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March 31, 1920
The Chattanooga News
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
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In Albany, NY, on March 31, tumultuous scenes erupted in the New York assembly during the debate to unseat five socialist members, featuring a two-hour wrangle, a failed postponement motion (41-90), and a filibuster by Rep. McCue.
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FIGHT TO UNSEAT SOCIALISTS LAUNCHED
Albany, N. Y., March 31.—Tumultuous scenes were enacted in the assembly this afternoon in the opening of the fight to unseat the five socialist members.
Long before the debate on the legality of unseating the members was reached the members of the house engaged in a wordy, two hour wrangle on the matter of postponing a vote.
So riotous became the proceedings that Speaker Sweet after pounding for considerable time finally said:
"The members of this house are conducting themselves in a disorderly manner. It is more like a riot than orderly procedure." I appeal to members to be gentlemen and true representatives of your state and your districts.
The trouble started when Representative Hammil, of New York, moved that a vote on the unseating of the men be postponed until tomorrow. He said he had not had a chance to examine the majority report of the committee recommending the socialists' expulsion and his claim was backed up by other members. His motion was lost, 41 to 90.
Then, Representative McCue, Tammany member from New York, moved a two-hour recess and started conducting a one-man filibuster against the vote being taken today.
Albany, N. Y., March 31.—Tumultuous scenes were enacted in the assembly this afternoon in the opening of the fight to unseat the five socialist members.
Long before the debate on the legality of unseating the members was reached the members of the house engaged in a wordy, two hour wrangle on the matter of postponing a vote.
So riotous became the proceedings that Speaker Sweet after pounding for considerable time finally said:
"The members of this house are conducting themselves in a disorderly manner. It is more like a riot than orderly procedure." I appeal to members to be gentlemen and true representatives of your state and your districts.
The trouble started when Representative Hammil, of New York, moved that a vote on the unseating of the men be postponed until tomorrow. He said he had not had a chance to examine the majority report of the committee recommending the socialists' expulsion and his claim was backed up by other members. His motion was lost, 41 to 90.
Then, Representative McCue, Tammany member from New York, moved a two-hour recess and started conducting a one-man filibuster against the vote being taken today.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Albany Assembly
Socialist Unseating
Filibuster
Tammany
Speaker Sweet
What entities or persons were involved?
Speaker Sweet
Representative Hammil
Representative Mccue
Where did it happen?
Albany, N. Y.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Albany, N. Y.
Event Date
March 31.
Key Persons
Speaker Sweet
Representative Hammil
Representative Mccue
Outcome
motion to postpone vote lost 41 to 90; representative mccue initiated a one-man filibuster.
Event Details
Tumultuous scenes in the assembly during debate on unseating five socialist members, including a two-hour wrangle on postponing the vote and riotous proceedings prompting rebuke from Speaker Sweet.