New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-05

relevant suggestions to his motives. 1t seems TO
me eminenty proper he said to send the bill to
| the committee. ] know they intend TO take 1t and
treat il fairly. My purpose in asking for the ref
| erence is that the committee may have chance TO
| make some further amendments which, In the light
Of discussion might seem to be proper. don't know
whether this is Just the time TO make clear state
ment of the actual situation stripped OF all verbiage
and all pretences and ali imputations But
later the public must understand that the duel over
this bill involves the whole question TO whether
| not Tammany Hall the Republican majority shall
control legislation in the two houses this winter
| goes to the root Of all reform meas
| ures which we propose to legisate at this
| session. l willing the committee should be
instructed TO report tomorrow or Thursday morning
but might just well take the bill up and amend
ii in the Senate TO ask them TO report forthwith
We cannot dispute the propriety of amending the BILL
for instance, to limit the area which lands
fee may be condemned. The strenuous objections Of
the property may be obviated without injury
| to the bill Mr.. Cantor am sure should be anxious
to have bill that will meet with as little opposition
| as possible, and changes can be made In committee
better than out Of it,
MIR. SAXToN SAYS THE BILL rs OUTRAGEOUS.
Mr.. saxton followed With clear and earnest
statement of his position al hope" he said, that
the amendment will not prevail. The bill should be
amended. / voted for il when it came up here be-
| FORE and am ashamed did But I had not heard
| the arguments that were made against it, was oc-
| cupied elsewhere and had not been able to examine
| the bill closely. Consequently ! did not know at
| that time how serious and deepseated It's de-
fects and how outrageous, as / said the other day,
could become the invasions under its provisions Of
the rights OF property owners l care and have
ous' .b uuV inc POnC cS te 1 odd
strength 10 the committee and enlarge the basis Of
| knew could trust to protect so far as they were
| able, the rights OF indlviduals and could see no
that time had no idea that there was politics in the
bill but when saw the desperate earnestness with
tested the insertion Of the ! began TO get a
little suspicious, and it began to strike me that per
be DESTROYED by the amendment. l have said that the
bin is woD 90 iS not assume that the ut
their powers. I have high regard for them
personally as any man here. But l do know that
S SS Island % sgnd eH%"'' land for
Grand Central Depot for Geological Garden the
Equitable Building for Gallery OF Fine Arts ana tne
Metropolitan Opera House for dime museum There
is no limit
Mr. sloan one Of the most conservative, Rspg ,hc
body of the Senate bill before it sent to the AS
smp s ss Of e '2n ae That Of Ss S
Introduction :" 1t is claimed he continued, So that
politics into the bill confess had no prcdisposi
| ton one way or the other when the question first
tom to up resist any s that
| the democrats compelled me to decide that the
| In view of Mayor Grants action in making partisan
| the hitherto nOn-parsan Police Board, think 1t
with this. believe the Bill should be reported as
soon as IL can be reasonably and carefully considered
| and no sooner"
MR.. CANTOR SEEKS TO STIR UP CoMMoTION.
Mr.. Cantor chafed under these calm and dispas'
sionate suggestions, and sought to stir up commoon
| by suddenly announcing his discovery that unless
immediate action taken the safety OF the bill
was in doubt 1--WE lost one vote last week through
| DELAY" he declared at looks now as if should
lose another II this goes on l fear there will be
possibility of securing votes upon the mai passage;
1t seems 70 me that If there are really ~ ID
| . Thc reason l didn't make that suggestion" OBJ
| served Mr.. Saxton, is because We coud not remove
them il they there, and preserve the object Tor
| which the bill is framed. They are absolutely
fundamental and affect its purpose" .-,...,.
Then if you hold that opinion you certainly wont
II said if there s9ch objections. and that
have not fully deterIpined in my own mind although
II that is true said Mr.. Cantor. the only object
of all this talk of uneonsttuuOnallty is TO tickle the
float Z the $4,000 600 Of bonds in the market done
! concede that the property owners are gong 10 DC
deprived of tier land without the process of law or
| proper compensation. The committee which heard
that argument here ten days ago decided that there
nothing in it, 1t is pretty late now 10 bring II
UP. The real trouble is with the names. Inc news
| papers without single exception agreed all along
that the list of ncorporators should not be changed
no later than last night, Cornelius Bliss WROTE 70
MIR Fish that the insertion Of the names would
DESTROY it's partisan complexion, and Mr. Root,
Mr. Choate and Mir. Depew say the same Mr. Platt,
| moreover signed a report of the Legislative Com
mittee which 60 The enterprise mas the nearly
sympathy and support of all classes Of citizens OF
NewYork and under the proposed legislation II can
not be perverted to the promotion OF any personal OF
poiiticaf ambition" That is one Of the reasons why
we oppose the proposed insertion. The JOB names
were selected by the different industries and approved
| by Mayor Grant but what industry selected tho
twenty two names?' ., ,
Mr. Ahearn, the County Democrat, who thinks the
should inserted here took occasion TO define
his position anew, the result Of conviction that
the people want the Fair and accordingly ought 10
have it. He thinks the addition OF few names more
or less can make no difference
Mr.. OCONNOR'S OBJECTIONS.
Mr. O'Connor the Republican Senator from Bling
hamton who opposes the bill constitutional grounds
also again explained his attitude. The right Of
eminent domain he contended, be exercised only
under the pressure of great public necessity such as
does not now exist. q" urge that the bill Is uncon-
stitutiona7 he said on the grounds also that its
purposes are so obvious that no court would ever be
party to the scheme. Therefore, isn't il better to
oppose it here than wait until the SlO,OOOOO0 are
scattered in the hands of innocent bdders 1t should
have been done earlier. and II my Republican friends
haven't seen the danger Of this kind OF legislation,
| am glad they are beginning now 70 realize It,
| The amendment requiring the committee 10 report
| forthwith was defeated by party vote. The motion
| referring the bill was carried.
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