The sun., 1889-02-05
In HONOR OF SENATOR LOW.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES IN THE STATE
ShNA1E LAST EVENING.

Tie Governor yctoes Two Bills on the
Ground that they were Special L-sisia.
tIon-A Bill Providing for Public School
Savings Banks-The New Ceiling Farce.
ALBANY Fob. 4.--The Senate held a session
this evening in honor OF the memory OF Sena-
tor Low, President of the Senate, who died re-
Gently. Senator Nedder presided. Senators
Sloane, Pierce Walker. Langbein, Coggeshall
and others spoke. Senator Langboin delivered
ono OF the best Of the speeches. Senator Lows
desk wns draped in mourning, and on its top
was large bunch of lilies. There were many
hundreds OF people in the chamber to listen to
the memorial exercises. Senator Low was
from tho Orange district. A Democrat has
been elected TO succeed him.
A few bills were introduced before the memo-
rial exercises began. Ono was by Senator Ives,
to straizhten the parkways.
Tho Governor sent in a veto OF Senator
Raines's bill to fix tho salary Of the Overscer of
Geneva. The Governor said that this bill is
special legislation. and that he is opposed to it
on that ground. He believes that each town
and city should govern itself, and that tho Leg
islature should pass general acts for the gov
ernment of towns and villages, instead OF pry-
ing into tho details Of government. which
should be left to the people themselves.
The Governor also sent In a veto to tho AS
sembly of bill TO alter tho map of Ncwburgh
on the same ground that the local authorities
should look after such matters themselves, and
that every town in the State that wants the pay
of an employee changed or the line OF a street
altered should look after it instead of coming
to the Legislature wit a special bill.
After the Introduction Of bills the Assembly
adjourned in respect to the memory Of Senator
Low. Gen. Curtis introduced u bill providing
that whom Grand Army post dishnnds, the
rnliCS
Towne had bill to make unincorporated
banks and bankers report to the state super
Some school mistress. who writes a beautiful
copy-book hand with sharp nen that shades
In @ the proper nIh naeSs e sent bill to ASSEMBLY
Ing the title. The original title of tho bill was:
An act to promote thrift and economy
bill provides for the formation OF a savings
bank in each school. The teachers and schol
ars are to be t9 DEPOSIT therein at
tees are to take this money and invest 1t. giving
bonds for the proper inyestment Of the money,
eoHntrbpto H to this ,: savings bank fund
waited road selling, chewing gum. cigarettes.
novels. puzzles. and newspapers at its stations.
He says that the sale by railroads interleres
with the business OF the newsdealers and the
small tobacconists and the keepers of small
book who 9 haye Ct to pbS rent n
extend the charters OF all the roads in the
State which are not completed. except roads in
the cities OF New York and Brooklyn. With the
exception clause dropped in the cngrossng
room this would make fair sort OF cable
road bill.
Mr.. Rhodes. Chairman OF the Assembly Com
mittee on Banks, has received q letter from the
President OF n saw ngs bank in New York, rep
resening the sentiment of the other Presi-
dents OF savings banks, who held meeting in
New York on Jan. 81 to decide what they
should ask the Legislature to do this year
They decided that the most important thinl: to
be done WAS to widen the scope for Investments
now permitted savings banks. Besides that
they want the amount any single deposttOr i
allowed to have to his credit to be limited TO
lawyers to search titles for them. The first OF
these Ideas they propose to embody in a sepa-
rate bill and to request its passage.
Nothing was said about the new ceiling this
evening In either, House. The report Of the
Comptroller has been printed and shows ap-
proximately how much profit the contractor
made. The patentees OF the papier mache sub
stance. which was used by the contractors in
filling UP the surface OF the ceiling between the
beams. say that they have not vet been paid
their money. There is $4,000 coming to the
they say they have made no moro
than an ordinary profit One OF the
contractors has left town for the winter. The
other Is vigorously trying TO get the balance
some more fuss over tho ceiling tomorrow. 1t
Is the farce of this winter and promises to have
q long run. SDoa ker Cole is the comedy viii
ain. Superintendent Andrews is the heavy
man. members. OF the committee change from
clowns 10 serious parts. and Mr.. Fish. Mr.
Crosby. and Gen. Batcheller act us scene shift
ers and prompters when tho actors stray from
he text.