New-York tribune., 1890-04-14
THE RAPID TRANSIT BILL.
CRAFTY ATTEMPTS TO KILL 1T.
rur ,r,srRr r1KF1y TO COME BEFORE THE
ASSEMBLY O.NIGHT-REPCBLlCAN AD@EN
TEES - THE EXCISE COMMITTEES
ATTITUDE 49, OTHER BILLS.

- THE EXCISE COMMll
ATTITUDE 49, OTHER BILLS.
r,ov THY rycuLAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TrIrUSt
Albany .pri, Ex-senator Fasse'ts Rapid Transit
hill Law upon speaker Iiusteds DESK where IL had oeeh
placed upon being brought from the senate OH RI
day. but speaker Husted did not announce w. icd''ne
that successful attempt might be maze 10 XIII TIC oiI
at once 4 motion strike out the enacung clause "i
the measure could be made a. soon as speaker i'cu
o,nourccd . Message from the senate > and the bill
killed a.,
That some such action was contemplated was uls
closed by the repeated inquiries "f Nliilam r.
sheeban the Democratic leader OF Clerk ChcHeflhg
as to whether or there were any messages from 'he
senate Mr.. Cnickerng evaded reply TO this in
,r nv .,vinc blandly: If there are any, Mr..
sbeehon they arc as usual, upon the speakers desk
Mr. sbcehan then prowled about in front of the desk
with much Of the same look on his face that OF
wolf ont side Of a shecpiold
sneaker Hustled saw what Mr.. shcchan was in
tending 70 do and did not announce the bill. More
over re sent word Asscmblyman Andru>, Rcpub-
icon IN make a motion for the Assembly 10 adjourn.
The motion was adopted and the Assembly adjourned
II was fortunate that this was done. There were
twcnty-sevcn Republican abscntccs, and every Demo
crat but six of the fifty seven IN the Assembly was
present.
han will make similar motion To-
rorrow night to kill the bill when 1t
js announced: taking advantage Of the same Re
publican abscntecsm. which is one of the vices oi
the present Assembly. Three Republicans are SICK
at their homes: Lodcr. Of Monroe, Whppc' OF Cat
tarausus, and Rose, OF sullivan; and there Is no
prospect of the return of Rose and Loder during the
remainder of the session of the Legislature. This
absence of three Republicans reduces the total vote
Of the Republican party in the Assembly to sixty
eight votes II requires sixty five votes TO pass
bill: so that it is evident that the Republicans, margin
10 pass bill is small if they have 10 rely upon Their
own vo+c As stated already, abScntecsm seems
IN he a chronic disease OF some Republicans In thls
Assembly and the party leaders are constantly en-
by the fact that they do not have sufficient
votes for some party measure owing to the absence
| Of some Republican Assembymcn.
covcrnor lIilIs personal organ here. Tho Albany
| Evening Times" printed an attack on the fassctt
| hill last night which has excited much talk among
politicians to-day. who endeavorinc TO discover
whether IT inspired in tile Executive Champcr
| of the Capital. Here II Is:
The Republicans in the State Senate arc playing ex
actlr the with the Rapid Transit Dill hat th'y
nlaycd with the Ballot bill They know how decided the
Governor Is upon the question of home rule and vet they
insist upon State Commission to supcrntend railroads
in the single city New-York proposal on the pa
of tne accept a.! the bill. provided the 'p
monument Of the Commissioners were left to the Mayo
was rejected Mr Fassett showing that tho appointment
OF the Commissioners considered by the EepnOhcSh
Senators important than all the alleged sool features
which are said Characterize the measure 10 pass
bill so framed that they beforehand the 'oNefn"
Will not sign (, is the favorte method these gentlemen
have Of advancing legislation for which there il demand
Tammany Hall men here say that the chelS ol
the Fourteenth street Wiswam are distri, tiHl "i
Governor Ill., that they fear he intends 10 sign 'c
Fassett BILL believing that there should be SAFE Hao
Transit Commissioners and that it Was with the am
of embarrassing Governor Hi. If he Rad any such
| plans that Mayor Grant. Of New-iork suddenly
named Rapid Transit Commissioners. IL view oi INC
nossbiIty that the Fassc bill Will be submitted 10
-Glc Assembly to morrow night and tla Nr' Sh'ch"''
| who has announced that he is opposed % II. may
ATTEMPT TO Kill IT, there Is great interest already IN
tho session Of the Assembly that viii then be held
! senator IIendrickss High License bill Is siin IN
| the hands Of the Assembly Excise Committee ava
| there will be hearing nDon 1t on Thursday HeN''
| II is clear that the lquordcalcrs are attempting -
kill this bill. and it IS equally clear mat Spc""r,
| thc Excise Committee. who altogether 100 Mn,
| under the influence Of the lipupr dcdicrs. In'
Assembly should deprive the Excise OoAIi'ce oi ,,'e
| charge Of the iii, lalpabN III mcNbco 'ic VI"
senator saxton's new Ballot Eefo,m h ana ana
| Assemblymcn ..cler's Ballot Reform hli are s'
| 10 he debated in The and the As'"mblv II is
70 be hoped that they will De pushed WIN Vkoi. -
the session Of the Legislature j. s"liih dI'N"s 10 "
There is another bin that should hc urscd forward
| and that j. Assemblyman Dcyo's iii rcpcilih' th'
| Twod0llars-a -day law. 1hi, bill has pa -rd ii,
eembly, and j, now IN the senate. II "'. ...i ~
comes law, the state appropriations ca' BE- reduced
Deputy Controller wc,throok has prcparcd ~ for
the Committee on Taxation Of IN" As,rio'i -,
iis io,e s95 900 in value The Collateral Inheritance
TAX law only affects distant rcativcs Of d., c.scd
mon of wealth but yet that law bring over ~ V'o'"
nnfueilv into thc -;atc Treasury. II the law is "N
tended - as - Include all relations or oiher. VINO
| rhcrt nrcpcrtv the Committee on Taxation believe
snwcral millons Of dollars will BE brought int, tho
| state Treasury annually by INC law