The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-27
sTEINBERe AGAIN TAKES UP
CUDGELS

STEINBERG AGAIN TAKES UP
CUDGELS
Immediately following the state
ment Of Assemblyman McCue on that
occasion, Assemblyman Steinberg Of
New York, who represents the dis
trict in which Mr. Hughes resides,
arose to reply, but was run over by
the Speakers steam roller. That was
an occasion when the steam roller
worked inefnciently, because 1t did
not fiatten out Assemblyman Stein
berg. He was right on the job again
last night with his defense of his
constituent, Charles Evans Hughes
To readers who may, by this time,
have concluded that the opinions Of
IAssemblyman McCue and Assembly
! man Steinberg as to the patriotism
of Charles Evans Hughes have no
, bearing on the trial of the Socialist
Assemblymen, it may be said in adj
4 vocacy of the further perusal of the
narrative that:
II the Socialist Assemblymen had
not been summary suspended by
mandate of Speaker Sweet, the COM
mittee from the Bar Association
would not have been appointed, and
Assemblyman McCue and Assembly
man Steinberg would have had no oc-
casion to lead a discussion as to the
patriotism of Mr.. Hughes.
Speaker Sweet, by his power Of con-
troll of the Assembly, made rules of
his own for the trial of the accused
Socialist Assemblymen and aroused
the resentment of the Bar Associa-
ton. The action of the Bar Associa-
ton aroused the resentment of AS
semblyman McCue, who sent n son
to France TO fight in the war and
hates n Socialist with an abiding
hate, and Assemblyman McCue in
open debate on the floor OF the AS
sembly gave his personal opinion OF
Mr.. Hughes.
And so II came to pass last night
that Assemblyman Steinberg moved
10 have the remarks of Assemblymar
McCue about Mr.. Hughes eXpunged
from the record, a ramification of a
proceeding in which rights were vio-
lated at the start, Mr.. McCue
promptly came back with the state
ment that what he had said about
Mr.. Hughes was only an opinion.
EFFORT TO GET VOTE INTO
RECORD FAILS.
And" shouted Mr.. McCue to Mr.
Stelnberg, 'Hf he ever runs for Pres
Iident again and It goes all over the
United States that his loyalty was
brought to a matter OF a vote in the
Assembly of the State Of New YORK
he will have you to blame, not me-
The motion to expunge was i'm.
mersed in an explanation by Majority
Leader Adler, that remarks made by
, lAssemblymen in debate do not ap.
| pear on the permanent records of this
State, They go into the stenogra-
, piers records, which are filed away
But the outstanding point Of las
, nights proceeding in the Assembly I!
5 that Assemblyman Steinberg, witt
the best intentions in the world, at.
tempted TO put the Assembly on rec.
I ord, by any sort Of vote. as to thu
( loyalty OF Charles r. Hughes, anC
had such a vote been taken, unani'
, nous as II would have been in sup
= port Of the Americanism of thu
former Governor, it would have beef
, vote.
The incident involving Mr..
= Hughes is one illustration of the
S maze Of possibilities ooened up
by the determination of Speaker
Sweet to condemn the Socialist
AssembIymen off hand. Who
would have thought, three weeks
ago, that the Amerieanism Of
) Charles E. Hughes could have
been brought into even an ouija
board controversy in a seance, to
say nothing Of a controversy in
the Lower House of the legisla-
ture Of the State of New York?