New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-07
BATTLING ON THE CABLE BILL
4 VIGOROUS EFFORT MADE TO DEFEAT II
IN THE SENATE.
PRACTICALLY KILLED. BUT AN ATTEMPT TO DE
MADE TO-DAY TO REVIVE IT-CUMoUs
LIsTLEssNEss OF CERTAIN TAM
MANY SENATOR:
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Albany, April 6.-Theio was an extraordinary per-
formancc In the Senate tonight when AsscmDyIhah
Brodslsy,s bin was announced, rcvving the charter
of the New.York Cable Railway Company NO sooner
was the title OF the bill read than senator ives
moved that the cnactng clause of the oil should be
stricken ont Thus in n parliamentary way, NC
moved that the bill should be Killed. ihere "er0
twenty Senators present. but opy ten Vo'cu "po
.h,s uotlon The others suddenly seemed TO have gone
IN Sleep Among the number who thus went iheo
Greenland were Senators Ahearn, Stader anu koeSch
OF New.Yort three of the Democratic senators Wio
represent that city. This action OF senators seduif
and Rossch of Tammany Hall, was the more reiiarh'
ahle for the fact that Senator Ives had said "i.
President move that this bill be Killed. peeauSo ~
is opposcd by the local authorities OF Ncwior nc
peatedly this measure has been killed by the Legs
lature and the courts. PUBIC Seh0ime"' !" -
is emphatcaly against It, 49,.
=, Tho a,tbo,Sties Of New-YOrkn who must have
among their number Mayor Grant, Commissioner Gil
rov Of the Department of Public Works, ana romeo
Commissioner Martin, actually Opposed 10 INC
Cable bill as Mr.. Ives asserted, how does IL "pp0"
.hot son,tors stader and Roesch did rot aid Mr. ives
tonight In his attempt to kill the Cable bHf lhero
is issncerity and an attempt to swindle the puono
somewhere in this transaction. IL Iammahy nan -
opposed to the Cable BILL it will at once expcl
stadler and Roesoh for their conduct tonight. Inc
,non ~ senator Ives to kill the bill received the
following votes:
Nay-Birkett. 49,
Yeas-Cantor. Chase, Fassctt, Hendricks Ives
Linson Robertson. SaXton, Sloan-P. A..
There were at the time in the Senate Chamber thc
following Senators who did not vote:
Ahearn Collins, Dem, Donaldson, Emerson, hr"ii'
Hawkins Jacobs Laughlin, McCarren. RicharuSoh
Roesch. stadler, Van Gordcr Vedder-l5
There wcrc fifteen Senators WHO did not votc IL
was an exceedingly singular proceeding, Dut party
explalnable on the theory that some OK INC 0e"'o''
dsj not understand the nature Of the bill ives was
attacking and therefore RETAINED from voting supSe
cuentlv some of the senators began voting senator
Jacobs made the point of order that no quorum hau
voted and that therefore the motion to XII inc Dill
had been defeated. There was palpaDy "a
quorum present, but ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jones
ulcd that the motion had been lost as no quorum ho
voted. A rollcall showed that a large quorum was
nresent The Lieutenant Governor sarcastically caed
attention to Rule H. which excuses a senator io"
voting II he is interested in a measure"
A conflict followed the reference OF the Dill 10
a committee senator McCarren moved that the Dill
sbould be-referred to the Railroad Committee.
Senator Ives moved, as amendment, that the
Railroad Committee should be Instructed to XIII the
BILL This time the opponents OF the measure gaiheu
victory over It's friends, who, usual refrained from
voting in order to break quorum. only t"elVe
senators voted and all Of them to kill the bill These
MeSSrS.
Hendricks Ives, Linson, Robertson saXton sloan,
Van GOrder and Vedder.
The friends of the bill did not call attention TO the
fact that no quorum had voted. and consequently
ueutenantGoye Jones announced that the bill
was dead
Senator McCarren was violently excited when he
heard this announcement. 81 spoke about the fact
that no quorum had votcd' he said, :" and l said 1t
loudly No one man run this senate (glancinB
Hercey at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jones), and the Rail
road Committee need not heed what he has SAID, that
tho bill is dead 1T,
The lieutenant Governor took this cxcoriatlon
calmly. senator Jacobs then came to the rescue OF
the BILL and moved that further action upon 1t should
be postponed until tomorrow. lie also entered
motion for reconsideration of the vote by which the
bill was lost. His motion to postpone the further
consideration of the dead measure until tomorrow
was adopted by the following vote
Nays-Cantor, Fassett Hendricks, Hnson-4.
Yeas-Brkett Collins, Dean, Donaldson, Emerson,
Hawkins, Jacobs, Laughlin, McCarren, Richardson,
ROesch Sloan Van GOrder-13 -
Senator Jacobs will attempt tomorrow to put life
into the dead bill. $500 ..,
100000 for mems refOrmatory, and giving the
Governor and Senators power To appoint hve COM
missiOners for this purpose
Mr. Cantor introduced bill extending for one year
the term of Office Of the Board of Electrical Control
of New York.
The Senate passed by unanimous vote Senator
Stewards bill appropratng 100000 for the Worlds
Fair at Chicago twenty-four Senators voting for the
measure.