The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-21
THE PAY OF CITY OFFICERS.
EN- KING EELLF's ANSHER TO THE As
SEMBLr'S INTERPRETATIONS.
re Thinks the city Authorities should Con-
troll the Fixing OF saIaries-The HePWbii-
can Candidates for Governor In High GIee.

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Re Thinks the city Authorities should Com
troll the FixIng Of SnInrtes-The HepubiI-
can Candidates for Governor In HiGh GIee.
ALBANY, March 2O.-The statesmen in the
Assembly wrestlcd all the morning session with
the bill to reduce the salaries OF State officials
Nearly every one thought he saw In this oppor-
tunty TO cut down some ono elscs salary q
chance to mako Il little buncombe political cap
ital. This bill. which was first put as n rider
upon the bill reducing the number and pay Of
the employees Of the Legislature with view to
killing that. Is fathercd by Mr.. Gidden Of Or
leans County. ex-Clerk OF the Senate. In most
OF its features tho bill was n good one but after
the emasculating II received ut the hands Of the
statesmen to-day. what Is left is hardly worth
the saving. The attempt to reduce the pay Of
the Judges Of the Court Of Appeals was defeated
by the earnest efforts OF Mr. Sloan
who showed that either OF those Judges
could easily in private practice earn much
more money than was being paid them by the
State An effort to cut down tho salary Of the
Supreme Court Judges also failed. Old Salt. in
speech highly complimentary to the Comp
troller and Attorney General defeated the at
tempt to reduce the salaries OF those officials.
Mr. Olcott. he declared was the best Comp
troler the state had ever had. and the Attorney
General had saved the State thousands OF dol
lars by his management. and was n giant in
comparison with the nincompoops who had
filled that position for the past few years. After
talking for four hours the Assembly ordered
the bill to n third reading. with tho understands
ing that when 1t reaches that point. further
changes in IL arc to DO made. But even its
father tho ex-Clerk. II now sick OF his bantling
and no one believes 1t will ever reach the execu
tive chamber.
Ex-King Kelly has replied to Mr.. Strahnn's
conundrum a. to his views upon reducing the
salaries Of the teachers police officers. and fire.
conundrum that the late Senator Morrisscy
asked John Kelly when before u Senate Com
promptly that he was in favor Of reducing those
salaries. In the ensuing election the King
heard from the teachers. police officers, and
hremen In way that was not pleasing to him.
and he is plainly not to be caught twice In the
same trap. In replying to Strahan's conun-
drum Kelly says that he is unable to Judge
whether 1t is either practicable or eXpedent. In
any general plan OF reduction Of salaries. to ex-
empt,a part Of the salaries paid by the. city OF
New York. That would depend entirely upon
the nature and amount Of the proposed reduc.
ton. lie Is OF opinion that no general plan OF
T Tog S Of seses 9y leSs"ve
which ought to be subject to the control Of the
local authorities. and he believes that IL the To-
cal authorities possessed tho power to regulate
salaries in the city OF New York they would ex-
erclse u with due consideration for oil the in
terests involved.
1t becomes palmer every day that no serious
effort 10 reduce salaries in New York city is to
be made.
tionment Of the State IL now In full OPERA
ton. Under the rules Of both Houses Ham
Harris. being Chairman OF the Senate Confer
ence Committee. has tho calling Of all meetings
OF the Assembly and Senate Committees to con-
fer upon the subject in dispute between the two
Houses. II is now over n week since these COM
mlttees WERE appointed. but Ham Harris has
not yet signlned any intention OF calling them
together. In reply TO question as to when he
nnfi inc of NlnaN
said he could not say. he was too busy to think
Of It Just at present Still. Old Salt and Ham
Harris say that IL is their intention 10 pass an
Apportonment bill this session. Perhaps IL is
but they intend to make II so unfair that the
Governor will be forced 70 veto II, And the plan
OF the conspirators is believed to be to pass such
bill so late in the session that 1t will not reach
tho Governor until after the adjournment thus
again defeating any apportionment or else
compel the Governor to call an extra session
which latter he is not likely to do.
The young rebels have OF late so persistently
brought to the front the name Of George b.
Sloan as their candidate FOR Governor. that they
have thoroughly frightened the chidlike and
the Syracuse @erehSn and ,Re great
American handshaker LOOMS. all OF whom are
sns oT ro Ss ass Sloan TIN RR S5sSePSqa E
~ asserts that he will not be candidate under
any circumstances. put these ambitious Sena-
tors in merry mood. as each ~ them thinks
that with Sloan out of the race. he has a sure
thing for the Republican nomination. To-
night there Is some talk of bringing out Hamil-
ton Fish. Jr as a candidate Ii is urged that
with his length Of legs he ought TO make a
splendid race but there are those who fear that
he Is too heavily handicappcd ms letter writer.
In the Assembly Mr. Narnum's bill for the re-
moyal Of the Reservoir at Fifth avenue and For
tieth street was reported for consideration. Mr.:
Deanc's bill TO regulate the appointment Of
marshais In the city OF New York was reported
Having failed to assess the cost OF the Ocean
Parkway upon the County OF Kings. bill has
been Introduced in the Assembly 10y Mr. Steg-
man for the erection OF two toll gates and the
q bpn ri ha NJ
collected TO DO applied 10 the payment Of the as
The biii presented by Senator Sessions. from
the Special Committee Of Assessment and Tux
alton. provides rs follows:
Every corporation Of the state, except such banking
AMI municipal corporations and RELIGIOUS charitable. aui
SdgS@a@n"i denominations as are Shemtt from ASSES.
state and every oint stock company Or eoT"rcf,bie
whose business consists IN transmitting messages
or property or IN furnishing cars, boats or other
vehicles or means OF Transporting persons property or
messages, shall on or before Ju next and thereafter
on The nrst day Of March IN each year make report To
Albany such report shall contain FIRST, the name Of
the corporations second the place of business Of the
capital stock and number Of shares, fourth every
NTH the amount OF surplus moneys, the value OF real
estate and each Of rs franchises SIXTH, the total
tie amount declared in de during the wear eighth
lis, OF the lands owned hy the company with the esu.
whose business consists wholly or IN part IN tor
wAIding messages, or conveying persons or messages
or dos busiu - IN more than one county state shall
Nlich their lines Or business extends with the hunter Of
miles IN each county tenth, every insurance COMPANY
association Jou stock company, copartnershp doing
Insurance aud underwriting business. and doins
business In more than one county IN this state
or outside the county IN which their principal office
i situated shall also state IN said report the
insured hy them whether upon persons property and
ihe numecT pocies outstanding AMI N force % the
lst day Of January previous 20 the making Of such
port and also TIE number of policies issued Tor the in
Surfing u persons property the be IN each
u the several counties IN tins state which any po
ccs agc issued by such company together with the
SUNS collected or payable thereon from each Of sucl
| counties during said wear
| ANY PERSON knowingly or wilmlly making any falls,
statement IN such report shall be adudged guilty IT per
Jury and anon conviction thereof shall be utcuced {,
the state prison tor any term not less than hVe years
| the discretion Of the Court
Two Trains Every Five Minutes.
Train Dispatcher Grattcn Of tho City Hal
station Of the New York Elevated Railroad. said ycster
day We arc sending ont bot twenty two trains In III,