The Tomahawk., 1920-10-07

WASHINGTON, D, C.-Five So
cialist assemblymen who were ex
PEELED from the New York legislature
in March and who were reelected this
last week by increased majorities over
fusion candidates have again been ex'
PEELED by a special session.
On the first ballot three Of them
were expelled by vote Of 80 to As.
Two others refused to have their right
to a seat in the assembly considered
separately and walked out with their
three associates.
The Republican, Democratic fixers
evidently had a plan whereby they
would reduce the number Of independ-
ent votes in the assembly and at the
same time avoid the serious charge of
overthrowing the constitution of their
state and nation by retaining two of
the Socialists,
The recent expulsion brought out
the fact clearer than before that the
only reason for the move was the po-
litical and economic theories of the
five men. But even this is probably
a superficial excuse.
. This special session must face
strong popular demand for housing
shortage and landlord legislation. It
must do something on the employ
Ment of little boys and girls at long
hours In the canning factories. The
farmers are desperate about the mar
ket situation
Such things strike at the heart of
special privilege in New York state
and the politicians knew that the five
Socialists meant five sure votes
against special privilege.
HUGHES FOUGHT MOVE.
The first expulsion aroused all the
liberal public men and newspapers in
America. Charles Evans Hughes, Re-
publican candidate for president In
1915 and formerly governor of New
York for two terms, was especially
prominent in denouncing the move.
The assembly paid noted crimi-
nal lawyer, who later defended New
berry in Michigan, 100000 for serv-
ices of few days in the first expul-
sion. Seymour Steadman defended
the case with only the hope of get
Ting the assembly to contribute some
thing also for defense. He won
clear victory in the matter Of law.
The politicians then announced that
the case was above the law and that
the assembly could do as it pleased.
coLvER LEAVES COMMISSION.
w. B. Colver is leaving the federal
trade commission at the end of this
month, after performing monumen-
tai task in the herding of corporations
toward the pasture of commercial hon.
esty. He has been exhausted by the
Job, as the war prof1teers have appar-
emily decided that there is no sense
In worrying over the law and public
opinion any longer. He is going to let
fresher men try their strength against
the stampede. - 49, @1 -
But before going Colver had the sat-
isfaction of signing the report on the
extortionate profits and illegal combi-
nation Of the farming implement man
ufacturers, and the still more sensa-
tional report which condemns Palm
er's proposed arrangement with the
packers to turn over the IS biggest
stockyards in the country to F. H.
Prince & Co., the silent partner of J.
Ogden Armour in the Chicago stock
yards swindle which Heney disclosed
when he raided the packers vaults.
The commission shows that the plan
to turn over the stockyard properties
of the big packers to Prince and his
holding company would merely create
a nationwide stockyards trust, even
worse than the present condition,
where the five big packers own differ
ent shares in each of these Is yards.
It shows that the game is swindle
upon the public and a fraud upon the
government, which has the pledge Of
the Big Five to rid themselves Of their |
stockyards holdings. .. - ..-
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WATSON REPORTED SICK. ~
&, Reports from Georgia are that Tom
Watson, who has just won the senator
ship from that state from Hoke Smith |
and the Wilson candidate Governor |
Dorsey-is sick man and may not |