New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-31
MONEY FOR STATE PRISONS.
A GREAT DAYS WORK BY GBNBRAL
Hustled.
rHE STATE LEGISLATURE SAVED FROM
Lasting STAIN

uuyHaNrfY IN THE ASSEMBLY DEMO
Gratis DEFY TIE LABOR PARTY
coNvicrs NOT TO BIZ KEPT
IN IpLwxEss-THx FINAL
VOTE 20 To 80
ALBANY. March 90.-Ex-Speaker Hustled rescued
The Assembly to-day from the disgraceful ate- !
tade Of refusing to make any appropriations which
could be used to keep the convicts at WORK IN
the Stare prisons There ore 1890 oonvicts
now idle without work, and locked up IN their
sells in the various State prisons The lptor
aemagogues who tramp the halls of the state
Capitol would have this condition of affairs IN
The prisons continue. Twice this session Of the
Legislature by their resistance to prison appro-
priation bills they have made idleness In tho
prisons compulsory; and clearly they would nave
the conyicis eat the bread OF the Taxpayer ior-
ever without doing any work Of remuneratlVe
nature in return for that eift.
To-day the supporters Of idleness in the State
prisons ranged themselves In opposition to AS
semblyman Mace's bill. anoroprating sooo,ooo
for the use of Austin Lathrop Superintendent
of Prisons, in keeping the convicts at work uhuer
the State account system. II should DC sOaeeu
that ex,Speaker Hustled, ME- Alnsworlh' MI
Saxton. and other Republican leaders think tna'
the State account system should be superseded oy
some better one, brt that, nevertheless uAon
better system is discovered, in their opiniCn' IL
IS best to sustain the present one with appropri-
atoms rather than have the convicts kept loie
and subject to the Generalization OF idleness'
SUPERINTENDENT Lathrop is hard at Work making
the State account system as unoolecoiona"io 90
possible. The chief objection TO 1t Is 'hat 'ne
..,,victs compete with the worlxingmen in certain
trades Mr.. Lathrop is introducing new er'ueS
AZ fast as possible in the prisons; lessening the
we'd
srch as stoye-making and shot-making. When
he has twenty or thirty trades In the Prisons tle
number of convicts employed an any one .ta i.t
Will be so small that their comPeu'ion WIN
workingmen will not be appreclaple.
TEMPORARY BLINDNESS IN THE ASSEMBLY
Nevertheless, the Assembly to-day, at hIst
wHs not in @ mood to pass Mr. Masses appropri-
.tion bill Yet as only SO Assemblymen OF l@0
were present perhaps this Judgment is 700 se'elo,
At least only 65 Assemblymen voted Tor tne pln
and So voted against IT, leu py tiat SaeuV 80 no
st.,tesman Daniel h. Finn, who declared Un'o nS
xvould rather see g. 00O convicts eating inc preo1
OF idleness than that three worlsihgmen snod ti
sufer from their competition. MT MAST s"S
saw thar his bill would not pass lie Is q MAI
ofsc,urer at Mattewan, and has the look Oh
keen business man. lie SAID IN u mourhiul Noi0o
IL was In the interest Of humanity lha' nHVuueo
this bill. Certainly IL is inhuman 70 iOcA W 80 ,.s
,u,es dsv after Gay cells and keep them there WIN
an, WORK III this Legislature desires 70 take the fesp
sdhuty OF throwing all the eonviets In the s'a'e p
ant of work, with the further responsibility vi "Hu
,vspallyug the convicts It assume it, but IL VIII O
with my consent =, -
MIR Sheehan the Democratic leader also up
reaIed to the Assembly to pass the DILL saying
that he was opposed to The PIohc
shouId be made for the prisons until oe''or
system was obtained. A., Ill, ,as
When Sneaker Cole announced that the Dill was
beaten. ex-Speaker Hustled sprane forward a. sanS
H. Ills fine voice, filed with emotlqn as aS he
IN every corner of the Assembly Chainper 49, n
anpoalad tn his fellow Asst mblyme not 10 ueleao
aPpe hiu TIE Assembl,men awoke from state
nj lethargy into which they seemed 10 nav I'LL
and listened win eager a'Von'loH "
srs OF this Assembly will live to regret pro-
sunsdS the step they have taken In defeatns TINS o
,h,s appropriaon fails the convics In our oAte p9''
DSmpst remain in dlenes for many months In my OK
,. mayer have witnessed such inhuman decision
:, this one appeal to the Assembly not to decde 'he
question in this way. This bill has no rea'oh "''
70 the various bills for the reformation OF p'lo"
49, IL simply approprates money 10 keep the con-
vic At work Pass your reform bills-I VIII help you 70
DO Il; but do not deprive the prisons OF this money
this bill does become law 1t viii DO iasHhs "ns
TO the State Legislature. move M. Speaker, "i' "
reconsider the vote by which this bill was passed
COMMON SENSE PREVAILS AGAIN.
General Husted's motion was received with
general favor and would apparently have oeen
carried but for Mr.. Yates, Of Schenectady county
He is the statesman who introduced the meas
rre known As the County Plan" bill, which
NAV he briefly described one which would re
may u" eoch are of the counties of the State tC
build penitentiary. There are now ON Ony Ststs
wilson's would have to be built HIS Dlll also
prohibits the use Of machinery In the prsHns y,
the sale of goods made IN them sban Do ny re-
numerative work and IT won1 InsOiNe W yete
and every county in great exPe9sT of defeat
sold ne was willing TO take the 1nIainy Oh ueloap
mo the Appropriation bill The State was nov nov
competing with its own worlung1nen ana ~ o% ~
"Reminiscences. The bill was another wedge 10
cduo account
State prisons Mr. Yates made Wild speec,
of demagogic character and aehgnaea nr Sser
xyallrinp delegate and the master worknian p,eSVl'
Mt Crosby said that in his opinion which wa wa,
,erhaps preiudiced, the Prison MaintenanTce OH
was next in importance only 70 the prison iabo
problem the Legislature had reacnc1 ia ,,ot
tie did not believe that any man who snqufJ TS
against the bill would be re-eiec'eu " '"' -"
MI. Ainsworth the chairman OF the Com 1dnHte
on Appropriations, showed that super ~; s
Tatbron only had sufficient money lh MS Pos
Lasili0p TODD the conyicts until October thel
IN the Legislature was not IN session, H " y 90
be without the means even 10 geI loou A0i NV
meMW r saxton said that the State account system
was the only one authorized by law ana VhIs I Dei
so it was the duty Of the Legislature 10 mar q, a.
REORGANIZATION TO sustain IL (; and not apahuon vi
STATE prison convicts to idleness and Dfn'an%ii
practices" l.. A.. tro,,so oradnallv CAV
their support 70 the bill-both Democrats ana ~
pub leans - hoe State nrisor
Mr. Weed, Democrat, wno mas ov" nv t ~,
Clinton, within his district, said, nat ,h
Yates BILL even if it became law w Wn pro- 81
ably not go into effect until June; a,omass mt
Legislature keep the convicts III '0ioH''' "''
June?'
DEMOCRATS IN A NEW ROLE
gut the most remarkable speeches OF the Ga
were made by Democratic Assemblymen Hoi
New-York City They showed that the Dem
cratic party no longer fears the United Lao'
party in New-York City, nor any labor parry
any other part Of the State me new ih ~
ne5dence of the Democratic Assemblymen OF u
dc,ation of master worllmen district leaders an
other labor agitators was shown by many o. tht
following Mr. Sheehan in his support OF the or OF
Tie speeches of marked interest made in TINS III