New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

era Of the party approved II, had Y
been considered by' them to be- Il 400
per cent patriotic not, had they felt
that it exalted tho principles Of true
representative government and Wan IN
accord with the conceptions Of govern
ment. - held by the founders Of the
have insisted thst' tie convention seize
upon this act Of the Assembly as
party asset and have sought to monop-
olixe 1t as q strictly party possession.
"This was not done. And may call
your attention 70 the fact that The
National Republican, which is sup
posed to be the official newspaper Of
the Republican party. in. one Of its re-
words this action Of the Assembly as
contrary to the letter and spirit OF
representative government. The Re-
publican party has always maintained
that the ballot box is the concrete typi-
fication Of the ideals ofNour government
and practical means by which citizens
and groups Of citizens may express
themselves. upon public questions and
no np'i idea that the M Republican party is
now ready to depart from its tradi-
tional and historic support of\ repre-
sentative government.
minority -Oenle0 Nlgnt0
"It will be, in my opinion, sad
day when the rights Of minorities in
legislative bodies may be denied by the
majority in such bodies, the right to
exist and function under the same
guiding rules and controlling laws that
govern and permit the existence of ma
jorities.
1--WE have in the Assembly major
ity Of ITO. Therefore, it will not be
possible for the Republican party to
evade full responsibility for the denial
to the five Socialist representatives the
right to sit in the Assembly pending
against them, to represent the free
American citizens by. whom they were
duly elected, nor will the Republican
party be able to absolve itself from
direct responsibility for the action of
the Assembly when the Judiciary Com
mittee shall have submitted its report
"Whatever the final action may be,
reseating or expel1ing the Socialists, 1t
should be clearly set forth to the coun-
approved, and does not now approve,
the overthrow by legislative action of
the result of peaceable and lawfully
conducted election.
"In other words, the Republican
party respects the result Of an honest
election and does not believe that the
results Of such elections should be
stolen because the party has majority
enabling 1t to commit such thievery, q
direct embezzlement of the results Of
an election through legislative action
misdirected and misconstrued as being
constitutional.
Custer Generally Condemned
UYOn aro auora that oil oorirop+o for
President Of the United States on both
tickets .have come out openly. declar-
inc their disapproval Of this act Of the
Moed WHO s so far have baea
M able to ASCERTAIN. remained silent on
I It will be difficult to imagine that Mr..
0ao w1po aso ape1o' o dou SfS aware that
most Of the leadine clubs. bar, associa-
tions. labor, unions. community co,un-
ellis. women's clubs, mems clubs. civic
fact. organizations representing all
classes, and ideals Of citizenship, con.
demned the, un-American proceeding Of
| the Assembly, t,'>
81 trust that you may find it consis-
tent and agreeable to take this op-
portunity Of openly expressing your
opinion on the subject and by doing
which, am confident, you may gain
for the Republican party the renewed
confidence of the people, that it is a
party that stands for. representative
government, the protection Of the bal
lot box and that it's silence 80 far on
this subject does not commit 1t to ar
approval Of the action Of the Assembly
but rather must be taken as an ex.
preston Of its humiliation and dis
approval Of this wanton set Of mis-
guided and visionary party leaders,"
The trial of the Socialists will be re-
sumed Tuesday, when ex-senator Elon
r. Brown will make the final summing
up on behalf of the prosecution.
The Democrats are planning to make
all the capital possible out Of the case
and are hoping that Sweet will be able
to put through his plan to unseat al
five.
1t is said here that if Sweet does
not have enough Republican vote.
whipped into line to sustain his custer
he will be supplied with enough Tam
many votes to save his face.