Modern battles of Trenton .. . e couldnt for thelife of him see what there was so bad about the bills, and thesputtering Beekman, of Middlesex, spoke in a strain which in-dicated his sympathywith the touts amonghis colleagues. It was when Thomp-son, who had really in-spired the acts, walkedout into the aisle to de-liver himself, that thehigh-handed policywhich Speaker Flynnwas expected to aid incarrying out was fore-shadowed. The Glou-cester magnate flew atthe young Union As-semblyman like a had taken hismoney for campaignuse, he said, and nowhe was opposing his pet bill. Lane made
Modern battles of Trenton .. . e couldnt for thelife of him see what there was so bad about the bills, and thesputtering Beekman, of Middlesex, spoke in a strain which in-dicated his sympathywith the touts amonghis colleagues. It was when Thomp-son, who had really in-spired the acts, walkedout into the aisle to de-liver himself, that thehigh-handed policywhich Speaker Flynnwas expected to aid incarrying out was fore-shadowed. The Glou-cester magnate flew atthe young Union As-semblyman like a had taken hismoney for campaignuse, he said, and nowhe was opposing his pet bill. Lane made an angry retort, andthe discussion was at an end. How well the racing men hadthe Assembly in hand was revealed by the vote on this simplerequest that the opponents of the bills be accorded a motion was defeated by thirty-two votes, cast by Assem-blymen Armitage, Beekman, Byrne, Carroll, Chamberlain,Clarke, Coyle, Cramer, Daly, Dittmar, Diver, Dupuy, FlynnHarrigan, Henry, Kearns, H. A. Kelly, T. M. Kelly, Lanning^. Thomas F. Lane. 446 MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. Lawless, Olvaney, Packer, Parker, Sheppard, Stout, Swartwout,Tahen, ThompsoD, Utter, Warne, Wright and Z3ller. Daring tiie discussion Speaker Flynn curled his lip con-temptuously and made a sneering reference to the protestingthrong as one made up of old women and dominies. Stag-gered by this gratuitous insult at the honest mothers and sistersand daughters of the Commonwealth, Lane stood for a momentlike one at bay in the middle aisle of the big Chamber. Thehappy response soon sprang to his tongue, however. The Speaker will remember, he said with impressive em-phasis, that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. It was a stinging reproach, and the packed galleries fairlyhowled with enthusiasm as they heard it. The plan formed inanticipation of a great popular uprising, was to rush the billsthrough before the protest, for which Lane hoped to pave theway, could take shape; and, under suspension of the
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