New-York tribune., 1891-03-06
aside In the Assembly today. 1t Is the speca ouei
for next Thursday. 80, - . ,oc,,
io' The Collateral Inheritance Tax bill was sent back
to the committee for q further hearing
ORSTRUCTING THE SENATE'S WORK.
THE DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO ALLOW BUSINESS
TO BE TRANSACTED UNDER CoEsTI.
TUTIoNAL PROVISIONS


TyTIoNAL PROVISIONS.
Albany. March 3 (specaD-Just as long as tho Demo
cratic minority I'm the senate continue In their efforts
IN run roughshOd over the Constitution and the KcpuD
lican majority, Just long VIII the public business III
the senate be delayed. The Republican majority IN
feod 10 compel tn. Democrat minority not ony u SUP
nit 10 the Constitutional provision requiring that inc
president pro of the Senate shall preside In inc
absence OF the Lieutenant Governor but TO allow Inc
majority TO amend the rules In accordance with tls
provlson. With this determination In view, the ie
publican Senators went the capitol this morning and
IL is now their determination fight it out on this Inc
II IT takes until midnight Of December 81.
The Senate took recess yesterday until ii O'CLOCK
this morning. and the question pending at that hour
WAS the amendment 10 the rules proposed by senator
sloan The motion pending one OF Senator Can
tors that the consideration OF the change In the rules
be suspended indefinitely. a roll-cal was oTeieo
and Cantor was defeated by party vote. The Demo
cratic leader then made a motion to take up legislative
business roll call defeated this notion Then the
same Senator followed with halfdozen more motions
OF Sthe same Sort all intended to make delay. Each
motion I'm turn was defeated by the same vote Cantor
next got the floor for speech and made te RIDICULOUS
charge that the Republicans were working FOR delay.
To this ludcrous charge senator Fassett answered
that there no question OF personal VANITY
at all. The question whether or not tho
minority should rule the majority and the rules
DN~''NNN-T'''
Democrats themselves acknowledged that the rule
was wrong and had boasted that the rules should bo
left unchanged or no public business should be dohe
you have promised the old fellow that you Will stand
by him. and so you going to sit there" added Mr.
Fassett
The Lieutcnant-Governor had given the gavel over
to Senator Jacobs and sitting beside senatr Can
tor endeavoring TO bolster up his courage Senator
McCarren replied senator Fassett that he had not
promised to stand by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Senator Sloan, who nrst offered the amendment
said that there had been intention to cast any renee
tIon on the Lieutenant Governor 1t had been desired
to make the rules conform to the Constitution. Inc
question had not arisen before because no presiding
officer ever before dscourtcous as to ignore
the temporary president. This dlscourtcsy was so
marked that It amounted to a positive insult lie was
prepared 70 sit In his seat until vote had been taken
on the amendment senator OConn0r said that nc
would stay until the first Of next January II neces
sary to settle the question.
senator Robertson read Rule and Rule g.
and showed that they wcrc in conflict. and therefore
SHOULD be amended. The temporary president was Il
constitutional officer and Of his powers was to PFC
side over the senate In the absence Of the Lieutenant
Governor
TlT argument OF Senator Robertson was plain
that Cantor admitted the justice Of his position
and the position OF the Republicans. But he tried 10
,quirm out OF afterward by saying that the rules Of
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hi, successor when he went away. How utterly rldc
lols and inconsistent his position IS readily seen
At ths juncture senator Hendricks moved 10 take
recess until L. 10. This motion carried and tho
Republican senators went Immediately into u caucus
which lasted for fully twenty minutes. In the caucus
there was only one opinion and that was to adhere 70
| the position taken until the minority should concedc
the Justice Of the Republican demands and submit Ia
| the majority.
After the Senate lad again been called to order
senator Cantor made many motions, all tending IN ono
direction toward firing ont the Republicans one Of
| the motions was 10 refer TIE question 10 sen
| ai0rs Robertson and Jacobs for settlement. Botli
~ these senators refused tO act but Cantor insisted
on having roll call. lie got one and was, Of course,
| defeated. A.. . ..o J.,
senator sheard then made motion that vote be be
| taken on the main question at ] O'Clock: senator
Jacobs who stan occupied the chair. refused To enter
tan ihc motion. Then senator Ncddcr moved 70 take
| a recess until tomorrow morning at II O'Clock Be
for, this motion put senator O'Connor declared
that he would n call OF the senate the first thing
I'm tho morning and would not consent to the excuse
| nf n single member The Senate then took recess
untl the hour named. Every Republican senator
now SAYS that he will stay where he Is nntl next
December II the minority does not give way To thc
Talority and allow business to be transacted uhoer
constitutional provisions.