French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-03-13
WEAVER UNSEATED BY
ABSENCE OF DEMOCRATS
Britt Seated, After Bitter Debate in
Long Night Session, at Which Re.
pubIicanS Find Themselves in Ma
jOrity.-VOte, on Strictly Party Lines,
is 1872 to 173.

NN VI OOACI Vi IuOI6 uO1lt
ocrats tonight, Representative Weav
ier, OF the tenth district, was unseateG
IRnd Representative Britt seated. Thu
contest in the tenth was very close
just a few votes brought Mr.. Weaver
in. The contest here has been on
party lines.
The effect of the ousting Of Mr..
Weaver will be this: Britt will take
his seat for the rest of the session to-
day, tomorrow, Monday and part OF
Tuesday. Mr.. Weaver has drawn his
pay. Mr. Britt will be given full pay
and clerk hire for the entire Congress,
which will total approximately $780,
900. That comes as a windfaIl to him
for he has not been at the expense OF
living in Washington and hirins
clerks.
Mr.. Weaver returns after March :
and begins to draw pay again. It
seems at this late hour tonight the
only thing that could save Weaver is
parliamentary m~aneuvers.
Washinton, March 1.-CBy the AS
ISOLATED Press)-Republicans of the
house found themselves in the ina
jority late tonight and after a bitter
debate, by a strict party vote Of 1S2
to 173, unseated Representative Ze-
bulon Weaver, democrat, of the tenth
North Carolina district, in favor OF
James J. Britt, republican.
There was much parliamentary
maneurving by the democrats to pre-
vent a final vote on the contest, buc
they lost. Britt will hold his seat
only two days but the victory gives
him salary and allowance for the full
term.
The contest was over the 1915 cleo
MI. Weaver was elected to sue
coed himself last fall.
Mr.. Britt was in the house c~la77herE
the debate and ~suljsou%ent
and was Immediately sworn in
by Speaker Clark.
Final action on the contest came
lust before midnight after more than
i've hours Of continuous calling OF the
oil. The republicans gained an ad-
yantage Of two votes on the first roll
all, but the democrats by parliament
airy maneurving succeeded in forcing
lalf a dozen additional roll calls.
they failed to rally more strength.
.oweyer.
Hours Of Roll Call
After four hours of almost cease
ess roll calls the republicans had g
arrow majority in favor of seating
'ritt, but the final vote had not been
asst.
Republicans on the first roll cali e
ere successful in gaining an advan- L
lge for Britt by a margin of two votes S
by parliamentary maneuvering the
emocrats succeeded in having seve-
II other calls. meanwhile atte7nptfns !
rally Eor support for Weaver. !
he vote was substantially unchanged d
the various calls. "
Disorder prevailed in the house CT
UGH Of the time during the roll cailsl
Id Speaker Clark repeatedly called w
r order. Once during a tense mo
ent, when the result was in dot.!t,
publican Floor Leader Mann, de-
ated for speaker of the next house. D,
ferred to Speaker-elect Gillett as -
ing absent. Democrats uproariously
the republican lsaic1's Z.
to CTR absent speaker" 1
ter Mr. Gillctt Joined the republi-
Us on the foo
Long debate preceded the roll calls,
preventative Weaver defending his
ction which was attacked by Mr..
tit. Mr.. Weaver declared that in
election last year Britt had made
issue of the 1913 result.
Weaver and Britt Clash.
Nevertheless, I carried the election
nearly every republican county and
n by a majority of 1,1Os," declared
)enial was made by Mr.. Weaver
t fraud had been practiced in the
,tion as was charged by Mr.. Britt.
was a clear case of conspiracy" 1
Britt in addressing the house.
all the unmarked ballots had been ~
I would have won the cleo !
by a majority OF at least seven
IS. But instead of counting ali N
l ballots th9 election authorities
1ted only those in certain pre-
It's where Mr.. Weaver had a large
Der in his favor"
also said he had a majority OF
otes before any unmarked ballots