The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-09
A PARTING AMOR

PARTING snor
parting gun for Excise nrcd ,.a4enatoI rccle
siuo. who warned some OF the gentlemen who voted
against tho bill that she only way Ia which they could
cure themselves OF their dyspepsia was to ccaso
drinking water and cultivate q taste Tor light
vines Hc diased on tho Importance OF tho liquor
traffic as element In tho support OF the government
10 earnest and acted as they had for tho nigh
moral reasons they ascrbed II would DO we'll for them
TO get at the OF tho whole evil, and 70
their temperance const,tucnc,es aud them pull
their hop poles and cease raising barley ana ryo,
from which the deadly stun thoy complain OF IS
made But this dad not avert tho death, Tor tho
vote proceeded and the bill vas killed The vote
q party ono, and tho republicans have assumed tho
responsibility oil denying relief Ia the premises
APPoRrfoNMExr
Quito unexpectedly tho Apportonmcnt bill was
Lippi,t, republican, WHO boi,ed tho caucus, tho Bill
the first vote, during which there WINS little or
experimenting. was lost having failed to secure she
constitutional vote. Tue absence OF Mr.. Hopkins,
another republican, also helped this result A mo
tion OF Mr. Harris that tho vote by which the bill
about half an hour, during which time ali the repup
lican leaders were butionhoing 5cnncor Lppilt aud
tho Sergcnnt-at.Arms was hunting up Senator Hop
kIns, tho motion TO reconsider was called from mo
table and on tho final passage tho following vote
takcn:-
Yr.s--se,sr. Davenport, Eeict. Harris Hicks. Hop.
kins. Lppitt. Loomis. Lyndc, Marvin. Mccarthy, H. v
wagner, wsn'oycr ''''"o"' ae''0"s' 'u'nc'
NAys-Messrs. docbeI. Hogan, Hughes. Jacoss, Payne
,AnsrSr-Messrs kaines. Oakley. Jones. Goodwin and
ccsinc voted tho nrst vote against the measure.
Even II they hai been on hand on tho last vote The
result would not have Dccn altered for the apparent
whipping in OF Lppitt aud the presence Of Hopkins
made tho hopeless. There seems TO be doubt
oan but that Inv Governor will veto tho bill when IL
IS presented 10 him. But conferences committee OF
tho two houses have nfst 10 arrive at some agreement
Ia rcrard TO tho senate amendments.
ExsESAfoR Toby.
Senator Rockwell. OF Tho sixteenth district, sue.
ccssor OF Senator Tobey, delivered euiogy on bis
predecessors memory, this morning, ana on his
motion the Senate took recess until tour 4. NJ.
r.e,fD~ Sa S n s,pp "a s A.ssmS
adopted after tho delivery OF several cicsiac adj.
dresses, WHOM the Assembly also took . recess.
CAS-
Among tho bills passed was Mr. Douglass, to rcgu.
late the quality aud supply OF illuminating gas, Tor
tho projection OF manufacturers ana consumers
thereof The bin hal boon stripped OF some OF lis
original provisions ana now relates exclusively tho
gas supplied In cities, villages being left ~ 4
atoectnor ~ provides that every person, corpora
lion or company manufacturing aud selling or Furnish
.s 70, ,ss s,,,. o% ,h" ,-D gas
tho consumers nj the place where the gas
is consumed sas which, used through "A burner
consuming ave cubic icct per hour, shall DC OF bril-
iiancy or Illuminating power equivalent to sixteen
standard candle power Otnerwsc illuminating
shall OF DO and when IL In proved that
the quality furnished rs below tho nxed standard q
heavy penalty Is specified Every gns meter supplied
10 consumers liz required to boar mark ina ratin
us capacity aud tho date OF It's being tested wne
ever any consumer shall provo that tho meter fur.
nfsned hun IS wrongly marked he will mood pay
gas bis.
THE NEW FUND Acr
The new Sinking Fund bill brought up hero bv Mr..
Potter aud his brother bankers, and Published In tho
HgRALo to-day was introduced into tho Assembly by
Mr. Fish, ordered TO third reading aud ordered 10
printed forthwith On the motion ~ Mr. 5rooks,
who said nc Understood this to be pcucc olfcrinr,
designed 10 reconcile all differences and dificutics
the bill made tho special order Tor tomorrow
morning
RAILROAD COMMITTEE srArEsMAxsuir
Tho Assembly Railroad Committee, when on tho
4th April reported to the House bnl particularly
ann q q York ctty
to-day asked PERMISSION to Withdraw u, accompany.
ing the request with the following explanations -
Tho bill introduced In pursuance OF tho report ~
yonr com mittec dated April 4. 1874 Tho sHns ss 70.
ported under tue better that the Now York icvatcd hh
road Comp empowered their nd
above street, aud shat by
fosner commission they would be der iorn,ct
statutes designate route and thcm tho necessary
rignt Eor such lnsiun.
after the intro iucton Ut N claimed that
under the named tho said wVrla be ON
might BIO permitted TO their road seventy
street norwerd along Eighth avenue ON tue limo or