New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-11
REPEATING THE TWO-DOLLARSA-DAl LA"
l. OF MIR. DlN > BILL ~ II
BY \ VOTE OF Go TO 80.

Albany. Aprl 1O-The Assembly voted to"a !"
n highly crcditable manner upon Mr.. pcSo' va.
rcpcal the Twodollar dlf law oil i77',
which has added *GoOooo 10 the t"'a VI wv
appropration bills this year and many '"ou'"'"
ci,,r ~ othcr appropriations for public buildings
fine state i. alhut to erect II j. II" VIM" No.
,,,,-b, rn advantages to the lhOrng men, ior "no"
n was avovcdlv passed. Dock tenders WHO "'''
receiving 80 month have been ni''ha'H'"' "'
politicians have been substituted Tor the"'' "'".
f., ,hc higher wages offered OF TJ3 Won'i' -''''
,,.or ,bc SUPERINTENDENT Of Public Works has been
COMPELLED to diminish the number OF men Nv vi"
Moved the amount of his appropriation being ih'uh
n.,, ., nav ,,cu the "cratuityn granted by the
no., ,,it,,,-dav INV Moreover, the worlinenan
VIA, corld earn - or 80 day and was worth IL
has seen men laboriug by his SIDE Win su'h III
efficiency that in the market they would ho' na'c
hccn paid II day receive the same amount u
money AT the end Of the day himself the Ia"
made 10 discrimination a. to the Puah'y III ""'"
done; the good "orhinsmah Ic'''Ncu "' ~ w
the poor , .
When the Assembly came 10 vote upon the bhl' 1t
was ouley Observable that the farmers Of the STATE
especially resent th, payment Of more wages Una"
the, earn with scarcely AN exception the Assembly,
mon from the rural districts. whether D'nlo'ra'' ~
E,puhcan. voted for the bill. All the votes against
tle bill came from the ctir- where the Labor unions
have, . mistaken idea that if the taxpayer, are robbie"
,hv Themselves are benefited despite the Increase M
tl.ir rents when taxation j., increased 1t was rainier
hard for the country DcmocIJ- 10 part company VIII
m. city Democrats. but thcy on 80 on the h'i
l,,cin, that their farmer constituents, now feeling
a.. pcrltcly poor, would stand no nonsense Oh 'I'
s,i,lccf Nr. henderson. the Democrat. who hy
,,l,il accident last fall was elected from llrrhncr
county. spoke plainly upon the blll Il feel 'a'
The Two dollar day law said hc, WAS NllNu
niece. Of dcnag,-sn. II doe no one any COOL ana
least Of All the canal laborcr,. m whose icN'N "
VA. avovcdly passed II unnecessarily Increase TIE
cost ~ canal appropriation, and !, waste ~ money.
dsc T., vote with the Republicans daughter. i'r /
feel that nothing good can come iium them. hui new
.rfl.les, -AaIl vote for thi- bill vote aye
Mr. Nixon. Republican. Of Chauiauqua County,
.ald: 81 wa, member II Il committee d year ago
which considered this bill. was opposed To- II tncn
and I an opposed - 10 now. never m-iH AN hftn
n.cnt that va, worth ans thing in 10 "N'f. MI "i
won who were here last year viii remember JHd-'
Austin 4 lat~-. Who represented schenectady
c.unty There Wa 10 man here VIII" introduced
more bills IN the interest % the labor organizations
and If labor men. Yet Nj Yates recently informed
me that the Twoaolnraday law was failure
that II dd not benefit anyone lie then asked me
to vote for IL. repeal
Further testimony against the law then came from
,i,,n, the line # the Eiie Canal. Mr. Van Nrtnkrn,
ID. ,,,,rni If schenectady. al. " 80 man IN thl'
A-rmlly j, muir Iu favor q a!d.nS Aiorng men IMAM
,-,iL lut 10 cannot bee truililuiy SAID iAai the 1--WE"
dollar ada. Laws aid, him in TIC slightest I''P'' 7"
tu,u TIE contrary. 10 doc- him hafm II lc''ens the
number If men employee on the canals, u raises mp
pr,,i..,d ,ls, of volhngncn. and 80 long Is th.'
law rcmalus ou Tie statute boob, We furthermore
Shall have insufficient appr priaiions FOR the improve
uci.t % 'aual-. The present Low i..'".,, a.. 80,
,,oiu, Work. ~ Oh. state. works ihat would give
laI,r.ns men a. Vast amount of employment. In we"
+ v.t'+,f.. Gins. vito DO fsor # us repeal
Nr. str,alhan. who lives on the line OF Oh" ''""s'