Evening star., 1920-01-08
BAR SOCIALISTS
FROM ASSEMBLY
SEATSAT ALBANY
Lower Branch of Legislature
FroWns Upon Five Sent
From New York City.

ALBANY, n. Y. January tby the
/ Associated Press) Five socialist mem
bers of the assembly of the New York
state legislature were denied their seats
at the lower branch's opening meeting
of the 1920 session yesterday. y resolu-
! ton questioning whether they could be
loyal to their oaths of office when bound
to act subject to instructions of the so
| cialist party was quickly passed. 40
to &, after ThaddeuS G. Sweet speaker,
with dramatic SuddenneSS ordered the
sergeant-at-arms to bring the socialist
members before the bar of the house.
The socialists must now prove their fit
ness to their seats before a tribunal
selected by this assembly.
AS soon as the speaker had finished.
Majority Leader Simon |. Adler offered
| the resolution declaring vacant the
| seats of the socialist members. Charles
solomon, Kings county socialist, at
/ tempted to get recognition, but the
speaker ruled that the resolution was
/ not d"ba atable. and the roll call began.
Two Bronx democrats, William S.
, Evans and J. Fairfax Mclaughlin voted
! N the negative, as did four of the So
@ialists.
Quote Party Platform.
The preamble of the resolution de
nyIng the socialists admission to the
floor sets forth that the August CON
NentIon of the socialist party in Chi
cago declared adherence and soli-
clarity with the revolutionary party
or soviet Russia and pledged it's mem
berS to the furtherance Of the in
ternatlona! socialist revolution: that
ay such adherence and declaration the
socialist party has indorSed the prin-
clples OF the communist internationale
at Mosco", which is pledged to the
forcible and violent overthrow of all
existing organized governments. and
that under the constitution of the
socialist party of America a mem ber
may be expelled or suspended from
his party for failing or refusing,
when elected to public office
to carry out such instructions as he
may have received from the party
organiZation.'
assembly as organized violence on
the very essence of democracy-the
sacred right of the ballot said a
statement issued by the socialist as
semblymen.
Socialists Confer in New York.
NEW YORK, January S.-A commit
tee of eight local socialists today con
sidered plans of action in the case of
five members of their party who were
not allowed to take their seats in the
state assembly at Albany yesterday.
This committee was empowered to
take full charge of the incident after
long conference last night at the
Rand School of Social Science, at
tended by members of the city, county
and state committee and the suspend
ed assemblymen.
While the committee declined to is
sue a formal statement at present,
one member declared that one of the
first acts would be ito obtain the CO.
operation of the labor unions" He
would not amplify this assertion ex-
cept to say that things are going
to hum as they never did before"
The action taken by the assembly
was so sudden, it was explained that
legal matters would have to be con-
sidered carefully before public an
nouncement was made
The suspended assemblymen, while
roundly denouncing the action. admit
ted they did not know what course to
pursue. saying that the matter was
now entirely in the hands of their
party.