The New York herald., 1920-01-14
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have embarked on a very grave matter
in the preference of charges against
the five Socialist members. i consider
lit my duty as a member OF this body,
and equally the duty Of every other
member of this house. to be Informed
abs solutely on every detail OF the pro-
ceedings in the coming hearings. 1t is
our solemn obligation to see that fair
deal and absolute justice are meted out
to these men against whom these
charges have been preferred. desire,
! therefore, to introduce the following
resolution
Resolved, That a subcommittee of
two members be appointed by the chair
man to be associated with him to prop
erly draft code or rule of procedure
to be submitted to the full committee
for approval on the 14th day of Janu-
ary, 1920, at noon."
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously and the committee as given
was later appointed.
Then Mr.. McCCe~rose quietly and in
about thirty seconds threw bomb into
the Democratic camp. He was speaking
on the resolution to direct the Assembly
as whole to sit for the trial, supplanting
the Judiciary Committee. The demonstra-
ton in the chamber Monday night, when
there was free for all. showed what
would result if the whole Assembly tried
to do anything, Mr.. McCue said. Every
Assemblyman who could not get into the
limelight in other ways would jump at
the opportunity offered, he added. Joseph
Steinberg, of New York, tried to interrupt
Mr.. McCue on technical question. Mr..
McCue continued
my main reason for opposing the
amendment to the rules is best evidenced
by looking over where Mr.. Steinberg sits. /
can easily imagine Mr. Steinberg. trying
to square himself for what he considers
a mistake a few days ago, would try to
go on record, not once, but many times,
i'll the asking of questions: and Mr.. Sim
mons and some other men. who have been
in this Assembly long enough to know the
rules of this House, would then try to
find an outlet, to find some escape from
what he said was a mistake the other day
when the full truth of the matter is that
any man who sat in this House for more
than one session and was caught mapping
the other day has no one to blame but
himself: an1 to my mind. being caught
mapping Is the best evidence that he ought
to get out of the House, as well as the
other members WHO are going to go on
trial.
Talks of "FOurflushers..
81 am sick and tired of listening to all
the fourflushers in the State of New
York trying to have the spotlight turned
upon them for some reason or another.
I think we are going to have fair trial:
know these men are going to have
fair trial. | know Louis Martin and
know the other members Of the judiciary
Committee and / know that they are
going 10 give fair trial to the members
who are charged with disloyalty. They
are going to get fairer trial than some
of the publicity men of the State of New
York are giving us today. They are ac-
cusing us of doing something unlawful;
they are accusing us of acting contrary
to the constitution, when in fact we have
lived up to the rules of this House and
we have abided by the constitution Of
the State of New York and the constitu-
ton of the United States. and the five
members who are charged with an Of
fence against the rules and against the
constitution can't say the same thing.
II feel very keenly about this PROPOSE
tion. and | want to say for the benefit OF
Charles Evans Hughes that have looked
with suspicion upon him during the last
two or three years. ! remember very
distinctly that three years ago, when il
was thought that Charles Evans Hughes
was elected President Of the United States,
that every pro-German in my district was
parading the streets and shouting with
joy and / wonder IL It is because OF some
disloyal element in his makeup that he
is now defending the men who all during
the war have proved by their every act
that they were dsloyal to our constitu-
ton, that they were disloyal to the boys
who were over there in France.
Promises Fair Trial.
Let us have done with all this talk.
Let US go to trial on this question. and
If there is no evidence against these men
seat them. but don't let members OF
this Assembly intimate that i or any other
man in this body is going to do anything
contrary to the rules of this House or
contrary to our constitution.
Those men are going TO have fair
trial | am going TO do all that ! can do
70 see that they get fair trial. But let
us have done with all this clamoring for
the spotlight and all this abuse heaped
upon members of this body. Let those
great jurists of the New York Bar Asso-
citation who have come out with their in
sulting and slanderous attack upon you
and me wait. as lawyers should wait,
until the evidence is presented And I
hone when the evidence is prese ted that
these men and the other men who have
Criticised our action, and you. Mr.. Stein
berg. will be able to vote according to
your conscience, the same as / Will. and
il you do you won't smile the way you
arc smiling now"
Mr.. Steinberg rose to question Of
personal privilege TO answer Mr.. McCue
lie said he had been insulted and he
wanted TO defend Mr.. Hughes. But he
was quickly silenced by the Speakers
gavel He did not stay silenced long.
however. He rose to the same question
of privilege half a dozen times I'm the
next ten minutes. but got no further than
hot.