New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-19
JOHN OBRIEN JUBILANI.
THE ASSEMBLY RALLIES BEHIND HIS
AQUEDUCT CLAIM BILL.

rRy-MORE TAMMANY HYPOCRls1'
rRoM TIE nEGuLAI coHR4sroS'hN' Vi 81"
Albany. April 1s.-Uncss public OPINION i" NC"
York expresses itself cmphatlcaliy AGAINST '"o w." "
John O'Ericn the Aqueduct CONTRACTOR io VIZ
sti,ution OF special courts OF aro'''a'on !" '
uron the claims of the Aqueduci con'fac'ors VI wv
, ,, t,,o c,tv 10 the amount of $9OOo,ooo, TINS
I'm 1, ,o nassed hy the Assembly, as IL Already
hos ,eep bv thc Senate The fact that the Nqucuu''
contractors have already maze inc hhah'lai "ii'e
, and uror,lses by which this bill shall be ps'sed
IN ,be Assembly was made apparent To-Day ny '"''
Iodv.s refusal 10 give the authof'ucS Vi Nc" ~"
,,n hearing on the bill. although 1t mas Only pcei
,.. .,o Assembly two days, and by the Assembly ;
,,o down bv the decisive vote OF 30 To o.
motion 70 kill the measure. 1t takes Only sN'f NV
votes to BASS the bill that IT Is not 70 pc "ouo'u
Of that John OBrlcn. who was present 10 ieurn ''o
Asseublymcn would keep their promises 10 h'i' was
overoyed at the result III, ~
rt ,tc in favor of killing the bill also again re
.oa,n, tho bvpocrisy of Mayor Grant, Commissioner
ci,r,v and CORPORATION Counsel Clark, OF Ncw-ior"'
when they submitted to the Legislature yesterday
strong memorial in opposition 10 i'c pass"eV " w
hill Mr. Grant and Mr. Oilroy are TWO OF INC ns
rour, combination of Tammany Hail. who run 'ia'
nowerful political Observation-Disclosures Croker anu
nourke Cochran being the other two members h'ci,
~ who has ever been acquainted with the history OF
rommanv Hall knows that it will not tolerate III
suhordlnation Its followers. either IN the ho"'u Va
Aldermen of New York or in the legislature "i'S'
obey the orcanl7ation.7 How, then, can people III
,.nrot the action Of senators Rocsch, otadicr ana
rrown. Of Tammany Hall, in voting for the AIueduc'
iu Int that they have received secret orders from Ne
chicfs NJ Tam,nany Hall to votel Only one
Tommany senator Ives, voted against inc o''i'
In the Assembly today there was the s'iiio
Inconsistency between the acts of Mayor "Tah' anu
Commissioner GiIroy as chiefs Of the lsmilahS nan
or-.yiga,lon and as officers of the city they nave
fr,u rob
nnocrats of New Yor, WHO voted against
Giving the city authorities another hearhS
IN the BILL and also against killing inc Dill was
.tonhen J. O'Iarc-the leader Of the Iammany it'
,sscmblymcn, and the spokesman OF mayor "i"''
, hc desires to communicate with the Assembly.
,,hcr Tammany Hall Asscmblymen followed y HAT
lead. 50 that there could be no question that WHO
Mayor Grant was bawing from the house-t"p' ID NN"
York his opposition TO the bill, his poNtcai asen ~
Albany wcro worl.ing hard t. pass il. i"h'''''s ~
once had possession OF the hqucduct Department
PERHAPS il is this old attraction tla' has j." ~"
chiefs secretly to aid John o1'rien' e...,,
As-cmbvman Ardrus, as chairman OF Tie commit
~ -, c,,ios submitted the favorable report on inc
,oucdrct Claim bill today. Mr. Conneiy' Of Ne"
Work Immediately moved that the bill shon.o DC sr"'
10 the judiciary Committee for hearing
lil.~ said he is opposed hy Mayor Grant, Z" >,"
York and indeed by al the city anihoriucs' - "''
ecn considered BY the Committee on Cities atho"sH
n III
tee 1t should have gone to the same commute" J"
This House beca,is, there grave con>'u io'al que
inns 10 be considered in connection WIN 'hc ''''0'
and it is of doubtful consiitutionalty
The Assembly heard this speech OF Mr.. ConnelY
rather lslessly. though many OF IT. members W.T.
unacqua!n.cd with the subject. Ho"c'c'' ''''
.heban the Democratic leader, whose brother Is sec
ro,o,v 81 tbc BOARD Of Aqucduct Commissioners. who
stoned Mayor Grants memorial against the BILL ran
about tbc Assembly Chamber getting votes against
Mr. Connelly's motion. Mr.. iIoas made speech LOT
the motion. Mr. Connely's motion was defe''en "S
a vote Of SO TO 81
put this did not discourage the opponents OF the
IN Mr. IIoac Of Ncw-York. ri once moved that
,I hiu ehor,d he rcoomrlittcd TO the Committee on
CITIES with Instructors TO strike ont the cnactins
clause. Mr. shechan attempted 70 gag him. IAN
the merits Of this bin be discus'dl inquired ne OF
sneaker IIu~tcd. who was guiding the contest VII"
great fairness.
Speaker. H.,
athat this Is an ahominablc liL rs purpose IS 10
,ac away from The court the adjudication 81 tho claims
~ these Aoucirct contractors and 10 transfer 'N"
du,y 90 some unknown ar'sators in another Jndlcnl
district than that 81 Ne" YORK IL Is " n'' VIM" Wi"
dnrivo the CITY Of &cw-YOrk Of S9,ooOooo and 1t Is
o,noecd bv all the city authorities For that reason
ann.al 10 nv fellow members 10 Nil this Bill.
IT. shcehan moved to lay Mr. loac's motion on
.,o ,.lle a. a method Of sitting il. Mr.. Shc'han
motion was adopted by vote Of ~ 70 40 MI FISH,
villa ND 10 this time had RETAINED from VOTING no"
voted With Mr. -hcchan to lay Mr. liOnfs motion Oh
,he table Eat Mr. shcclan quickly discovered that
IL, had made A mistake in tabing the motion, a. II
carried the bill with it. lie therefore M"Nen io'
consideration Of the vote, and j, was adopted by
vote ~ 81 f. 80. Mr. lloag' motion 10 XII the bl
u oo,v once rsl-, before the House. and vote VA,
t,l.on pnou f. Mr. Fish Rejecting 10 vote. Mr. Ioag
called Spealcr IIustcd's attention to this fact
B .No member can Dc forced to vote. said Nr.
i shcchan
! ~rhc Uouee can force a member to vote. 50
ruled the other day." said speaker IIu'tcd. This
was a reference to tho proceedings Of a week ago.
Friday when Mr. Fish and Sir. >hcchan forced Mr.
| Andr,s and Mr. Dcyo t. vote senator stewart
Police Jnstice bill Iut Mr.. Shechan now came 10
Mr. Flsh's protection. against Mr.. Iioas, who peril
uacously demanded that Mr. Fish should vote on the
motion to Kill the bill. Mr.. Shcehan rallied the Demo
cratic members to save Mr. Fish from being compelled
| TO vote. Speaker IIu-ted finally took the vote 0i
! tho house a. 10 whether not Mr. Fish shonld be
compelled to vote and Mr. IOag and fourteen other
members voted to compel him 10 vote" Not sufficient
number" said speaker Hustled
Mr. Iloags motion to lll the bill received SO votes
in It's favor and 81 votes against 1t. The vote
follows:
Ycas-Mcssrs Ackcr, Bennett Blumentna. Bridges
George Ii. Bush. Christie. Clarke, Connely DcPcystcr
! Dcyo Duty Everett Ioae, Albert Johnson, 1. sam
johnson. H. 5. johnson. Jones, King Harmon, p. Il.
Lewis. X. j. Lewis. L'Hommodleu, Martin. Miller
Monaghan. Mullaney PeaFsa, Peck, PIcrson saunders
Sohmer STEM Nelson, stevens stewart Thompson and
WeDster-3G
Nays-Mcssrs. Abbey, Adams, Andrus, barton Blanch
! ncld Boycc. Bradford Brady. J. Irving Burns, W. H.
Burns II. T.. Bush. W. C.. Bsrnc, Cooncy. Coons Cornell