The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-31
M'CARTY'S DAYS NUMBERED.
REPUBLIcAN SENATORS WUB USsEAT
him ON Thursday

They wanted to DO n YESTERDAY, but the
EvIdeuee Had Not Been PrInted. SO Fl" the
Comrnittee's Report Had 90 GO Over"-
The Poucs Investigation ResoIutton
Psssed-Tbe Couuittco Not Yet Named.
ALBANY. Jan 30. As soon rs the Senate m ct
to-day Chairman Pound Of the Committee on
Elections offered the report TO unseat Senator
McCarty and to seat Henry Wolfert in Senator
McCarty's place. Tho report says that the
whole vote OF Gravesend should lie cast out.
! which would give Wolfert a plurality OF over
| three thousand.
| Senator Wolf presented the minority report
| and protested against throwing out all the
| Gravesend election districts. lie said that the
| claim Of fraud and all the evidence Of fraud
| applied to only one district. and that the COM
| mittee had no right TO throw out every election
district in Gravesend on allegations Of fraud in
| one
| The minority also said that the throwing out
| o. tho whole vote OF district was almost With
| out precedent. and that the report Of the ma
| jorty OF tho committee DISTINGUISHED every
voter in Gravesend
Senator Pound wanted action taken on tho
report. Senator Cantor asked whether the
Republicans were not going to give to Demo-
Gratis time to read the report. which had not
been printed.
cussing tho matter among themselves. and
now that they were able to feel that there
would be harmony in their own party for nfew
days they wanted to rush the unsedting
through before the Brooklyn Republican SEN
ators could change their minds again.
senator SaXton said that all the Republican
members had received stenographc reports OF
the evidence and that their conclusion to un-
seat Senator McCnrty was reached after the
members had read tho evidence.
Senator Cantor asked whether the Demo-
Gratis we're to have no time to read the evidence.
As the report was not printed. the objection
OF the Democrats to acting on it at once was
valid under the rules So the report went over
until Thursday. Senator McCarty regards his
days in the Senate as numbered. His only
chance is that tho brooklyn Republican Scna-
tors may change again.
Then the resolution for committee OF seven
to investigate the New York city police was
called up and passed. This ia the resolution
which was introduced last night and which
went over a day under the rules 1t is the
means which Mr., rlatt has taken TO force u
senator Lexow. who introduced it, is tho
same man who Introduced the Bipartisan
tee because 1t cannot pass without Democratic
votes. and the Democratic votes are opposed
TO It, The anti-Platt Republicans are also OPP
Senator Cantor said that. In view OF the pub
lie talk, no hHl no objection TO an inVestlga-
,ion OF the Poli,e Department, or of any other
department The citizens OF New York were
The police enforce the laws and life and
property are safe. but II tho Republican sena-
tors wanted to investigate the police the
better the Democrats and the Police Depart
ment would be pleased.
accuse the Police DEPARTMENT OF anything.
lie believed there should be a committee to
hear the evidence which the Cham Der Of Com
merce. the Board OF Trade, and Union League
Club had said publicly they. would present
should committee be appointed.
adopted. 1t would have been useless for tho
Democrats to oppose them anyhow. The com.
begin its Investigation at the end OF this week
The Senate adopted tho change OF the rules.
previously made by the Assembly. to author
ize, the printing instead of the engrossing Of
Hills were introduced by:
senator saSon-Io cut down and r.gulste IN. hour.
senator owens-To repeal the charter of the East
senator Farksr@T" abolish DAYS OF grace
Mr., DeRn-To license sellers OF convict.made goods.
Mr. Gray-lor the appointment OF engineers to super
Nj. sulzer-Io raise the pay OF drivers in the New
YORK street Cleaning Department from $50 to $50 a
Nj Kerr-To make the State board of Assessors tri.
NJ IGGTn nss increase the punishment for re-
AM % ,SdSo: e: ET. of gas in Ne" York
ashes In Brook lyn to the lowest bidder
question Of consolidation with new YORK cay ''' '-'
Senator Owens. who was a bartender before |
he was elected to the Senate, INTRODUCED bill |
to permit licrnsed saloon keepers in New York |
city and BROOKLYN to keep their side doors open |
on sunday and 20 sell liquor to 10 drunk either |
on or of the promises; They are to keen their |
front doors locked and their shaies down.
Mr.. Sulzer presented q protest from the Pres
ident OF the state Workngmen's Assembly |
against the proposed consolidation OF tho Bu- |
reau OF Labor Statistics, tho State Board OF |
Mediation and Arbitration. and the Factory