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Show UNSEATING OF FIVE ' IS FAVORED OY LARGE majority ALBMY JjPj Expulsion Vote Taken on Each j , , I Socialist at Early Hour of TWO OF EXPELLED ,1 MEMBERS PRESENT Ousting Comes After Lengthy , Hearing of Charges of IbbbbI Disloyalty j ALBANY, Y., April 1. Five So- V i BH ciallsts, Louis Waldman, ' August 5 ' WMMMMM Claessens, Charles Solomon, Samuel A h ! iDeWltt and Samuel Orr. all of New ' 'BBb1 York City, the entire delegation of Si I . mmmW their party in the Isow York assembly, 51 ' J IIBBbI were expelled from the legislature to- )W The majorities in -favor of unseat- f V ing the men, suspended on the opening 111 day of tho legislative session on ' fM charges of disloyalty, were substantial. j j The debate lasted about 24 hours I f1 fMM and more than forty members panic- L r3 vMMM ipated. The chamber was crowded jV TBBBbI with spectators trom the time the as- I ! Y sembly convened at 10:30 a. m. yes- ! 1 4 fiBBl terday until long after midnight. Many H ' j IH of the visitors remained throughout I ' IBBBI the night and heard tho assembly re- , , j VlggM cord its verdict. Luncheon and sup- I Li' fgM per were eaten at the desks. i:BBBBl Tvo Socialists Present ( ' 11 Waldman and Solonlon remained at I . jfM the capital throughout the delibera- f tions. Both appeared to be highly I amused at the proceedings and smiled ,! fl frequently. The other three jnen un- f Vy ffMMM der fire were not present. ' , ' fMM The first chapter of the story in the , S . expulsion of the Socialists was writ- ' jh . ten on January 7, last, the day on ft, gH which the legislature ;.conenedaiorJits. ''j, tH aftpepjer-weetTiad "beeu re-elect?' ;i 'jH ed heTWsdrne five Socialist assem- 1 I fM , blymen before the bar of the house, 1 'faH and told them that a resolution to sus- , , ijfffl pend them from participation jn the 'l ifffl business of the assembly pending an 'f 1BBI investigation of their loyalty was to. be ,1 'ilfflH Introduced and that they would be al- 1 lowed their "day in court." VH The resolution was offered by Ma- i jority Leader Adler. mmmm HBBBBBBl Lengthy Hearing. i V 333m Hearings were begun on January 20 ! I, jH after the judiciary committee had ' 'i AfffJ been appointed and had organized, ' ffV with Louis M. Martin, Republican, o( , Q wMMM Oneida, as chairman. A notable ar- 1 , JfMMM I ray of attorneys headed by Attorney ! ( fMM ! General Charles D. Newton appeared s jfor the state, while Morris Hillquiu ifflffl .Seymour Stedman, Gilbert E. Roe, S. j mmm John Block, William Karlin and Wal- v v fffffl iter Nelles appeared for the suspended , ; ' jlfflfj arsemblymen. , . ; Twenty-four days were consumed in M . 'H the hearing. . JH Precedent Established. , A JflfflfJ By its action the assembly estab i ,ti lished a precedent altogether unique U . lmmm in the legislative history in the United ' ' IfflfflfJ States, as never before has. an entire fj jftfBfJ party delegation been ejected from H any legislative body. ' j When the assembly adjourned it had ' beeu in continuous session twenty- . '! I three hours and forty minutes. fl I Voting on the question of expelling Ul -ifffffJ the Socialist members of the New l; York assembly was begun at 9:38 ar V'TI m. today. Louis Waldman, the first Iffll voted on, was expelled. 'JPH Tho vote was 116 to 2S. j;i ,?H August Claessens also was expelled. jj' !; The vote on Claessens was 116 tc I 1 2$. lie was the Socialist floor leader. (fH Charles-Solomon also was expelled. 'Jl Solomon Arrested. Il The vote on Solomon, who last week i was arrested in Philadelphia for al- ri ttiH leged disorderly conduct at a mass niffV meeting called to protest against the i't i'H ouster proceedings here, was UC to 28 ". j fiPflV Samuel A. DeWitt also was expelle.. ,' V The vote in DeWitt's case was Hi 1 i Hmmm to 40. Samuel Orr also was expelled; ' h ifflV Owing to the fact that the men Tverc ' lH expelled after mldsight on March 31. j ' rH there can be no special elections tc f . I'H fill their seats in tho assembly unless ; ' H an extraordinary session of" the legis-' ' , (H lafure is to be called. (j rf lH oo 1! i jiH |