New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-18

about 100 bills ahead OF tho Hlgh-Lcenso Dill
them and hope to reach the High4cense bill before
the week ends
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.
GOOD BILL MUTrLATED AND PAssED-kuscEr-
LANEous MEAsUREA
ALBANY, April 1T.-In the Assembly to-day tho
Fassett Bribery at Election I'LL was discussed for
nearly two hours The bin WA reported fxv~ably
from the Judiciary Committee some time ago. but
returned for amendment II returned. however
any change being made IN It. the members Of
the committee deciding that the measure o. then
stood would cover all the ground desired But whom
the bill up at noon to-day, according to the notice
given last night, was met by of objections
The main objection ct nrst SEEMED TO be against
the fifth section which provided for the payment Of
$50 to the whose evidence and complaint .
conviction secured The bill when It left the As
sembly stood Its head, Is It wore, for by being
amended by Mr Patt the effect desired In the original
bill was killed. and Il nov simply prescrfbes In the
main penalty for the existing provision governing
bribery the Constitution. This amendment In place
OF making the penalty fall upon tho ons who pays the
money and induces the mon to vote. places II upon
the shoulders Of those who Influenced ind who sell
their votes for . consideration. The amendment also
makes the brbegive the witness on whose testimony
a conviction shall Be had and exonerates him from
punishment
George s. Weed further added the bill by making
IL q penalty under . fine OF from 5000 to S40o for
aemployers to improperly influence their
employees" In their voting Mr. Weed made q speech
I'm support of this amendment He said while wander
ing aImlessly about In flights of oratory that this
amendment would add 100 votes to the Democrats
Of the State.
Mr. Ainsworth asked him how It that in his
county, where easy Republican majority Of 1900
was usually obtained, he came to the Assembly as
Democrat.
This for the time being weighed too heavily upon
nap'u ahorld n
hounds avordupois into a chair partly subdued His
amendment was adopted however, and he cheered up
a bit under this.
DR. Bush, who among o few Of the better sort of
Democrats desired to the measure pass made the
law apply also to conventions and primaries When
this reached either through some misunderstood
ing or non-attention to the business Of the session
tine vote tie at 81 and the chairman, Mr. Hamil-
ton, declared the amendment lost.
Then the Plat amendment destroying the bill was
put to a vote and carried-43 to 81. Tho Democratic
members the floor not slow to appreciate tho
position that the bill now occupied and they voted Tor
It with alscrity Seeing that everything was going
against the bill Judge Greene moved to strike out the
section providing for the payment Of 500 on con-
viction This was also carried and the bin, twisted
and distorted and turned completely around from the
publcans saw that the only thing TO do now was TO
pass and send to the senate, where these amend
ments Will be concurred in, and look 10 CONFER
once committee of both houses to stralghfen out
matters. Mr. saxton End the other friends OF the
bill are much put out and disguised with the way
things turned out for the bill was looked upon By lea
ing Republicans as being an excellent measure t anu
would cut off. II 1t ever became law large poruon
OF the Democratic vote.
EXECUTION BY ELECTRICITY
There were eight votes recorded against the Eec-
trca Execution bill when II passed the Assembly this
morning and eighty seven votes in its favor.
HOME FOR SHIP CARPENTERS
The bill introduced By Ernest IL Crosby to incor-
porate tho Webb Home for Shlpbuilders in New-York
also passed the Assembly to-day.
STREET CARS IN CENTRAL PARK.
To give q quicker means Of connection between
Fifth and Eighth ayes. in New-York through Central
Park is tho object Of a bill introduced by Mr. Cor
don in tho Assembly and which passed that BODY
this morning. 1t allows the Park Department 70
streets that the park from east to west
THE HOLIDAY QUESTION
Assemblyman Rhodes. who has charge OF the satur-
day holiday matter In the Assembly. has received
several hundred letters from banks all over the
state in reference to the bill The majority OF the
banking houses favor the measure introduced by nm
vsg to the biz which has passed
and is now on the order OF thlra reaoing MEL anJ
september this bin comes up for S Sa9s tn tn
ths Assembly Mr.. Rhodes VIII probably no'o ~
snbstitute HIS measure for ID.
A CONFLICT EXPECTED TO-DAY.
Tomorrow will probably be a lively day In the
Assembly, for the majority report OF the ways
and Means Committee will be read and an enort
made To adopt It, This report, as has been previously
stated attempts to smooth over and cover up inc
Governors transportation OF money IN furnishing
and making beautiful his home wherein tho i
aed Jeffersonlan simplicity of simple Christian nie
has grown and fourfshed until 1t has no" Decomo
complex Presidential boom
THE BRUNDAGE TAX BILL
The Brundage Tax bill was thoroughly oVerhauieu
this afternoon before the Assembly Ways and Means
Committee which met to give final hearing to those
who wanted the bill killed large nuHoer "
nrnminent men from New-York were present to OBJ
pose the measure.
TELEPHONE CHARGES.
The Assembly General Laws Committee met this
fternoon and decided to report favorably the Arnold
Cantor and apgben Trust bills and Senator Reiily's
nm reducing the telephone charges TO S8 month IN
cifies of 500 COO population ana upward anu -
month in cities having less than that NUMBER VI
inhabitants. A.
nr Norvin Green spoke for two hours this amer
noon IN opposition to the bill introduced by Assembly
man Mccain to the telegraph rates TO ten cens
for ten words The bill was in the hands OF the
General Laws Committee and was engineered by NicK
O,Connor Tho committee amended the Dill ana II
Iii be reported with fifteen cents In place OF ten
cents and ono cent for every extra WORD Messrs;
Uamiiton AspnaIl and Yates dissent In the report
which will be made tomorrow