The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-14
VETOED BY GOV. ROBINSON.
PARTS or THE SUPPLY BILL PASSED
ON BY THE BOARD or AUDIT.
A Choru. OF Indignant Protests In the Repub-
ucaa A.sembiy-Mr. strshnn Calling II
Revolutionary Acknowledging TO Adjourn
Next Week Elevated Railroad Fares.

Next Week Elevated Railroad Fares.
k1pANY. May 13.-Tho Governor sent TO
Tho Legislature to-day four vetoes. The most
important was his disapproval OF several items
In the Supply bill. amounting in tho aggregate
10 over il7G.0OO. The appropriation Of t5O0.000
tor tho now Capitol was left undisturbed. the
Governor. in a memorandum llcd with the bill
I'm the Office ot the Secretary OF State. giving his
reasons for not disturbing it, He calls atten-
tion to his former expressed sentiments in ro-
card to the lavish expenditures OF money upon
this building. and regrets that any additional
appropriation has been made but tho Lcgsla-
turo having decided upon 1t. and also limited
the expenditure to tho walls and roof OF the
building. without any internal ornamentation.
he thinks 1t not proper for him to attempt TO do
feat 1t by veto. The responsibility must rest
upon the Legislature elected by the people. |
over sl2o 600 Of the amount stricken out of tho |
Supply bill was embraced in three items which |
had been passed upon by the State Board OF |
Audit. whose action. it had generally been |
supposed. was final. and the only duty |
OF the Legislature was TO appropriate |
tho amount awarded. tho State being |
obliged to pay Tho Governor however. takes
adifIerent view. In which he is sustained by an
opinion OF tho Attorney General. and strikes
them out. The items were $50 375l2 for Frank
Swift for extra work done at Quarantine. t6500O
its on contract for work upon the Elmira Re-
iormatory by reason OF the Legislature rescind
ing his contract. and s25. 900 for George Worth
ington also for loss OF prospective profits.
Upon this Mr.. Sloan the Chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee. took issue with
the Governor in a speech Of some length and
much ability in which he said. and evidently
satisfied his hearers that II the Governor was
right then there oughtto be some way provided
ala afe,af
the State could be protected. As it is the Legis-
lature could not appropriate any money for n
private claim. and II the award Of the State
Board Of Audit could be set aside by the Cover
nor then the door seemed 10 be closed. as there
was no appeal from that audit. He commended
the Governor for his exercise OF the veto power
generally
This brought up the dgnincd Strahan, who
declared that the Governor had exercised the
veto power in n revolutionary manner. He had
ovcrrdden the Legislature time after time. only
because he did not like the proposed egsla-
ton. Before long the people would rebel against
this arbitrary exercise OF the one man power.
Strahan looked and talked fierce enough to sat
isfy all that he was ready to rebel now. and he
Influenced to his views Polar Hayes and Brad
ley OF Westchester. the former bringing down
the House in roars Of laughter by appealing 10
the Speaker to wake up and protect the people
before their rights had all been taken away
from them by the Governor. But Harmony
Hepburn threw cold water on their eoquence
by pointing out that just now in Washington
the Democrats were bowling at Republican
President for tho exercise OF the veto power,
while in New York the Republicans were doing
The same thing az Democratic Governor. He
believed that both were right Don Hamilton
Fish. Jr,, WAS Of the same opinion, and he
warned the Republicans that 4 they attempted
70 restrict or interfere with the veto power OF
the Governor they would soon find themselves
In minority in the Legislature
MIR. Brooks in tho main agreed with the
OF the awards made by the State Board Of Audit
Honor, equity, and Justice demanded that those
awards should he paid or. at least. that the
claimants should be allowed q chance 70 appeal
b the courts. Subsequently n bill which had
already passed the Senate allowing Of appeals
from the decisions OF the state Board q Audit,
was. by unanimous consent, sent to the Sub
Committee Of the Whole. and will unquestion-
The other principal items stricken from the
bill by the Governor are 1900 to continue the
State survey. $500 for the Adirondack survey.
Statue % Robe LysSson sS5 T for
ments made by Mr. Appleton at Quarantine, and
10000 to pay the city OF Buffalo Tor building
sewer to the Asylum for the Insane
The other veto sent to the Assembly was bill
10 abandon part Of the Onondaga salt Springs
lots. which are no onRer profitable 70 the Syra-
cuse Salt Ring. The announcement Of it was
received with laughter by the House at which
pa SAT- pounded his desk VIGOROUSLY ana
One OF the vetos sent TO the Senate was OF ALI
u
been repealed in 1875 and the other was a
special act to incorporate fancy cnieken
breeding association which could not be done
under the Constitution.
The conspirators to capture the patronage OF
New York city are not rs yet exactly certain that
the Strahan bill Is Just the thing that viii do It.
The programme was TO put II through the Sen
ate today II having been made special order
eroy moved to postpone its consideration until
next Thursday. and il was so ordered. 1t is
.ad that Mr. Pomeroy THIS morning received
des patch from Thurlow Weed asktn that this be
done. and that in the mean time the Hon. Sher-
Ian Shook In whose interest the bill was said to
havo been introduced will be here opposing its
passage. Il IS not Unlikely that another change
will be made. taking the power Of removal from
the Governor and Mayor and placing It whore
the Republicans will be able 10 continue in office
tho friends they now have In. ~
The Senate passed large number OF bills.
among them being the following relating 10 the
@ Of Nsw Yors Sna st aeor AL 9 w49 Snar s S
OF Health the sanitary regulations OF all livery
stblesi amending the police pension fund;
the Twenty-thrd and Twenty fourth Wards;
prohibiting the issue OF bonds for tho payment
this year and transferring TO the Department
Of Public Works the grading and paving OF
streets in the new wards OF the city.
The bil 10 regulate the construction OF tene-
ment houses IN New York and Brooklyn was
The proposed constitutional amendment to
remove restrictions upon the expenditures on
passed tho Assembly, This is urged by the
Produce Exchange and Boards OF Trade OF New
York and Bl1alO who lear that. IN tho event OF
large brrak on the canals. the earn lngs would
not be sufficient 70 repair them and the canals
would have 10 he abandoned
At the afternoon session Of the Assembly Mr..
Galvin's Five Cent Elevated Railroad Fare bill
was a special order, Mr.. Calvin offered n sub
Bttute which provided that the faro on the ele-
ynted rouds hall be five cents at all hours Of the
day or night from one end OF the route TO the
other. The roads may. however. at their op-
tion. run not more than one car on each train
upon which tney may charge a fare Of ten cents
The substitute was adopted, and after a brief
ordered
Ing. Mr.. Calvin asked that the bill might be
read immsdi iatey but Mr.. Mekoel Il member
OF the Railroad Committee haling from Schuy-
ler County objected. The bill will unquestion-
ably pass the Assembly. The section OF the
original bin prohibiting the storing Of cars and
engines over the streets was stricken out.
Whom Gen. Sharpe's bill 10 prevent the build
ing Of AN elevated railroad south OF the CITY
Hal was up f9r third reading, was amended
by Don Hamilton Fish, Jr., 50 as to prohibit the
construction Of an elevated road in Second
avenue below Twenty-third street, and passed
without a dissenting vote Fish said that tho
person Who brought tho original bill here
George Bliss had told him that If this amend
ment WAS adOuted ho would Kill the bill in the