New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
BROADWAY BILLS PASSED.
FEW VOTES IN OPPOSITION 10 THEM.
MR. ERWIN CALLS ATTENTION TO A SUBSTANTIAL
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS.

| REPUBLICAN SUCCESS.
| rrroM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRrBrNHl
! ALBANY, April 21.--Tbe work begun by the
Republican Legislature In January to punsh the men
who obtained by bribery hs cbarter OF the Broadway
Surface Railway Company ended to-day by tho passage
in the Assembly Of thras bls to aunu the charter Of
that corporation and soil Its property.
Il bo said hereafter that the Assembly did not
carefully consider tho bills Yesterday and to-day tbcy
, .,cre debated carefully.
The eeps,s BEGAN to-day with two speeches
against the bill They re made by Charles J. Knapp.
n bank cashier Of Deposit, Dv.c%are County, ana
Adophus g. Allen, recently County tdcyo 81 I'oea
County. Both read speeches, Mr.. Allen making tho
argument OF lawyer against the right OF tho Lee's'
lature to annu charter such evidence, and Mr.
Knapp arguing IN opposition on the broad ground that
It would endsngcr the OF al corporations to
declare one invalid Mr Allen thou ght that the courts
provided an ample remedy for any crimes that jacob
Sharp and his associates might have committed.
General Batcheler followed with speech In favor OF
the BILLS lie sail: I shall consider these BILLS from
moral point OF view I 10 not care to deal with the
questions OF law Other men will do that Il has been
said that we have sufficient evidence against this
road warrant in taking this extreme
course II said mat would annul the charter
on the evidence have collected The reply to that Is
that Legislature always takes In its view motives
which not adm ssole in court OF law. It takes
into view tho welfare OF tho State II seems to me that
put IT'S moral brand upon the nlquty We have higher
moral duty than the courts. There has been crime
against the community 1t Is our imperial and imper
duty put tho stamp OF public indignation on this
hideous wrong"
Mr. Lawler said that ne was surprised at the pal
try moan, shabby argument" OF those who tried
to work upon the sympathy OF the House
by rointng to the widows and orphans who would lose
money II the charter of the road should be annnled;
We're the Interests pf few people to he considered ana
those o. tbs State sasiedf lie believed that the
Legislature must strike blow OF retributyo justice
II 1t desired to maintain respect for the avs. 49,,
James Iaggerty ASKED his fellow Assembly ymen IL they
desired such crimes as were committed IN Newd ork orr,
when the Broadway Railway G9mpany char.ef was t JH
taincd to go unpJn he'd He believed that puDiic
opinion desired the Legislature to take these mon by
NJ rappnn SAID: MY constituents demand that I
should vote for these bills The Innocent bondhodere
will be compensated Besides tho bondhoiders can re-
that held the ltlon OF the Assembly. He SAID:
believe the bo are opposing these Dls are men OF
side because they believed 1t the weaker side. In
have Thought upon these bills judicaly Public senti
he told the Aerr en- that II they would grant
iranchise he wJaid enrich them DO you believe ia
your hearts that when thing has been obtained Dy
corruption cani ot be recovered III man stoais rom
the and the ae ha not the power 70 recover Its
property, then i is tinc for the laws TO be amended
When pcce of properly ls stolen from Ioe naye
widow and orphan. IL man steals my morse can re,
cover 1t If find II In the barn OF widow.
but il you hal lost ycnr horse wonid you come to
the Legislature
would II coid recover ti any other way" re-
Piled Mr. Kruse. and II yOu seek to make II parallel
WITH this case sag that doubt II the remedy can De
The testimony" said Mr Patt ...
Legislature makes its decision on other points than
court would But now to the question: ought % TINS
organized to serve the public ana when .. corpora
y friends VINO nave eao,,eG these bills mike plea
FOR the innocent b0ndhpders. These Innocent pOhu-
holders took these bonds with their eyes open They
kue
upon fraud expecting 10 MAKE large prohI lne
these bonds. The innocent holders OF them therefore,
Mr. Arnold also made o powerful speech saying among
other thugs: For what purpose did the pepp,r , o,
occasion will arise this state viii last for 900 years
when Will be better occasion To exercise this po"ei
No one questions the autn'ri OF THIS Legislature 10
Judge Grccnrs remarks were Tho English Par.
lament nave possessed This power for three centuries
bnt they exercised it sparingy. The Legislature
OF NewYort at last is summoned to exercise similar
Mr. Howe opposed the LII, saying: 1T has become
kim in Law tina! harl cases make bad law. We are
we are told tie evc II fraud Is oyerwhei ming
ana In the nort that the Legislature not bound by the
laws of eyIlencc have been brought up on tue legal
maxim tnat man shall not be declared guilty nnt he
found to be guilty We are asked to believe hat tnese
robbers. In wha' court has that been proved
by the mandate OF the press OF NewYork We have just
as much right to take away the franchise Oh the Ne"
Mr Erwin ended debate with speech in favor Of
the bill. He spoke In part rs follows: ,
the element politics that somebody has tried to inject
into this subject. Here was committed organized IN
grandest have ;Dd who has associated with
OF the aDtest IN this state; that COM
mittee sr-ed out 10 maze an lnIesugtion nto great
crimes and offences. as II was alleged had been com
mitted York CITY. and after laD0rlng whlIe In
city they showed 10 t.a world that great crime
had been committed, and when the To5- az their ex-
celent efforts about to come into this body and TO
other body and DO proclaimed TO the people of tho
STATE certain men III tins body and certain 0ther men
attempted to take the thunder away from this COM
mittee. say that is wrong. This committee has done
a great york-a committee organized by the Republican
majority OF the Senate, committee majority Of whom
Republicans. They have done great WORK anu
say all hail 10 those men VINO have brought forward
these and pressed them to their ultimate con-
cusion. The peOpe desire discussion on this subject.
The people hear teir representatives on these
10 say 10 the press that when you charge have been
del aging bills. hurl the language back to you as
said what Say wer, 1t not that a Democrat had
undertaken throttle discussion on these DIS SIR
snail favor these bils because they are ny
tnat ground snail vote for them when get the op-
portunIty. now move that the committee 40 now rise
report progress on these bills and ask leave TO SIT
then upon ordering the three bills to
tor intejeced replies TO 3ir. Erwins speech claiming
great credit TO the Denocatc party for pushing ne
have a third reading This motion also was adopted
The bills were then read third tune aud passed: The
way Compa ny passed by vote OF 100 TO l6 The six
teen negative votes were gwen py Anophus "
Allen, Barnes. Conney. Gallasnsr Henry F; Hasseriy
Mccarthy, Platt Stlcsy, Wrstfail. Whit.
The second bill, providing for the sale OF the con
sents" OF the property owners along broadway 10
another street railway company. was passed by 98 to
13. The third bill. which provides for the winding up
concern the Broadway Surface Railway Company
was passed by 97 to o.