New-York tribune., 1918-02-12
Assemblymen Demand D.
port on Results of H.
Investigation
Socialists Jeered
Refuse to Rise in Patr;o.:
Vote; Member Accu,.,
Them as Galleries Hoot
lSfof Correspondenrel

AhbANf' feb. 1l.--An attack in +.
Senate on District Attorney S. ~
for alleged failure to proseeu.. .a' ~
concerned in the Bennett Mitcbsl :.
mary frauds and an implied thr.,. a.
an Assemb'yran of violence as,n.
the Socialist members of the Asssr.' So
il they again try to block ,nv -.
measure we're the features =.
nights session Of the I,e~jsIas,oi oi To-
ne ansercd Assemblyman wa, A.
bert Link, Brooklyn school tss... sa a.
ne IS OF southern birth, and has ash h...
quietly watching the Socialists ues' us.
against war measure after war nsoa WV
qre for the last SIX weeks. To'n;ss
A'nk introduced a resolution naxs, <.
,rloute to the memory of Ahrsi.ass
Lincoin and expressing appreciat;nr4 4s.a a..
the Americans fighting and dv" dvina" ~. ~.
their country on the little sector ,h.a ~
are holding in Lorraine. a r;s;ra W..
brought every Assem- blyman IN as h;. so'' .'
but Abraham |. Shiplacof and he ,' .;s .ss
Socialist followers. "'' 'i'n'
Galleries Hoot Socialist.
The action of the Socialists IN -.
naming IN their seats was noticed /,
the Assenlbiymen and the hunSro u y
who packed the lobby and the galle,;s,
Hoots and jeers were hurled bs, at thss
" nile the uproar was ct its hs;ss
Link arose and shouted:
Il have sat here long enough l;s.s,
ing to the members Of this House 4
a true American I will refuse IA 8,
mere longer with members whose hs.,,
are touched with treason,u
He pointed menacingly at tn. &,
cialist group, while the crowd ro.,s ~
its approval and the Socialists vince
II come from the South. where Il
people sometimes take the law int
their own hands, continued Link l. !,
passion rising. ~ do not approve
that. but when a man won't stand =
tor his country he is against Il sr
if this thing happens again NAV n Il
Lord have pity on the souls of the,
Socialists" '''''
The Socialists are preparing HI
providing that it shall be unlawful n
the head of any department of sta,
to require from a subordinate an oat
OF allegiance TO the United States.
Should this bill be introduced. Il ".
predicted tonight, an attempt will
made to expef the Socialists sunportir
It. Groups of Democrats and Renubl
cans in informal conference to.nicl
agreed on this. 1t takes but sevenv
SIX votes to expel member.
Report from Swami Asked
The attack on District A.torrs
Swami was made by Senator George
Thompson. of Niagara. He introdu,s
resolution calling upon Swami to !,
port to the Senate all the facts ascs,
tanned by him IN his investigation in,
the Bennett Mitchell primary fraua
aLd what action he has taken a.
whether he has concluded his invest
gation.
Part of the resolution. which va
lald over for day, read:
wv hereas. at the primary elec.a
held IN the City of New York on 4.
l"th day OF September 1917. extensTa
frauds were committed in the CITY
New York in relation to the countnl
or ballots cast at said primary elects
aho returns MADE Inereupon; and
." hereas, by civil proceedings 4
court tho returnal result OF said r]
mary election and the nominations d
the offices so made were corrected sy
the court in civil proceedings, PROVE.
concluslvely that extensive frauds ssn
committed in the count and return Of
the votes cast in the said primary eiet
ton, which must have been perpetrsted
by a considerable number of people n
pubic position. and notwithstanding
the fact that the District Attorney o.
Ne" York County has been engaged ID
investigating same now for period d
more than four months, it does not az
pear that any action has been taken By
the District Attorney thereupon o.
what. if anything. has been found bT
the investigations"
Vote on Ice Bill To-day
The Wagner bill creating q state il
controller and appointing ex-Goven@
Benjamin B. Odell to the post will b.
rushed through both houses to-morrc'
1t probably will be law before tome
row night, and then the state can en,'1
INTO contracts with private ice deale7
for the harvesting and storase 4
100000 tons of ice over tl,s asuI
supply, so as to eliminate the mani
facture of ice This will mean y
saving of large amount of ammon1
tor making explosives. Il
The emergency appropriation n..|
was put in 10th Houses tonight
amounts to S3,04400O, of which s2,0s
600 is for food, fuel, and clothing
hospitals, and nearly half mlle'
more for similar purposes IN chanisis
institutions. Assemblyman H. Ednal
Machold. Of Jefferson County, lnfH
duced q bill adding another troop
the state police. At present it coHsfT
of but four troops.
ShaiIeck to Contest
Joseph Shalleck. Democrat oppolycn'
of Assemblym William c. AmOs,
publican, of the llth New w.
District. served notice of contest
the Assembly tonight. Shalleck ca
that ballots were counted tor A~
which We're void Amos made no
tempt to block the contest, saying
"A recount will increase my
jority." e..I
Governor Whitman sent to the n'a X
ate tonight for combinations OF y"
lam II. Porter. of New York. and ti'i
erick G. Sutro. of Bound Brook D. ii
as members Of the Interstate rsisss
Park Commission, and Lee VI. fA., 4,
of New York, as Commissioner y. .,,n
State Board of Charities. Ihey
referred to the Finance Commune