The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-19
LEGISLATION IN ALBANY.
TIE sI-PARTIsAN ROT CS BiLL PASSES
Nv the ASSEMBLY.

Amendments Agreed o. IN the RepubIesa
Conference Adoptsa-Tbe Rim AhoIisst,E
Fees IN the ShsrIa'- once IN This CIty
KILLED II tue Seats and the Local Op-
tios Tax MN Kpisd IN the Assembly.
albany. April IL The New YORK Bi.Parti-
san Police bill came up in the Assembly as =
special order. Mr. Thornton offered the amed-
ments agreed ON at the conference between the
Plat men and the antl-Platt men. These
amendments made slight changes in the bill
The main change is to give the Police Board
the power to remove the Superintendent
The bill now provides that the Mayor OF New
York shall appoint as Police Commissioners
two Democrats and two Republicans. The
Superinten dent shall be executive oflcsr OF
the Board. and shall have the power to dis
cipline policemen below the rank OF Inspector.
Mr.. Sulzer said that on behalf Of the Demo
cratic party he opposed the bill. IL II was /,
good thing to have BIZ partisan Police Com
mission In New York city It was equally good
for Brooklyn. Buffalo. and Rochester
Tammany Hall was opposed TO the bill be-
cause IL represented the majority Of the people
in New York city, aud they believed that .
police force with concentrated responsibility
gave better results than force steeped with
dual craftsmanship. There IL no deal be-
tween Mr. Platt and Tammany Hail." said Mr.
Sulzer. "Tammany Hall 10 making no bar
gains. Tammany Hall 10 not treating New
York as plumber and parcelllng out the spois.
II this Lill becomes . law you will see disor-
der. anarchy, riot and Generalization In the
great city OF New York. ana want the people
OF the State OF New York and the people Of the
city OF New York to hold the Republican ma
jority in this Legislature responsible for this
outrage"
Mr.. Foley asked how the anti Plat men
rsconeiled themselves to the support OF this
bill.
The anti Plat Republicans kept silent dur
ing the discussion Of the bill. 1t was passed
by party vote, 10 to a..
The Assembly defeated the Local Option
Tax bill This bill provides that every locality
may decide for itself how 1t shall raise Its
taxes for local purposea Taxes may be levied
on personal property alone. or upon real es-
tate alone. or on the assessed value Of land
alone. exclusive Of improvements. or upon
ties may decide. This would permit the Henry
e"lty s IGeSf neht e wish R' 70 ''
Mr.. Kinsworth and Mr.. ~ sulzer made
extended the principle OF home rule 70 local
| taxation. 1t would do much to solve the tax
Of ois' great deal Of legislation and discussion.
The Assemblymen from the rural districts
The majority OF the votes in favor Of It .werc
cast By Democrats. and the majority Of the
'C ri. Eli has come ap for ssPsr. Years in
succession; and has steadily been deieated,
although the vote 10 It's favor has increased
every year. The majority against 1t to-day
The commit which is Investigating the
by erasing the Affirmative vote Of Mr.: shii.
The revision OF the game laws passed the
The Senate. passed the bills to make the EI;
else and Police. Commissions OF RichInond
county non partisan The vote was "a, pa rarty
was against the nills.
The Judiciary Com mittee Of the Senate re-
ions o. Ihs st Sv Service Senator Can
| tor said that he lid not believe that there was
a we'll Se have ali the
gallons that they wished; s.,
New York was defeated in the Senate. Sem
ator Gantor said that the Sheriff was person
ally liable for any mistakes that his deputies
ished without at the same time wiping out his
liabilities. the Democrats voted to kill the
The Governor nom mated as Building. Com
tory George II. Bush. Stephen II. Hornbeck.
and George Deyo. Tho nominations were con-
Senator smslzsr introduced a bill for a sps-
clal com mission 70 look after cases OF tuber-
Senator khearn introduced a bill to author
ize New York city e. build new oOoOo
TRe Senate passed these Sis; 70 repeal the
law for the use Of electricity on the canal, to
require public notice OF application Tor .
license, to appropriate 81 900 for new
schooihousss in New York, and for a nonu-
ment ia tho Ninth New York Regiment at
Antetam.
While Assemtlyman Eneeland was making
vigorous speech to-day and waving his hands
ensrgetically he struck Anderson Lawrence.
the gray hatred chief OF the page boys, in the
eye. This shows the extent to which animated
discussion Is carried in the Assem- bly,.
A delegation OF representatives OF labor
unions from New, York city rappeared this
afternoon before the Senate Railroads Com
mittee in favor OF the ts-Lexow HApid
Transit bill, There were present lanes c
J. Hawkes. OF tho Printers Concord Labor
Club. Thomas Clsgg OF BricsIaysrs Union
neymen TailoIs, Harry White OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Cutters Union aud
William +. Stesrs OF tho American Federation
OF Labor. They presented n letter from Prssi-
dent Gompers Of the Federation endorsing the
bill as a genuine labor measure and petitions
with "a. 600 names favoring the measure. A
hesrinR will be given them tomorrow at
i. NJ.