New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-05
no AMEND THE FAIR BILL.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR'S WILL AGAIN URGE
THEIR MEASURE.

prprrBLICAN SENATORS WILL AGAIN URGE
THEIR MEASURE.
GOVERNOR HILL TRIES TO MAKE IDEAL"
WITH THE REPUBLICANS, BUT TAMMANY
HALL FoRcEs HIM TO WITHDRAW HIS
PROPOSITION - NO LANDS TO BE
TAKEN BELOW EIGHTIETH.sT,
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
THIS WEEK DOUBTFUL.
LET TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuSk1r
Albany, Feb. 4.-The Senate Republicans arc
firm in their contention that additional names
of Republicans should be added to the number
Of Wor is Fair commissioners, aud tomorrow
they will again take steps to secure the approval
Of the Legislature to the Senate bill 1t is true
that the Senate bill" so called, was killed by
the Assembly last Friday but the Assembly bill
now before the Senate can be amended so as to
resemble in all but a trifng respect the Senate
measure. The amendments conforming the AS
sembly TO the Senate bill were made late this
evening by the Worlds Fair Committee. The
chief of these amendments was the addition of
twenty names 10 the list of Worlds falr COM
missioners Nineteen of these names were addeu
bill rejected by the Assembly. The twentieth
name added was that of Theodore w. Myers
Controller of New-York. The only other amend
ment made TO the bill was one which limits the
fair 10 that portion of Manhattan Island which
lies above Eightieth-st.
These amendments were not made until after
the committee had given a public hearing
upon the bill in the Senate Chamber In
the afternoon and Governor Hill had made an
effort to persuade the Republicans to make COM
promise upon the bill that he evidently thought
would be advantageous TO himself. The Gov
ernor's prefer was made through Senator JACOBS,
of Brooklyn, who it seems, is now more trusted
by the Governor in delicate negotiations than
Senator Cantor the avowed Democratic leader
in the Senate. Mr.. Jacobs told the Republican
Senators that if they would consent to division
of the number of additional commissioners WIN
the Democrats, the Governor on his part would
promise that Democratic opposition to the PHI
in the Legislature would be withdrawn ana the
bill be passed within half an hour Senator ia
cobs said that the Governor had observed that the
Republicans were especially opposed to the Board
of Worlds Fair Commissioners as constituted De-
csue of their belief that it contained majority OF
Tammany Hall men, or at least of men under their
control The Governor was willing that the Re
pubHcans should name as the additional Demo
cratic Commissioners men who were not connected
in any manner with Tammany Hail.
This disclosure of Governor Hills secret hos
tility to Tammany Hall greatly amused the
Republicans. They had long suspected that the
Governor would willingly harm politically the
chiefs of the Fourteenth-st. wigwam, but had not
thought that Mr.. Hill would disclose it in so open
a manner Nor was their amusement lessened
when they heard that Tammany Halls representa-
tives in the Legislature had in some manner heard
Of Governor Hills intentions and were denounclng
him. The Republican leaders decided at once not
10 make any &" deal" with Mr.. Hill, but, with a
view of having an evenings amusement watching
the commotOn among the Democrats, said to
Jacobs that they would take his proposition I'M
der consideration. Then they watched with
laughter the agitation among the Tammany Hall
Democrats Finally they heard that the chief
Tanlmany Hall men had visited Governor Hill and
boldly demanded that he should withdraw the
profIer he had made TO the Republicans. Mr.. Hill
was soon conscious that he had aroused a Demo
cratic storm, and at last was so troubled by what
the Tammany men said TO him that he sent for
Mr. Jacobs and declared the proposed deal on
Senator Jacobs Immediately went TO the Repub-
licans and gave them the superfuous information
that the proposed compromise would not be made.
1t was Senator Saxton who at a public after
noon session of the Worlds Fair Committee in
the Seuate Chamber suggested that the area
within which the Fair might be held should be
limited in the bill. Mr.. SaXton also suggested
that amendments be made to the bill limiting
the expenditures of the Worlds Fair Committee
TO $4,000, 900, providing that proper notices be
served upon all property owners of the intention
of the Commissioners TO take their property, per-
hitting property owners to have counsel before
the Worlds Fair Committee, and that property
owners have the right Of appeal 10 tne nlBher
courts if the lower courts decide against them
Mr. Saxton said that he did not believe 1t would
delay the Fair thus to give protection 10 the
property owners in the courts 80,
No one else appeared to talk upon the Dill, ana
the committee went into executive session upon
il. At the evening session OF the committee tle
amendment of Mr.. SaXton limiting the territory
within which the Fair may be held was
adopted Additional Commissioners. as al
ready stated were also added. The Demo-
cratic members of the committee, Messrs
Brown, Chase and Cantor, dissent from
the action of the Committee and tomorrow they
will move that the amendments be stricken out
of the bill. -, =
bin in the Senate tomorrow. They have ma
iority for the bill but il is doubtful whether they
have the requisite seventeen votes in Albany al
present There are several Republicans absent,
among the number being Senators Hendricks,
Van Gorder and Sheard. Moreover senator
O'Connor will not support the bill, and Senator
Saxton may not. There are nineteen Republican
Senator's and one County Democracy Democrat,
Mr.. Ahearn, who now support the Dill, Dut lhe
ahSentees render its passage tomorrow IN the
Senate probernatical Nor can it be said vet
that the fifteen Republican Assembymen VINO
bolted last week will vote for the Senate Dill
when il shall again be presented 70 them IN
any case it is doubtful if the bill passes the
Legislature this week