Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-01-21
Ex-Judge and Bar Com
nittee Denied Right of
Intervening in N. Y.
Assembly Ousting.
Hillquit Asks Accusers
to Be as Law-Abiding
as Radicals Kept From
Elected Seats.

Albany, N. Y. Jan. 2O-Morris Hill
quit, chief counsel for the five suspend
ed socialist assemblymen. declared at
the opening Of their trial, that if the
assembly permanently ousted the defend
ants, the act will loosen the violent
revolution we socialists have always en-
deavOred to STEM"
Mr.. Hilquit added this zone word of
Romanoffs and all instruments Of OPP
preston in Russia had been destroyed
after the government had tried to outlaw
the social movement and that I'VE are
not afraid of suppression at the
list control"
This warning" was interpreted by
Martin W. Littleton, associate counsel
for the committee, as a warning to the
country, a threat to the committee and
an admonishment to the assembly that
they do not dare deal with the gentle
men he represents unless they wish to
Mr.. Hillquit denied his remarks were
intended as threat and said in
stead, he had made sort of love of
fer" that I'VE socialists are ready to see
the thing through in a constitutional
manner and by peaceful methods
Hughes Committee Barred.
Il was merely imploring you to be
as good and peace-loving as we social
lists are" he said, 'and not to be high
handed in your procedure. That was
an entreaty"
The judiciary committee excluded by
vote of seven to four, the New York
City Bar association committee headed
by Charles Z. Hughes from independent
participation in the proceedings, after
which the committee submitting brief
opposing the assembly's action in sus-
pending the socialists, withdrew.
off hn - ho fr}n
Louis NJ. Martin, chairman of the judi
ciary committee. read a statement which
asserted that the assembly had learned
through various channels that the de-
PENDANTS were members of party whose
platform demanded complete destruc-
ton of our form of government by the
fermentation of industrial unrest, the
bringing into action Of force and viol-
ence and direct action by the masses"
Fabric Of Order In Peril.
The committees statement also charg-
ed that the defendants "are with others
engaged in a large and well organized
conspiracy" to destroy the right to own
private property, to weaken the family.
to destroy the church and overturn the
whole fabric of constitutional form of
government.
Mr.. Martin said the committee had
decided it could not consent to allow
committees to appear representing any
parties outside Of the inquiry. He ex-
planned that many organizations inter
ested in the proceedings could not be
granted appearance unless these dele
cations went on record as representing
tkt defendants.
Mr.. Hughes read from statement
which was to the effect that no dis
qualification had yet been shown against
the suspended members: that the charges
had not been properly laid that the
privileges Of their seats should be re
stored to them; that the charges should
be properly formulated and that. until
such time as the judiciary committee
determines their qualifications, they
should enjoy all privileges of their seats
in their own right and in the rights Of
their constituencies.
The statement read By Mr. Martin
containing the charges against the
socialists alleged also that the defendants
procured their election under the pre-
tense to the people that they were
merely availing themselves of legally
established means for political repre-
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