New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27

Improvement Of thaHpain Canal IoV,VU
I.,3ck & & R9ck harPor ZOO
+ tics canai IVA na q, po,cc 5000
canal bridge at Rochester 10000
Grand oio.o0o
Moreover. every Assemblyman knew that there
is bill on the order Of third reading appropriate
ing $500 900 for engthening the canal locks; and
between the two houses bills for canal bridges
amounting to 100000 not 10 speak of bill
in the hands of the Assembly Canal Committee
appropriating $3.50 900 for the improvement Of the
Black River Canal With a knowledge of all
these large appropriations the Assembly began it's
debate Of Mr.. Deyo's Repeal bill No sooner
was the bill announced than Mr.. Sulzer. of Tam
many Hall, moved that the measure should be
killed by having its enacting clause stricken out.
In his opinion the -Dollars-a-Day law had not
had a fair trial. Anyhow. Mr.. Dcyo's bill was
blow at labornS people, and therefore should be
rejected The State could afford to pay good
wages.
Mr.. Dcyo, speaking for the farmer taxpayers OF
Broome County. made a strong and able speech In
reply 10 Mr. Sulzer. lie said that he had taken
the pains to learn from Superintendent liannen
the increased cost of maintaining the canals under
the Two -Dollarsa-Day law and had discovered that
il was 1907 900 yearly. In October and November.
1855 the operating expenses of the canals amount
ed TO S5s OOO in October and November. 1859,
owing to the Objectionable law they had increased
to Sl4sO0o. The Superintendent from that eA-
rericnce based his estimate Of the increased cost
Of the canals and found that it was S3O7 900.
Moreover that estimate was based upon the EN-.
ploymcnt Of from li0 to $50 less men on the
canals. You see. gentlemen said Mr. Dfyo.
" that the bill has not only increased the cost
of this work. but it has actually deprived l40
men Of employment. There are seventy locks
upon the Erie Canal The lock-tenders formerly
received s. 900. Under the Two-Dollars-a-Day
law they receive Sl76.iOO. 1t is plain that
the Two Doars-a Day law is not measure for
the benefit of laboring men in general IL has
created preferred class of laborcrs. 1t says TO
men We will pay you because you have polit-
ical pull. We will pay you 20 per cent more
than the market rate 1t is pernicious legsla-
tion OF the worst kind. In view of the fact that
it has cost us S5OO.0 this year. think 1t should
he repealed
Mr. Kcrrlean. Of New.York-I am glad Mr. Dcyo has
come to represent the labor OF the State. Was he
ever connected with labor orsanikaonl know that
organized labor is in favor Of this ball. and am glad thai
tell, that th, increase i soOOOco IL nc had been
A member OF tn Committee ways and Means. he would
have work cutting down appropriations 50 that
could pay worAnsm,n - day. suppose he thinks
81 50 j. good enough wages for men.
Mr. Dcyo-Thc locktcndcr- obtained si5 month before
th, Law wa, passed. Now they receive 80 month. Do
You not think that large wages
Mr. Kerrlsan-New-YorA more prosperous
when pascicrs received - day, and therefore
believe IA high wages.
Mr. F>h-Ths rwo-DolarsaDsy law l. class legislation
Are have fictitious class OF wages or real onet
| don't believe any man In the last Assembly knew
what thi, law would eject. ! employ laborrr my
fa, in Putnam County at :35 month"; and my gardener
receive, SO MONTH They are happy. Why should the
state nay 100 a month We should not make this
ar. party one would appeal to the Democrats rep
II he
u paying higher than the market rate. As
Republican | favor this bill in the interest Of the
naver- and | think would be political cowardice u
pass 1t.
Mr. Hit moved that the bill should be re.
committed to the Judiciary committee for hear
inc The motion WAS defeated by Il vote Of AZ TO SO.
Upon motion of Mr.. Dcyo the bill was then
ordered to third reading, The vote on recon-.
hitting the bill was rs follows:
yeas-Mcssrs. Banchncld Bumcnthal, Boyce, Brady
Georce H. Bush w Il. Byrne. Thomas f. Byrnes Clark
Connolly Cooney Cornell. Courtney Dempsey, Duty,
rndrcs Gibbs, Greene. Gucnthor Hit, Huson. II. u
Iohnson Kelly Korrigan Martin, Mcbride McTernan
Nennncer Monaghan. Mulaney, Nolan, j. J. O'Connor
J. X o'Connor. o'Iare, Rice Riley sawmller. scha1.
sheehan Shields. sohmcr, sullivan. sulzer, Tompkins
Townsend Trcadway Webster and Wissig-47
Nays-Messrs. Abbey Acker Adams, Bal!antlne, Ben.
nett bradford. Bridges. Crawford Curtis, Davis, De
pcy,tr Deyo. Everett Fish, Fits GARDENER. tiretsinger
,toat ,.ubold Iarwood Albert johnson, l. Sam john.
SON > L. johnson, Jones' himbal, King, H. j. Lane.
o. F. Lane Larmon. Il. b. Lewis, II. J. Lewis, LHom.
medlcu, Masc, Miller Mitchell Mott. Nixon, Pealer.
p,arsa Peck Rhodes Rose, Sage. Saunders, Selleck,
j. H. stevens Nelson stevens, william c. Stevens. stran$
ham Weed, Whipple. White and Wils-o5
There were ,iN Republicans and forty-one DEM
ocrats who voted III favor of recomnitting the
bill 10 the Judiciary Committee virtually 10
was a vote in favor of killing the bill, since il
is so late in the session OF the Legislature that
the rccommttal of bill now means death TO 1t.
Virtually all the affirmative votes were In favor
of the State taking s6OO,0OO belonging TO the
taxpaycrs and paying it 10 laboers who are now
Maid lt thc market rate the same as other aborers
The six Republicans who thus joined the Demo-
Gratis against the taxpayers were Gibbs. OF New
York: H. {. johnson, of Queens county; j. X:
O'Connor of Oneida County: Sawmier, OF
Onondaea County rompllIns. of Rockland County;
and rrcadway of Essen County,
The votes in favor OF the Dill and or saving
seo0 ooO ,yerc cast by six Democrats and forty
seven Republicans. There were some assembly
mon present who lodged voting, among them
bcng j. Irving Burns, of Westchestcr County;
Page, of Albany; and Towne of Chautauqua
County. These three men are Republicans, and
Dan constituents certainly cyneCt