New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-05
aid, Jacobs. A. lansing, F. Lansing Lynde' 4aek'"
Pitts Titus, Trednor-l4
STRUGGLING OVER THE RAILWAY BILL.
LONG DEBATE IN THE sHNATE-THE BILL RE-
PORTED FAyoRABLY BY TIE COMMITTEE OF THE
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ALBANY, May 1.-The Senate held a re-
markable session to-day over the Railway COMMISSION
bill For several days the friends Of that measure nave
been declaring that they intended TO hold the Senate In
continuous session day until vote was reached
the bin They fulfilled this threat to-day, keeping the
Senate in continuous session the bill from 1880 a. m
until $50 p In the height OF the debate the usua
dinner hour arrived, p but no mercy was shownand
Senator Allen the chairman and most OF the other SEN
ators compelled 10 eat sandwiches surrptitiousV
AS usual in the debates over the bill thus far nine
tenths OF the remarks of the speakers on politics
Senator Boyd opened the debate with long eulogy OF
the various leaders OF the Autobiography movement the
list beginning with Peter Cooper, than whom there Is
no ADLER man on the globe" the speaker declared The
speech concluded with an equally fervid eulosy VI
John Kelly Senator Roberts. black-haired oDsuha.e
looking welshnan followed with the assertion that nc
was the oldest AntMonopolis in the State lie had car
ried his Autobiography principles so far that he ~ouun
use II he was aware fit barrel OF oil produced ny
the STANDARD Oil Company. Yet he could not Vo'e ior
the bill AS IT came from the committee senator bro"H
ing disputed the claim of Senator ROBERTS that t"o
latter was the original Anti-Monopohst. senator
r. Lansing charged that the Regular Democrats
at their caucus had agreed not to support the oi u'
less the right of eecting the Commissioners was gwen 10
the people Senator DAILY earnestly denied the s'ae
ment Senators Grady, Covert and Mccarthy ioho"e'
with long potca speeches. The merits OF tne pi' Noio
not considered by them but they exhausted some 'eo
hours of the Senate's time
At last late in the afternoon the hrst No'o
on the bill was reached in Committee OF the
whole. Senator Jacobs moved that the c'u-
spcrous feature OF the Assembly bi,, h a
~ that authorizing the people to eject Inc kw Sf
by Of ii to IS, the Tammany democrats ana tne
io y iRepnblicqns i'm Roman Democrats in itri,cs
AIRS BanceS Brorning Corert Day tT;Getgd, u
eobs Jo,'es h rna hoen a. L"S8 H. T. ''''' ~
Na,s-Anen, Baldwin, Bowen, Boyd: Ellsworth Eyans'
Grddy, Holmes F. Lansing Lord, Lyndc, Mccarthy
senator PITTS followed with motion, on the part of
be given the Governor absolutely The motion was was
rejected by vote of to 10, the Ianmany senator's
the majority Democrats. and all in the minority
Republicans. In the Senate the same motion was
except that each vote slightly increased IL STOOD
- 10 II. The same political division marked TINS T0,e
In the Committee of the Whole there was also niue
squirt in favor of having the Legislature appoint the
commissioners Senator DAY The ne names
were rejected Other names were suggested WIN Ike
The subject was then dropped The several sections Of
the bill we're read. Senator Pitts suggested that inc
bill should be amended so as TO provide na' peLson
holding railroad bonds should not pc eAcuIcu
as candidates for COMMISSIONERS III amer ueD oa
Of the hoe reported the bin favorably TO the Senate
almost in the shape that came from the senate mai
way Committee The most notable feature OF tue blll'
as me from the committee what is known az the
Uacccry amendment from its having been proposed by
blyman Haggerty. II provides mat the Governor
shall appoint one Democrat ana one Republican railway
and that the third commissioner slalI nc
selected upon the recommendation OF the presidents ana
executive committees of the Chamber OF Commerce. tEe
New York Board Trade and Transport alton ana the
National Anti Monopoly League OF New-1o or any
two these organizations, III case OF u ulsagre9Hent
This amendment preserved through all the deDaie
and is still! ia the bill. .
The bill after it reported favorably TO the senate
was ordered by IA yoce vote TO u third reading
night and take the bill, but finally he Withdrew
the motion The bill must he considered Dy us Irlehus
in a most un Orunate position. lte cnleI
feature, the Haggcrty amendment, Is Ia
yOred by only the three Tammany Senators
Tney have the power OF defeating any other amend
ments by shifting their votes from the Republicans To
the Democrats AID then back again, but they DO NOT
have the power to pass the bill with the amend
ment in it, union of the BepuDI
cans and Regular Democrats to-day would
have ouickly cast the amendment out OF the Dill Wnen
the bill comes up thiId reading therefore, the meas
ure IA likely defeated account OF the o9ecuon
able amendment Even il accepted II would tnen nave
to before Assembly tor acceptance ana that pony
has already rejected 1t by most decisive vote The
seven raInmany AssemDymen were the only ones VINO
voted IL its favor. ~, e.
Fourteen OF the fifteen Regular Democratic Senators
held caucus tonight decide upon their course when
the Railway Commission bill next comes before the
SENATE Senator Browning the Only Regular Demo
cra absent 1t was decided unanimously 10 vote against
the bill il the present provision authorizing Governor
Cornell to nominate The commissioners Is retained H.
ON the other hand the time for the bill going ntO eject
fuoned I'll January /, 1885, thus ensuIlnS the
nomination of the commissioners by newy-cecteu
Governor the bill Will receive the support OF the Sena
tOl. resent at the caucus.