The New York herald., 1876-03-17
THE STATE CAPITAL.
The mo Seat No Fare" Bill Re-
ported Adversely.
Passage in the Senate Of the
Erie Bill.
The Park Bill Ordered to a
Third Reading.
NNHEnANro
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
ALnAxY. March 16. Is


The Assembly Railroad Committee this evening re-
ported adversely upon three bills the principal one
being the Kilan 'No seat fare" bill. The second
the making 1t unlawful for railroad companies
to exact deposits from tho conductors drivers when
they first employed and the third. the act prohb
tng railroad companies from changing tho horses on
the street crossings.
Mr.. Kiian who introduced the bill, was not in the
House when the Railroad Committee made its report
and httle surprise occasoncd by his absence,
especially it expected that he would If the COM
mittee would report adversely, make motion to dis
agree with the report of the committee and call the
yeas and nays on the motion, SO a to place
all members on the record. All tho other members
OF the Railroad Committee present, but motion
made by any OF them to disagree with the re-
port and when the Speaker put the question whether
the report OF the committee should be agreed to- IL
was decided in tho Affirmative without a
dissenting vote, and SO the bill was de-
cared rejected The only way now by
which the bill can be again brought up is by motion
TO reconsider the by which the report of the
mittee agreed to; of course that motion the
yeas and nays will be in order II Mr. Killian should
this motion (bu II is probable he will if he Is
in tho Househ Mr. Wenzel of sullivan states that he
will make it
The vote in the Railroad Committee on the motion
TO report the bill adversely was as iollows:-
McKee, republican, OF Herkmer Gridley. republican,
OF oIelda whtson, democrat OF New York; Power,
republican, OF Columbia
In the negative Baldwin republican, OF Allegheny.
When the vote taken in committee the othor three
members Miller OF New York; Cock, of Queens, and
WORTH OF Kings These three are democrats.
The House agreed 10 the report oil the committee
the Deposit bill without division, but when the repors
Falon's bill brought up he and that
the House disagree with the report of the committee
and that he called the ayes and nays Nearly every
member who voted in the affirmative rose TO explain
IA Ia VOta w hpu Wu cd
committee and said that II had agreed the report
by unanimous vote. Quite an exciting DEBATE took
place between the members opposed the report and
many of the members called attention to the fact
of the nuisances the bill would put end to
would be the tracks in front OF the HERALD Office
where the horses unhitchod from end OF a car
on its arrival and hched at the other TO the nconven-
ience of the public.
to the Committee OF the Whole by vote of so to 3S
All the New Workers, except Muller and Carly who did
all and Strahan and Whitson, who voted In
the negative, voted for the motion. Had Mr. Klian
been present and made the fight for his bill
that Fallon did for his he might possibly
least have had the satisfaction OF compelling the mem.
present has not yet been ascertaned.
BILL
The Committee on Cities tomorrow will report the
Campbell bill relative to the civil justices severely
amended The bill consolidates the First and
Second District Courts retaining the officers and at
tendants OF the Second; consolidates the Fourth
and Ffth districts retaining the officers and attendants
OF the Fourth; consoidaes the Ninth and Tenth dis
tricts retaining the officers and attendants of the
Tenth The stenographers of the Second, Fourth and
Ninth districts to in the consolidated courts
the other stenographers, Of course are legsated out
of Office
The New York Park bill has at last reached a third
reading 1t has been discussed over and over again
dd nduSeum in the Assembly, ana to-day, in Commit
tee of the Whole, Mr. Kilian in the char debate
opened it by Mr. Forster in opposition TO Mr..
Fallons amendment lcgislating Colonel Stebbins
out OF once and In advocacy OF his own
amendment, which legslates out of Office all
tho Commissioners except Stebbns The debate,
usual, very animated one, and Falon and
Forster interchanged the compliments of the la
the most lively style Forster was very bitter in his
opposition to Commissioner Martin, and stated that
Martin had been counsel for certain parties who
wanted to revive the old uptown parade ground job
and that the moment he found himself a Park Com
missioner he went TO work with all his energy
to what he had fought for before
he was Commissioner vote was finally taken on Fal
Ions amendment which resulted in its defeat, after
motion TO report progress on the bill, offered by
Strahan had been voted down. Forster then with
drew his amendment, and stated that when the com
mttee rose, he would in the. House to have tho
bill ordered to a third reading. He then had il
progressed, and did he had promised when the
Chairman reported II to the House. The yeas and
nays were called the motion order IL to a third
reading, and 1t was carried by strict party vote,
Graf being the only republican who voted in the
negative II now remains 10 be whether
majority can be secured Tor it on the ques-
ton OF its final passage. 1t stands pre-
ciseIy as reported from the Committee on Cities
the four Commissioners remaining in Office, and Mr.
Wilamsons term, which expires next May, beng ex.
tended for year. There is now in the Senate bill
similar TO the original Park bill introduced in the
House. and 1t is the purpose of the republicans, IL it is
passed by the Senate TO push IL in the House. especially
II bill ordered to thlrd reading in the Assembly to-
day should be defeated.
PASSAGE or THE ERIE BILL IN SENATE
Mr. Woodn explained 10 the Senate when the bill to
reorganIze the Erie Railroad up for third reading
that it simply designed TO enable those who owned
an interest or had lien upon the Erie Railroad TO
make amicablc aud voluntary agreement for their
protection. Ii compelled nobody to do anything, and
the only person who opposed and characterized
n
John Livingston, with whom they all pretty
well ACQUAINTED through the medium of a constant
flood OF circulars he has been in the habit OF delugng
the Legislature with for the last three years Mr. Me-
Carthy moved recomm the bill and inquired ift
IN tho special interest OF tho Erie road Mr. Rogers
replied that was aud Mccarthy lifting his eyebrows in
astonshmen exclaimed that he thought the Legislature
only legisated IN view Of some general necessity nc
had been unable TO find out the exact scope OF the BILL
and that IL was either asked for op-
posed by any considerable number of persons.
Here Rogers pcrttuently inquired where the
1900 opposing stockholders OF whom ho (McCarihy)
made mention last week Mccarthy answered that
tho telegram announcing that 1900 stockholders
prepared TO oppose tho bill had been
handed to him by Senator In the chamber (Sckregl
Rogers sarcastcaIly asked II they were now in tho
antsrooui or had been lost coming tho steamer
He McCarthyl had evidently found nothing wrong
In the bill or else he would have given the Senate tho
benefit of his discovery a general law was passed in
1874 to facilitate the reorganization OF rail-
roads sold under mortgage The Eric road
desiring to thus rcorganiZe consus the law and finds
that II can be improved he challenged The Senator
from the Twenty second 10 put his finger anything
In The b That coutravcued pubic policy IL was need
less TO mention IRON what quarter the opposition came
1t was well understood. The motion to recommit
lost and tho bill passed
LKGisL6rtvE NOTES
The Sisters OF Charity in charge OF the Founding
Hospital, New York. apply TO the Legislature to be al
lowed the rate per cdpita for nursing mothers
who taken into the hospital as is allowed by law
for the same class Of persons in the Infant Asylum.
Mr.. ST john with view OF having more correct
estimate Of The surplus funds Of savings banks, inro
duccd bill providing that these institutions when
estimating their surplus shall consider only Tho par
value OF the securities and that where sccuri
ties are not worth par they shall be estimated at
their market value.
A game preservation bill discussed in tho Senate
Gerard carrying oG tho honors in ornitbOlogy. The
facility with which he curled his tongue around tho
Latin for snipe provoked the astonshment and
admiration OF Caspar Baden. He said English
snipe werc so called because they were
nevor found in England, and he pleaded with moving
coquencc TO save this species OF game from the indis