NEW YORK ASSEMBLY REFUSES TO SEAT SOCIALIST MEMBERS
Albany (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, January 8, 1920, the New York State Assembly voted to refuse to seat duly elected members of the assembly from New York City. Preceding the vote, Speaker Thaddeus Sweet* said that the socialists were bound to obey the orders of a party whose executive...
"may be made up...of aliens...owing allegiance to governments or organizations whose interests may be...opposed to the best interests of the United States."
The socialists were not permitted to respond after the vote because the Speaker ruled they had not been admitted to the assembly.
*Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) was born in Phoenix, NY & in 1895 was president of Sweet Paper Manufacturing Company. TCS was a member of the NY state assembly 1910-1920 & speaker 1914-1920. He served as a member of the US House of Representatives 1923-1928.
TCS was the 1st member of Congress to die in a plane crash. He was a passenger in a new Army observation aircraft which was forced a make a landing in NY field when TCS suffered a fatal head injury.
SOURCE
"Today-100: January 8, 1920, Every country has its traitors," January 8, 2020, Whatever It Is I'm Against It, www.whateveritisimagainstit.blogspot.com/
Albany (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, January 8, 1920, the New York State Assembly voted to refuse to seat duly elected members of the assembly from New York City. Preceding the vote, Speaker Thaddeus Sweet* said that the socialists were bound to obey the orders of a party whose executive...
"may be made up...of aliens...owing allegiance to governments or organizations whose interests may be...opposed to the best interests of the United States."
The socialists were not permitted to respond after the vote because the Speaker ruled they had not been admitted to the assembly.
*Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) was born in Phoenix, NY & in 1895 was president of Sweet Paper Manufacturing Company. TCS was a member of the NY state assembly 1910-1920 & speaker 1914-1920. He served as a member of the US House of Representatives 1923-1928.
TCS was the 1st member of Congress to die in a plane crash. He was a passenger in a new Army observation aircraft which was forced a make a landing in NY field when TCS suffered a fatal head injury.
SOURCE
"Today-100: January 8, 1920, Every country has its traitors," January 8, 2020, Whatever It Is I'm Against It, www.whateveritisimagainstit.blogspot.com/
Honorable Thaddeus C. Sweet
Photo by Harris & Ewing (1905)
Library of Congress Image
