The acme magazine . beenmade, it may be well to turn moment-arily from observing the course of eventsin the House and explain the attitude ofthe Senate somewhat more at ground taken by the Republicanhold-over Senators who were in controlof that body was that by refusing to or-ganize they could postpone the date ofgoing into joint meeting for the electionof a United States Senator by just somany days as they should delay the or-ganization of their branch of the Legis-lature. In other words, the Legisla-ture consisted of its two branches, ofSenate and House, both duly organized,and if
The acme magazine . beenmade, it may be well to turn moment-arily from observing the course of eventsin the House and explain the attitude ofthe Senate somewhat more at ground taken by the Republicanhold-over Senators who were in controlof that body was that by refusing to or-ganize they could postpone the date ofgoing into joint meeting for the electionof a United States Senator by just somany days as they should delay the or-ganization of their branch of the Legis-lature. In other words, the Legisla-ture consisted of its two branches, ofSenate and House, both duly organized,and if non-existent could not, of course,meet and be in session as contem-plated by the Federal statute governingthe election of a United States failure to organize was an extraordi-nary, and on its face, almost a revolution-ary proceeding, but the Republican Sen-ators alleged an extraordinary conditionin the House, created by what they heldto be a high-handed procedure in the 32 A MEMORABLE POLITICAL Governor Joseph D. Bedle. wrongful admission of Turley and Wal-ters to seats pending the investigationwhich should determine their right tooccupy them ; and they announced thatuntil this wrong had been righted theywould be justified in delaying an organi-zation which, when completed, was likelyto be found in the control of an illegallyconstituted majority, tt was a case ofplaying politics, perhaps, with theparty leaders on either side of the politi-cal fence, but the situation presented avery real difficulty and to most observersit was not patent that either side to thecontroversy was clearly enough in theright to inveigh against the sins of theother. The Republican Senators weredoubtless acting within their legal rightsas technically construed, but so theDemocrats in the House claimed to be>and honors may have been morenearly even than either side was will-ing to admit. Meantime the House did practicallynothing save quarrel over the Turley-Haines and Walters-Jo
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