New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-24
ALBANY.


THE EXCISE QUESTION IN THE sENATE-AN I'M
PoRTANT BILL AFFECTING BRoKERs-THE
TAX LEvIEs-THE APPOINTMENT OF j. c.
... BANCROFT DAVIS.
ALBANY. March 23.-The Excise question was up
again in the Senate last night and this morning.
Some days ago Senator Creamer took advantage of
the absence of two Republican Senators, one OF
whom was Mr.. Van Petten, Chairman Of the Com
mittee of Internal Affairs, and had the bill amenda-
tory of the Excise law taken out of that Committee
and referred to the Committee Of the Whole. Senator
Creamer would not have succeeded in this effort If
Mr.. NATION hadi not voted with him. Last
evening Senator Van Petten caught Mr. Creamer
mapping, and gave him tit for tat. He introduced
resolution which sent the amendments back to the
Internal Affairs Committee. The motion was car
red, yeas o. nays To- Three Senator'S Messrs. Folger
O'Donnell, and Chapman announced that they were
paired, and the Senate consequently excused them
from voting. This latter fact was not recorded on
the journal and when it came up for approval this
morning, Senator Bradley arose and said that
as but fourteen votes three less than
quorum, had been recorded, the
whole proceedings relative to the bill should be ex-
plunged from the journal. He made motion, there
FORE to expunge. A long debate ensued on the
question whether there had been quorum present
when the bill was sent back, and it having been
stated that there had been, Senator Crowley moved
to amend Mr. Bradley's notion by a resolution re-
cording on the journal that Messrs. Folger, ODon-
nell and Chapman had been present. Mr.. Bradley
opposed it but on the representation OF MIR. Henry
C. Murphy who stated that Mr.. Crowley's motion
was the correct one Mr.. Bradley withdrew his. and
Mr.. Crowley's was adopted unanimously. 1t is not
likely that the Democrats again muster strength
enough to take this bill out of the hands of the Com
mittee before it has chance of reporting on it or
similar measure. Meanwhile, the liquordealers are
averse to the compromise bill reported in the Assem-
bly, They say that except that in the particular OF
changing the times of opening and closing the
House amendments are not whit better than the
present law. The amendments will be discussed IN
Committee of the Whole of the Assembly on Thurs
day evening The Democratic, Senators, especially
those from New-York, are not particularly pleased
with Senator Creamers not taking care that the bill
should remain in Committee of the Whole after once
getting there.
Mr.. Selkreg OF Tompkins has introduced an i'm
portant BILL which no claims will increase the
nues Of the State about g. 900 per annum The bill
proposes to impose upon all brokers, and bankers
acting as brokers' tax of $50 to be levied on the
18th of June 1870. They are also required to pay
upon the par value tax of onetwenteth OF one per
cent upon all sales of gold and silver bullion foreign
exchange uncurrent money. stocks and bonds. The
brokers are required to report their sales TO the Con
troller and if they neglect to do they are to be
fined 600 for each sale, and additional penalty Of
50 per cent imposed upon them.
Senator Genet has got his bill for railroad
through Northumberland twenty-f and other
streets through the Senate. There were only four
negative vOtes-Chapman, Crowley, Norton. and
o'Donnell This is the same bill that was vetoed by
Gov. Fenton last year.
The Tax Levies were sent into the Senate this
morning, and were referred TO the Committee on
Municipal Affairs. The following are the items of
fba Hitv avv in detail.