New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
Bar Will Vote
On Aiding Fight
Of sOusted Five
Members of City Associa-
ton Will Act Tonight on
Proposal to Help Social
lists Regain Their Seats

The Association of the Bar of tbs
Citysof New York will vote tonight on
resolution providing for the appoint
ment Of a special committee Of members
to help the Socialist party force the AS.
sembly to rescind its action in exclud.
ing five Socialist AsseInblymen.
Some of the most distinguished names
on the roster of the organization are
signed to the proposed resolution, copies
OF which were sent to members yester-
day. Among them are the names Of
several lawyers the Socialists are anx-
lous to retain to conduct the fight that
is expected to begin Albany tomorrow
morning before the Judiciary Committee
OF the Assembly. One of these is
Charles f. Hughes.
Text of Resolution
The proposed resolution, which was
made public by former Representative
Herbert Parsons, follows
Whereas. this association regards
with deep sense of anxiHty the &C.
ton OF the Assembly of this state in
suspending from its membership the
five members of the Socialist party
who we're duly elected members of
the Assembly at the last election:
and.
"Whercas, any attempt by major
ity TO exclude from the Legislature
these who have been duly elected to
it's membership. merely because of
their aftiliation with g political party.
is un-American and, # successful.
must destroy the rights OF minori-
ties and the very foundations Of
represe entative governments; and.
Whereas. the five M embers Of the
Socialist party now suspended from
mem bership are charged to be unfit
Tor membership in the Legislature
because OF their membership in the
Socialist party, and not because of
any personal untitness, it is hereby
Resolved, that this association is
unaltersbly opposed 70 any action by
the Assembly excluding from its
membership because of affiliation
with political party any person
duly elected to its membership, and
il is further
Resolved. that the president Of
this association appoint special
committee, who shall appear before
the Assembly or its Judiciary Com
mittee and take such action as NAV
in their judgment be necessary to
safeguard and protect the principles
Of representative government which
are involved in the proceedings now
pending.'
Many Names Signed
The names signed to the copies Of
the proposed resolution are as fol-
lows: Charles +. Hughes, Morgan j.
O'Brien. Charles S. Whitman. Charles
VI. Hough. Charles C. Birmingham,
Henry De Forest Baldwin, Howard
Mansfield. Philip G. Bartlett, Harlan +.
Stone, Robert II. Nelson Thomas D.
Thacher. Van Vechten Veeder. Herbert
Parsons John Kirkland Clark, Lansing
P. Reed, Grenville Clark, Wilson NJ
Powell, George W. Wickersnam, Louis
Marshall Henry L. Stimson, F. W. NJ.
Cutcheon. Samuel H. Ordway, Nelson
S. Spencer, Howard Taylor, Charles W.
Pierson. George Zabriskie, R. G. Mon
roe, William F. Curtis. Allen Wardwell,
Bronson Winthrop. Ogden L. Mills.
Charles E. Hughes jr., Kenneth NJ
Spence Alfred G. Coke jr. and Charles
II. Strong
No definite plans were made BY the
Socialist leaders here yesterday be-
cause they are awaiting the return from
Saranac of Morris Hillquit, who is ex-
pected to assume the role of counsel in
chief in the coming tight. Mr.. Hillquit
has been staying at Saranac for many
months lighting an illness that has
threatened his life.
His brother. Jacob Hillquit. and S
John Block and William Karlin. who
comprise legal subcommittee Of a
defense committee OF eight, held con-
ference yesterday afternoon in Peoples
House. in which is housed the Rand
School Of Social Science and the head
quarters for the Socialist Party.
Al the conclusion of their meeting.
Jacob Hillquit said an offer had been
received from former Supreme Court
Justice Samuel seabury 20 represent
the Socialists in the fight at Albany.
Mr. Hillquit indicated that because Of
the delay in getting their counsel the
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