The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
THREE OUT OF FIVE
 SOCIALISTS BARRED;
 OTHER TW0 RES|GN
Men Take Part in Five-Hour Debate Preceding Expulsion, Declaring Intention of
 Serving the People
By Associated Press

Albany, N, r., September 21.-The
 assembly of the New York state leg
 Islature tonight by vote of 90 to 45,
 Tn each case, expelled three of the five
 socialist members-Iouis Waldman
 and August Claessens of New York
 and Charles Solomon of Kings county
 and voted S7 to AS to permit Samuel A. Dewitt and Samuel Orr, socialist mem bers from the Bronx, to retain their seats. The two last named, however, after a vote to reinstate Waldman had been lost, St to 52, took the floor i,, l lturn and verbally rendered their reslg | l ations
 | The resolution calling for the OK | pulsion of the five socialists was in- troduced by Col. Ransom H. Gillette, republican, Columbia county and today the judiciary committee, to which it was referred. reported the resolution
 back to the house for consideration without recommendations. During the | day a move on the part of several as- | sembly ymen resulted in Assem- bly yman | Cuvillier, democrat, of New York pre- senting three amendments which pro- vided for the unseating of Waldman, l Claessons and Solomon. Later Assem- l blyman Wells, republican, of Kings | county offered two additional amend ments to provide for the unseating of | Orr and Dewitt.
 l Throughout the day there was un- certainty as to what course the as- | sembly would finally take. After d | statement by Speaker Sweet last night which virtually declared that the 50 I cialist party had pdrged itself of the 1 objectionable clauses of it's constitu | ton which resulted in the expulsion , of the five men last spring, several Io of the assembly leaders during the debate advanced the same argument in ] favor of seating the socialists.
 | TAKE PART IN DEBATE l The five socialists took part in the debate, which continued five hours, and
 each of them declared that he had ome to the extraordinary session to .erve
 the people in helping to solve or rem edy the housing situation and not tc make apologies or defense of the so-
 cialist party because they were social ists. They characterized the proceed | iings as un- Anne erican.
 l Some of the members who had OK. lpressed in their arguments the opinior that Waldman, Claessens and Solomon
  Ileged that they had been found person. ally to be guilty of disloyalty broI sht from Orr and Dewitt the declara ;ior that they would not stand for any com lpromise. They declared that if lht
 three men were guilty the five wer' guilty and that if the assembly ex pelled Waldman, Claessens and Solo mon, 1t must also expel them.
 | Claessens declared that they fat taken their cases to the people wht were their judges and juries and laid 'If you want another appeal. gs ahead" predicted that all five would be reelected again and that other go icialists would continue to be elected to the assembly until eventually th. party would have a majority in th' flower house of the legislature.
 1 There was little applause during .h, jdebate. As the assembly was about t, ibegin voting in the case of Waldmai lsilence fell over the chamber. The an lnouncement of the vote by the elerl was greeted with faint applause as wal
 also the vote in regard to Claessen
 and Solomon. Even this faint applaus
 Idid not make itself heard when th
 lvotes on Dewitt and Orr were an
 'nounced.