New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-02
EXPENSES OF TIE STATE COMMISSIONS.
sTEoSG SENTIMENT ~ FAVOR OF REDUCING
ruEM-PRoPosED WORK on THE CPlToL
-pAII.OT REFORM BILLS AND NEW
YORK CITY MEASURES


Albany Ian (soecaD.-Prospective legislation.
~ voore than, the distribution of Offices, was the
L.nhiect of talk to-day among the Republican meHi-
thers of the Legislature which Will meet to-orIo"'
Sit was universally agreed that the senate 'i'a'i
ss-ommittee and the Assembly Committee on way
..rd Means ought Immediately TO appoint JOINT sup
committees to investigate the amount OF WORK ""e
NV tho State commissions, which now annually eN-
mend over 81 100000. and 10 learn II some Oh 'nese
commissions cannot be consolidated SOME 'i"'i
1shed and some nut upon more ecOho"''I'' '"''7
of expenditures 1t is possible that resolution upon
This subject may be introduced tomorrow money
s.ayea IN this direction In the opinioA OF many
should be expended upon State public works III o'ue'
TO give employment 10 the thousands or "orhhsei
snow without means of support Leading Albany
s12epublicans suggested that an Appropriation De
'at once made to continue work upon the ne"
sCan,,ol and thus give employment to workingIneA
IAN the Capital City. This idea met with the Favor
.sof leading Republicans. Governor Flower IL IL re-
ported had said that the Legislature shou'd III
<once pass a bill approprating $sooV" lot 'he ne"
1,apitol Assembyman Mnsworth, who VIII DE
,chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means Oh
-she Assembly upon hearing OF this remark OF Mr.
AFlower, said:
1T seems TO me It wouid be better policy to APP
.nropriate $4,000 for the Capitol anu tAe re-
.Snainder of the proposed appropriation when II Is
obvious that is needed. This sum Of S1ovV would
nut the Capitol workingmen again at work, ana
.1xoud keep them employed during the winter Last
wear we appropriated $4,000 for the Capiio. ana
that was sufficient to keep the men employed close
up to the end OF 1898. n little later in the year
Eve can determine whether it would be wise 70 III
GREASE by $4,000 the big appropriation which We
cnade last year. The State taxpayers are no uo"p'
willing TO have $4,000 appropriated inne ila'eH
for the Capitol. but doubt If they would comiheho
Dur appropriating such large sum as SsNV" now
We shall have to look the state tax rate con-
<tantly, in my opinion. while making aPpr3Iriai0is
this year; and fear our Denocrailc Dielhreh 10y
t..fNr 10 70 Ia ifn
81 we increase the State TAX rate from cus,av II
-Schwab of New-York, the Ballot Reform bii1s
Framed by committee OF voters OF Newly Ih iE
representing the several political pares Ihe DIE
aiype. with the candidates for each once grouped
would be constitutionai in this State, but Will give
>ahe matter critical attention He rather favoIs n
blanket ballot in which the names or the canddhes
,of each party printed in parallel columns win
"a party device or emblem at nn ne1 Ha, I XII
and also his own bill strengthening the Corrupt
Pracees act By c9mP,ns po a iher expens
will be presented by NJ. saXton next week after
There was also not little talk about LEGISLATION,
resPeStg aeSt ecSo in Gity the
bill of Senator OConnor. giving each political parry
State e'e w be- ntToIuced by Elm When The Ie
glature meets The coming week after the recess II
sproposes 10 take this week II Is also stated tha'
bil will be introduced egslating out of office me
tpresent Police Commissioners OF New York ana
Police Commissioners. TWO Of whom are 10 be Re
DublicanS ana TWO l'tnOcrttS Olt
ure of this measure will be n section giving the
Republican and Democratic parties perpctually
two representatives each in the Board OF Police the
design being compel the success I've Mayors OF
New-Yor give the great political parties equal
Representation in the Board Of Police At the pres
ent time there IS no law requiring the Mayor 10
give the Republican party representation In that
body although. shown by the late election
there more than 10000 Republican voters In the
city. $1,000 ~,
There were good many prominent Repub-
,scans IN Albany to-day Ex-senator Thomas
c Platt, of NewYork; receiver OF the New
York and New England Railway Company al, ar
rived here at II 40 m. by the Empire state tX-
press from New-York, for the purpose of submitting
Ills bond as receiver, and some other legal papers
a. Judge Wallace. OF the United States District
Court Mr. Plat went TO Judge Wallace's house
Immediately upon reaching the city, transacted his
business there. and returned by the 2:2O T. m train
IN Nrw-York Mr.. Patts stay was so short In the
ci,v that the only Republicans who had the OPP
portunlty for a chat with him were Charles s,, W
hamton who saw him at the station as he was about
20 return to New-York.