The New York herald., 1920-01-12
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r6no minority against the nasty ana uh-
reasonable action Of the majority
Charles Solomon and Louis Waldman.
two of the expelled Assemblymen, declared
, that il the action of Speaker Sweet Is up
held by the Assembly Judiciary Commit
tee they would appeal to Governor smith
for an investigation of the Lusk COM
Tnittee.
I'VE also will appeal to Congress" Mr..
Solomon said. and ask that the Foreign
Relations Committee inquire into the re-
lations existing between the Lusk conf
Inittee and the British Secret Service. We
have mass of evidence which VIII be
placed at the disposal of an investigating
body, evidence which has corroboraton
: in the official records of the British Par
lament"
Concerning statements made by Speaker
Sweet and Senator Lusk since their ex-
pulsion. Louis Waldman and August
GIaessens issued a statement, saying
1T now appears that Sweet & Company
ere looking for scapegoats. They are in
{ sfnuating that at least three od the i've
! will be seated. It is intimated that they
! have inforamtion that we two are guilty
Of advocating the overthrow of the gov
eminent of the United States by violent
: means; that we are connected with organ
Iaztions having for their object the forci-
bic overthrow OF the government
Case for Grand Jury.
Z 'Tr Speaker Sweet has such knowledge
It Is not sufficient that we he merely ex-
PEELED from the Assembly. 1t was and Is
his duty to lay such evidence before a
Grand Jury and have us indicted for GRIM
tnal conspiracy. We demand that Speaker
Sweet Immediately submit his evidence to
the proper legal authorities, SO that the
law may take it's course
Should Speaker Sweet fail he convicts
: hfmseh as character assassin.
Mr.. Sweet forgets that the resolution Of
suspension recited definitely that there
that the action taken against us was be-
; cause Of our affiliation with the Socialist
party
1T is interesting to know that Majority
Leader Simon Adler. who introduced the
resolution for expulsion, is one OF the Adler
brothers engaged on a large scale in the
manufacture Of clothing in Rochester, a
firm against which the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers OF America has carried
on a long struggle and which It finally
unlonized
We two. rs wen as former Assemblyman
Shfplacoff, present Alderman, We're all con-
spicuous In the work OF the Amalgamated
and often spoke in Rochester"
Mr.. Adler, who had been attending the
Republican State Committee meeting. left
Tor Albany last night before the statement
OF Mr.. CIaessens and Mr.. Waldman could
be called to his attention. In a statement
Just before he left, he intimated that the
action against the five Socialists would be
justified. The five Socialists must choose
between repudiating the principles Of their
=. organization and their oaths as American
cdtizens and as members OF the Assembly" /"
he said The action Of the Assembly may
nave appeared precipitate. 1t was. how
ever based upon evidence accusing the
Socialist members Of being unfit to serve
in the Legislature.
/. THE Judiciary Committee Of the AS
sembly will be announced tomorrow by the
Speaker. I assume that Louis NJ. Martin,
! of Oneida, will continue as chairman. This
conlJnittee will give every facility to
the accused members for disproving the
charges. If they are disproved, they will
be retained on the roll. If they are not
dsproved, the action Of the Assembly win
be vindicated."
Contributions Received.
julius Gerber, secrtary of the Socialist
party. said that more than $500 was con-
tributed to the Assemblymens defence
fund at the meetings in Harlem on Satur-
day, before the police stopped the collec-
tion. Among the contributions received
at headquarters yesterday was one OF 800
, from Mrs. Kate c. Carts. of Los Angeles.
Cal, which was sent by telegraph.
Mr.. Gerber said that large number Of
persons contributing to the fund are nom
Socialists. He displayed letters received
from different parts of the city in which
} che writer declared he or she made the
donation that there might be sufficient
funds to defend representative government.
Seven hundred Socialists attended a
meeting in the afternoon of the Socialist
party of the Fourth Assembly District, the
Bronx, in hall at No. 1858 Boston road,
at which resolutions condemning the action
of the Assembly were adopted. A collec-
ton for the defense fund was taken UP at
the meeting.
The Bronx County Democratic Commit
zee. of which Arthur H Murphy is chair
man, held a meeting in the afternoon. Mr..
Murphy introduced a resolution denounc-
ing the arbitrary action Of those members
of the New York State Assembly, who sus-
pended without trial, the two Socialist
members from Bronx County"
The action Of the majority of the As
scmbly tends to disrupt the faith of the
electorate in the ballot" the resolution
declared. land while the Democratic Com
mittee OF Bronx County in no wise SYM
,sathises with Socialist sentiments, It de-
Tlores the fact that men duly elected to
public office by the people are denied the
right to perform the functions Of their Of
flee"
Denounce Sweet a. Txar.
Speaker Sweet was likened to Tsar Mich.
Olas Of Russia by speakers before an audi
ence which filled the meeting rooms Of the
Bronx Socialist party headquarters. at No.