Modern battles of Trenton .. . s jets fixed in the Chamber walls, to the main floorof the Senate; rushed to the big folding doors that opened into thecorridor, drew back the bolts, swung them open to the mul-titude ; and the crowdheld possession of theChamber till theeleven RepublicanSenators marched inin the evening andheld a little glorifica-tion meeting there. There was talkamong some of themof swearing in a posseof special deputiesunder command of theRepublican Sheriff ofthe county to hold theChamber against re-capture by the Demo-cratic Senators, butwhen it was remem-bered that GovernorWe
Modern battles of Trenton .. . s jets fixed in the Chamber walls, to the main floorof the Senate; rushed to the big folding doors that opened into thecorridor, drew back the bolts, swung them open to the mul-titude ; and the crowdheld possession of theChamber till theeleven RepublicanSenators marched inin the evening andheld a little glorifica-tion meeting there. There was talkamong some of themof swearing in a posseof special deputiesunder command of theRepublican Sheriff ofthe county to hold theChamber against re-capture by the Demo-cratic Senators, butwhen it was remem-bered that GovernorWerts had power tocall out the State Militia, it was seen that a move of thatkind might precipitate an ugly conflict of authority, andpossibly bloodshed; and that idea was given up. The Senatorswere advised that the mere possession of the Senate Cham-ber gave them no rights that they could not as well exerciseelsewhere; and, having on the floor of the Senate declaredthemselves to be the lawful Senate of the State, they picked up. William S. Hancock. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 471 their hats, and went away, leaving the doors open for any whomight choose to enter. Till the settlement of the controversythe Democratic hold-overs were left in undisturbed possession,and the eleven Republican Senators, transacted business in alittle committee-room across the hall from the AssemblyChamber. Governor Werts felt that the honor and wisdom of his admin-istration were challenged by this condition of affairs that madethe orderly progress of legislation impossible, and he was anxiousto find some way of taking the matter into the courts. Hisplans to that end were handicapped by the refusal of the Re-publican Senators to aid him in making a case over which thecourts could have jurisdiction. Their contention was that theLegislature and the judiciary were co-ordinate branches of theState government, and that the courts could not, by any decisionthat they might render, make a Senate or unmake one. Th
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