The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-21
NEW Y0RK'S LEGISLATURE.
vorE or CEySURE ON THE SENATOR'S
DICLARED IN CONTEMPT.

rS.,r Suspension Continued Untii This
uorring, When They Can Resume Their
s..,.-Jhe BrOoLiyn Bridge Hiii Intro.
sured In tho Senatc-It Provide. for
. Cro--.towu Elevated Road In New
York aud Exempts tho bridge structure
and Approaches From Taxation-The
Enumeration BIN Passed by tho Assem-.
,,x. o. 10 50, and sent to tho Governor.
I,n,yy. Jan. 20-Gov. Flower sent to tho
eenate to-day tho nomination OF DR.. VIM. I.
Jenkins u New York to be Health Ofllccr. in
MACE Of III. WIN. NJ. Smith. n Platt hodover.
md samuel A. Bcardslcy OF Utica. to DO Rail-
,oad Commissioner, in place Of Vim. Il. Rogers.
Democyat. whose term has expired DIR. Jen-
lin. has locn Coroner Physician for several
torms. and IS the brothcr-in-law OF Mr. Richard
Croker Mr. Bcardslcy was County Judge
a, Oneida county. and is Secretary OF tho
Damocratic State Committee. Tho nomina-
tions wore sent to committee as
matter Of form. They will be confirmed
on receipt of tho committees report This
dIsposos OF several Of tho most important ap.
nointmcnts -two members OF tho Court OF
Claims, u Chief Judge apd Judge Of the Court
n, Appeals and Railroad Commissioner. in ad-
dition to several county Judges.
The contempt proceedings against the three
Republican Senators who wouldn't vote when
they were told to. and who were suspended for
their badness. petercd out this morning. The
proceedings IN tho Senate were like the ac-
tIons of a bad company that wanted to play
"Hamlct" aud didn't know how. Senator Cog
peshal was Harriet Senator Zerubbabel Erwin
was Ophe'io. and Senator George Fatherland
Roesch was Grdreioger.
Senator Roesch. as Chairman OF the Judiciary
Committee. presented the committees 1cport,
In which. after reviewing the proceedings. they
find:
The offence In the instances under cors Iteration was
both CELEBRATE and defiant. shown by the acts and
LANGUAGE OF the Senators, and when committed by
sena' Of long service hero and experience in public
AFFAIRS who took part in framing the very rule they
violated II cannot hut be regarded as an afrunt to
the dignity Of the senate which deserves and should
receive deliberate censure. A breach of order recog.
MED IN the Manual" IL persist!d in by Senator be.
comes contempt beyond all question The!ofors. your
committee submits the following resolution:
R,solrc That MIR. senator Erwin. Mr. Senator Saxton
and Mr. Senator UConnor for refusal to vote PEND.
Ing after their ective reQu sts to he eX.
eused theretrom bad been denied by tho senate. AMI
for said refusal they rightfuly declared in
contempt be and each OF them is hereby censured and
further that the suspension heretofore ordered against
the said Senator's and each Of them. be continued until
the opening Of the session OF the Senate the morning
Of Thursday. the 2lst inst
Senator Mullin said that everything had been
rushed so that he hardly had time to dissent.
and he desired that the Senate give him until
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock to present
sminority report. This was granted.
Senator Coggeshall made q long speech. in
which he said that 1t was an unprecedented. I'M
warranted. arbitrary. and brutal use OF power.
Senator Mcmahon. in explaining his vote.
dissented from every proposition advanced by
Senator Cosseshall. and held that the Senate
had right to punish its own members. and q
refusal to obey the rules Of the Senate was GER
tainly revolutionary and worthy Of punish
ment. He denied that the Senators accused
acted courteously or in a digniied manner.
The vote on the adoption Of the report was II
Tomorrow morning Senators Erwin. O'Con-
nor. and Saxton may. come back and partici-
surance that II they are good in the future the
past will be forgiven.
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE Dill.
The biggest financial bill Of the session was
o this nO 95s by rs 6
the share that the people behind Tie S want
Gre sw George Moa4y A Maiolt! IadenbuTs Isaac
i% :, ao1 Exaqv Hl%ady i bsaa q .Ss
represent the Brooklyn elevated roads and
other important financial interests. Mr.
% IS the tk or iR il f ey
bridge bonds: Mr. Wingate IS prominent
eonnseten! M Sn'eR IS Sse n Of he
owners owners Of the BBrookyp elevated road. The
81 IT, stock IS to "' BE- ss5'5ioo.oopSe. 't Be.
ss onS. the s stock the he company may issue
y made for two bridges. both to end north OF
ends to be on Broadw S yin n wansS%rsh
tb ha nnton street street near the BROOKLYN end OF
opsrty for
water front not to exceed $50 iect. they may
s else build over streets. but they are not TO
sixteen feet to tho ground on the streets Tho
5Ssyi H Is t" be i2G feet high at the piers and
The close connection it has with the Brook
Ing the Brooklyn elevated road or any other
bonds. the New York elevated road might
b!ll also provides that at any time any mu.
nl sip corporation may endorse or give imam
turs to ths f' aE Ths the
The Bin specifically provides for cross town
sseya cd roads. not TO exceed y. miles in
length The proposed road is to run across
Gown at Spring street to the Hudson River.
The character OF the road Is left to tho incor-
porators OF the company. except that the road
must be sixteen feet above the street and sup
ported by poles. 1t may be that this is IL part
ola plan to run the trunk lines now centring
10 Jersey City across New York city through
Brooklyn and Long Island by making connec-
TONS with the Hudson River tunnel or one OF
the proposed Hudson River bridges. This
railroad Is to lie built to carry freight AS well
as passengers. The methods OF traction and
motive power are to be controlled by the com
Rany; No provision Is made for New York or
nrooGlyn TO have any say In any, way in the
construction or management OF the bridge.
most novel Of all the sections Of the bill
Is tho part which entirely eXcmpts. the
ttr.dge and oil its approaches and struc-
lures arpurtanant thereto from taxation
tot ien Years after tho bridge Is opened. The
pr,nge and approaches ana structures APP
Hurlenant thereto are to be always exempt
hhJ ;Hh 'aSa'ion. except the land which the
~ Sd'usn company may own. This provision Is
s o. Slue anu tar extending that an elevated
tb Sau or olhrr railroad built In connection with
90 bSIiuge ana as an approach thereto. such
nnS proposed cross-tuwn elevated road In
N NSwSo,i ork and the brooklyn elevated roads.
1i',i,, VIII form approaches to the bridge In
t,o ooA!iyn. would be wholly and forever exempt
c thUn taxation. Alter having once granted u
S dnuIttrr ,exenlltng them from taxation II is
future. '' SNNAN wa '"'' -" Wv
ahs THIRD ELEVATED TRACK ON THE WEST SIDE.
yaMlLL. Dominick Mullaney OF the Fifth Now