New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-30
A FAITHFUL LEGISLATURE.
DIR. MALBY REVIEWSITS WORK
HOW THE BROOKLYN DELEGATION HAM
PERED THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
MANY EXCELLENT MEASURES PASSED DESPITE
THIS GREAT oBsrAcLE-THE NETWORK CITY
REFORM BILLS AND THE BLANKET BALLOT
pur--r,xrAtR Mt.t;wuMP CRITICISM

THIS GREAT oBsrAcLE-THE NEw-YoRK CITY
REFORM BILLS AND THE BLANKET BALLOT !
BII1--UNFArR MrGwuMP CRITICISM
THE TAX RATE. !
IRON 1uB REGULAR coKWrsroNDESr oP THE TRIBUNE ,
Albany. April 2s-Speaker Malby and Senator
Saxton are both here yet. the former oei"e ~
and the latter being detained by the illness vi
his wife Speaker Malby was exhausted oy ''e
hard work OF the last weeks session Oh inc
Legislature. and also caught a bad coiu' @S
consequence a physician ordered MN 10 oeu
and has kept him there for the last lor'S-e'e"
hours He Is not seriously H. ho"eNc'' "'N
honos % ba able TO go to his home in Ogdens-
burg In a few days. ,.
"T reoret 70 soc that some of the iadependehr
newspapers OF the state" said Mr.. Maipy "
dav lowing to their disappointment over 'he
rou,,ro of sone net measure. are not giving 'ha'
,dt, 70 tho LEGISLATURE which II seems 10 NE
- dosor,e1 in their reviews Of its action throus"-
,,,t tho eossion. There was scarcely Dill ue-
r,arde1 bv pubNc sentiment when was "''
,ssod. and now that the session OF the i@s'S-
lotura is over I can speak about one "i""'
which greatly bothered the RepuDiVd" ''"''
inasmuch as the bills IN the puolic ih'''eS'
nassed despite the embarrassing S'""''o"
which I allude | refer to the noh-rep''S
character. SO far as the Repnbhcan fd'N
concerned. If the delegation from bIoo''' :"
os,e,e,hIv # was Republican and we were
credited with So many Republican votes '
prooltlvn in both the Senate ana the -NsSr""''
t,,,t ..,erv one kn ,ws that a large p'"P'' "''' "
~. alleged Republicans in the BrooNly" u'''''
, nominated last fall without any
Thought Of their being elected. l"e p
a,.,,apcbe came along and sent them to Albany
anti
n.,oocr,,s and thwarting our efforts III '"'',
,,...,,s A. look back at the session
.,.,.,, q, q vcritable miracle that. notwi '"s''"l-
.,,,,r rr.sence. We succeeded in passing 'ne
80. a.. did in the interest Of BROOKLYN Ne"
=. -. p,c,aio and IAnsingburg. We nave p'S'''
,,.vlr,, tho towns OF Kings county ~
r...,,,y, with the exception ~ Flatiah"S' VIM"
,,,r,s n they become laws. VIII '"'''"'''
....,oh Tohn Y. Mex ne and his H'"'e'''"'
g., crovesend for all time to come
,.o,.rr THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PASSED THEN
.,,.t,, Injustice do you especially r'i'' TO-
o., 80, ,h,. apparcntly intentional neglect "
.., ..rc1it - the LEGISLATURE Tor lis EI'"'
go, ., tho people - New-NorN W. "i'
oor.I Transit bill which the Chamber
-. .,,,..r,.o is now asking Governor f''"''
, slr, as "A genuine rapid transit
v...,i, , democratic Legislature. '"h''o"'i ~
49,, r,n,r,anv-Manhattan ccnoh'H'"' ""'
....,,1 s,ch an act? We have pas9od q o.'' -. u
.,...,,.. rh. sheriff 81 New-York ~ h'S F'V''''
60. annually and turning them '"'' -"
| .r,sur,. Would a Democratic Les's'''"
49,, ,,o,suree We have passed DiH
I rty,,r each MAYOR ~ New oFK "'''.'''''
f'''-' -, ,,,,., o,,t N office every incompetent
| head ~ city department ana p"' ,...
! ,.,, g., Ma place In other words We nave
'.'..,,, tho ncople = Ncw-York the power 10
| .. r.sponslble government Nou"
! ,,.,...,,tlc LEGISLATURE have passed th'' p'i'
/ ,., Wool NOT say that. In the face oi '"r
.',...r,l onpo,ltion of tho city departments o'
50. VII with their $l5000o0O In salaries II
,, , good deal of effort t. get that p''i 'hro"N"
| .h. LEGISLATURE Then take the hiiI res''''''"7
IN. Dock Department by declaring ,h't ever
,.o... o( work costing I'm excess "i F-'0 :" ~ ~
| t.p. bv contract l. Is notorious tn'i '"e H''"
Commissioners dll their utmost 10 de'''' '""'
hill but In vain Would Democratic ies'S'a'-
u,,. have passed that bill?
.., ,,urvur,p newspaper. which mas Dec"
.l,n,oriur for the passage Of all THESE "'"'" -
ro,, turns about and declares that the S'"@''"
v.,s a disappointing one. and that eve" ""'''
sucb worthy ones as | have menuon'u WIZ
,es,d they were So managed as ID t'' "P ="
,,,ty issue and invite veto from ''N''"''
Flower. Wfo made party isSu' "t 'ne p''' l." ~,
1,,,. lin. tecs of the sheriff of N'w-i "rN' -
W.. could have pcrsuad 'd the j., ,no'' & 'S - r.
| e.. tb,t hin ~. certainly should hA\" "'n' So - -
| .,s MT our fault that they voted aBatuSl !. ~
| and thus made party issue "i u'' n" Hr,,,N
| oiir fault that cX-Sp"dkeI H'llH'i an" Wv -, a.
cr,tic Ass.mblymen. with the cNcepuo" ol w. w. I.
n.'I.r - N..stchcster County. voted against 'h'
Kin authorizing the Mayor Of N"w-l orK 10 'e''.os
heads of dcpariments' ""rrY tnrs ,n were the
| t,,,,ocr,,io Senators and AsscmblNIh'p WI"
| voted AGAINST the bills and maze tI'I, , h'. ,
SUES. and not the members T." ,'' ~ iy,ic
| t,ri,y xyhu were sustaining them. II J. P"Ni.
W Wj"'I' w. ~, "rr y,r,rn, il a,cfns 10 me- FOR Mugwump
newspapers thus to seek To make p.'n.a ni'i'rt r'
| emily against the men VINO plSS'' ''' '''
| ,h.v desired 10 have passed -, .,,,
| III e.. il IS conceded that we did pass the p.I
IN divide the election Inspectors "t 'hp 81, 80
! ,..ri,. between the Republican ana peh"'''LM'lC w
'N,,i'' ,' , ,,,osure which will tend more To give
| i,s honest elections. In my opinion 'hdh ''nE
other that has been passed In a g"hera,@ion @ 80,
would that have been passed by nar'-
| Tcciglaturep T. was not passed by tnc i"S'
| ,'..,f,c LEGISLATURE. when introduced pN Il ~
,ublcan but was smothered I'm commi''G' n, :,
sides We passed Senator SaNt"h : pH H"'N'"e -
a felony and not n misdemeanor 10 Nl'ih'e t,Ir t
tl.ction laws. a law which Of Itself Dr'usn'
ahout an honest election here In Albany carry III
April"
utAXKEr FASTER AND INDIVIDUAL. FASTER.
..Rut vou did not pass a Blanket Ballot bill
with blanket paster.
oThat is true" said Mr.. Malby. smiling ana
II yc had passed It at any time In the session.
excort I'm the last two days. we should have been
| do,ourcod by every Mugwump newspaper as
,rsa,hcrous to ballot reform. They implorei
ns tn mass a blanket ballot bill with an indi-
,idual paster declaring that the blanket paster
', an abomfnatI0n-the worst invention of
David T. Hill But two days before the session
v,oa to end Governor Flower sent In a message
+, the LEGISLATURE. declaring thai he would sign
onlv a Rlonkct Ballot bill which included bIin-
,,at raster ThcreupOn the Mugwump news,
papcrs Topped over 10 the blanket pasler ' "i'i
declared that we also must turn s0nerSaul'
unon the question. We thought we were the
law-making power. and not the Governor , ana
nasqed a Blanket Ballot bill with an lhdiVuual
naster-the very bill which the Mugwump edl-
,,r, had been praisng FOR three months. Mr.
t,rnuer scnt in a veto message before he had seen