| Show nCR OUSTED U TO IY VOTE Of 09 1 1 S alist Declares He Stands By Everything He Said I or Wrote By Associated pre Press V Nov 11 Victor Victor L. L Milwaukee Socialist was deliS ded deis de- de d is seat in the house Monday by byo liS o vote the house holdi holdIe hold- hold io Ie i was ineligible for membership lUBe cruse ause o of his open opposition to war file rm vote to unseat Berger was Representative Voight Rep being the only member to port tho the Wisconsin Socialist either ring the debate or on the roll coli titer Cler denying the seat to Berger the thelie tae lie ice declared that the seat was vait va- va it ite holding that Joseph P P. Carney em m. who contested Bergera Bergers Ber ers er's elec- elec n did not receive a a. plurality in the last year Without record vote douse also directed Speaker Gillett notify the Wisconsin go governor o of the theancy theancy theancy ancy in tho state delegation so that special election may be called to lose iose a a. new member Jerger erger appeared in the house soon sooner e eg er the session opened 3 Rep Massachusetts irman o of the special committee leh Ich Investigated the case said the Involved was that of ot Amen Ameri- ism 1 QUESTIONED It ItIs Is whether a man who in 1911 as a a. member of ot this house to port the constitution and who e en country declared war against Imperial German government bele bens ben's beri be- be ns n's ri le the head and front o of an organ- organ l to hinder obstruct and barrass this government in Its fight Existence existence should be admitted to in this house said Dal- Dal er er r. r The committee is convinced upon Ithe facts and upon all aU the prece- prece ite ln in this house that Victor L. L ger should be excluded from mem- mem ship and that the question should 1 toe be e determined by this house tn Cn the opinion of the committee expects It it the men who for their country in the great expect it and the tho entire country countr gets it iton I It on on n after Berger began his state- state 1 it ttO to the house there was much motion and Speaker Gillett rapped o tiler der several times I n Berger condemned govern- govern I action in sending troops to Gary Pi Representative Re Blanton Dem as insisted that Berger Confine confines confine contine s to his own activities and nd ut- ut ces and not be permitted to Jie e government especially at this cal time esker leaker aker Gillett said he had been uno unto un- un to o understand Berger because of Strong Ro rong foreign accent did not deny making the al- al d statements which led to conviction and sentence to twenty e a ln in federal penitentiary OLDS fOLDS STAND rider der the same samo circumstances he herVI l I would say and write them all again only I would make them a at at t deal stronger because I 1 have If Justified by the events since the slice when the war was ended characterized the espionage as as an Infamous measure passed at order of ot American plutocracy not J spies but to hound cl citizens zens s ie e e opinions differed from those of ot o of the right of Berger seat Beat proceeded amid somewhat o of in the house chambers and crowded galleries A detail of ot ofal al ai police guarded the entrance of ot nen's 1 ns n's gallery Bergers Berger's wife and jw w were in the public gallery until JY K before the but Berger elf elt after alternating during the thee thet theto t to e between the chamber and the thes lib s 4 left Just as the vote began resolution e on which the house housein in refusing Berger a a. seat fol- fol the he unanimous report of the elec- elec ommittee reciting his alleged ses lies se sets lie se- ts s utterances and disloyal luring t the war and said ADOPTED Solved That under the facts and instances of ot this cal case e Victor L L. it fr T is not entitled to lo take the oath fico as a representative in this from the Fifth congressional oft of t the state of Wisconsin or to toS S seat eat therein as such P his activities speeches but making no d defense ense r attacked the legislative branch government government and then turned on one onera ones e era es 8 of ot the congress whom he J rUbber stamps of the new r V from Representative Blan- Blan pem m. m of ot Texas the demand that r his remarks to his own acs ac- ac s in connection with the tho war recharged charged that his exclusion as a al l er eg f of ot congress would be a cut t ed affair because I am a So- So and an opponent of ot war and firing take Iko back nothing I r said eald In m my 3 and articles he told the theand theand i. i and under the same circum- circum st l would say and write it aUri all aU ri again ln only I would make it Jt ade a a. adeal adeal de deal l stronger I act under which he convicted was characterized as f measure passed at the plutocracy EP ER DEFENDED Voigt Rep of ot WIs- WIs I speaking in defense of ot Berger jp the house should permit a whether ther a Socialist or or of ot some eoma p patty to express his opinion Berger was railroaded Into C Voigt added It was wastI tI tga jage s-e s a to try him at that time I 1 Iio Io 1 io o sympathy with the persecution Ij i men I believe that the men rein feln Jail as a a. result of ot to the war ought to be bed bedat d d-at d at once Irman Dallinger of ot tho the special flee tee which heard Bergers Berger's case cased d l that he was ineligible for tor a a. athe athe i the house and it is not only ht Jt but the constitutional duty Jouse Bouse to exclude him err L while refused a seat at 1 the tho thong hg ng o of the present session indrawn in indrawn drawn the regular pay o of a IJ m. m members enjoying the tile franking I F. 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