The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-05
HARRIS & CO.'S CONSPIRACY.
PLOTTING TO DEPRIYE THE CITY or
HER Fair REPRESENTATIONS



springins Upon the Senate BIn 20 Give this
CITY Only Twenty three AssenbiYrnen and
Breoklyn Only Tweive-The New Capitol.
ALBANY, March 4.-Ham Harris gave
another exhibition to-day Of tho tnciics by
which he and his follow conspirators again
propose TO defeat fair rcapportionment OF the
State. At the end OF an unusually long session.
and after ono Democratic senator J. f. Pierce,
had been called away by telegram announc-
ing the serious lncss Of his father. and others
had gone from the chamber surprising that
nothing more of importance would be donc he
suddenly called up his Infamous bill for a third
reading and obtained just the necessary seven
teen votes to pass IL. This bill will now 70 to
the Assembly and be sent to Mr.. Heuhurn's
Committee. That gentleman says that he shnll
insist upon amending il so as to conform with
his bill, which pissed the Assembly with only
fourteen dissenting votes Mr.. Hcphurns hill
gives New York % Asscmbymcn and Kings 10,
while the Harris bill gives the former county
only % and Kings only ~. Mr.. Hepburn has
also prepared bill rcdistricting the Senate
districts. in which he gives New York seven
Senators and this too. he intends to sub
stitutc for the gcrrymanderng measure
prepared by Harris. Tho Hepburn bill
was reported unanimously by the House
Committee and Mr. Hepburn seems 90
have no doubt but he will be able to get the
Committee to substitute 1t for the Senate bill.
and asan pass it through the Assembly. But
this is just tho contingency which the conspira-
tors are working for. Harris expects 10 be able
TO hold his party in line for his measure in the
Senate and OF course there will bc n Disagree
ment between the two Houses Then Ola Salt
can come in with his fine work in the makeup
Of conference committee which will fail to
! M rof will % thn
Hepburn bill. and thus defeat the only bill that
has the least prctenstpn to fairness. or else pre-
| vent the passage OF any apportionment htll.
| Ihcrc Is pare possibllliy. however. that liar,
! rtS may not hn able to control the Senate should
| the bill come back amended IA to conform
| with the Hepburn bill As ii was to-day. he
! barely succeeded In getting the seventeen votes
necessary TO pass 1t, and among these was the
| vote OF Senator Murphy Of New York. who IL is
| understood. will certainly vote for the Hepburn
| bill II II eyer comes before the Senate MIR.
Turner declared that he voted Tor this bin sim
| ply because he had been assured that no other
| could pass the Senate. This WINS after he had
| made an incncciual effort 10 substitute the Hep
Senators E'ccsinc and Hogan opposed tho
| bill. the former saying that he was sausilcd
! Of fair apporionment. To which. in nm nj.
tempt 10 be witty, Harris replied that be in
@aSa dpf Tom Mr Sk s" h GG
| tho Governor would veto II. and thus the people
Mr. Gocbel Of New York refused 10 obey tho
| crack Of the party whip. and voted with the
| Democrats and against Harris on every motion
! looking toward the making Of fair bill. Fiye
! Democratic Senators We're absent when Mr..
/ Harris chilled up the bill. Tho following is the
vote ON the final passage Of the bill. all I'm the
| Affirmative being Republicans. and all IN the
negative except Mr.. Goebel bons Democrats:
iiAs-Ncs-rs psysnrgr Eiiek. Harris Hicks lAgyiu.
sroy Kobcrsen. Rockwell Sessions Turner, Wagner and
! cuhs oakley. Payne, and wasstah-s
Tho Senate rushed through tho ninc nddl-
] fiUuul plurfars Of ThrDttt'. coda "a "a
| 1856 sections and making a book Of $50 pages.
| IN less than two hours. Only tue first section
doubt only too glad 90 get rid OF listening To the
| drcary reading OF ESQ pages. So after only ono
| section hHc been read on motion Of senator
| Robertson, the bill was ordered to third read
| ing. 10 - 6.
Tho session Of the Assembly was mainly de-
priation bill. The only debate Of any conse-
| qucnce was upon m amendment offered by Mr..
| Brooks Ia insert section liking the salary OF
all State oflicnlr. which are not regulated boy the
Constitution. ~ n sum not TO exceed 10y more
man ten per cent. tne salaries PAD me sane Of
was voted down-ls to 7S-and tho bill was
passel snlstnntay Ms It camo from the Ways
T-- --'- N --'-1 ,hc G5ycrT6r mi - a--f
Xxx 81 sai66oG .ontractcd Iy thu the Sow Car't"l
! Commissioners. in excess % tue appropriation
| of h-t year. expires tonight II Is well under;
! stood here that ho Il satisfied ia hls own mind
| that IA" Commissioners hal no authority to
| create this debit; hut iu this Wow the Attorney
|
! cord with him. Tic fact That that official
| i- ON" Of the & piiol Commissioners. and rs ia
] Iurt responsible for the creation 90 this debit
| may have something o. DO with shaping his
con-tru 'tion of tie Constitution upon this Iu,s-
! tion. On Thursday Inst. upon tho inyitptinn Of
! the Governor ihe capitol Sunnii-sinuer- anu
| the Judiciary Committee OF tho S'uute mot in
| the Executive Chamber to consider this subject
! The Governor called their attention % sections
Z a. eleven. and twelve Ni Tho seventh article al
o." Constitution. and desired 10 know how. in
tie futo of these provisions. they could Justify
the creation 81 This a. lf. section ten provides
that the state may, 90 meet casual Deficiencies
or failures in revenues. or for expenses not pr1-
| Vdod for. contract debts not o. exceed 81 .unO o.
| 600. Section eleven provides that debts may
also be contracted 70 repel INVASION suppress
| instruction. or defend the state in war. Soc
| ton twelve absolutely prohibits the contracting
| OF any debt by the State for any other purpose
| except those explained in sections ton and
| eleven. unlrss tho proposal 20 create tho debt
| shall have first been submitted 10 u vote 81 the
! an the votes cast On behalf 81 the Com
| missioners. il WAS argued that the provision
| in tho tenth section, authorizing tho creation Of
| a debt 10 meet casual dencits,' covered this
| case and gave them power 10 create this debt
under tho authority given 10y tho last Leglsa-
| the building SO that tho Legislature could meet
| IN it this winter. On this the Governor took
| issue with the lawyers OF tho Senate and the
| Commissioners, and the conference broke up
| without any definite conclusion having been
| arrived A.
Tho Assembly Judiciary Committee will re-
port fFvorably the hill making the Register and
! County Clerk In Kings County sHlaTied officers.
kilograms have been received here tonight
saying II is reported in Now York that the Gov
! crnOr had both removed and dismissed the
charges against the New York County officials.
toll.