Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-01
Assembly Erpels
All FiUe Socialists
rnrt,un.d frnm rage one

Continued from RAGE One
and Miss Margaret l.. Smith. Republi
cans. Colonel Roosevelt urged the re.
seating Of the Socialists. on the ground
that the charges against them were not
proved and Miss Smith advocated their
emulsion.
'1'o sexpcl tho Socialist party from
onr. Assembly we must condemn II rs n
,.ousniracy - Roosevelt declared "Ii
we 50 expel it.. we must. in all logic.
set about cxpelling all Socialists from
every Office they hold through the
length and breadth Of this state. and ia
hring the expulsion to its logical con =
elusion. as the right to vote in general
entails the right to hold Office. We must
disenfranchise every dues paying mem
her of the Socialist party.
"ws must reseat these mon. and then
4, our Measure take M and remedy by
lesislation such things in their party
AZ NAV need correction.
Sweet Replies to Roosevelt
The widest outbnrst Of applause
which veteran legislators declared OK .
csIlod any in their career occurred at
ths conclusion Of n speech by Assembly -
wan NrCue, advocating expulsion.
Ererv member jumped from his scat and
cheered the New Yorker for two or three
minutes when hc said:
I've are not goiug 10 permit Tn"
traitors to wrtc tho laws.
Long after midnight Speaker sweet.
u-ho instituted the custer proceedings.
left the rostrum and spoke from the
Hoor, something that he has done only
once before during his long service a.
the Assembly presiding officer Part
Of his speech was construed as reply
of Assemblyman Roosevelt.
After quoting from eN President
poosevelt Sneaker Sweet said:
eve arc building ny our action today
v,epite hulwark against all traitors
within the boundaries of our republic.
)ur faS of rho republic is whipping the
breeze in defiance of enemies from with
out.
Party Barriers Vanish
Party lines disappeared i'll the voting
The Democratic minority po.ed ma
iority of ono vote in favor Of expeIling
WsIdmar. Clapssen and Solomon. th"
Democratic vote on these men being
1s for unseating and II for restoring
them to their former legislative status.
Twenty ono Democrats voted To roseat
Dewitt and Orr. while IA favored tne'r
expulsion. r... -, nc
to II voted to unseat Waldman. Zoos
sens and Solomon. and on IN" De
Witt Orr votes they stood 81 to ~.
When the Assembly adjourned. after
the seats Of all FIVE Socialists had been
declared vacant il had been in r"ntln
nous session twenty -three hours ana
forty minutes.
There was a brief outburSt "t ap'
n,ause whom the clerk announced the
InllnU'pd
enother mild demonstration few Sec
onds later when Speaker Sweet 40
uounced H.,
'.Tbe resolution having been duly
m assed I declare the seat occupied by
Louis Waldmsn vacant
The announcements in the ease 0t m"
other Socialists were received IN SiIen""
by members and spectators. until the
anal declaration nv the speaker that
Orr's seal was vacant. when therH was
last brief outburSt Of mild cheering ana
hand clapping.
Sensible people Of the state will hav"
no misgiviugs about the stapd OF an
American legislature Attorney Gen
cral Newton. chief counsel for the
judiciary committee. declared after tn"
final vote had been taken. Ih'N nave
learned that to rountenau"c the a"-
tivitics Of radicals is I" invite disaster
to American government.
Soldier Vote Interesting
Much interest was manifested in rh"
way former service men in the Assembly
voted. Twenty one favored tho eNnnl-
sion Of all five Socialists. Seven. in
cItiding Roosevelt voted 10 reSral all.
while four voted 70 reseat Dewitt and
Orr.
Women members Of the Hons" were