New-York tribune., 1891-03-07
AN ERROR RECTIFIED II THE ASSEMBLY.
REPUBLICAN DISCOVERS THAT THE VOTE BY
WHICH An APPROPRIATION BILL WAS
PASSED WAS WRONGLY RECORDED.

A REPUBLICAN DISCOVERS THAT THE VOTE BY
WHICH An APPROPRIATION BILL WAS
PASSED WAS WRONGLY RECORDED.
Albany. March (SpeciaD.-lmmedatey after the
opening Of Assembly this morning speaker sheehan
raped for order and said that tie clerk desired TO
make statement. To some the statement which fol'
lowed was surprise but to many il did not appear
to he So The clerk said that mistake had been made
the day before in the vote the Black Rock Harbor
Appropriation bill which had caused a temporary RIP
ple between the speaker and the Democratic leader.
Charles p. McCleand The vote as announced by the
clerk was 66 for me bill TO 80 against it, This, he
said was wrong the vote should have been 81 to 81,
two votes less than enough to pass the bill Tho
speaker added further explanation. that the mistake
was made by the clerks assistant, who took of the
votes as they were recorded. 1t was a perfectly
natural mistake to make and it not done inten-
tionaliy.
This was the side of the affair told for the benefit
Of the Democratic clerk OF the Assembly and the Demo
cratic speaker But there is another side. The
speaker did not explain how the error was detected
But this Was how II occurred As mblyman Walter
L. Brown. Republican member. kept careful tally
Of the vote, on the bill they were announced
II was not difficult 10 DO this tie speaker ana inc
other friend, OF the bill had to hustle around the cha
Der 10 drum up votes and il like pulling teeth 10
yet men u vote with them. Mr. Brown was certain
that only fifty nine votes had been recorded ior lho
voted by a nod OF the head-a custom followed oS
some men who are conuecd to vote for measure
ut ar, afraid to do 20 Opculy-aud hc did nO tHe'c
fore openly criclsc the count during the session.
Afer the adj ournmcnt. however. with another hepup
lcan member lie talked the matter over ana TIC vas
advised To 20 over the record Of the votes ana see Ius'
how it stood. He went Into the clerk ac'A I" w w
this and while he lophinG over the JOURNAL "'''
tIc speaker ava the clerk wanted To know mat he
|
diatey The clerk took tie journal away from inc
member and started into his room with IT, MF' bio""
f,lowed him. and demanded 10 be allowed u Scc "'D
record Of the vote on the Black Rock iiarbor Dill
As he was determined q see it, reluctant con-
semi Wa, given lie readily found tia less Than 'Ne
rcoui,lte number Of vote, to pas the b'! A'u N'
east for IT, and he obtained promise that inc o''
would be roctdcd. II Mr. Brown had not gotten nv
the habit Of watching the rollca Oh these Close N'''
rfs l5u appropriating 100000 for Enc County
would have been sent l" the go,
and by HIM signed. when legally II dld h'' ~
through the Assembly. General Husted Cllc no ~ en-. -,
r,cuo Of the speaker this morning. a,G n,b the hin
tuary motion t. reconsider The vote by "UIIil uv va va
Ind Iecu d, cal,d lost, and that re m'," ~ ~" m
table This was done, and the hiIi N!H = ~ ",,,tt
r"Xf week when "a" spcahcr and li's Eil' @ o'i'i
friend, have succeeded IL "LpIH"e '''o '0
men !" pa H.; cr. ,i tI,t mistakes have occured
I'm tlc clerks ,.,-t. -UI-r ti" a-' y .-,,
Wlu, and III mmcdcu rlSc 10 Po.nt OF orgr, De-
., ti,r onn ,,ay although they hal voted IN ul'
orpo-ite way. Another attempt TO enroll man a,
~ i-,bt ou tlc oth,r day. when the hll provldlh
for two additional state A.1c-eors wa hll'G =.
Of Mr. Duuap'~ seat. left the cllanutr N!ue I'c %
an mi. Iii VA, going ON. and did not vot" Tie Demo
tro1e,t him ick into tie chamber. After ms name
had been called two or thrre tlhr' ~ tlo IN, -
De W., recorded in the Affirmative. Il vote IN uc
negative" he said.