New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-09
THE AoUEDUCT BILL AGAIN REVIVED.
. MOTION TO REJECT AN ADVERSE REPORT ~
FEATED BY VOTE OF 65 TO 81.

THE AOI DILL AOAl-N M 49,
. MOTION TO REJECT AN ADVERSE REPORT DE
FEATED BY VOTE OF 65 TO 81.
.uonr Nav fspeciar-The Assembly at midnight
Suddenly took mp the Aqueduct Contractors bill MI
,otor az chairman Of the Judiciary Committee. maze
a, adverse report upon the bill Mr. GARDENER moVed
that the adverse report shonld be rejected HIS mo
non was defeated by the following vote, which was
substantially vote accepting tho adverse report VII
the bill:
yeas-Mcssrs. Blanchard Boyce. Brady. Robert r.
pusb w o. Byrnc Thomas y. Byrnes, Cooney, CoohS'
Cornell Courtney, Curricr Dinkelspiel Endres "araeh'
Harwood Jones' Kelly. Kerrigan lie Roy, Martin, nv
Bride Menninger, Nolan, J. X. oConnor' Rice h'l.y'
schaar Shields j. H. Stevens sullivan Van Vranken-oi
Nav.-Mcssrs Abbey. Acker. Ballantine. Barton
Blumcnthal Bradford Bridges. w. b. Burns George H.
Bush Christie. Clarke. Connolly. Crawford GURUS
Dc Peyster Deyo. Duffy. Everett. Fish FITS "ioos'
Gretsinger, Guibard. Hanner. Hoag. Huson Ao'I'
Johnson l. sam Johnson. H. s. johnson. Kurth' o. r.
Lane. H. b. Lewis II. j. Lewis. Lliommed!eu' MiicF'
Monaghan Mott. Muaney, NoNon, o'hare' f'aie''
Pearsall. Peck. Person Rhodes rage saunociS'
sawmillor Selleck Shechan. Sohmer Stein. Nelson
stevens william C. Stevens. Stewart. strahan. suzcr
Thompson Towne Trcadway. Webster whipple. White
Willis. Wisse-6o
The adverse report then formally adopted. and
The hill seemed dead but Mr.. shechan suddenly ap-
n-alcd to the pity Of the Asscmbymcn. lie SAID
oBrien & Clark would be bankruptcd If they did not
have some relief. lie moved that the vote by which
IN. hill WAS killed shonld be rcconsdcred. In order To
amend tho bill. by providing merely that tile suits OF
e Aoueduct contractors should have the preference
an the calendar Asscmblyman King. of Ncw-forh'
hotraved the interests Of that city by saying
that he Thought it would be fair compromise
m Give the contractors The preference in their suits
rvcrv ono was amazed TO see Assembly man DcyO. OF
proomo County. and Asscmblyman Stranahan. OF
Oswcco County swept of their feet by this mushy
onnc,I They Joined with him In demanding that the
vorc bv which the bill killed should be rcconsld
crcd But Mr. Ackcr honest man. with some iron
in his back. Why should these Aquednct contractors
hive preference in the courts Of New York SAID he
ecrcelv " solemnly protest against this House TAX
inc any backward steps this measure. and wouid
make the point Of order that this bill has been killed
and cannot he revived
as that trucl' inquired Mr.. Sbechan OF Speaker
Hustled.
aft can only be revived by two.thlrds vote said
Speaker Hustled
Mr. shechan then went 10 work 10 persuade the
House 10 give him that twothlrds vote. Mr. Strana-
ham at his suggestion, appealed To the Assembly
IN reconsider its vote. MIR Webster, oi New ork'
denounced the proposal to revive tho bill dwelling
especially upon the fact that IT was proposed |"
change law Of thirty years standing. Mr.. Lewis,
Of New York. denounced the proposed amendment to
the bill In severe pointing out the danger of
amending the laws Of New York by hasty action at
midnight on the night Of adjournment. Mr.. AckeT
said that tho people Of New York would do justice by
tho aqucduct contractors and that the latter should
not have the preference In all trials IL
was a favor not possessed by any other hhgaht'
Hamilton. Fish IT,, throw on the mask which
h. has been wearing upon this Aqucduct hill and ap
nearcd as the open friend Of the Aqucduct
contractors at (, rAsy for Mr.. Ackcr.' he
,aid. ",o make cheap capital by dcnonncing
this amendment but l Will declare frankly that |
think these aqucduct contractors should have their
claim, put upon the preferred calendar expect the
newspapers will dcnouncc me for this opinion. but /
nevertheless will express IT.
Nh Na,c adv coated the adoption 81 the amend
rr-nt on tie ground that the civ II New York was
unju-iy resisting the payment Il The claims Oh INC
CONTRACTOR. q, ,,,
DC 4, ar..,t vr,us To- single tho N4uciuct con
tractor, and give them special priv ilcre' .
Favored hy the weak backed -pce'hr, oi Mr' N,ri'
reconsider the motion by which me hH wa ~ "as
,,r~i.d las him. The hy which tho iath N"'c
wa, rccon,idcrcd vas = 10 -.
Iut Mr. Aoker suddenly now postponed q VIC %.
VA. paet l. ooloc . and that the legislative d. ,ad ~
rI-.d speaker llu,t.d ru tlt the p lit ~ gNrs ~,
wrH tskcn and despite the protect 81 ~. ISL. 81
e,.aacr declared the Assembly afJoufurd u''i U'
following morning al 10 ooigrk The SlraNcr
However, that the bll would be The pend.n- Gacau''i
The Assembly and the senate VIII Therefore decide
~ marrow whether or not the Aqu'duci contra, t'ir
Shall have the preference 90 inc CUR, q" NcN 9rn'
Inc report ~ the Assembly Conference committee
mon INC Ts.-ctf Rapid Transit BILL reporting ne tlti
M. ..r,omcut # the two house. was not ~n'Hltl
tnnIsht hy Mr. FISH 1ut nevcrthclc.e every ono
ecs.ov led ,cs that IL. Rapid Transit bill j. dead