The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-20
VOL. XLYI.--N0. 262.
POLITTCIdNS As BUSY As BEES WITH
THIIR SCHEMES md JOBS.


Patronage Biu as Seen In Its New Form.
ALBANY, May 19.--The number of out
siders Interested in legislation at the session
o.day was much smaller than had been antci- /
pated. The Assembly. Mt its first and only /
Monday morning session. was therefore able to
settle down TO business without any unscemng /
scramble to jump bills. and was soon in routine |
work reports Of committees. third reading OF |
bills, and concurrence in Senate amendments !
TO bills heretofore passed by the Assembly. Tho |
afternoon trains brought up an army Of poll
ticans interested in measures pending. and tho |
rush to jump bills began Mt the evening session.
Con. Sicklcs. who registered his name as |
"MuIor-Gcn. d. f. Sieklcs. United States |
Army" arrived late on Sunday night on mis-
sion to induce Gov. Robinson to sign bill re'a- |
tive to the expenses incurred for draining
swamp lands in New Rochelle. 1t affects prop
er,y owned by the Generals father. Gov.
Robinson. having no fear OF an army officer.
vetoed the bill. with five others to-day on the
ground that II arbitrarily imposes nm addi-
tiona charge upon the town against tho protest
OF its authorities. The skill OF Gen. Sickles rs
Astratesist is now TO be shown in organizing
movement to help Mr.. Bradley. who introduced
II. TO pass the measure over tho veto. The latter
looks upon Executive vetoes rs n subversion Of
our system OF government worse than mill
tary despotism. His absence from the session
this morning alone prevented his 80 informing
his associate lawmakers. but he will make his
views known when he calls the veto up.
The other vetoes were ali of local bills and
special legislation relative to the purchase Of
land for cemetery purposes by the village Of
Saratoga Springs; the election Of Police Jus
tee in the village Of wolcott; the issuing Of
bonds by school districts in the town OF Milton;
empowering Boards Of Supervisors to direct
the holding Of town meetings by districts and
the publication Of legal notices in Erie County
u q German newspaper. All were objectedto
ou rho ground Of special interference with es-
,'-hcd custom. interfering with questions
w ia litigation. or incurrng useless debt.
Dfn. sharpe secured the passage of three in
suran'r bills this morning. one requiring life
Insurance. companies TO furnish each holder ot
% IOucy with copy ot the application upon
which the policy is issued, and estopping all
il'n insurance companies, after having received
three annual premiums on any policy on the
if,. ot a person. from defending against any
claim arising upon such policy by reason ~
errors. omissions or misstatemrnts ot the IN
sured IN the Application; also bil LOT the or,
canization % companies to insure the fidelity ot
persons holding places oi trust nni against
burglary and theft; also p bill 20 prevent either
foreign or State fire companies from issuing
policy on any one risk in excess OF ten yer cent.
Assembly y' also % passed passed the the bi Of of Dr. Polar
Hayes to authorize gas companies 20 use elec-
tricity Tor lighting PURPOSES and concurred in
and Registers bills, fixing the salary OF those
officials at $4,000 instead Of $500. Us orig
ingally provided 10y the Assembly.
The net regulating tenement and lodging
houses in New York and Brookyn intended TO
make them more habtabe. was reported by DR..
Polar Hayes. and the digni1rd Strahan tried 10
suspend the rules and order the nll TO third
reading, but Mr.. Deane and Mr. Eidman obect-
ing. the move was defeated. Whercupon Mr.
Eidman informed the dignied Strahan that he
should tell Jackey Patterson OF him II he didn't
let the tenement houses in his district alone.
An examination OF the records proves that
the provision in The Ihe sI III g to prevent 5hs use Sf
except such as were included in their original
routes TO which Senators Hogan. Jaeobs, and
Sessions obJected on Friday last wac inserted
when the bill was on It's third reading IN the
Assembly. on motlon OF Cen sharpe; Ihey
Hereof. and such occupation, use and right
being hereby recognized and estahsned.' IL
of part OF the Battery Park by the New York
Elevated road. but that IL would permit the or-
cupation OF tho rest OF that park. u the com
pany so desired. II was over this that al tho
rumpus was made. and not over anything in
serted bv the Senate Committee. The presen-
tation Of the amendments in that form. in tho
Assembly has cd TO the charge that Mr.. Bliss
acted in double capacity on this bill, As an at
tor1ey for the property holders who desire 70
downtown streets. and rs counsel for one OF
the companies to legaize the occupancy OF a
The senate Railroad Committee met this
afternoon specially 20 consider this bill. George
Bliss presented the following as substitute for
the entire section:
1t shall be lawful 70 grant use or occupy fer the
purposes oi any elevated railroad any pornon thS ~
Nassau street Prnuns House square called south oi
street Broad and wall .tee,s But noiiins herein eol
rsns cross al an elevation any Of si streets or 70 eff
TO occupy any Of said streets.
The Railroad Committee decided unanimous,
ly TO report the substitute bill Just as presented
by Bliss. and refused TO insert the amendment
Of the Putnam statesman TO exclude the ele-
waited roads from Second avenue. As soon as
the Senate met the report was made, ana, after
the bills on third reading were disposed Of II
was considered in Committee Of the Whole and
ordered 10 third reading. The Senators who
were 50 active in opposition to certain
We're the only persons who discussed
this measure, They explained that they
believed that the original measure n II was
presented to them translerre the Battery Park
20 the elevated roads. Now that all possibility
eliminated from the biz. they were in favor OF
Il, Senator Sessions criticised the attack Of the
Tribune. saying that he mad been asked 70 aid
in enlarging its circulation but he feared that
his endeavors 10 help the young editor were
casting pearls before swine. and he would do 50
The Senate read the third time some Hfty
bills, all local and OF no general importance
the service Of writs in the Marine Court from
the Sherltls TO the Marshals.
The Assembly cOncurred, without a dissent
Ing vote. in tho Senate amendments transform
ing Sfrahan's patronage bill into a measure tC
prevent The removal OF heads ot departments
except after trial and hearing by counsel. II
now goes TO tho Governor.
Among the bills read tie last time and passed
organizing the detective force, II had rider
inserted IN the Assembly Committee. fixing the
lumber Of patrolmen AT 2lOD, and giving the
Police Board power 10 Increase the number LOG
each year hereafter. II also provides one cap
tain, four sergeauts. and TWO doQrmen 10 every
passed the members began to be suspicious OF
what they had done, and Mr. Fish moved II re-
ia ha az A nf ~,i 4