ot carbon count, An
appeal from the speakers rul-
ing was made upon the OF
fer ct suhstltut committees
by th. Democrats lur those ho had
submitted aud iu which hc himself
held the balance ut power upon the
two important committees, rules ana
elections.
Hunter took jhr chair and Pratt
went To- Hunters seat ON the floor.
Judge Metz Democrat. arose and de-
clured that ihc speaker ruuld not
drsiguat, any other than the speak
! ~ pro tenn to take the chair aud
| called upon Representative W. J.
| wood OF CROOK county. speaker pro
| tenn aud e. Democrat 60 preside THIS
| was prouyedcd on and Hunter yielded
| Do, rhuir 90 him
Thor,upuu praU started Go resume
| th. chair himself Wood Snt snunCh-
| llN in his place until Pratt grtspths
him hy tho shoulders with both hands
| throw him Violently oif the platform
/ Wood STRUCK ON both nands and his
| face. bat promptly ar9Se and rushed
| back Go tho chair again THE mon
/ gtapulpd uutl chaplain Davidson ana
others ON th, platform hrld them
J welding hi- gty,l which ho had
got hold of boo th. miN -up. rruu de-
cllryd tho house adjourned Having
the ur,sur, oi th, speakers rhulr
! aud using a puprrv,isht tor guNcl
speaker pru Tom Wood shouted Geo
the scrp .lnt-at-urms Go close 'hc
doors und allow uo ou, to leave. ST.
th,u called tor ia roll sall un thr APP
peat motion standing over tn, chi"t
| clerk gayr 600 hand. Pratt forbade
M, calling of IN, roll
| Another ,lIuax follow % m zen
minute after tbv first ,iulvnc" br-
| tween thr speaker ana speaker pro
tom. vhru with several hacker- "u
| either side. they grtppicd and Ittt'
attempted fu get his own chair 'n
pla,, ul the clerks chair ne had hp.
rruuriatcd for the time being. AZ
tempting tu interfere. It'pr"svntati s."
| SprnuL who has heretofore been
closer tu Pratt Goo counsel than aus
- other pomnDtti was kiDk'd Boz th'
D stomach los the speaker
Further Nulrucr Vo- then avert '
hat iulj, a score Dr "a, house W'W
hsr- ,,,r, standing Dlu-,N around ih
] sttcukcr'- desk. Again HrHu dr
& glurrd the house adjourned aud SIM
rd ho had n right under the st1tut
tu ,lll amy ou' tu thD chair hr 'h"f'
ID Wood maintained hl- -,tt Hud ih
10 -rru,aui-lt.ar uh',mg his u.iru'
' lions h.H refused Goo l,t out Hut "
tn. m,murr-. judge Metz Wu" Do"
g NOT uk.u aus part Zoo thn .I"lUuc
u atuuud fur sp,tk k.rs ehui Whot
r motion hvd been th" occasion uf q
, conferred with Representative suii
Ivan. of fho Republicans. and "u u'
" lhtII ul both factions uu agr"ru'n
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