The sun., 1892-04-01
THE BREAK COMES AT LAST.
SPLIT IN THE DEMOCRATIC RANKS IN
BOTH HOUsIS At ILBANf.

the Congress Apportionnent BiiI-A Pro.
test Against the Autocrntic Policy Of
Lieut..tsov. sheehRu and senator Cantor.
ALBANY. March 31.-The needlessly auto
cratic policy OF Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan and Sena.
tor Cantor brought about to-day tho forma
break In the Democratic majority OF both
Houses OF the Legislature. which was predict
ca In The Sun two weeks ago. Mcmbers from
brooklyn. Westchester. Niagara. Clinton.
Greene. and other counties Joined the Albany
delegation in breaking away from the
present leaders. and In formally declaring
by their votes that they will follow
no further the policy that has been pursued so
far This break stops all political legislation
OF whatever character. The Congress Appor-
tionment bill. the New York Inspectors Of
Elections bill. the bill TO remove Commissioner
Heintz. tho Excise bill. the Troy Commission
bills. the New York administrative bills. and all
the election contests are deadlocked with the
Albany Water bill and the Cohoes Inspectors
bill. Everything stops except small local and
private bills.
In the Senate the break came on tho Cohoes
Election Inspectors bill. which Lieut.. Gov.
Sheehan kept from passing by abruptly I'D
journing the Senate and leaving the Chair. q
proceeding which Senator McCielland. Demo-
crat from Westchester county. characterized
as the greatest outrage ever heard Of in a
legislative body. Nothing like it was ever be-
fore known in the State Of New York"
The Democrats Of tho Albany delegation in
both Houses united in asking the passage OF
bill to give the Police Commissioners of
Cohoes tho same power to appoint inspectors
OF election which tho Police Commissioners in
New York and other cities now have. The OBJ
ject OF this bill was to help Assemblyman Cor
man. who is running for Mayor in Cohoes
with the regular Democratic nomination.
Against him are q Republican and an inde-
pendent candidate. whom Chairman Murphy
Of tho Democratic State Committee favors.
s BIZ fs had to
Of the bill and had it ordered to q third, read
Senator Parker examined the calendar he
found that that there t; was no mention OF the Cohoes
on the calendar9" he asked Lieut. Gov.
Because the Clerk did moi. .p%t It there"
msFes Wheher 81 Is On o
the calendar. Your bill Is too low down to ap-
Senator Zerubabel Erwin moved that the bill
asoP P1s vi metion Was Is to Two S Sem Sem
Democrat and Senator Hunter were T absent. sent
Senator McCnEren Of Brooklyn. MSClelland Of
Westchester. Bloodgood Of Catskiil. Edwards
with the +. thirteen .s Republicans present. made
ton Vote ana a that
The calendar. was then proceeded with. Sem
hassted. and the Gohoes | Bill would have come
s that ess
for the bill He had Senator Hagan move to
asdjon5nn n and and bringing his eavel down with
"it is moved that this House dc, now ad-
oT Then the fe1tenant eioysrnor leit the chair.
were howiins ior him to have ? roIi eaiI en the ~,
4'fn said tbat he Ia not SeisSe that Senator Ha
gan had made any such m otion. and that all
Senator HaGan had really done was to wink at
.t16d sT6iS 4 doesn't concern me; ift did, wouldn't
protest asainst the poiies q Lieut. A S shse as
sembly joined with the Republicans in defer
ring the Excise bill in order that the Senators
who voted With ,;;e Senator Parker might 60 Be.
and powerful one. dnd that unless their policy
ent conduct OF the men who are are responsible
for it. Among the members OF the Assembly
who side with the protesting Senators. as indi-
Excise BILL. are Hit, Gorman. and LaGrange
Of Albany. Ladue Of Putnam. Hall Of Clinton,
Finegnn Of Rockland. Tho Sheehan Demo-
Gratis had expected to gain enough Republi-
cans to offset this detection. but they got only
Syracuse.
Coy. Flower greatly deprecates this break.
but he has not taken sides with either
faction. He hopes, with all other disinterested
Democratic. that the two factions will! come to-
eether and fix up the few slight differences
cipe OF home rule in local Democratic politics
that Is involved. would not lie Of much impor-