New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-07
HILL CANNOT BULLY THEM.
SENATOR'S BROWN AND WALKER VOTE WITH
TIE REPUBLICANS TO RECONSIDER
THE REINFORCEMENT BILL.

THE REAPPOR1 COMMENT BILL.
sHEEHAy prFEATs TIE MouoN-TuE SENATE
ADOPTS MOTION TO RECALL THE ELL
FROM THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH REFUSES
10 RETURN IT-rLNN LANGUAGE
IN REGARD To HILL.
IRON THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE THBuSEa
Albany, April G-Senator william L. Brown. OF
New YORK; and senator Charles f. Walker Of Corning,
both Democrats, again displayed today that manly
independence Of David h. HI which has marked their
conduct throughout tho session OF the Legislature
NJ. Hill mny browLcat other Democrats successfully
but they are not he to be thus bnlled. They
have the courage act their convictions dictate no
matter II Mr.. Hi does di>approve Of their course
Mr. Ill., Of course Is displcascd at Mr. Brown and
Mr. Walker for not acknowledging that he is their
political dictator and therefore he Is seeking to break
down their Influence by indirect attacks upon Them
Yesterday he H,-a,d them in the columns OF line
Brooklyn EAGLE making tn" Albany correspondent OF
that newspaper his mouthp"ce. The Albany CORE
.pondcnt tccsIaphci the following dispatch TO his
newspaper:
Alranv Aprn 5.-Scna'or David n. Hi has been here
since Suuloy morning Politics has kept him hose. and
In the famous ijt Of the Dcicvan House he ha'
bern ia continuous consultation with the legislative
hadcr. AMI decking members.
We arc irving to get Legislature IN do some
thing" aid be to The Eagle correspondents 1T has
been fritt'rnV frttcing. fctuc al winter. and IL i,
tine that something done. We have got 10 do II
quick too. for do know when some A~cnbyman
may die on fail SICK Something 81 that kind happens
nearly year. aud have been expecting II this
.,pr."
Then senator turned his attention 70 Governor
Flower and the Congressional Apporolmcnt bill. lie
occupied chair for years. and thinks
| he what do and ought to do. The
coupc Of Governor Flower has not pleased him. and he
I
| Every member is pushing his little local bills and
letting the important party measures wait Each man
ha- his etrKc-f dou't mean strike for money but
strike his particular district and dos not
for anything else The Congressional Rcapportlonmcnt
bI ought been pushed through early In the
| sion ',o,crror Flov7r should the power which he
has little local tli~ before him and ne has
power 20 get pat through before the other
bills az. Tho delay increased the feeling
u indep, ldcpcc which prevail. In the party. Such
feeling o. late aud IT, prevalence Is due largely
| / think ~ last National Democratic
Administrator some Senators getting 30 independent
| that they viii promise support party measures.
they Do propose TO be delivered by any
one but viii vo.e TT. When they take this
correspondents ~ the Republican papers GO to
and congratulate them thcir independence. They
getting vain b"csus" Of h" pnt'ton for Ind pd nee
AMI the correspondents Increase their vanity The cor
respondent, q Republican papers lobbyists for
| their party
"Th,r, is trouble over the Reapportlonmcnt bill Con-
Interests have % be hafmOnlfd. smith NJ. Weed
doe, not the XXIst District disturbed because 10
will hurt Congressman Buregh lie wants a district
which will extend half across the STATE instead Of
COMPACT district II give him the district that he wants
thu marty will get the blanc John lanes Of the XxlAth
District does not district disturbed either. and
| he has got his brother Rane- TO write letters
here about IT, There L. always trouble about such bin
W., when the last KcappoI tonment
bill was passed and had thro conference committees
IN discus, It. Tho blu which drew was good for
| Init not BE-
! which VARIOUS sections u the state made against IT, A
| much u orcr hin was finally accepted.
rhe srclt trouble with tn party no~' said the Senator
n closing lis put personal interests before party
success. They should De- tod that great party measures
they should vote Win the party"
Senator Brown aud senator Walker read with aston
lshment and then with indignation this interview IN
"'rhc Eagle" with Mr.. Hill roh became aware that
Mr.. Hill had grossly deceived them when he induced
them 10 promise to vote fur the Congressional District
Apportlonmcnt bill ~ they did last night and for
| ,coundrcly gerry wandering scheme. Mr.. lilll also.
they saw va, attacking them for their devotion TO
OK President Cleveland when he Snccrngly spoke about
the last Democratic Natl nal Administration as one
| which encouraged Democratic "kickers."
senntor OConnor Republican, early today became
awure of the fnct that senator, Brown ana Walker
sidcreA that David l.. llll had not told them the true
| reason, when he had asked them TO vote
| for the Congressional ApporiloEDent bill. MI
| O'Connor therefore drew up resolution for Il
OF the vote by which the bill was
posscd and presented resolution TO the senate
senator Cantor was In the chai: I'm the absence OF
Lieutenant Governor Shcehan: but be at once became
alarmed ard recognized senator McCarrcn, Democrat,
who moved that the resolution should be tabled
| scene Of Wild disorder c1uld then have been
seen I'm the Senate Chamber, most OF tic Democratic
! Senators being on their feet, lOOkng with alarmed
faces AT Brown and Walker, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
shechan flying up tbs steps of his tall desk 10 seize
The puvel from the hands OF Cantor. The Republican
Senator'S laughed at the confusion among their op-
ponents and senator OCJnnOr protested against the
tabIing O>.Jis notion
Mr. sheehan was tod that Senators Brown
md Walker would vote with the Repub-
leans lie therefore attempted to defeat by
parliamentary methods, vote on the BILL
| Upon the defeat, therefore. Of Senator McCaren's
motion TO table Senator OConnor's motion, Brown
md Walker voting with the Republican Senators and
giving the alliance seventeen votes. or majority OF
the Senate Mr.. sheehan ruled that. the Congressional
Apportlonment bill having been sent to the Assembly,
! the vote upon IT could not be reconsidered
81 appea from that decision" roared Senator Erwin.
K vote was taken and Clerk Dunning declared that
! the vote stood 10 TO 10
"Tbe chair votes against the motion and II is lost
said Mr. sheehan banging his gavel and the Senate
will proceed 10 other business.
.But - shouted senator AspInal, :" kept tally Mr.
sheehou and there seventeen Senator's VINO voted
against you." 49,, ,,,
senator Erwin obtained the tally list from clerk
DunnInr and swiftly showed that Senator Walker had
| b.en enormously recorded as voting TO sustain
| shechan's ruling