New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-10
THE RAPID TRANSIT BILL DEAD.

THE RAPID TRANSIT BILL DEAD.
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MAYOR GRANT HIMSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR
IT'S FATE -. = -
ASSISTED BY THE sovERNoR-MR cRosnrs
TEST, siprIos pg'oosstDER THE BILL LOST
eA > BY a. voTBs 10 50.
vroS r. V nysu1AR CORRESPONDENT or rRr TRrnurEa
Albany May Q.--Mayor Grants Rapid Transit Dill
has bocu slsughtered-by himself. Not without Vslu'
shle assistance It Is true, from Governor Blu but IL
may be said that the Mayor Initiated the policy wnioh
aas led 10 the destruction Of his bilL That policy
was reseaIed whom he informed the Republican leaders
that he should disregard the unwrtten law Of the last
twenty years ana convert the Board OF Police Oh New
York into partisan hody--.o affect eaectfoas ana
otherwise worA IN tho interest Of tho Democratic
party.
with such revelation of Mayor Grants extreme
parisaushp and disregard of public interests before
their eyes, the Republican leaders have fst that II
would be contrary to good government to put into his
hands the appointment OF Rspia Transit commis-
sioners They argue tia. the same selfish desire 70
put POLITICAL power into the hands Of TamDany Ha'
which Is backing him to convert the Police Depart
ment Of Ncw-York into q political machine, would
lead him to appoint only obedent servants OF TAM
many Han Rapid TRANSIT septnni that the
whole work OF laying out fe routes for rapid transit
roads and selling the franchise Of the proposed great
rapid transit. corpoeation3 Sosdd be used 10 bring
spos,s 10 Tainmany Hall and that there would DO
gigantic sbrrption In which the people and the city
Of New8ork would sadly suffer
Hostility 10 the Rapid Transit bill among the Ro-
pubesn members has rapidly Increased since Governor
Hips veto Of The bipartisan Board Of Police bill was
Rad last night Again and again In that veto the
toverpor argues that the Republican party should
have only one OF the four Police OF New
York; and that should not DO guaranteed ior all time
tsat che Board Of Police should be non-parassn oody
fyoou the contrary, tho Governor argues that the
nsmocrac party should have two-thirs representation
m IA, Board OF Police and, therefore. the power 70
control the election machinery Of that city. 1t VIII
Tins be seen that Governor hill and Mayor Grant agree
ON the LISTERS policy of seiEng the Police Depart
msnt Of New-York for The Democratic party, ana toe
conversion Of the $500 officers and paromen OF the
s.,.rtment into active Democratic politicians
w. n was proposed 10 the Assembly, therefore,
ts,s v,orntns TO heap up IN Mayor Grants arms
already full to oveshow,pg with POLITICAL PATRONAGE
the enormous amount OF patronage flowing from Ae
construction of rapid transit road, there was resist
anoe Immediately offered By nearly every kepuohcan
ana nv. some Democrats. Mr. Crosby made the mouon
that. che Rapid Transit bill should 90 censaoereo
The p.xtjcuar BIN Of Mayor Grant that he eailed w
80 sh.. ,.heh lad been considered by the Assembly
and ,sas than lying upon the table. The other Dill
.srast identical with It, which recently passeo
by the Senate, ii In THE hands OF the Assembly h@H
ROAD Committee ..,o,
a vote was at oree taken upon Mr.. Crosby's motion
no speeches being made. 1t Was deieateo oS Wv.
~ al TO SO. There ffty-six Republicans ano
three Democrats who voted against Mr.. OrosnI
,not,on the Democrats being Haggerty and Longicy
40 wtnrs and Townsend OF Queens County. vi
tbs other hand eleven Republicans and thirry'siS
democrats voted for the motion. The Repubhcan'
vere: Cottrell, Crosby, Donaldson, FISH, oaiuP
s o,bbs Hamilton, King, Mead speTry and founsmah
Path speaker Cole and ex-speaker Hustod voice
against Mr.. Crosby's motion, AZ wei a. Mr. esAoi'
another OF tine Republican leaders
Every one recognized the fact that II was tes
vots on the bAl. and that, u Mr. Croscys mouo'
fated 30 pass, the Rapsd Transit bill was Virtnal'
aead. AS only SoT4y-seven votes were easS iOr u'
bga II lacks eighteen votes OF the nuHoer nqhe"
TO pass IT, Nr shcehan then moved 'nse too hs.lIu.
f,oos,aittae should be discharged Gom ose fer'ne
,,,,ssaora<,ou OF the Senate bill He vas oeafeh o.
th,s o,o,tos nv q vote Of A. to 81. This was a
49,. ,,ors decisive Aefsat OF the bill than before
rae tsit. NAV DO considered dead With mayo
g.st ssg ~ s ss y eSSi Il ds s UPON Mr. Crosby
mo.oa was ns a. SIsks, BlaDohtM Buyneaths
George IL Bush, Robert 2. Bush, garase CSnn ely
ccttrsj pDip Crosby pemaSest H Gi PaentSsl
Masnes asgsn, Hsnon Hsrwood, lit H0r S
Ksnt Ksrssssn, King Mssaf o'sa Rice RoescS
ssysssburs. euhIvenl Yetman, Young, Yoangman ~t.
Aefer AdI Ras.r M Brown. Drowned
$500 sotsam clark comstocR, Coon, Curtis pay!e
con. Decker DineSs Dunlap Ere Is lila. riAg lam
Ls.nonm s sMss SesseS Mof moody NscT
Pse ssr sne Ts. s is5s
~. ssap speaker coio-aO.
Q Mayor Gran. sfiuding 70 The probable deteat
hts kaesd Transit scheme said yesterday that, wtnl
hs sincerely regretted ths. II had met with such mi
fogssnes, be ala not despair. II have not yea d'
csaea.s no sdded @whefher shall make another q
ssmvt under existing laws or whether ! shnn va 2
s<rnneJ soweSef, ttbAt tbe people Of New.Ysrh cha
have rspM transit Turing Gay term q oiSee' ana
shall band 81 mp energies 20 bring IL aoontP
70 INVESTIGATE MIR. wfNcHEsTERs DEATE
Ashaay, May ess-A resolution for en- investigator
INTO sse circumstances sufro ,adns NE dessh {
Thomas q. wiBeass,er In Che ety-ninfh Street Ho
pafa New-York CITY, was adj I'd BY The Assoinol
foday NJ tho request Of DIR. O edy In the 6enai
this afsernton hIessrs o'connor, Havtcns and orsd
xexs anne sneed as sesomnittes TO investigate y
0inohessers death.
Mr.. wipcsssssrs death IN the Ninssyainth Stree
paxwttsl several months ago was investigated oy
royns,ers fury ar6 The testimony showed tnas tae
Ia been sloss negligence on the part OF mo hosp
3 .ntsorftss He had been found consoles on q
Isfvessds Dlssv and bad been N the hospital dss
e 80 ,.astsfdcd by any OF his relatives ln D
.rs. 1~,< ssverai letters fally identifying him. q
E s,.onz ts,sru sss one which bad been written py
ssnt,sx. cD,osss Locks w. Wipcaestsr, ot this q.
- ~, $e<, vac rnsds % intern his friends of ronus
g. "a -. cnseitsofl, After bis death On autopsy W
4 sss,<nvnsd before tho arrival Of soreness ana
~ ,,cdy was pisssd IN oAtb0sse TIE sss