New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-24
AGAINST PROHIBITION.
THE ASSEMBLY DEFEATS HI BILL FOR A
o T on THE AMENDMENT In APRIL.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES SUBSTITUTE.
p%osTPONING THE VOTE UNTIL
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING.
nv TILE DEMOCRATS.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO TIE ~TRIBUsE.1

rBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIPUNE.1
Albany, March 23.-The DemOcrauc party uhuei
Governors HIS leadership. refuses to have a Vo'
taken upon the Prohibition Amendment on April lo' to
date set by Two previous Legislatures, ana te only
LEGAL date for the election. Acting undoubtedly unucf
orders from the liquordealers, the Democratic Assembly
tn might ordered to a third reading a bill which names
November 3 a. the day upon which n vote shall be taken
npon the amendment. The effect Of tins action Is
IN nullify the Constitution and 20 destroy the amend
ment.
Tho bill was the special order in the Assembly
tonight. The original bin, as introduced by seha'o'
Van Gorler, provided for q submission OF the question
TO the voters of the state In April next; II beng MS
idea. and that of the Republicans generally, that TINS
WAS a Gnestion that ought to be divorced entirely from
politics. and that il ought TO be decided at a time Wleh
political questions would play absolutely no part Ill
the vote then cast. Assemblyman Hit. the chahf
man of the judiciary Committee, which reported the
substitute bill in The Assembly, spoke at considerable
length in favor of his side of the question. The main
noiDt in his argument, was that Governor and Senator
i'm wanted the election postponed until the fail when
il would be decided at the general election. Assembly,
man Hit moved that the substitute Dill DC aoop"u'
Assemblyman Acker, the Republican leader made
an amendment TO this motion, and asked that 'e
senate bin be substituted for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
bill. In support Of his motion, Mr.. Ackcr SAID that
the substitute bill provided for the submission OF the
question to the voters Of the state, in accordance
with the concurrent votes Of two successive Legs
Iatures. lie moved the adoption OF the substitute,
and called for a roll call.
Charles Z. McClelland. the Democratic leader, wanted
TO get a word in. lie had a carefully prepared speech
In defence Of the GOvcrHOr-Senator and himself In
their opposition TO the senate bill. He was not, and
never had been. he said. in favor Of submitting the
question at a special election. The other objection
held was the cost, which was based on figures prepared
By a Democratic Secretary OF state ana a Denlo'ro't
Governor. who put ii at 100000. lie was AGAINST
the amendment, anyway. and he wanted 1t undeTst0ou
that the party to which he belonged was against 'e
amendment. and he hoped all Democrats would vote
against it.
To this speech. Asscmblyman Ackcr MADE a Dnei
reply. lie declared that the member from WeStcheSter
Mr. McClelland) had been looking for his ihlofha'ioh
To the wholesale liquor-dealers and brewers. lie
wanted TO know if the cost Of the election was to be
compared with the great moral question involved IN H.
lie asked the previous speaker if the latter, as repre-
senting the Democratic party, wanted TO walt uh'I
the November election. when the brewers. maltSteIs ana
wholesale dealers would be assessed TO defeat 'hs
amendment.
At this Mr.. McClelland interrupted the speaker WIN
The assertion that, a a Democrat he was IN FAVOR Vi
submitting the question at the November election.
"That was the answer that l expected yOn to MAKE
was Mr.. Acher'S reply. But l did not expect that
you would admit that You represented the whisky and
brewing interests in the state
General MCAahJi also Ctllc 10 tc ouIP"'' VI w
Assembly bill. As,emblyman Earl, the chairman OF
The Excise Committee, which is struggling hard to
do HIPS bidding, and thus please the liquoT-dealers'
moved the previous question. lie was not anxlonS'
apparently. to have the discussion carried further.
speaker shechan had recognized Assemblyman Var
new. and the latter was allowed to speak. If the Ques'
tion were divorced from politics, he said, and voted
upon AT a time when no other question was involved
a large number Of Democrats would vote for the
amendment. OF this the Democrats were afraid ana
they wanted the question put off to the time wheh
the contest over the ~GOvemOrship was at It's height.
Democrats would forget the question involved In the
amendment In their interest in that campaign
Assemllyman Judd, of Niagara County, tried to
mole Il appear that in his county local spring elec-
lions would be held on the same day on which II was
proposed i'll the senate bill to vote on the Prohibition
Amendment. MI. Acker quickly interrupted MN Oy
showing that the elections were one week apart. Inc
new member. who had a speech prepared. in which
soft spring rains and dewy May mornings with star
LII skies prcdominated, gave up his maiden effort amid
a hurst of ridicule and laughter. The motion to SUBJ
stitute the Republican bill for the Govern0r-sena'oTs
bill was lost By this vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Ackcr, Brink, Everett Brown w. -
Brown. Chamberlain. Christie, Clinton, DAVIS, .DchnH-
ton, Dcyo, Dickinson, Fish, Gallagher, Gardener Gu,
ford, Green. Hlldieth, Hustled, \: JohhI3h' l ann
Lewis, Nlasc. Mitchell, Mott, NoycS. Palmer, Parsons
Peck, Pierson, eaWmlll'r, =IIseh, SnvNeI, anaS9n
Thompson, Trucsdcn. Narney. Ward. Whipple, White
NayS-Messrs. Ecales, Blumenthal. Brcdsky, George
II. Bush, j. p. Bush. W. q. Byrne, Thomas F. BiErnes'
Cahin, Cameron, Connolly, CoIney, Croak' Davle'
Dempsey, Dnkglspiel, Dlyp2lcher Dsfy' D%yGr'
Earl, Endres. %FaIQuhar, Foley, Giilctte, ''orm4I'
could. Gueuther, Hit, Hunting. Judd, Kane, Kelly
Kerriean, Lawrence, Martin. Mciides McCleiiand'
McKenna, Mcmahon, Mullaney, Nolan. Morris QCon-
nor. Osborne, QUackcnbush, Quigley, Rice, idlcy'
Roche. RYAN. Sage. schaai, Shields, Smith. sohlner'
eouthwortt. stein. Sullivan, Sulzcr, Taylor. townsend
Webster, the 6pcaker-G2.
This was a party vote, with the exception oil Assem-
blvman BrOdsky. Republican, who votes with the
Democrats on all IQuOr questions. After Ar: AcKer.s
notjon 70 substitute the Senate bill FOR the Governor
senator's bill had been voted down, the Assembly Dill
was sent 10 "a third reading.
NEASIDFS IN ROTH HOUSES.