The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-20
THE ALBANY LEGISLATURE.
rlTy ATTEMPTS TO AMEND THE
ENUMERA IIOy BILL


The Democratic In the Assembly Advance
~ 20 . Third Readins-lt Will Como Up
ror Ftnsi Passage To.day-Denocratic
Senator's Consideriug the Election Cases.
AIpASr. Jan. 1e.-The Enumeration bill was
ordered to third reading In the Assembly
this morning and will come up for final pas
sage tomorrow. Everything was peaceful.
rho Democrats concluded that IL was not
worth while to rush the bill through and that
they would give reasonable time for It's con-
,ideration and for tho Offering OF amend
ments. The Speaker did not follow the Lieu
tenant. Governor rulings and made one ruling
which was directly contrary to the ruling OF
tho Lieutenant. Governor on Senator Aspin-
airs resolution last night Tho Lieutenant.
Governor held that the recognition OF Sena.
tor entitled him only to offer o resolution and
not to speak to tho resolution without further
recognition That gave the Lieutenant Gov
amor tho opportunity to recognize Senator
Cantor to move to lay tho Asphalt resolution
on the table and go shut of debate. The DEM
ocrats Of tue Assembly tried that to-day but
Sneaker Bush ruled against them. This salts.
Ned everybody. As Gen. Hustled put It. ut
was nice. quiet. comfortable session. and no.
body has any fault to md"
The Enumeration bill as It was passed by
the Senate wns reported favorably without
amendment by the Committee on Ways and
Means. The three Republicans on the conf
mittce. Hustled. Deyo. and Malby. dissented.
0.n Hustled moved that the bill be recon-
nittcd to the Committee on Ways and Means
for further hearing and amendments. Mr..
George H. Bush said that there was full
meeting OF the committee. only two OF tho
eloven m embers. ono Democrat and ono Re-
publican, being absont. Tho bill was printed
and It had been discussed in the news papers.
II had been considered In the Senate. and
everybody was familiar with It's terms. The
hest thing to do was to consider 1t in the As
seubly aud TO offer tho amendments there.
The motion to recommit tho bill was
lost Ly n vote Of SO to 81. The vote was q
PARTY vote except that Mr.. Hill OF Albany who
ssid IT would do no harm to have the bill wait
in the committee two or three days. voted with
tho Republicans.
According to the provisions OF the bill the
enumeration ia to he takon In February. and
Secretary OF State Rice. who Is to have charge
Of It, wants rs much timo ns he can get to
make tho necessary arrangements before the
enumeration itself begins. Tint Is why the
Democrats have given tho bill precedence over
The Republicans offered dozens OF amend
ments to tho bill BY sections as IT was read.
These amendment were III lost In each y.
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few speeches. in order to take up as little time
as possible. Every Republican who offered
an amsndment made a speech for 4 and
There ' Mss tts n
It WAS known that the majority OF the Assem
I" the SENATE where the Republicans are
isris disn'ed BODY but in view ., the
ment last night, the House takes precedence
N, .ttry tfv nd al IN
T ni tirst amendmen offered to tho Emu.
meration bill was to transfer the control OF tho
seeretmy sae Tho
That the work had been divided IN order TINT
# might be specify and carefully done and
next amendment was to give the power Of np-
SndO se e
ments wore. offered to punish enumerators
made ss osS and o %ske h hs
ready provided Tor these things. and that it
tS as iii nil TO repeat t"o provisions IN
Mr. ssksd the Why
rive years by not passing an Enumeration bill
when they had control q the Legislature. Mr.;
Deyo said that Gov. Hill. BY his arrogance and
a'ed tSe g % e and that Was not
fault oithe Kepublicansin the Legislature. Nj.
.sy ~sf s,s IL ScW YSk IL sSG int
the districts below Fourteenth street wero
pocket boroughs and that not one OF them had
Broome Mr.. Roche Of East Broadway became
indignant oyer this and wanted to make
ing TO persuade Mr.. Roche not to make a
prevented the , y;Indication which Mr. Roche
Nj: Mailey Of st lawrence county wanted
tho time for ma king the enumeration changed
enumeration would be almost impossible in
to farming districts in the northern part OF
f sHs OF ahs
for the Republicans. St LAWRENCE county has
Ss% YORK dssre snd Viii ose
at lea ono Assemhlyman OF its three Mr..
Hill. who runs two theatres in Now York.
Aftor all tho amendments wore defeated.
The bill! was ordered to third reading by e vote q
he would move call Of the House to-morrow
to have every one present to vote on the bill
Mr.. su i in Behalf Of the State Bar Associ
atom invited TIC Assemblymen 70 attend the
81 thG p In He'll
The Democrat Senators had another caucus
whS tho seese ev end pro
vision Is made for giving out official reports OF
rate. Il was given out tbs morning III thn ae tie
caucus was called to, consider tho rules The
IeHy hS attitude
s9 o. P0ihs 8 S hSsss" no a %,'oS,
Troy. sarasoca. Orange md Gcnese Z" d 'o
ttrcts. lngs @nori.y Of DIomocrats. inclu,l-
ARG 70 ts T5sy
PrecsdsFt OF tho Billion Congress- ana sent
mal"piyis sS"ii. TSSrs Is S Sroat dsa "
evidence in the Troy district that tn. Republi-