New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-19
cIOSIIRE WILL BE ADOPTED.
,rp,-EyJCAN SENATOR'S IN CAUCUS
PLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT.

-yr QUESTION or THE ADOPTION or THE RULES
WILL, BE PRESSED NEXT wEEK-cuANGEs
IN SENATE COMMITTEES.
-. ruv REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF INV THIBuNE'
Albany. Jan. ls.--The Republican Senators held
conference this morning in regard to the
.aopt,on Of closure r,iic in the Senate. Such
r,le was drawn up Il week ago by Senator
caxton the President pro tenn. ana was put
uong the other rules Of the Senate-none yer
having been adopted. Senator SaX'on. however,
w,s absent owing to illness uu;il last night anu
therefore the rules were not taken up ana
adopted The conference was called Tor me p'r-
nose Of sec airing unanimous support Oh closure
nv the Republican Senator'S Mf. SaNton pointed
out 10 his associates tina: a rule OF uhliill'Pd
debate would permit the Democratic senators
IN talk 10 death the Ballot Reform Dill, OF any
other reforlnatOry measures which might De IN
troduced in the Legislature by members or the
pan,,blcan majority it was known, for in
stance that william +. Sheehan Intended to
use all his political authority among the Demo-
cratic Senator's AMI Assemblymen 10 oppose The
massage of the bills restoring to Buffalo the
home rule rights Of which she deprived last
GEAR through his influence. The same power
of endless debate might also be used TO prevent
the unseating OF John McCarty. the Democratic
Senator who was elected in consequence OF the
frauds by John Y McKane's heutenants in
Gravesend. and the frauds. equally gigantic, OF
Nicholas Muller's henchmen in Richmond
County.
These being the circumstances the Republican
Senators by unanmou vote resolved TO sup
port Il closure rule. and Senator SaXton VIII
press 1t the coming week The Democrats Will
fight 1t hard. but they must be beaten in the
long run. Besides. they will fight against their
M a 10
they did not adopt any rules. but. giving to
Iieutenant-G Governor Sheehan the power to III
vent rules necessary, according to common
parliamentary law passed all their partisan
measures-the Senate and Assembly gerry
mander. the Congressional gerrynander. the
census fraud bill. and other p0htcai measures
The committees were rearTanged By the Re
publican Senators in their conference Senator
Saxton resigned his position of chairman Of the
Senate Insurance Committee but retained his
place upon the committee. senator ReynodS
vas elected in his place. Senator Pound re-
signed his place upon tn committee. ana II was
taken by Senator SaXton. Senator Pound then
took the position of chairman Of the Committee
on state Prisons. which Senator Reynolds had
resigned The Insurance Committee will have
The same honorable membership as before and
Senator SaXton will gain more time to consider
the reform measures which he has in charge.
Snator SaXton introduced the bills reforming
tbe ballot system and the inspector system
which were drawn up by Gustav H. Schwab and
his associates in New-Hork. and which We're
introduced Monday by Assemblyman Shelf
field lie intends 10 examine the measures
critically. and incorporate with them the good
features of other ballo. form bills already
introduced.
Among the other bills introduced in the Senate
to-day the following:
BY Senator Cantor-IncOrporatng the New
York Geological and Botanical Gardens, to estab-
lish and maintain gardens to encourage the study
of zoology and botany, and to furnish instruc
ton and amusement for the people The Park
Department is authorized TO grant land for
site not in Central Park and north OF Fifty
ninth-si and t. sell or lease to the association
animals and appliances now in the park. The
incorporators =. A Dana, Oswald Often
dorfer Andrew H. Green. John II. Starin, w.
T. Havemeyer. John Bogart and John 4.
Cockerill.
BY senator Guy-Four bills Of the City Court
Of New-NOr City increasing the number OF
assistant clerks by two. increasing the number
Of attendants TO se'erteen. providing an addi-
tonal stenographer for the General Term. and
making the salary of the clerk $4,000.
BY Senator SaXton--Giving the Attorney
General or his deputy before Grand Jury the
powers which district attorney is authorized
20 exercise and providing that in such cases the
district-attorrey shall not exercise such powers
except at the reques; Of the Attorney General.